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Bucks of summer provide a great viewing experience

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My pal Paul resides on a hobby farm that, among other things, provides a heap of open pasture space upon which to train my dogs, shoot our hunting bows at 3-dimensional targets set up against a wooded backdrop, and view myriad wildlife. Because of that, the place has been a second home for me for decades.
A few days ago, I made a short foray to Paul’s place to run young Labrador, Jet, and to shoot my newest hunting bow. While hiking to the archery range, I surveyed the adjacent grain field for animal life, a second-nature action for me, and saw three impressive bucks calmly browsing along the field edge.

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An archer’s guide to outsmarting the wind

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Dealing with wind currents has to be at the top of a bowhunter’s checklist when choosing optimal stand locations. Failing to take wind direction, or hunting poor wind direction, will alert deer to a hunter’s presence long before they are seen or heard crunching leaves under hooves.
Deer, and all other big game, can discern human odor at incredible distances, sometimes more than a half mile.

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A late-season bowhunt in South Dakota eventually delivers during the secondary rut

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I had a South Dakota archery tag burning a hole in my pocket all season, and I was itching to punch it. The problem was, my work schedule was jam-packed, and I had waterfowl- and pheasant-hunting plans.
So, bowhunting for Dakota deer looked to be unlikely until I made a hard decision to disregard work responsibilities and trek west to the South Dakota/Montana border region to chase whitetails with my recurve bow.

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Training game dogs to track wounded birds will result in more limits

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On the ride back from an eventful western Minnesota hunt, I detailed to my hunting partner, Steve, how if it were not for industrious folks releasing gaudy, long-tailed Chinese birds into the state, we would not have much to do in the way of game bird fun.

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Hoofin’ it for ducks: Experience the joys of the jump-shoot

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The Minnesota waterfowl season has been a head-scratcher at times. The year began with pretty good success, as reported by a wide range of hunters across the state. But that enthusiasm quickly waned as mild weather kept ducks from migrating from northern haunts to Minnesota sloughs.
Then, local ducks soon wised up, giving even grizzled waterfowlers fits. Perplexingly, even when an arctic blast hit North Dakota, blanketing outstanding duck habitat in snow and ice, ducks seemed to have skipped over vast sections of our state.

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Hunting the Big Bucks Among Us

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One of those crisp, early November evenings found me 15 feet above the forest floor, looking and listening for activity.

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Feast or Famine: That’s Minnesota Pheasant Hunting

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Our previous hunts near home in south-central Minnesota had been largely uneventful, resulting in only a young, barely-colored rooster.

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Hunting the suburbs? Here’s the best ways to make the most of it

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Just like most whitetail bowhunters, I relish chasing bucks during the rut.
When late October rings in, anything can happen in the woods. An otherwise slow sit can turn productive in seconds when an active doe moves by, or a traveling buck creates an opportunity for success. One of those crisp, early November evenings found me 15 feet above the forest floor, looking and listening for activity.

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Common-sense prep for bear-hunting success in Minnesota

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Bear hunting in Minnesota can be feast or famine.
Some years, nature offers bruins a smorgasbord of food options such as blueberries, hazelnuts, and acorns. Other years, those attractive goodies are unavailable to bears, and the critters visit hunters’ bait sites with regularity, increasing those hunters’ chances of tagging one of the forest beasts. My favorite bear hunts have occurred during those seasons during which bears munched wildly on native chow and largely ignored sweet bait offerings.

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Bucks of summer provide a great viewing experience

An archer’s guide to outsmarting the wind

A late-season bowhunt in South Dakota eventually delivers during the secondary rut

Training game dogs to track wounded birds will result in more limits

Hoofin’ it for ducks: Experience the joys of the jump-shoot

Hunting the Big Bucks Among Us

Feast or Famine: That’s Minnesota Pheasant Hunting

Hunting the suburbs? Here’s the best ways to make the most of it

Common-sense prep for bear-hunting success in Minnesota

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