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News & Tips: Fall Fishing Tips and Tricks
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Fall Fishing Tips and Tricks

If you weatherproof your house this fall, save a few pieces of self-adhesive weather stripping for your angling needs. When applied to the side of a boat or tackle box, the foam rubber stripping…
News & Tips: Ice Fishing Electronics Buying Guide
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Ice Fishing Electronics Buying Guide

Electronics play a vital role in ice fishing. Portable fish finders, underwater cameras, GPS units and two-way radios are not gadgets but tools, and using them will make you a better angler. Using…
News & Tips: Casting Artificials for Bonito
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Casting Artificials for Bonito

The southeast coast of Florida has an annual run of bonito (false albacore) every summer.   Their "Gold Coast appearance" occurs sooner and in more shallow water around Jupiter — in the northern part…
News & Tips: Fall & Winter Camping: Sleeping in Comfort (video)...
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Fall & Winter Camping: Sleeping in Comfort (video)

With the elements at odds with you, camping in the fall and winter — even during milder weather — can be challenging. A sudden drop in temperature in the night or unexpected precipitation can…
News & Tips: Beginners Hiking Guide: Hiking Tips, Safety Tips & Checklist...
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Beginners Hiking Guide: Hiking Tips, Safety Tips & Checklist

The idea of hiking or backpacking in the cold can be daunting, as the wind can be biting, the snow can be deep and working up a sweat on your hike can result in feeling chilled to the bone once you…
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…