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News & Tips: Beginner to Intermediate Level Hog Hunting...
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Beginner to Intermediate Level Hog Hunting

You’ll find wild hogs mostly in the southern Gulf states like Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, as well as in some neighboring states like Arkansas. North and east Texas provide…
News & Tips: Change Up Your Squirrel Hunting – Take Them By Water...
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Change Up Your Squirrel Hunting – Take Them By Water

Every type of squirrel hunting has its own unique appeal. The stand hunter enjoys scouting for sign, such as chewed corn husks and hickory nut fragments, then setting up in the perfect spot and…
News & Tips: Ice Fishing: Basic Techniques For Finding The Right Depth...
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Ice Fishing: Basic Techniques For Finding The Right Depth

The most fundamental element that’s key to having a successful ice fishing trip is determining the depth at which the fishing are biting. From there, you’ll simply need to put your bait at this depth…
News & Tips: Pronghorns on Foot
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Pronghorns on Foot

If you live east of the Mississippi and travel west for your first pronghorn hunt, you're in for a treat. Rare is the hunter who is not awed by the sight of vast herds of these tan and white animals…
News & Tips: Opening Day Deer Tactics
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Opening Day Deer Tactics

Silently at first, then with the soft sounds of bird songs, daybreak slowly illuminated the dark West Virginia woods. Gray shapes came first, then a hint of orange on the eastern horizon.   A sharp…
News & Tips: How to Dove Hunt Without the Crowds
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How to Dove Hunt Without the Crowds

Bring up the subject of dove hunting and most sportsmen picture images of vast fields of harvested grain surrounded by dozens of shooters waiting for birds to fly under a hot afternoon sun. The…
News & Tips: Get Ready for Deer Season
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Get Ready for Deer Season

If all you're doing about deer hunting season now is fantasizing about that big buck you hope to encounter on a crisp November morning, you're making a big mistake, and you have a lot of catch-up to…
News & Tips: How to Hunt this Week
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How to Hunt this Week

November 23, 2012 By today, Nov. 23, most does have been bred where I live in southern Missouri – and throughout most of the whitetail’s range. There are exceptions including parts of Alabama, south…
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Hunting Safety Tips: Safe Firearm Handling

Keep you finger off the trigger, muzzle pointed at the ground, safety on until ready to shoot and know what is beyond your target. These safety practices are drilled in our minds from the very…
News & Tips: The Chase Phase of the Rut
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The Chase Phase of the Rut

November 16, 2012As usual, I’m hearing mixed reports about the intensity of the rut from different areas. I’ve received a BUNCH of email from GrowingDeer.tv fans that have tagged huge bucks in Kansas…
News & Tips: The Duck Hunt a Son's Perspective
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The Duck Hunt a Son's Perspective

A friend of mine and his son went duck hunting the other day. They were up way before daylight, drove to their hunting spot, and got the decoys out just as the sun peeked up over the hill. After a…
News & Tips: Making the First Arrow Count
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Making the First Arrow Count

Like most bow hunters, I practice shooting year round. In those sessions, my objective is to ingrain correct shooting form, build archery muscles and increase confidence. The ultimate goal is better…