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News & Tips: What is a Quality Hunting Experience?
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What is a Quality Hunting Experience?

Now that another busy hunting season is mostly behind us (although hunting season never really ends!), I've had some time to reflect on another year of terrific experiences and great memories made,…
News & Tips: Add Treble Hooks to Tubes for More Action...
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Add Treble Hooks to Tubes for More Action

In an earlier blog entry I discussed using feather trebles to modify lures. Of course, feathers work well when added to spoon hooks for ice fishing, but in this entry I want to share a similar…
News & Tips: Trapping Special & Preparing For Future Deer Seasons...
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Trapping Special & Preparing For Future Deer Seasons

  Prepared raccoon pelts are great gifts or you can get extra cash at the fur market. Trapping predators benefits prey populations and rewards the trapper!  In this episode we go to a local…
News & Tips: Twenty-First Century Coyotes
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Twenty-First Century Coyotes

Coyote hunting has really become a very scientific sport in the past few years. Not only have our electronic calling abilities gone from heavy batteries with cassette tapes and 50 feet or more of…
News & Tips: What Makes a Good Duck Call?
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What Makes a Good Duck Call?

Duck calling is definitely a work of art. I would also submit that it can be an acquired skill. I'm not as seasoned a duck hunter as others, although I love duck hunting and one of my New Year's…
News & Tips: Winter Hunting Blues? Head to the Woods...
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Winter Hunting Blues? Head to the Woods

Experienced land managers are big fans of working in the woods in winter. Frozen ground is easy to get around on (no mud or ruts) and a snow cover protects the forest floor from human impact. Trees…
News & Tips: Rabbits Offer Great Late Hunting Opportunities...
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Rabbits Offer Great Late Hunting Opportunities

If you're looking to extend your hunting now that deer seasons have mostly closed, consider an outing focused on the humble cottontail. In many states rabbits are open through February or later. And…
News & Tips: 7 Sure-Fire Ways to Guard Your Hunting Dog From Overheating (infographic)...
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5 Ways to Keep Your Hunting Dog Safe & Happy in the Field & On the Water

Though hunting dogs and water dogs are naturally built to thrive out in the field and on the water, a few creature comforts can help to keep them happier and safer in these environments. Check Out…
News & Tips: Icing the Largemouth Bass of Winter
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Icing the Largemouth Bass of Winter

Catching largemouth bass through the hardened surface of Northern lakes (where legal) is an exercise in fun, thrills and excitement. While most ice angler's turn to panfish or walleye to whet their…
News & Tips: Ways to Prepare Your Pheasant Harvest for the Table...
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Ways to Prepare Your Pheasant Harvest for the Table

Hunting for pheasant is not only an exhilarating experience that provides hunters with an exciting yet peaceful time in the outdoors and the potential for beautiful trophies, but it is also the…
News & Tips: Falconry 101
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Falconry 101

Falconry, the taking of wildlife by a trained raptor such as a hawk or falcon, is an art that has been around since ancient times. Still today, falconry is a sport that well-trained falconers may…
News & Tips: BPS Outdoor World Radio to Feature Bowhunter Jim Ryan Saturday...
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BPS Outdoor World Radio Discusses Upland Game Birds & Dog Training Jan. 25

Program airing Jan. 25 will feature Howard Vincent of Pheasants Forever and author and TV show host Scott Linden. Scott Linden, author educatior and host of Wingshooting USA TV series. Bass Pro…