Wisconsin and Illinois Sign CWD Pact
New Jersey May Allow Archers To Shoot Within 150 Feet of Homes
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Go to Hurteau: The Latest Whitetail HeadlinesOkay people, here we go again. The fine folks at Cabela’s have generously offered to award the winner of this latest buck-scoring contest a pair of brand-new, phase-coated, roof-prism,…
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Go to Hurteau: Score More Bucks, Win Cabela’s Alaskan Guide BinocularsThat’s me — I’m the one on the left — on the set of “The Gun Nuts” the other day. We had just filmed a highly scientific test on the shot-resistant properties of shooting…
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Last week, buckhunter shot down my half-baked notion that hand shock does not affect accuracy best by pointing out that what feels like a small amount of vibration can cause problems over time,…
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Go to Shoot Me Down: You Shouldn’t Shoot At Deer Beyond 30 Yards With A BowOne of the many reasons I loathe summer is because rifle barrels heat up fast and make your shooting more difficult. Every time you squeeze that trigger a flame of between 4,000 and 5,000 f goes…
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What with range-compensating devices becoming as common as rat turds in a grain elevator, I feel compelled to say once more, you got to check these things out by actually shooting. Some weeks…
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Just for you, Walt. (Isn’t it nice to be influential?) But also for anyone who wants a good wrist sling but doesn’t want to pay $20 to $25 for it, here is an excellent three-part video…
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Go to Hurteau: Make Your Own Wrist SlingI mentioned last week our high school trap club was going to the Iowa State High School Trap Shoot and I am certain most of you have been sleepless ever since, wondering how we did. Actually, you…
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Go to Shoot Me Down: Hand-Shock Does Not Hurt Accuracy in Modern Compound Bows“I think that this situation absolutely requires that a really stupid and futile gesture be done on somebody’s part.”—Otter, in Animal House
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On June 2, a part of the Nosler plant was destroyed by an (as yet) unexplained fire. No one was hurt, and Nosler would like it known that they will be able to fill their short-term orders immediately…
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Here’s a positive news report about kids and guns. And, while this is definitely a nice news story with some good scenes of kids shooting, it doesn’t quite give you full scope of the…
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HORN OF THE HUNTER, by Robert C. Ruark. 1955. Still the best book ever written about African hunting, and likely to remain so forever. The original edition has photos, which are so-so, and…
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As scopes get bigger and reticles become more and more dedicated to long-range shooting, it’s wise to remember that sometimes you have to shoot close and/or fast in order to bring home the…
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Okay, folks, here is the third buck in our rack-scoring contest. (Click here to see the first and here for the second.) As you’ll recall, our theme is F&S bucks, and this one is a dandy…
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Go to Hurteau: Buck-Scoring Contest, Round IIISince I owned up to missing a turkey on opening day, it’s only fair that I get to post this picture of my 2010 Iowa turkey. Besides, there is a lesson to be learned from this bird.
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Need a used trail camera, cheap? Montana might be the place to start your search. In a move that caught a whole bunch of people—including me—by surprise, the Montana Dept. of Fish,…
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Go to Bestul: Montana’s Trail Cam Ban Goes Too FarTwo stories about the late, great Jack. The first I heard from someone who worked at Outdoor Life during O’Connor’s reign as Shooting Editor. There was some kind of conference…
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I’ve missed my share of turkeys over the years but never rolled one over and had it get up and run away crippled. It almost happened once: the first turkey I shot with a muzzleloader…
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You know a lot of folks—including some very good archers—say that putting a quiver on a bow throws off its balance and compromises accuracy. If you’re one of these people, I’m…
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Go to Shoot Me Down: A Bow Quiver Doesn’t Affect AccuracyAttention all! The buck I posted last Friday is out—and this is it’s replacement.
Sometimes you can’t win for trying. If you remember, my stated reason for posting F&S…
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Go to Hurteau: A New Round-II Buck in the Bow ContestBefore we get to the Mossberg, I would like to comment on Phil Bourjaily’s suggestion that my title be changed from “Field Editor” to “Killing Editor” on the grounds of…
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First of all, there’s this: to test the safety of using tasers on meth-heads, Taser International conducted a study in which researchers gave meth to sixteen sheep, then tased them to see if…
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Okay, folks, here is the second buck in our rack-scoring contest. (Click here if you missed the first one.) Our theme is F&S bucks. Ever-modest Contributing Editor and “Whitetails”…
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Go to Hurteau: Buck Scoring Contest, Round IIThe last split of our turkey season opened this morning. As always, I dropped my son at school and got to the woods around 8:00. By 8:30 I had already missed a gobbler.* No big deal: I…
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Wisconsin’s New Season Structure Eases Pressure On Does
Officers Not Charged For Mistaking Woman’s Body for Dead Deer
Pennsylvania Lowers Antlerless License Allocation
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Go to Whitetail Headlines of the WeekI’m getting lots of questions lately about the End of Days, and about which barrels I recommend, so let’s do the easy subject first. Yes, it’s coming. December 20, 2012, is the end….
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I know many of you have been eagerly awaiting Kip Adam’s answers to your questions about QDM and the QDMA, and here they are—in spades. I originally planned to have Kip answer about half…
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Go to Open Fire: QDMA’s Kip Adams Answers Your Questions (Part II)One of the most useful tools in the ongoing struggle to shoot good is dry firing—aiming and snapping the trigger with no ammo in the chamber. Dry firing had no greater champion than the late…
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