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Winter Boots Buyer's Guide

Winter means different things in different parts of the country. Considering it might dump 24" of snow overnight in the Rockies, pour 2" of rain in 24 hours in the Pacific Northwest or send the…
3 Bow Hunters dressed in camo standing together with binoculars scouting prey
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Get Your Hunting Bow Ready: Pre-Season Checklist (infographic)

Bow hunting season is almost here! Are you ready? Have you been practicing as much as you should? Are the hunting tree stands and deer stands hung with care? Are your camo hunting clothes carefully…
rubber boots next to tree
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Rubber Boots Buyer's Guide

Rubber boots have evolved from all-purpose "mucking-around" rain boots to highly engineered hunting boots, work boots and even snake boots. They offer an edge over traditional hunting boots because…
Hunter adjusting game camera
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Trail Camera Buyer's Guide

Advanced Hunting Tools That Have Emerged as Essential Gear Thanks to advances in technology, trail cameras have become an essential hunting tool. In fact, they’ve become so useful that even outdoor…
Best treestand tools to keep you safe plus two how-to videos
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It’s Time to Hang Those Hunting Tree Stands: Best Tools to Keep Safe (video)

The back half of summer is here! It won’t be long and there will be a night when the temperature and humidity both drop, and in the morning that faint, distant whiff of fall will be in the air. It’s…
Hunter with many turkey calls
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Carrying Multiple Turkey Calls in Your Vest

When I first started turkey hunting more than three decades ago, I had two mouth diaphragm calls. I shot the first two birds I called in on opening day. Quaker Boy Mini Mag Mouth CallsThe same…
2 Kayakers floating down a scenic river in Missouri with dense foliage and trees on both sides with the sun peeking through
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Explore 3 of the Best Scenic Float Trips in the Ozarks (video)

For many years, the rivers and streams of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas have been favorite destinations for river floaters in search of what mother nature has to offer. I have been…
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Choosing Scopes For Turkey Guns

Many turkey hunters don't believe they need a scope to make an accurate shot at a bird only 30 or 40 yards away. That's especially true for long-time shotgunners skilled at hunting ducks, pheasants,…
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How to Clean a Water Bladder

Is there anything nastier than slurping down mold chunks and slime-water from the hydration bladder that has been sitting in the trunk for a couple of weeks? Probably, but we do not want to think…
cook a moist turkey with brine
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How to Brine a Turkey

As exciting as wild turkeys are to hunt, they're just as delicious on the dinner table, if you know how to handle the meat. Unlike store-bought turkeys, which are bred to be fat, wild turkey meat has…
Hunting camp tent and generator
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Get the Ultimate Hunt Camp – Cabela's Tents

Whether you hunt regularly from a tent or are considering one for the first time, the Cabela's Outfitter Series tents and the Outback Lodge tents are equipped with many of the amenities a hunting or…
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Fish Finder / Sonar Buyer's Guide

Gone are the days of positioning your boat solely relying on shoreline structures for reference. Modern sonar and GPS combos can turn an aquatic abyss into a visible underwater metropolis revealing a…