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Vin T. Sparano

How far is too far when it comes to long-range shots in hunting?

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Here we go again. I recently read an article in one of my hunting magazines titled “Is Long Range Shooting at Animals Ethical Hunting?”
The author claims that unless you’re an excellent marksman who has perfected long-range shooting with the right rifle and sights, you should not take those 1,000 yard shots at any animal. The implication here is that some of us aging hunters – without our new sophisticated firearms and sights – should not take long shots and risk wounding an animal.

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The era of the Rod and Gun Editors Association of Metropolitan N.Y. is rich with history

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It happened in 1932 at Al Schacht’s Restaurant and Bar at 102 East 52nd Street, just off Park Avenue, in Manhattan. Jack Brawley and Jim Hurley had the first meeting of the Rod & Gun Editors Association of Metropolitan New York.
Brawley was the outdoor columnist for the New York Journal-American. Hurley had the same job at the New York Daily Mirror. Al Schacht, for the record, was a Major League Baseball pitcher for Jersey City in 1919 before opening his restaurant and bar, which became a regular meeting place for the Rod & Gun Editors Association. Babe Ruth was also a regular visitor at Al’s place.

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Commentary: Dismayed about the changing face of big-game hunting

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I’m not sure what happened to deer hunting and I’m also not sure I like it. I’m an old deer hunter right now, but I started deer hunting when I was 16 or 17 years old.
I was born and raised in the city of Newark … not exactly a frontier town. No one in my family was a hunter, so I started out on my own, through the world of outdoor magazines. If someone told me back then that I would ultimately end up as editor-in-chief of Outdoor Life, I would have said they were totally nuts.

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Vin T. Sparano: Hard to beat lever-action guns in the backwoods

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In some of my recent gun magazines, I’m now detecting a trend in our guns. Most noticeably, the wonderful return and focus on our beloved lever-action guns…the cowboy guns of yesteryear.
Anyone who has read my writings must know that I am not a big fan of the AR-type rifles, which now seem to be labeled “tactical.” I also get tired of confessing that these “tactical” guns may well shoot faster, farther and more accurately at absurd ranges than my old Marlin lever-action rifles.

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Where should you aim on deer, bear? Better understand their anatomy

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Hunters will soon head for the woods with rifles, bows, muzzleloaders and shotguns. Your goal will be the same: Bring home the bacon.… or, in this case, the venison.
If you’re a new deer hunter, you may not be sure where to put that bullet or arrow for a quick, clean kill. No hunter wants to wound a deer or bear, but that sometimes will happen. It’s all about knowing where to put that bullet or arrow.

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Vin T. Sparano: Incorporate the fine art of dead-sticking into your fishing tactics

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I have an important message and a confession to make to all fishermen who fish with natural baits: I love dead-sticking. In recent years, the growing trend seems to be baiting your bucktail jigs with natural baits, sometimes tying two baited bucktails to your line. Then we endlessly jig the bucktails on the bottom, trying to impose action.

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The changing face of deer hunting: Is it a good thing?

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I’m not sure what happened to deer hunting and I’m also not sure I like it. I’m an old deer hunter right now, but I started deer hunting when I was about 16 or 17 years old. 
I was born and raised in the city of Newark (New Jersey), not exactly a frontier town. No one in my family were hunters, so I started out on my own through the world of outdoor magazines. If someone told me back then that I would ultimately end up as Editor-in-Chief of Outdoor Life, I would have said they were totally nuts.

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What are the top five bass flies? We asked the experts

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A fishing friend recently told me he wanted to try fly fishing for bass. He knew there were hundreds of fancy trout flies, but should he get different ones for more aggressive freshwater bass?
We’ve all heard those familiar questions: If you were allowed only one book on a desert island, what would you pick? If you were allowed one companion, who would you pick? Even more tragic, if you were allowed only five flies to use for bass, what would they be? Imagine the emotional consequences of such a question.

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