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This Dawg Don’t Hunt

This Dawg Don’t Hunt

This Dawg Don’t Hunt by Gary Benton article copyright Bubba walked into the huge store and looked around. It was the same as usual, filled with lots of unhappy people in a hurry. He held a small bag in his left hand and walked up to the refund counter. Bubba was dressed as he normally […]

From The Editor May 2010

From The Editor May 2010

The signs of spring are abundant from the trail, the smells of the damp forest with the occasional whiff of perfume from emergent wildflowers soak pockets of warm air and invigorate. A conscious effort not to think about the everyday world is usually the first agenda item on the trail, but this time the surroundings […]

Another Crappie Day

Another Crappie Day

Another Crappie Day by James L. Bruner article copyright It all started more than 30 years ago when my dad packed up the old rusty Chevrolet pickup truck with an assortment of sticks and buckets. My brother and I looked at each other like dad had finally fallen off the deep end on this early […]

Spring Turkey Calling

Spring Turkey Calling

Spring Turkey Calling by TR Michels article copyright When I hear the first sounds of the turkeys in the spring, just before daylight, I tree yelp softly to get their attention. If there are hens roosted nearby they may respond with their own tree yelps, toms often gobble. If you aren’t fully awake yet the […]

Ambush

Ambush

Ambush by Jon Bryan article copyright Lucky for me I had the wind on the skunk as it walked within twenty feet. It didn’t smell or see me, kneeling behind a big clump of buck brush and two mesquites, patiently waiting in ambush between a small turkey roost and a freshly plowed field. Hoping that […]

Primos Tall Bi Pod Trigger Stick Revi...

Primos Tall Bi Pod Trigger Stick Review

Goshawk Longbows Review

Goshawk Longbows Review

Goshawk Longbows Review by Pete Ward article copyright 60″ D/R “Hunter” longbow 43# @ 28″ Zebra with Osage arc riser. Zebra limbs with Osage core Osage and Zebra riser and tip overlays. This review is on the “Hunter” model Deflex/ Reflex longbow from Bob Zang, Goshawk longbows. The review bow I have is a 60″, […]

Improving Your Survival Kit

Improving Your Survival Kit

Improving Your Survival Kit by Gary Benton article copyright I’m always visiting survival web sites, looking at lists of survival kit items, weeding out what I think I need and what I don’t really need. Some sites offer premade survival kits, which might be okay for home use, but I hardly need a 300 pound […]

Pike Musky Or Hybrid?

Pike Musky Or Hybrid?

Pike Musky Or Hybrid? by James Smith article copyright Colorado initiated their musky stocking program in 1983. In the years following the Division continued stocking the hybrid tiger musky. Today there are over 50 lakes and reservoirs stocked. Since 1983 the Division of Wildlife has stocked over 568,000 musky hybrids. For a number of years […]

I Have Been Drafted

I Have Been Drafted

I Have Been Drafted by Gary Benton article copyright In 1971, I was having some problems deciding on what to do with the remainder of my life. I knew it was only a matter of time before I was drafted into the Viet Nam war. I decided, with no little help from the draft, that […]