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We hunters too often take on an “out of sight, out of mind attitude” about outfitters. In reality, the good ones are working hard year-round …
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Firearm Safety and Conservation Are Topics of Free Video-for-Schools Campaign from NSSF
May 17, 2013, 1:01 AM EDT
The firearm safety videos teach students how to react if they should encounter a firearm in an unsupervised situation. The conservation titles educate students on how wildlife and wild lands are protected
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So many times I’ve tried to go in and read just one or two old favorite stories, but ended up in the potato chip dilemma – you can not read just one.
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Quebec Leaf River Herd Stable, But Limit to One in 2014-15
May 10, 2013, 1:01 AM EDT
The bright spot in this picture has been and continues to be Quebec’s Leaf River herd. This population continues to remain stable.
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Hank’s food doesn’t just fill you up — it makes you happy and makes your life richer. He shares recipes and cooking techniques on his blog every week that are simply the best stuff out there.
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Here’s a quick round-up of some of the newest guns, ammo and shooting gear that will have you drooling come fall like a retriever eying your Egg McMuffin.
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“Traditional” means “old-fashioned” and it can also mean “successful.” But it also means it’s the way most folks do it!
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If your distant North American big game hunt is successful you’ll have game meat with which to deal. That’s a good thing, but can present headaches if you’re not prepared for it.
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Few things can make a hunter happier than receiving a coveted limited draw license on top of the daily stack of bills and junk mail. YEEEHAW! But achieving success isn’t easy and seldom happens fast.
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… here are some tips for packing the lightest load, but still ensure you have everything you need.
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True, professional, highly-rated outfitters are business men just as much as they are mountain men. They must be if they are to have longevity of any kind.
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If this will be your first spring bear hunt, or if it has been awhile since you’ve enjoyed this amazing rite of late spring and early summer, here are a few reminders on preparing to make the most of a wonderful hunting opportunity.
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Binoculars allow you to say, “That’s a pronghorn.” A spotting scope let’s you say, “That’s a pronghorn buck worth getting a closer look at.”
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Remember the new Number 1 motto of turkey hunting safety: “If something doesn’t seem right, it’s probably not.” Don’t risk somebody’s life. Keep your wits about you. Be wary.
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Turkey season’s here! It’s been nearly a year since most of us last pursued these wise old gobblers. Here are five quick reminders of important tactics and strategies that can boost your success.
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With these three easy steps under your belt, you’ve taken a great first step in finding a quality outfitter, guide or charter service to fulfill your hunting and fishing dreams.
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Open to college-aged students who love the traditional outdoor pursuits of fishing, camping, hunting, the shooting sports and/or wildlife conservation, it’s a chance to describe your related career dreams and win $500 in terrific outdoor gear for the effort!
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One of the tremendously proactive arms of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is its firearms safety division. And the centerpiece of its efforts is a program called Project ChildSafe which has recently been expanded to include Project HomeSafe. They are all about responsible firearms ownership.
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If you’re hunting, you locate a bird, you set up, but something just doesn’t seem right – it’s probably not. What you’ve likely set up on is another hunter. Don’t be ashamed. It’s going to happen to all of us as the calls and decoys become even more lifelike.
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Zoom. Focus. There they are! Caribou … strung out for a mile. I quit counting at 80, but the high-powered optics revealed many more drifting along below the line of ridge top. Best of all, they were trending our way. Time to move.
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At least for a time in their career, every hunter and shooter should load their own shells. It teaches a great deal about how cartridges and firearms work which is critical to being a better shooter and a better, and therefore, more ethical hunter.
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Are your favorites here? If not, you can make your voice heard by signing up to take monthly surveys of your hunting, shooting and buy habits at Southwick Associates’ monthly HunterSurvey.com and ShooterSurvey.com sites.
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Though much less known, spring hunting for Atlantic flyway snow geese is conducted in the northern half of the eastern seaboard including the states of Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont. Then it’s just a hop over the border into Quebec…
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The moral of the story is simple: Listen to your guide. You researched him. You put your faith in him when you signed the contract for the hunt. You paid him a big pile of money. So remember that when you’re on the mountain. Don’t let success slip from your grasp because you get antsy!
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Every call my guide made on this hunt had been right so far – where to camp, where to look for sheep, where there was safe water to drink, where they had cached additional supplies to hole up during the worst of the weather, what to do when we’d encountered grizzlies and moose on our trek into sheep country.
