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June 27, 2026

Here’s how to maximize your success utilizing mock scrapes for whitetails

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It’s no secret that trail cameras have changed the way we hunt whitetails. Combine them with mock scrapes so a hunter can “take inventory” of a property, and you have a deadly one-two combination.
Brian Kightlinger has been hunting for 40 years and fell in love with archery hunting in his early 20s. In 2011, he started using gland lure with his mock scrapes and found immediate success. “Since then, I’ve spoken at many outdoor events and conferences about mock scrapes and how deer use their glands to communicate with each other,” he said.

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Jeremiah Haas: Reflecting on 250 years of the outdoors in the U.S.

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America was founded on a set of principles in that our rights come from God, not from the government, and that we were free people that could determine our own paths. These principles were unique amongst the countries of the world at the time; hence the great experiment began 250 years ago.
When you think about the outdoors in 1776, it was just a little different than now.

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eDNA surveillance expands the fight against aquatic invasive species

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It seems we regularly hear of new aquatic invasive species detections through the use of eDNA. Now, in the open water season, eDNA monitoring efforts are fully underway. But did you ever wonder what that’s all about? How does it work, and what does the term eDNA even mean?
Danny Gotarkar is a research scientist in the Waterhouse Lab at the University of Minnesota. He teaches a course on eDNA (environmental DNA), and works with it routinely. His summary of its use should be familiar to fans of TV crime dramas.

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