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Become A Better Duck Caller

Apply These Tips and Become a Better Waterfowl Caller It’s an old joke, but it’s quite appropriate given the topic here. A young man, an up-and-coming professional violinist and new to the Big City…
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Cabela's Northern Flight Decoy Bag

The Last Decoy Bag You'll Ever Buy I’ve owned a lot of decoy bags since my first duck hunt in 1974. In fact, I’d hate to think how many decoy bags I’ve owned and lost or ruined or sunk over the…
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Private Land Waterfowling: How to Ask Permission

Polite, Effective Ways To Ask For Permission To Hunt It’s true. There are some incredible public-land waterfowling opportunities scattered across this great nation of ours. Take, for instance, the…
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5 Things You Should Have in Your Blind Bag

Just-In-Case Tools That Can Save Your Next Hunt Things happen, guns fail and the perfect hiding spot isn’t always readily available. These things surmise the life of duck hunters who spend their…
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Finding Public Land for Duck Hunting

Find That Waterfowl Honeyhole On Public Land We were hunting woodcock and ruffed grouse when we stumbled onto two dozen mallards loafing away the day in a beaver pond. Benelli Super Black Eagle 3…
Cast iron Dutch oven
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One Pot Dutch Oven Breakfast Recipe

Why dirty several pans for breakfast when you can make the entire meal in one Dutch oven? Prep Time: 10 minutes  Cook Time: 25 minutes  Servings: 4-5 INGREDIENTS 1/2…
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Handheld GPS Buyer's Guide and Tips

With rocket-science terminology and ambiguous acronyms, potential GPS buyers may find it’s easier to find their way out of the mountains without a GPS than it is to purchase one. Although there are…
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Towing and Trailering Buyer's Guide

Hitching up a trailer and heading down the highway can be quite a daunting task. When hitching up to haul horses, cars, campers, boats or ATVs/UTVs, getting it wrong could leave you stranded – or…
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Fly Fishing Personal Watercraft Buyer's Guide

Personal watercrafts are useful for a variety of situations. Fishing ponds or lakes from the shore can be frustrating, as it often seems that those rising fish are just beyond the reach of your fly.…
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Generator Buyer's Guide

We've all experienced downpours, blizzards or tropical storms that have caused the occasional power outage. Generators can ensure that such events don't leave you in the dark. Home generators supply…
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Pickup Bed Cover Buyer's Guide

The open road has a tendency to make its way into pickup beds, especially when driving along dirt roads or through storms. That's all fine and dandy if you're not hauling anything, but what if you…
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Try These Few Tips for Targeting Crappie in the Reeds

by Pros4- 1Source's Keith Worrall   Every Spring in the upper Midwest a crappie migration begins from deep water to shallow reeds that draws in thousands of crappie anglers eager to fish and try…