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Any time spent in the woods is valuable, but let's talk about the target goal of shed antlers. Days filled with work meetings aren't always a lost cause. A few short minutes could be all you need to grab a few antlers this spring. Shed hunting doesn't always need to take place where you want to hunt...
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Creepy Crawlers: How to Catch and Fish with Hellgrammites
Kubie Brown
There are a lot of unpleasant things that anglers will use for bait. Whether it’s a handful of nightcrawlers dug from a manure pile, a jar of sun-ripened chicken livers, a bucket full of blood-sucking leeches, or squirming maggots, there aren’t a lot of things we get squeamish about throwing on a...
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BLM Proposal Aims to Save the Greater Sage Grouse
Ryan Callaghan
The Bureau of Land Management recently released a proposal that would increase protections for greater sage grouse in 10 western states. The environmental impact statement analyzes six alternatives for sage grouse habitat management, and the BLM has decided to back the alternative that balances...
Ryan Callaghan
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Vermont’s Invisible Law: Hunters Can Sell Venison
Patrick Durkin
Contrary to assumption, no federal law forbids hunters from selling or buying meat from game animals they shoot. State laws enforce that ban, but not every state forbids it, either. Just ask Vermont hunters. Then again, don’t take their word for it. Few Vermont hunters know a state law lets them...
Patrick Durkin
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3 Myths about Biden's New Gun License Rule
Jordan Sillars
The Biden administration finalized a new rule last week described by Attorney General Merrick Garland as a “historic step” in the “fight against gun violence.” It aims to increase the number of background checks on gun sales by expanding the pool of people who must obtain a federal firearms license...
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Hog Loin with Caramelized Onion and Fennel
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Danielle Prewett
Every spring, heavy rains bring fresh green growth to the landscape and push feral hogs out of the deep ravines into open pastures. It’s one of my favorite times of the year to hunt them, and I enjoy serving them with an underutilized cool-weather vegetable—fennel. Like onion, fennel will caramelize...
Danielle Prewett
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Extinct Bears of North America
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The bears of modern-day North America are arguably some of our most charismatic megafauna. They strike awe in the eyes of many and are reminiscent of a wilder time. If you venture a bit further back in time, to when the very first Homo sapiens were crossing the Bering Strait some 14,000 years ago...
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Hawken Rifle Owned by Teddy Roosevelt, Kit Carson Up for Auction
Jordan Sillars
When Teddy Roosevelt famously advised foreign policy wonks to “speak softly and carry a big stick,” he may have been thinking of this rifle. This giant, .70-caliber Hawken rifle was not only owned by the president who founded the Boone & Crockett Club, hunted for the Smithsonian, and launched the...
Jordan Sillars
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Submerged 11,000-Year-Old Deer Trap Among Oldest on Earth
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When romping in the woods, every now and then, we find evidence of previous hunters: a fire ring, shotgun shell, or meat pole. A reminder that our sojourn in a spot is temporary, that people have been hunting before us, and will continue to do so long after. Recently, scientists in Germany...
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Year-Round Daylight Saving Time Would Cut Deer-Vehicle Crashes
Patrick Durkin
When the humorist Dave Barry turned 50 in 1998, he compiled a list of things that took him a half-century to learn. One such insight still rings true: “You’ll never find anybody who can give a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight saving time.” Many folks, of course, need reminding...
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Is TSS Really the Best Turkey Load?
Joe Genzel
A generation ago, a turkey gun was simply the best gun you owned, and turkey loads were the same lead shotshells used during pheasant season. Specialized turkey shotguns, featuring shorter barrels and stocks with Picatinny rails for mounting red dots, didn’t exist at the time. Nor did production...
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How Not to Introduce Your Kids To Guns
Tony J. Peterson
As soon as I saw my daughter lift her face up from the shotgun and look at the trigger, I knew what was going to happen. There are just some moments as a parent where you instantly know you’ve made a mistake. Before I could say anything, she pulled the trigger on her little youth 20-gauge and...
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Do You Really Need to Break In a Rifle Barrel?
Jordan Sillars
What am I doing with my life? At the time, it seemed like a fair question. I’d been at the gun range two hours, but I’d only pulled the trigger eight times. I had been attempting to follow the barrel maker’s break-in procedure, and it wasn’t going well. You may have seen similar instructions buried...
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