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The key is to have a plan and stick to it. Remember perfect practice makes perfect and consistency is the goal. Go into this fall being a better archer than you were last year. Let’s get shooting!

Water is vital for the survival and overall well-being of whitetail deer. During dry seasons or in regions with limited natural water sources, waterholes become critical for sustaining deer populations. 

Building Your Own Duck Boat By Jeff Ludeke | PUBLISHED June 11th, 2023 There's a common saying that boat stands for Bust Out Another Thousand (B.O.A.T.). Knowing that boats can become money...

Hunting requires hiding from your target. Don’t depend on camo; rather, depend on cover. A dense cover behind you and some outline-breaking cover in front of you is the ticket. If cover is adequate, spooking game is a lot more difficult.

If you are a hunter, failure and success will both be familiar (often more heavy quantities of failure) but failure is not a bad thing. Failure can make you hardened and prepare you for future success.

There is a ton of luck involved with any successful turkey harvest, but there is one factor you can control that often determines the success of the hunt and that's persistence.

No matter what you post on social media, someone will have an opinion. That opinion often comes with an undertone of negativity. Just because someone doesn't do something the way you would have, doesn't mean it's wrong, yet keyboard cowboys can't seem to help bring other people down. 

Killing a turkey is a huge accomplishment and it can happen at any time. Just because you’ve still got tags burning a hole in your pocket doesn’t mean you’re any less likely to get it done. So, stick with the plan if you’re seeing birds, or change it up if you’re not. But keep learning and keep hunting.