Revised every year – this is the 30th edition – S.P. Fjestad’s “Blue Book of Gun Values” is the standard guide to firearms value. It is also a doorstopper: the 30th…
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There have been some questions popping up about exactly how we will determine a winner for the Mathews Z7 contest, so let me break it down. In the initial post (and in an early comment on the last…
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Go to Hurteau: Mathews Z7 Contest UpdateWay back in 19 and 58, Winchester introduced a new cartridge called the .284 (which was its bore diameter) designed to bring .270-style ballistics to its hideously inaccurate Model 100 autoloader and…
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National Pheasant Fest, Pheasants Forever’s annual meeting/convention/trade show took place in Des Moines at the Iowa Events Center February 26-28. Thirty thousand people attended the event to…
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Go to Hurteau: Win A Mathews Z7 Bow, Final Round!“The North American Battery” story is a gun magazine staple. The author makes the case for his choices for the three-, five- or seven-rifle battery that arms you properly for every…
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My friend Mitch Hagen (pictured) is a hard core deer hunter. I use this as an all-encompassing term than includes whitetail knowledge, hunting skill, shooting ability and a year-round fascination…
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Go to Bestul: One Man’s BoonerHere’s how you can tell it has been a really long winter: today’s topic is how to shoot a rubber band, which is one of the few kinds of shooting you can do indoors. Actually, this trick…
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With the Academy Awards coming up this Sunday, it seems like a good time to recognize the best of YouTube’s whitetail-related videos. So let’s have your nominations. If there’s a…
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Go to YouTube Oscars: Best Buck-Fight SoundtrackWhen it comes to sheer variety, no cutlery company comes close to Cold Steel. Where else can you get Zulu spears, Russian Special Forces e-tools, machetes, tomahawks, and fixed- and folding-blade…
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Sorry folks. This was supposed to go up on Friday, but I ran into a slight holdup. Anyway, here’s buck #3. (Click here if you missed buck #1, and here for buck #2.) As you can see, we’re…
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Go to Hurteau: Win A Mathews Z7 Bow, Round 3Today’s New York Times contained two stories about fatal animal attacks on humans. One was by a killer whale named Tilikum who grabbed his “trainer” at Sea World in Orlando and…
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Oklahoma Poacher To Pay 33K For Killing Pen-Raised Breeder Buck
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Go to Hurteau: Whitetail HeadlinesThe buck pictured here is a giant by anyone’s standards. Killed by Illinois bowhunter Shawn Bennett, the triple-drop tined monster reportedly scores 237” B&C. I have friends who are…
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Go to Bestul: Illinois Owns the B&C Non-Typical BooksA Hawkeye borescope is a pair of steel 17-inch tubes (they give you two different views of what they see) containing gradient lenses and a light. When you poke it down your barrel you see what is…
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So the kids are about that age where my wife and I are thinking about getting a swing set for the backyard. And, truth be known, there isn’t as much venison in the freezer this year as I would…
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Go to Hurteau: Craigslist Swing Set, Deer Not IncludedFirst, “Shoot Me Down” is a new feature on this blog, so let me explain how it’ll work. I’ll post an opinion and an argument to back it up. And you, in the comments section,…
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Go to Shoot Me Down: The .260 Rem. Is The Best All-Around Whitetail CartridgeThe words “Terry Bradshaw’s nude ccene” should be enough to stop anyone from watching “Failure to Launch,” a 2006 romantic comedy with Matthew McConaughey and Sarah…
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Clint Smith, Director of Thunder Ranch, is part drill instructor, part stand up comic. Here are a few of his observations on tactics, firearms, self defense and life as we know it in the civilized…
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A friend of mine – a former member of the US women’s ski team and a Class A sporting clays competitor – once looked out over the crowd at a gun club and observed: “Shooting…
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Okay folks, here is the next buck you need to score (click here if you missed the first one). Let’s review. You are playing for a Mathews Z7, the company’s brand new, flagship compound…
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Go to Hurteau: Win A Mathews Z7 Bow, Round 2The Buck family — the name is a lucky coincidence — has been making knives since 1902. I am a Buck fan because my first hunting knife was a Buck Folding Hunter, the elegant brass-accented 110…
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So I’m here banging my head against the wall to see if anything falls out for this morning’s blog when Bestul sends me a charity email sporting pictures of this crazy, wood-pile hunting…
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Go to Hurteau: Wood-Pile Blind, SpongeBob, and the Mother of All Deer StandsAny hardcore shed-head will know by reading this title that I am not a member of their clan. I know some diehard shed guys, and many of them are already well into double-digit finds for the year. I…
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Go to Bestul: First Shed of the Season!It happens to families everywhere. Little Johnny’s parents want him to play the bassoon, but Little Johnny wants to play the drums. You give your kid a grunt call, but they don’t stick…
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Go to Hurteau: What Does Your Little Dear Play? Grunt Call or Duck Call?“Well I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused.”– Elvis Costello
I do my best to be amused by the gradual decay of the English language, much of which I blame on computer…
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It’s official: The 32-Point Camp Ripley buck has set a new Minnesota archery record.
From The Annondale Advocate:
Scott O’Konek’s 32-point buck, which racked up so much excitement this fall…
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Go to Hurteau: Minnesota Record Buck CertifiedThe Z7 is Mathews’ brand new flagship model for 2010. The company touts it as their best-ever blend of speed and forgiveness, featuring an IBO speed of 332 fps, a 30-inch axle-to-axle length, a…
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Go to Hurteau: Score Some Bucks, Win A Mathews Z7 BowWith as much snow as we have on the ground throughout the country, it’s hard to believe that turkey season – with its attendant wildflowers and warm days – will ever come.
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I’ve been lucky enough to hunt lots of different critters, and I can tell you for a fact that there is nothing to send you instantly into adrenaline bloat like the appearance of a big…
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