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Angler fishing from a boat casting into the water
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These 4 Fishing Reel Types Are Rated Best at a Range of Uses (infographic)

July 2, 2019
What You Need to Know About These 4 Types of Fishing Reels Comparing spinning reels to spincasting reels to baitcasting reels to fly fishing reels is like comparing apples, oranges, mangoes, and…
Angler netting a giant catfish off the side of a boat
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Catch Giant Catfish With These Proven Fishing Tips

June 11, 2019
7 Proven "Catching Catfish" Strategies Fishing for big catfish is gaining fans in droves as anglers realize the cats offer their best chance to catch a quarry in freshwater that weighs 20-75 pounds…
Things to Know About Compounds, Recurves & Crossbows (infographic)...
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23 Things to Know About Compounds, Recurves & Crossbows (infographic)

June 10, 2019
Arguing about "which hunting bow is best" is pointless. Compound bows, recurve bows, and crossbows all have a place in the deer woods today. They all created expanded hunting opportunities, and that'…
News & Tips: Spring Food Plots: Get Crop Benefits With the Buffalo Food Plot System (video)...
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Spring Food Plots: Get Crop Benefits With the Buffalo Food Plot System (video)

May 15, 2019
We are always working to improve the food plots on The Proving Grounds. When we find what works, we pass it along to our viewers. Check out this video to see a test that shows how your soil performs…
News & Tips: How Prescribed Fire Improves Whitetail Habitat (video)...
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How Prescribed Fire Improves Whitetail Habitat (video)

April 9, 2019
We use prescribed fire to improve native vegetation at The Proving Grounds. The reclamation process began for this 50 acre unit over 10 years ago to convert it from low quality cedars to better…
News & Tips: A Comprehensive List of Best Turkey Calls for a Beginning Hunter...
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A Comprehensive List of Best Turkey Calls for a Beginning Hunter

March 29, 2019
An Experts 3 Favorite Turkey Calls to Teach a Beginning Hunter When a person new to the sport of turkey hunting wants to learn how to call in this astounding bird, they assume that they can head to…
News & Tips: Hog Hunting in Alabama  (video)
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Hog Hunting in Alabama (video)

March 18, 2019
Hunting with GrowingDeer.tv: Grant and Clay travel to lower Alabama to chase swamp hogs! It’s a great bow hunt adventure as Grant stalks and spots for hogs while sharing hunting strategies and…
News & Tips: 15 Facts and Tips to Fishing a Variety of Fish in The Spring...
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15 Facts and Tips to Fishing a Variety of Fish in The Spring

March 8, 2019
Catch a Mixed Bag of Fish Species With These Early Season Strategies Rare is the fishermen who focuses on one species alone to the exclusion of all others. Some anglers even add excitement to their…
News & Tips: How to Hunt Turkeys That Don't Gobble
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How to Hunt Turkeys That Don't Gobble (video)

March 3, 2019
The sound — or lack of sounds — was frustrating to say the least. A gobbler that I had in my sights roosted the evening before had simply glanced around him in the faint morning's daylight, and then…
Rabbit sitting in the brush
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Rabbit Hunting 101

February 27, 2019
There's no doubt about it: chasing rabbits is fantastic sport. Hunting cottontails may lack the sudden explosiveness of quail hunting or the mesmerism of a green-timber mallard hunt at dawn, but it…
News & Tips: River Walleye Tackle and Tactics
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River Walleye Tackle and Tactics

February 24, 2019
In walleye country, rivers hold an abundance of fish. Current adds another dimension to angling, which can be a challenge, but it often concentrates walleye in specific areas. The next time you plan…
News & Tips: A Primer on Pike—Lures and Tactics for Catching Northern Pike...
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A Primer on Pike—Lures and Tactics for Catching Northern Pike

February 20, 2019
No fish in freshwater can match the ferocity and gluttonous feeding habits of the great northern pike. There is plenty of good pike fishing in the U.S., but often the most spectacular fishing comes…