Ranging Your Distance Can Make the Difference

When lining up your shot, one of the first things you should think of is, “How far is that animal?” The fact is distance is everything, and if you are off, then your shot will be too. Fortunately, we have variety of rangefinders available to help us judge distances.

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There are many brands of rangefinders out there to choose from, but the type is really what’s important. From long-range spotting scopes with built in rangefinders to angle-compensating rangefinders for bow hunters, the choices are immense. The goal is to pick one that best suits your needs.

For example, if you’re primarily a bow hunter, then why would you need a rangefinder with 1,000-yard capabilities? It doesn’t make much sense. Instead, since many times you will be hunting from an elevated position, a rangefinder with angle-compensation technology built in makes more sense.

You may also weigh heavily on the price of a rangefinder. Prices can start as low as $150, but quickly rise close to $1,000 or more. You will often get what you pay for, as is any hunting equipment, but find the price range that fits your budget, yet provides all the capabilities you need.

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Deer Hunting | Phases of The Rut

The True Rut and Every Phase and Aspect It Entails

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Without question it alone is every deer hunter’s chance, young or old, bow or gun, traditional or compound, committed or not, when the “rut” is in full swing anyone is likely to have a big buck in their sites!

But the term “rut” is perhaps the loosest and at times most incorrect term used in association with deer hunting.

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Camouflage Clothing | How to Match Your Hunt

Matching Your Camouflage Clothing to Your Hunting Conditions

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The correct clothing choice can make or break a hunt, and not just because of how warm or cool it keeps you. Your camouflage clothing should allow you to disappear into the surrounding environment, making you as close to invisible to your game animal as possible. However, many of the hunters we know probably have a set ofcamouflage clothing that they wear for hunting regardless of where they go or what conditions they’re hunting in. Maybe we’ve even been guilty of it ourselves from time to time.

For illustration purposes, let’s say you typically hunt in an area dominated by hardwoods, and yourcamouflage clothing
sports patterns to match it, like Realtree Xtra. That’s great! But then plans change, so you switch stands and are in a dark conifer forest. Suddenly your hardwood pattern doesn’t blend in as well. Or maybe it snows a couple inches overnight, covering the forest in white. If you plan any kind of stalking hunt, you’re going to stick out like wearing a Cubs shirt at a White Sox game.

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Pop Up Blinds │ Another Tool in your Tool Box

Increase your Success │ Add a Pop Up blind to your Arsenal

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It seems like every year there are new items on the market that are available for the avid outdoorsmen and women to help them be more successful when the take trips afield. From new scopes, bows to outdoor clothing and camouflage it seems like there is always something new. The world of pop up blinds is no exceptions.

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past six years, you have probably noticed that pop or portable hunting blinds have started to become extremely popular among today’s hunters. Portable hunting blinds provide today’s hunter with ability to hunt many different situations, terrain and conditions where it otherwise may have proven difficult. Available in many different sizes, shapes and camouflage patters, it’s safe to say that pop up blinds have been a game changer.

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Gaining Access | Permission to Hunt

Hunting Land Acquisition | The First Step

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Hunting properties can be expensive, as well as hunt clubs. There is no doubt that deer hunting your own tract of land, or leasing large amount of land with numerous hunters in a club is a great way to experience hunting success. Of course, there are also ways to gain permission to hunt prime tracts of land. Not only is it possible, hunters do it every year and have great success. Here is how you can too.

The first step is to narrow down where you want to hunt. Your county GIS maps can provide insight on who owns the tracts of deer hunting land and the acreage of each property. Keep in mind that you are not purchasing the property so there is no need to be picky. Also, the larger the tract the better, but many quality deer can be managed and killed on small out-of-the-way properties. Don’t make the mistake of overlooking honey holes due to lack of acreage.

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Turkey Hunting | The Thanksgiving Bird

Fall Turkey Hunting V.S. Spring Turkey Hunting

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Fall seems more appropriate for a turkey on the table right? But it’s hard to beat thunder and feathers coming your way on a nice spring day. Some would beg to argue at that. The fall techniques to turkey hunting can get the ticker going just as much as that thundering tom.

The two most common fall turkey hunting techniques are worthy of trying and going out if you have never hunted turkeys in fall before. They are the scatter and call technique and the very spring similar roost-call technique. There are some big differences from the spring however. Turkeys tend to flock up this time of year which means a lot of eyes to beat instead of one or two. Hens also tend to be more vocal.

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Hunt the Wind | Using His Greatest Strength to Your Advantage

How to Hunt the Wind | Getting Down Wind of Down Wind

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Hunting the wind is something most hunters think they understand but, in reality, have a misconception about how to do so effectively. It seems simple, right? The wind is blowing in a certain direction so logic tells us to simply set up on the down wind side of where the deer are going to be. This is all well and good until we consider the fact that a mature deer uses the exact same logic we use to hunt him to stay alive. Hunting the wind effectively means more than simply setting up on the down wind side. It means setting up down wind of the down wind side. The sooner you realize this the sooner your odds will improve as a hunter.

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