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Hunting Articles
Keep up to date with the latest in hunting. Below you will find a few articles that should be helpful for the next hunting season.
Decoy Safety
Turkey hunting is an extremely safe activity, but hunters must always remain alert, particularly when hunting with decoys. Decoys can certainly increase a hunter’s chances, but they can also increase the possibility of confusing hunters. Today’s decoys are very real looking and can draw fire from unknowing hunters in the area. When using decoys, be [...]
Get the Best Pattern from Your Turkey Gun
As the first signs of spring emerge in the Deep South, the distant echoes of last year’s gobbling start to reverberate in the very souls of turkey hunters. Dreams of past turkey hunts become more frequent and the ones that went bad begin to haunt us. Awakening from a convulsive sleep, our thoughts go to [...]
Choose the Right Turkey Gun
The level of sophistication in firearms available to the turkey hunter has followed the same path as turkey calls. As more hunters have joined the sport, manufacturers have responded to their needs by making shotguns with features ideally matched to the turkey woods. Here are a few tips for making sure you have the right [...]
Protect Your Camo Clothing
Does your camouflage clothing lose its color after a few washings? You can protect the color of your camo by following a few steps, and by treating your camo like you treat a fine bow or shotgun. Before washing your camo, turn the garments inside out. You can then choose to wash them by hand [...]
Turkey Hunter’s Checklist
With turkey seasons fast approaching in many areas, it is time for most turkey hunters to begin gearing up for the season. While you will not need every item on this list to kill a turkey, any given situation can make you wish you had packed your bag a little more completely. The following turkey [...]
Salmon Season Starts in Oregon
The sport-fishing season for salmon starts Tuesday on the Columbia River, and like in years past, only hatchery fish can be kept. Anglers will be required to release Wild Chinook and Steelhead…
Florida Lawmaker Files Bill to Do Away with Fishing Licenses
An editorial in the Naples News makes a case for fishing licenses in response to a state lawmaker’s efforts to outlaw the requirement that anglers have one to fish…
New System for Buying Missouri Licenses in Place
If you like to hunt deer and turkey in Missouri, you no longer will have to wait until your permit arrives in the mail to go hunting if you use a new option being offered by the Conservation Department…
New Jersey Management Hunt a Success
Hunters climb 20 feet into trees in suburban parks, aiming not just for deer but for pregnant ones — in one of the most macho operations that Essex County runs, the annual deer management program in South Mountain, Eagle Rock and Hilltop Reservations…
