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Watering holes for early season whitetails

Hunting Early Season Whitetails in the Heat

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. 
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DIY Duck Hunting Boat

Building Your Own DIY Duck Hunting Boat

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...
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Hunting camo vs flannel patters

Hunting Camo: Fad or Function?

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.
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Turkey Hunting Season Lessens Learned

Turkey Hunting Season Reflection

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.
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Hunting Pressured Turkeys

Hunting Heavily Pressured Turkeys

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.
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What's Wrong with the Hunting Community? 

What's Wrong with the Hunting Community? 

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. 
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A Plan for Successful Turkey Hunt This Spring

A Plan for Successful Turkey Hunt This Spring

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.
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Turkey hunting vs deer hunting

Turkey Hunting Is Not Like Deer Hunting

We can put a lot of pressure on ourselves when it comes to hunting, especially if you devote a large portion of your life to hunting like a lot of hunters often do. That pressure to succeed can be one of the biggest reasons we fail to stick to a plan. Remember that as turkey hunters, we’re not defined by the number of spurs we’ve collected, but by the experience and wisdom we gain through the lessons learned on every hunt.
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