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Hunting with Dogs
How to Encourage Prey Drive in Retriever Puppies
Puppy training is rewarding, but a lot of it isn’t much fun. Sure, treat training a Lab pup on how to sit or lay down is pretty cool at first, but over time the foundational work can become tedious. Most of the leash work, steadiness drills, and obedience basics involve a commitment to the long game...
Tony J. Peterson
Mar 20, 2023
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Firearms
How to Choose the Right Big Game Hunting Bullet
It’s safe to say that hunters are spoiled by bullet selections these days. But the sheer number of options can be overwhelming. What’s the difference between “cup and core” and “soft point?” What does it mean for a bullet to be “bonded,” why do some hunters swear by “partition” bullets, and isn’t...
Jordan Sillars
Mar 17, 2023
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Turkey
Bowhunting Turkeys Sucks, But You Should Do It Anyway
It’s not uncommon to hear turkey hunters say, “Gobblers are meant to be shot in the face with a load of 5s.” The general sentiment there is that if you’re going to turkey hunt, a 12 gauge is a hell of a lot better of a choice than a bow.
The truth is, that depends on what you want to get out of a...
Tony J. Peterson
Mar 15, 2023
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Caliber Battle: 7mm-08 Remington vs. .270 Winchester
With manageable recoil, reasonable cost, and the ballistic capability to take everything from groundhogs to moose–it’s hard to imagine two more effective and popular cartridges than the .270 Winchester and the 7mm-08 Remington.
I’ll say at the outset that this race is a barn burner. It’s like a time...
Jordan Sillars
Mar 9, 2023
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Turkey
3 Turkey Timing Mistakes All Hunters Make
Turkeys sleep in the trees because it’s safer than sleeping on the ground. Now that I’ve written probably the dumbest (and simplest) turkey statement any outdoor writer has ever conjured up, let me redeem myself.
Don’t Approach at Dusk
While those gobblers and hens are all safe from ground predators...
Tony J. Peterson
Mar 2, 2023
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Hunting with Dogs
3 Reasons Your Puppy Isn’t Taking To Training The Way You’d Like
A new pup is a living, four-legged promise. Tucked deep inside of the adorable awkwardness is a future full of rooster flushes and limits of greenheads. All you have to do to do is train it to listen and understand its role at home and in the field.
It’s simple, really, yet so many people get it...
Tony J. Peterson
Feb 24, 2023
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Firearms
3 Rifle Drills That’ll Make You a Better Hunter
One of the best things about hunting is that it’s never over–there’s always another season, another species, and another way to take your skills to the next level.
This offseason, consider adding rifle training to your summer program. Archery hunters know the importance of practice, and while modern...
Jordan Sillars
Feb 23, 2023
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Turkey
How to Kill Your First Gobbler
Almost as soon as the tom landed in the clearing, he gobbled and puffed up. After four days of getting beat by the birds, it was a surreal sight. It was even more surreal when he dropped out of strut and bee-lined it for the logging road I was positioned next two with my 20-gauge laid across my knee...
Tony J. Peterson
Feb 22, 2023
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Waterfowl
Why Do You See So Many Ducks After the Season?
At the close of every duck season, it doesn’t take long for mallards and other puddle ducks to fill the skies and start landing in front of vacant hunting blinds. Greenheads, pintails, and other waterfowl dabble and preen in waters they would not have prior to the close of the season because hunters...
Joe Genzel
Feb 17, 2023
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Firearms
Post-Season Firearms Care
Rifle seasons have wrapped up in most states, which means it’s time to stash your deer rifle in the safe and forget about it until the Fall.
Right? Wrong.
Whether you filled a tag or earned a Ph.D. in Squirrel Observation, your rifle deserves a little TLC. It stuck by your side through the rain and...
Jordan Sillars
Feb 16, 2023
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Elk
Study: Elk Bugle in Local Dialects
Blue whales have them. Songbirds have them. Turns out bugling bull elk have them too. Not just a song of their species, but local dialects that separates their tunes from others in geographic locations.
In a discovery that may stir the coals of campfire debates for many Septembers to come...
Ben Long
Feb 7, 2023
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