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Should You Shoot for One to One Deer Management

EricAichele — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:19:24 +0000

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently announced the allocation of nearly 3,000 additional licenses to help control the burgeoning deer population near my home. Much of the thinning is focused on whitetails as reported by the department personnel.

That brings up a topic I struggle with when conversing with whitetail nuts like myself. Is one to one the best? I'm referring to the buck to doe ratio. Professional deer managers push for this and there are two main arguments for the one to one ratio.

Senate Bill Will Help Hunters Gain Access to Public Lands

Media Release — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:07:54 +0000

MISSOULA, Mont. -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., today introduced legislation that guarantees funding for improving hunter access to existing public lands. Included within the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Spill Accountability Act is a provision supported by the Boone and Crockett Club and other hunting organizations which directs the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with volunteering landowners to enhance access to existing public lands for the purposes of hunting, fishing and other recreational [...]

Bourjaily: Hunting Trophies by Walden & Bork

Field and Stream — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:30:58 +0000

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How-To Thursdays: Tie a Better D-Loop

Field and Stream — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:36:15 +0000

Here’s one from the archives, written by Greg Staggs. For what it’s worth, ever since Greg wrote this piece for me a couple years ago, I have tied my own D-loops exactly as he describes...

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Hurteau: Announcing The Winner of The Moose-Shed Scoring Contest

Field and Stream — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:10:35 +0000

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Petzal: The Wonderful World of Eric Holder

Field and Stream — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:46:54 +0000

At no time did the Obama administration’s disconnect from reality shine more brightly than last November, when Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four...

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A Painful Wildlife Lesson

EricAichele — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:33:27 +0000

Enlarge Photo A family in the northwestern part of the Hawkeye State learned the hard way why state game and fish agencies continually warn folks not to adopt young animals they discover in the...

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Bourjaily On “Modern Sporting Rifles”

Field and Stream — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:23:32 +0000

Maybe the rifle shown here is the answer to the AR 15’s “black rifle” image problem. Who couldn’t love a rifle like this? I think it’s cute. My son took one look and...

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Petzal: The Gilt-Edged .308

Field and Stream — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:21:47 +0000

A friend of mine once told me that he had a pre-64 Model 70 in .308 that would not shoot accurately, and asked what he should do with it. “Drop it in a deep lake,” I said....

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Bestul: One Fine Story Book

Field and Stream — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:03:07 +0000

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