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If you are a do-it-yourself bowhunter who enjoys planning your own adventures and finding quality hunting options on a budget,…»

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I live and do a majority of my deer hunting in Missouri’s Ozark Mountains. Missouri offers bowhunters two buck tags.…»

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The rut. Mere mention of the term stirs the blood of any die-hard whitetail hunter. It’s a dynamic period when…»

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        Well, after a one canceled flight and another that finally got out of Philadelphia little late,…»

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  I’ll be getting on a plane Friday and heading off for my first whitetail hunt of the year. Sept.…»

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All you elk hunters out there are no doubt rearing to go, spending every spare moment and weekend investing in…»

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Elk seasons will soon be upon us. After 30-some years of passionately chasing elk – 23 of those spent guiding…»

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Petersen’s BOWHUNTING Editor Christian Berg whiffs on a Texas axis deer doe but gets an unexpected chance to make some…»

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  BowTech has announced its annual “Need for Speed Sweepstakes,” which will award the lucky winner with a 2012 Insanity…»

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I was making preparations for Idaho’s spring bear season and had a chance encounter with our “son-in-law” – my wife’s…»

Although she missed a huge, drop-tine buck on the first day of the hunt, bowhunter Jana Waller hung tough and took this fine 4x4 muley on her final day on the Alberta prairie. It was her first mule deer and a fitting end to a memorable trip.

Crawling through waist-deep barley after the fresh rain only helped our efforts to close the distance on the huge, drop-tined…»

Editor Christian Berg poses with the trio of boars he killed during the first morning of his hunt with Osceola Outfitters. The hunt, while brief, was extremely exciting.

If the swamps of Central Florida are hog-hunting heaven, William “Hoppy” Kempfer is a sporting Saint Peter — greeting bowhunters…»

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From the very conception of my bowhunting madness, my ambitions have remained in a perpetual state of flux. All but…»

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Here’s your playbook for western spring black bear hunting. Spring seasons offered on a tightly-controlled basis: Oregon (April 1 —…»

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Check out these up close and exciting ground-level kill shots on North American’s largest antlered animal. Want more action like…»

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An Alaskan float trip might be the most affordable option a moose hunting adventure.

Ten-year-old Logan Maust of Smock, Pa., took this wide 8-pointer last fall using an Excalibur crossbow. New regulations adopted in Kansas will allow youth hunters there to use crossbows in that state's big-game seasons.

  Wildlife officials in Kansas voted last week to allow youth hunters (ages 15 and under) and senior hunters (ages…»

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I don’t know about you, but I am excited about this early spring weather, and I can’t wait to get…»

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If you are anything like me, a backcountry bowhunt for moose is high on your list of adventures to do…»

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I got a news release today from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation saying that wildlife officials in Virginia elk restoration…»

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Most contemporary bowhunters shoot arrows that are relatively light by traditional archery standards. And the broadheads we use are far…»

Recent license sales gains in states such as Pennsylvania indicate that hunting's demise may not be as imminent as some predicted.

  Lots of people like to talk about how hunting is a dying sport. But after looking at the most…»

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For most bowhunters, whitetails occupy our thoughts and dreams. For many others, it’s elk and mule deer. The problem is…»

Bowhunter Will Rives took this net 172 4/8 whitetail in December 2010 in Jefferson County, Miss. It is the current Mississippi archery typical record and the first-ever net Boone and Crockett buck to be taken by a Magnolia State bowhunter.

  It’s no secret that the number of truly huge whitetails being taken by hunters is on the increase, but…»

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One cool product I saw this morning at the show is the new Drone remote trail camera system from Stealth…»