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In Praise of Ponchos

Some hunters I know sound like girls from my Mom's generation waiting for the Paris fashion shows. They blow big...
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Shamanic Guide to Whitetail Deer Hunting

I got up early this morning and something got me to thinking of my first deer season. This was not...
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Scent Reduction

The first batch of clothes is out of the washer and out on the line. The timing was a bit...
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How still is still?

They always tell you to be as still as you can when you hunt. How still is still? Hmmm. I've...
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More thoughts on the Opener

So here is what I want to know: the low body count in September—is it me or is it the...
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Thoughts on the Opener

So here it is, two days to the season opener for archery in Kentucky. I haven’t got my gear prepped....
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My Confession.

I am a cervid serial killer. I plot and plan my next victim all Winter long. I stalk them thoughout...
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A lot of smokepole people have been getting rude surprises after switching to plastic sabots. The sabot has been leaving...
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Somebody over at 24hourcampfire was asking the question: What is your goto gun for deer? Mine? I've been stretching my...
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A Newbies Plea for Help

From jackel235 over on kentuckyhunting.com: Help WITH GETTING FIRST DEER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all i new to the forms Well my...
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In praise of Slugs

I am forever surprising folks when I say that if I intend on hunting from one of my bow stands,...
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How smart are Deer?

How smart are deer? Deer can do a pretty good job of figuring out the big things in life, like...
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Never take a load for granted. This weekend was proof of that. I had two rifles out this weekend. These...
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Baking soda. I get a 50 lb bag. It lasts me a couple of years. I take all my hunting...
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I've killed 250 lb deer and I've seen 300 lb deer killed in the Greater Ohio Valley within 100 miles...
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Does anyone else remember Highmaster over at Shooters.com? Gosh how I miss him. I had the utmost respect for that...
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Faulty Towers is the first of two 150-year-old barns that lie between the house and our new hunting blind. It...
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On Labor Day 2003 I was in the barn, priming sheets of plywood for the soffits on the house. It...
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Angus’ Doe

Opening weekend of 2003 was one of those times when it seemed nothing could go wrong. Angus’s hunt began with...
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He froze. My right eye was blinded in the muzzle flash through the scope, but my left could follow him...
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