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Should you shoot single-bevel broadheads? Here’s what to consider
It’d been a frustrating start to the whitetail rut in 2024, but anyone who has hunted long enough knows that fortunes can change quickly in November.
Time in the woods pays off. That’s what I was telling myself on the morning of Nov. 14 when setting up in a tree adjacent to a thick bedding area where multiple trails converge. About 10 a.m., a buck trotted out of the bedding area and went directly to a scrape 15 yards from me.
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Should you shoot single-bevel broadheads? Here’s what to consider
It’d been a frustrating start to the whitetail rut in 2024, but anyone who has hunted long enough knows that fortunes can change quickly in November.
Time in the woods pays off. That’s what I was telling myself on the morning of Nov. 14 when setting up in a tree adjacent to a thick bedding area where multiple trails converge. About 10 a.m., a buck trotted out of the bedding area and went directly to a scrape 15 yards from me.
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Should you shoot single-bevel broadheads? Here’s what to consider
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