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Calculating angles formula on paper
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Understanding Shooting-Angle Compensation

Sometimes a target ranged at 400 yards isn’t actually 400 yards away. At least as far as a bullet is concerned. The fact is, while measured distance is one component of understanding how much to…
lady butchering meat
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Why Butcher Your Own Big Game?

The Advantages Of Butchering & Eating Wild Game Cabela's Carnivore 1/2 HP Meat Grinder Even among hunters, butchering is often the point of disconnect between hunted animal and food on the…
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Grilling Waterfowl

Enhance The Flavor Of Fowl By Cooking It On Your Grill Grilling duck and goose isn’t complicated, but it does require equal parts science and art. There are two key components to creating…
Venison roast
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Wild Game Smoking Tips

What do you get when you cross a venison backstrap and a hickory tree? We aren’t too sure either. But we are sure that using hickory wood chips to properly smoke a backstrap is delicious, so we’ve…
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Disc-O-Bed XL Cot Bunk Beds

I'd never been one for camping cots, mostly because I'd never tried one that was comfortable. I'm a side sleeper, and the few times I slept on one, my knees, shoulders and head were constantly…
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Muzzleloader Maintenance

Keeping your muzzleloader clean is often key to the accuracy, performance and longevity. Failure to do so can result in misfires, corroded parts and wasting money on a problem that could have been…
Making fruit roll ups
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How to Make Dehydrated Fruit Roll Ups

Fruit roll ups are a fun, healthy snack that’s great for packing on camping trips, fishing, hunting and sending in school lunches. If you’ve got a dehydrator and a blender, you’re basically all set.…
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Preseason Archery Practice

Preseason practice improves your chances of a successful hunt By Wade Middleton I’ve seen it time and time again: that moment of truth when a buck or a doe walks into bow range and the hunter…
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Hunting Turkeys After The Hens Have Been Bred

We found my friend Chuck's Brittany, Wyatt, pointing staunchly into a laurel thicket twice as high as his head. “Maybe it's a grouse,” I said. We hadn't planted any training birds in that area, and…
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The All Day Turkey Hunting Sit

One of the reasons I love turkey hunting is the very act allows you, no begs you, to be somewhat mobile. Running and gunning for deer is a tough proposition, but turkeys are tailor-made for in-field…
Hunter hunting in snow
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How To Layer – Apparel Buyer's Guide

Layering apparel for cold-weather situations can not only help maintain a moderate body temperature, but it could save your life in an emergency situation. FIRST LAYER: Base Layer Cabela's ECWCS…
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Waterfowl Waders Buyer's Guide

All Waterfowl Waders Are Not Created Equal Get The Right Pair For Your Style Of Hunting Aside from a shotgun and nontoxic shot, waders are the most important tool in a waterfowler’s arsenal. Decoy…