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Essential Clamming Gear for the Pacific Northwest

Clamming is very cost-effective, requiring minimal gear. Many people already have the gear needed to clam successfully, and with the purchase of a shellfish or clamming license, that’s all that’s…
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Making The Most of Your Next RV Road Trip

More people are exploring the country in an RV than ever before. RV sales have increased every year since 2010, according to the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association, and this upward trend is…
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How To Target And Catch Summer Perch

Early in the spring, anglers often catch perch in shallow water less than 10 feet deep. However, as spring turns into summer, the shallow-water action for these little panfish tapers off. In order…
antelope hunt with cva muzzleloader
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Chasing Antelope With a CVA Firearm

Hunting around the world with a muzzleloader, you face some harsh conditions – Changing humidity levels, rain, snow, sunshine, drastic sudden changes in temperature that can cause your barrel to…
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When to Make The First Call

The magnitude of the first call when turkey hunting cannot be understated. If it is made from the wrong place, a hunter's location easily could be discovered. If it is made at the wrong time, a…
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Long Range Shooting

Are you interested in long-range shooting? Is one of your biggest goals to successfully shoot paper targets, steel targets, and even varmints, predators and big-game animals from distances of up to 1…
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Turkey Glossary - Turkey Terms and Hashtags

Thunder chicken, hammerhead, boss tom and Mr. Waddles, are just some of the slang terms turkey hunters give to old, mature gobblers. One thing turkey hunters don’t lack is an imagination and the…
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Handgun: Concealed Carry Education

You go to great lengths to minimize threats to your life, but sometimes a deadly situation is unavoidable. While every scenario is unique and requires personal decisions, having a proper handgun…
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Jim Shockey's Essential Gear

Every once in a long while, a product comes along that revolutionizes the process of hunting – the compound bow, in-line muzzleloader, trail cameras and now the Havalon family of knives. I can…
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Build Your Own Walk-In Cooler

A DIY Walk-Cooler Is Easily Achievable, And At A Fraction Of The Cost You'd Expect CoolBot Temperature Controller For decades, walk-in coolers have required heavy, expensive and inefficient…
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Trimming For Taste

Ridding your meat of fat and gnarly tissue We crave the melt-in-your-mouth richness of densely marbled meat produced by cows. In fact, the fat of most domestic animals tends to be an appealing and…
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Deer Field Dressing Step-By-Step

Outdoor Edge The Outfitter Field Dressing Kit Most people who go hunting are thinking, “I can’t wait to get my hands on my deer,” not “I can’t wait to gut my deer.” While field dressing is rarely…