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News & Tips: Rope Knot Library: How to Tie a Buntline Hitch Rope Knot...
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Rope Knot Library: How to Tie a Buntline Hitch Rope Knot

How to Tie a Buntline Hitch Rope Knot Use this knot to fasten items such as snaps and rings to rope or cord. Forms a small, neat and very reliable knot. Simple and effective, the buntline hitch…
News & Tips: Slugs or Buckshot for Deer?
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Slugs or Buckshot for Deer?

In a previous blog I talked about the pros and cons of shotguns vs. muzzleloaders for deer hunting. For those that choose a shotgun, this week I want to talk about the relative merits of slugs vs.…
News & Tips: Pitching Jigs and GULP! on Fall Rivers...
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Pitching Jigs and GULP! on Fall Rivers

With fall on its way and the water cooling down, I like to head to the river where walleyes and saugers will be strapping on the feedbag. One of my favorite presentations is pitching a light jig…
News & Tips: How to Thank Landowners for Use of Private Land During Hunting Season...
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How to Thank Landowners for Use of Private Land During Hunting Season

For hunters using – or hoping to use – private lands during hunting season, it's essential to build and maintain strong relationships with landowners. Ways of doing so include being polite and…
News & Tips: Rattling for Big Bucks
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Rattling for Big Bucks

My first experience with rattling was in the Brush Country of south Texas many years ago. Although American Indians used the technique centuries earlier, south Texas is where imitating buck fights…
News & Tips: Key Factors to Sight Fishing Snook From the Beach...
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Key Factors to Sight Fishing Snook From the Beach

Snook (centropomus undecimalus) are generally found along the structure of inshore brackish ecologies. Because of its temperature tolerance range and tropical/Central/South American origins, "USA…
News & Tips: Transporting Game After the Hunt
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Transporting Game After the Hunt

While properly field dressing game is a key element in the race-against-the-clock effort to preserve your harvest, a hunter's work is not over once this has been done. Field Butcher Kit with Belt…
News & Tips: Submitted Recipes: Red Drum
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Submitted Recipes: Red Drum

If you have a favorite red drum fish recipe you'd like to share on Bass Pro 1Source, email it to community@basspro.com. Photos are also welcome! TIP: About Red Drum fish BBQ Red Drum Recipe Posted By…
News & Tips: How to Catch Monster Walleye in the South...
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How to Catch Monster Walleye in the South

To mention walleye is to think "northern climes." Millions of tourism dollars have traditionally flowed to the northern tier of states where walleye is king. However, in the last four decades, the…
News & Tips: How to Control Buck Fever
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How to Control Buck Fever

It's a disease that every hunter knows the signs and symptoms of. Fortunately, it is not fatal. And thankfully, the symptoms do not last long. While you are experiencing it, though, "buck fever" is…
News & Tips: Confused by the Rut?
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Confused by the Rut?

It's hard to imagine any whitetail behavior which has generated more attention from the outdoor press than the whitetail rut. Volumes have been written about the whitetail rut and how to hunt it. It…
News & Tips: The Versatile Campfire Cooking Tripod
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The Versatile Campfire Cooking Tripod

A camper can never have enough gear. Or at least it's fun to believe so and to always keep an eye out for the next piece of camping gear to enhance the camping experience. Although, every camper has…