… and that’s a good thing.
JEFFERSON CITY — Harvest numbers for Missouri’s 11-day November portion of the firearms deer season dipped by 7,524, or 4 percent, this year from last for a total of 193,155. Missouri’s record November firearms deer harvest was in 2006, with a total of 235,054.
The top harvest counties were Texas, with [...]
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December 2nd, 2009
2009 Missouri Rifle Deer Numbers Were Way Down…
December 2nd, 2009
Game Camera Photo Contest – Week 1 Entries
Here are the Week 1 entries for the Mostly Archery and Up North Journal Game Camera Photo Contest
You can find the original contest announcement with the prizes, rules and how to enter here.
Taylor from Park Hill, OK sent in this cool photo.
Judy from Washington, DC, sent in this photo – since it contains a human it doesn’t count for [...]
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Fraudulent Fishing Behaviors
They say you can judge the character of a man by the company he keeps. (I’ll assume that principle applies to woman as well) I know I gravitate to those I would consider like minded individuals who enjoy the same things I do. So basically that means I hang out with fisher types who consider a day on the water superior [...]
December 2nd, 2009
KS Hunts #3 and #4 – 11/20
Broke out the climber and found one of the scariest trees in Kansas to climb. I was looking across the creek at all the straight trees with some intense jealousy, but I didn’t have hip waders so I was kind of stuck.
Anyways, I was set up south of a food plot in a narrow 50-75 [...]
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SOME UNUSUAL GIFT IDEAS FOR THE HUNTER ON YOUR HOLIDAY LIST !
Have a few extra Christmas dollars and want to buy something original for yourself or that special person in your life? HER OUTDOORS has done some research on one of my most favorite sites! I have found some great things for the outdoor men and ladies out there! If you are interested in any of [...]
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Trails in NJ to Receive Federal Grant Money
More than $1.8 million in federal grant money is being allocated for developing, maintaining and improving recreational trails throughout New Jersey, the Department of Environmental Protection today announced.
The funds will improve access to open space, enhance environmental resources, create urban and suburban corridors and provide additional hiking, biking and horseback riding opportunities.
In the coming year, [...]
December 2nd, 2009
Late Season Bowhunting Tips – Strategies
Late season bowhunting tips — one last opportunity to fill tag in December
By Don France, Pro Staff Carbon Express & Mathews & StickemArchery.com Contributor
When it comes to late season hunting and you have tags remaining to fill there is bad news and good news. Bad news is that your schedule is getting busy before the [...]
December 2nd, 2009
Bowhunting Inside Corners
Inside Corners! Easy to Find,
Easy to Hunt, and Highly Successful!
By:
Shane McDermott, President and StickemArchery.com Contributor/Pro Staff
Mapping The Outdoors, Inc.
www.mappingtheoutdoors.com
If you are looking for a late season bowhunting tip, Inside Corners are a great place to start if you are just beginning to use aerial photos and topographic maps to identify hot spots for hunting whitetail [...]
December 2nd, 2009
Late Season Bowhunting Tip
Late Season Bow Hunting Strategies & Tactics
By Brian Stephens
Stick’em Archery
For the most part the primary rut is over. If you were fortunate to harvest a mature buck up to this point in the season, congratulations! If you are like many of us and just did not see the type of deer you were looking [...]
December 2nd, 2009
Backwoods Life TV On Pursuit Channel Signs Sponsorship Agreement With X-Factor Outdoor Products
Georgia-based manufacturer of compound bow vibration dampening and silencing products becomes a sponsor on the award-winning Pursuit Channel outdoors TV program. Hahira, GA – Backwoods Life Television, the popular outdoors TV show on the Pursuit Channel, announced today it has signed an official sponsorship agreement with X-Factor Outdoor Products, a leading manufacturer of compound bow [...]
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Archery Tech Tips
Understanding Arrow Front of Center %
F.O.C. stands for Front of Center balance point. This measurement results from the relative weights of the components used in the arrow: shaft, insert, head, fletching, and nock. Let’s talk about how to come up with the F.O.C. calculation:
Step 1. Overall length:
Measure the total length of the arrow [...]
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Daily Devotional – Dec. 2
Bible Study Verse
Acts 4:13
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. (NIV)
Thoughts
On my 2009 archery elk hunt I encountered a young man one morning while “chasing” a nearby bull’s bugle. When I [...]
December 2nd, 2009
Hunting Dreams – Flights of Fancy
Compared to past years, I’ve really been spending a lot more time hunting on the computer than in the field this year. There are good enough reasons for this, I suppose, and I’m not here to whine about it right now.
Nope, rather than complain, the time away from the field has given [...]
December 2nd, 2009
NorthCountry Whitetails Report – Week 5
Just when things started getting back to normal in our whitetail world, opening day of gun season arrived. Anyone who has ever hunted the opener in NY or PA or any other serious gun state knows the name of that tune, and while a great tradition that we…
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