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News & Tips: Create a Buck Sanctuary
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Create a Buck Sanctuary

With just a bit of work, you can create a sanctuary that will draw and hold older bucks on your property. And if you don't make one, or don't already have one on the land you hunt, they will find one…
News & Tips: How to Survive Worst-Case Hiking Scenarios...
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How to Survive Worst-Case Hiking Scenarios

At its best, hiking can be a way to relax, recharge, enjoy nature and get a workout in—all at the same time. But as with any physical activity, hiking also has potential physical pitfalls, from…
Tent camping on the water
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3 of America’s Craziest Campgrounds

When you think of your favorite camping destination, a few mental snapshots of America probably come to mind: cooking over a campfire, tents surrounded by trees and a beautiful vista, perhaps a lake…
News & Tips: Hunting & Fishing Tips: The Basic Life Lessons to Teach Your Kids...
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Hunting & Fishing Tips: The Basic Life Lessons to Teach Your Kids

When it comes to hunting and fishing, many of the skills involved—rigging a line, cleaning a gun—can seem specialized, with little application to other aspects of life. But in fact, teaching your…
News & Tips: Children with Special Needs Learn The Joy of Hunting...
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Children with Special Needs Learn The Joy of Hunting

As hunters, one of our most important responsibilities is to pass our love of hunting on to the next generation.  That includes children who have special needs. For them, hunting can be a therapeutic…
News & Tips: Pick the Best Polarized Fishing Glasses...
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Pick the Best Polarized Fishing Glasses

What would you say is the most important piece of fishing equipment you own? Would it be your rod? Your tackle? Possibly your boat? Most anglers are quick to answer, but few realize the benefit…
News & Tips: Pressured Fish? No Problem
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Pressured Fish? No Problem

Fish pressure can originate from a variety of sources. The number one cause is by anglers themselves. This is best illustrated by busy, popular fishing lakes, during weekends or holidays, and while…
News & Tips: Not Your Daddy's Slug Gun
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Not Your Daddy's Slug Gun

Today's slug-gun hunter has an array of choices in all types of actions.   Pump actions lay claim to the most popular slug guns. These shotguns delver accuracy with the capacity of a fast follow up…
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Turkey Calling 101

As a former U.S. Open & World Calling Champion, so often I’m asked, what’s my favorite call…my answer is, “The one the turkey likes on that given day.” Every bird is different, every scenario is…
News & Tips: Youth Hunter Get's a Tip
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Youth Hunter Get's a Tip

On the South Carolina Youth Turkey day, I took a little buddy that I’ve called turkeys to in past years. He and his dad met me before daylight on that Saturday morning and my young friend was excited…
News & Tips: Guide to Boat Battery Chargers
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Guide to Boat Battery Chargers

On-board boat chargers like the Bass Pro Shops XPS IT2 4/4 Onboard Battery Charger are technologically advanced, providing multi-stage switching to manage and maintain a boat's batteries during the…
News & Tips: Youth Turkey Camps Teach Skills
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Youth Turkey Camps Teach Skills

Over the last three decades I have conducted a dozen or more youth turkey hunting camps, most through the JAKES (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship) program of the National Wild…