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Video: Black Bear Takes Hunter’s Deer
Jordan Sillars
Everything was going according to plan when Devin Simpson shot a doe on opening day of this year’s rifle season in Arkansas. Two deer had walked into the shooting lane as he and his wife, Daelyn, sat in the tree stand. Daelyn advised him to take the larger one on the left, which he dropped with a...
Jordan Sillars
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Bison Big Mac Tacos
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Jody Flanagan
On the hunt for a delicious wild game recipe meal that’s just as satisfying as a fast-food favorite, but so much better? You’ve come to the right place. You won’t find a quicker cook, or a more satisfying one, than smoke-infused bison Big Mac tacos on the recteq SmokeStone. The flavor profile made...
Jody Flanagan
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Brody Henderson
As a young hunter, I took a generalist approach to small game hunting. If I was lucky, I might come home with some combination of squirrels, rabbits, and maybe even a ruffed grouse. More often than grouse, though, I’d get a shot at a woodcock. At times, it seemed like there was a woodcock or two in...
Brody Henderson
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Kubie Brown
They were definitely buck tracks. I was standing on a wide open hillside in the warm afternoon sun, looking down at the tracks and wondering if I even had a chance. We’d had good snow in the early season, but a warm front had come through the day before, pushing a sheet of rain ahead of it that...
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Forest Service Budget Cuts Could Impact Hunters
Eli Fournier
On a Forest Service all-employee phone call in mid-September, it was clear that bad news was imminent as agency chief Randy Moore rambled on about recent budget challenges and the employee-first mentality of the Forest Service. Then he dropped the bombshell: the agency wouldn’t be bringing on any...
Eli Fournier
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AR-15 Workbench: Gas vs. Piston? Which Is Better?
Jordan Sillars
Like your computer or phone, all firearms have what gun nerds call an “operating system.” But instead of running Microsoft Word or Roller Coaster Tycoon, a gun’s operating system performs the eight functions needed to fire a bullet: feeding, chambering, locking, firing, unlocking, extracting...
Jordan Sillars
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Adam Moore
When you think about the rut, still-hunting probably doesn’t pop into your head. All-day sits, setting up downwind of doe bedding, or hanging in a funnel usually top the list of rut-hunting tactics. If you’ve done your homework and put the time in, you’ll probably have a decent shot at shooting a...
Adam Moore
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Patrick Durkin
A small fleet of fishing boats ranging from one-person kayaks to low-slung, rocket-propelled bass boats squeezed me from my preferred hole on a recent Sunday while fishing Idaho’s Lake Cascade. Rather than stress and feel aggrieved, I pulled anchor and rowed my cedar-strip rowboat 200 yards...
Patrick Durkin
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Why You Should Hunt with a Fixed-Power Scope
Matthew Every
Today, hunters may be more over-scoped than ever—especially in the US. The long-range craze has made us all reach for scopes with big objective lenses and power levels exceeding 18X. Manufacturers have answered, making big, heavy hunting scopes with adjustable turrets and first-focal-plane reticles...
Matthew Every
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Arkansas Man Accused of Big Buck Contest Fraud
Jordan Sillars
It’s not “weights in fish,” but it’s pretty close. A 27-year-old Arkansas man named Andrew Riels has been cited by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) for poaching a buck and then entering it into a big buck contest. Louisiana officials first got a tip from the Arkansas Game...
Jordan Sillars
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Where To Shoot a Deer
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Sep 4, 2024
Ethical shot selection is something every whitetail hunter should obsess over. In this episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson break down the various shot angles and considerations whitetail hunters will face in the field. And, most importantly, how hunters should address each angle to ensure quick...
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How Mature Bucks Travel
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On this week's episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson break down the mysteries of mature buck travel. Understanding how big bucks cross openings, cruise through the timber, and relate to soft edges is information that can help any hunter level up his or her game in the whitetail woods. Presented by...
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Every whitetail hunter owns a few deer calls, but using the right ones at the right time is the only way to talk mature bucks into range. In this episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson explain how and when to use grunt tubes, rattle bags, and snort wheeze calls - and how to gauge a big buck's...
Tony J. Peterson
Aug 28, 2024
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On this episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson break down whitetail scrapes and how to hunt them. There isn’t a more valuable piece of buck sign for a hunter to find, but the key to using scrapes to fill tags all boils down to understanding the where, when, and why behind them. Presented by Moultrie
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Aug 7, 2024
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Jul 31, 2024
Whitetail hunters obsess over rubs and scrapes, but there is another type of sign that can be highly valuable - deer droppings. In this episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson, explain how to evaluate the recency and the concentration of deer scat to make informed hunting decisions in real time...
Mark Kenyon
Jul 31, 2024
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Jul 24, 2024
If there is one piece of deer sign that all whitetail hunters love to find, it's fresh rubs. These buck calling cards can tell you a lot about deer behavior, and help you dial in your hunting strategies. In this episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson, explain how to do just that by breaking down the...
Mark Kenyon
Jul 24, 2024
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Understanding Deer Tracks
Tony J. Peterson
Jul 17, 2024
In this episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson break down how to identify and understand deer tracks. Most hunters can tell the difference between a deer track and a raccoon track, but to better understand each print left behind, you need to get down and dirty. Mark and Tony share their tips and...
Tony J. Peterson
Jul 17, 2024
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What Deer Really Eat and Why it Matters
Mark Kenyon
Jul 10, 2024
In this episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson break down how to identify the most valuable whitetail food sources for the entire season and just what they mean to the deer. Whether you're working with mast, browse, or agriculture, identifying specific food sources and then hunting them when they...
Mark Kenyon
Jul 10, 2024
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Shoulder VS Euro Mounts
Mark Kenyon
Sep 11, 2024
If you're lucky enough to fill your buck tag, you need to figure out how to display the antlers. In this episode, Mark Kenyon and Tony Peterson break down the differences between shoulder mounts and Euro mounts and why a hunter might choose one over the other. Presented by Moultrie.
Mark Kenyon
Sep 11, 2024
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Hunters Could Decide the 2024 Presidential Election
Jordan Sillars
The 2024 race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is closer than any presidential election in recent memory. The average of the latest national polls gives Harris a 0.9-point edge while the battleground states appear to be leaning toward Trump. But every poll is close, and if they end up being...
Jordan Sillars
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The Hardest Fighting Freshwater Fish in North America
Kubie Brown
Everyone loves a good fight. From our early days on the playground when we’d gather in a circle around two fledgling combatants chanting, “Fight, fight, fight!” There’s just something about a scrap that mesmerizes us. It’s not about the violence but rather about the idea of a mono-e-mono contest...
Kubie Brown
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Four Wisconsin Poachers Charged for Killing Over 100 Deer, Torturing Others
Jordan Sillars
Three juveniles and one adult have been charged in what law enforcement is calling a “senseless” and “indiscriminate” poaching spree that took place over the course of a year and resulted in over 100 deer being shot and killed. In addition to the reckless killing, the suspects are also being charged...
Jordan Sillars
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