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Shooting foam: Here’s how to make sure you’re ready for bow opener

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As I espied the elk, I figured he was pushing 35 yards away.
Upon releasing my arrow, however, I quickly realized that he was much further away. The carbon shaft struck noticeably low, barely catching the top portion of his leg. What would have ended up as a long, yet fruitless, tracking job only ended up as a bit of disappointment and a lot of laughs as the elk in question was not made of flesh and bone, but rather foam. Bigger animals such as elk look closer than they actually are when you are accustomed to shooting at deer and turkey-sized animals.

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Crankbaits fit the bill in many fishing scenarios

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As we slowly made our way along the shoreline of a local lake recently, the youth angler in my boat asked how deep the water was so he knew which crankbait to tie on. When I told him we were in 3 to 6 feet of water, he excitedly replied, “Oh, okay, so I need a square-billed crankbait then.”
While I knew exactly what he meant, I also did not feel that he was exactly right.

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Summer bluegill bite is on in Ohio

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Get out the ultralight tackle, small flies and crickets or bee moth, the bluegills are coming. Not too many weeks ago in Ohio, you could scarcely find the start of a bluegill nest bed. Now, the tell-tale honeycombed shaped indentions near the bank reveal the presence of plenty of them scattered along the shorelines of farm ponds, lakes, and reservoirs alike.

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Trying to be just like my dad

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The summer months definitely hold a lot of special memories for me – most of which center around the many fishing trips my late father and I would go on when I was a child.
Now my son is constantly asking me to take him fishing. Often I just don’t have the time – or so I think. This is a shame because when I look back to when I was his age I realize how fortunate I was and that I have to try to be more like my father.

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Stick it out for your late-season Ohio turkey

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Are you still trying to find a way to put a notch in your turkey tag on this last weekend of the Ohio season? Well, don’t fear. The waning days of the season can be the best yet!
This is usually a time of despair for some hunters, but I have always loved the last few days of turkey season. I feel that some of the best hunting takes place the last weekend of the season. You just have to know how to hunt late-season birds.

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Two partners sometimes better than going it alone for turkeys

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Mature gobblers are notorious for hanging up just outside of shooting range, often making a seemingly sure thing quickly fade into a memory. Just when you think that the bird will be taking a ride in the back of your truck, he stops coming to your calls. He may keep answering them for a while, but more times than not when this happens the game is over.
This is where having a buddy with you can really pay off.

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Tips to get on April crappies before the spawn

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There have been several reports recently that claim the crappie fishing in many lakes and reservoirs is red-hot. So if you like crappie fishing, things are starting to heat up.
Crappies don’t actually spawn until the water temperature is between 62 and 65 degrees (although black crappies may start a little earlier and white crappies a little later) but they begin actively seeking out suitable areas to spawn when the water is much cooler than that – around 55 degrees or so.

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Success starts before the turkey opener: here’s how to be ready

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Going out and hoping to kill a bird on opening day without any knowledge of where they are roosting, frequenting, or liking to hang out is tough. It is done every opening morning by tons of turkey hunters, but to do it consistently, or to up the odds of making it highly probable, work needs to be done ahead of time.

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Don’t blow your turkey hunt before it even starts this spring

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Practicing your calling is important (and, yes, it is fun) so that you can masterfully replicate the sounds of the wild turkey as best you can when it becomes game time. There is a time and a place for everything, though.
Under no circumstance should you ever use a turkey call in the wild unless you are actually hunting and intent on killing a turkey. Every time you do, you run the risk of educating the birds in your area.

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