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News & Tips: Spend Your Time Hunting Squirrels Around These 4 Fall Food Sources...
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Spend Your Time Hunting Squirrels Around These 4 Fall Food Sources

A crisp fall morning, a .22 rifle in hand and squirrels grating on nuts; what a way to spend the day in the woods! Ripe hickory nuts, plentiful acorns, aromatic walnuts and cool fall mornings set the…
News & Tips: Fiberglass Fly Rods: A Trout Angler's Desire to Feel More of the Casting Action...
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Fiberglass Fly Rods: A Trout Angler's Desire to Feel More of the Casting Action

After catching a smattering of six- to eight-inch wild brown trout, the sixteen incher looked like a salmon when it came out from behind a submerged tree trunk and inhaled the nymph.  A second later…
News & Tips: The Endless Possibilities of Spotlights...
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The Endless Possibilities of Spotlights

When you need a super-bright, far-reaching light, a spotlight works best. Navigating a boat at night, viewing wildlife after dark, varmint hunting, frog hunting and emergency signaling are all tasks…
News & Tips: 4 More Tips for Low-Impact Deer Hunting...
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4 More Tips for Low-Impact Deer Hunting

Last week we discussed a few ways to practice low-impact deer hunting. Let's look at a few more ways minimize your impact and maximize your chances of tagging a big buck this season.  Always…
News & Tips: Travel Blog: The Best Time to Fish for Migratory Predators in Goodland, Florida...
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Travel Blog: The Best Time to Fish for Migratory Predators in Goodland, Florida

Though there’s a stretch of summer swelter between, the seasons will turn and fall will arrive before you know it. It’s a magic time along Florida’s southwest coast, with all manner of minnows,…
News & Tips: 3 Reasons to Fish Fast for Panfish
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3 Reasons to Fish Fast for Panfish

While there is a time and place for slow presentations for panfish, I'm here to tell you that fishing fast is a great way to catch more and bigger sunfish, crappie and yellow perch. Reason 1: It…
News & Tips: 6 Secrets to Steering Deer to Your Stand...
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6 Secrets to Steering Deer to Your Stand

As hunters we mostly try to figure out where deer are moving and then set up an ambush along that route. But sometimes it's useful to turn that scenario around and actually make the deer move where…
News & Tips: The Hype Around Non-Typical Clover Seed...
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The Hype Around Non-Typical Clover Seed

Clover, and especially white clover, is perhaps the single best plant available for deer food plots. It's fairly easy to establish, provides a high protein level, and when perennial types such as…
News & Tips: Hunting Big Bucks This Season, Or NOT?...
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Hunting Big Bucks This Season, Or NOT?

  Dr. Grant Woods shows video of a possible hit list buck for 2014. After a brief Labor Day greeting, Dr. Woods starts to introduce the 2014 Big Buck Hit List.  The biggest mature buck on the…
News & Tips: 5 Tips for Uncovering Cane-Bed Bass
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5 Tips for Uncovering Cane-Bed Bass

    Standing cane, or what is commonly called bulrush, attract largemouth bass both for the cover and concealment they provide, as well as the food sources that are found within. Plucking fish from…
News & Tips: 5 Ways to Avoid Crowds on Day Hikes
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5 Ways to Avoid Crowds on Day Hikes

    The popular sport of day hiking continues to attract those looking for a bit of adventure with limited time. On several recent day hikes at national and state parks, I've had plenty of company…
News & Tips: John Blaquiere Buck Featured on Bass Pro Shops King of Bucks Sept 13...
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Brenda Valentine's Snowy Alabama Whitetail Hunt Featured on Bass Pro Shops King of Bucks Sept. 6

Visit the Outdoor Channel King of Bucks Television If hunting Alabama whitetails in the snow seems strange to people, imagine how winter weather short circuits a southern buck’s brain. Those were…