Watch out outdoor world: there is a new girl in town and her name is Lindsey Lucas. This 15-year-old outdoor communicator has taken off and it looks like there is no stopping her. Lucas is a freelance writer who simultaneously is making her way through high school in Missouri. She has already won awards and […]
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Birds have been my favorite animals for years. However, I had never really hunted them before until this fall. That all changed after attending the Academy Sports + Outdoors Cast and Blast event this season when I went on my first duck hunt ever. In the past, I’ve woken up in the wee hours of […]
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Ready for the holidays? Ready to mix in some wild game dishes among the family favorites, or introduce some pals to venison at a Friendsgiving celebration? Then this is the perfect choice that’s going to impress even your most skeptical in-laws who couldn’t imagine wild game could taste so good. This isn’t a difficult recipe, […]
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Hundreds of thousands of waterfowl are banded each year in North America by hardworking organizations such as Ducks Unlimited and Delta Waterfowl, and by state and federal agencies. One of the most interesting things that can be learned from waterfowl bands is the age of the bird. The oldest puddle duck ever reported is North […]
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In this day of modern hunting, it seems like every hunting show and YouTube channel is anxious to only show the successful harvests of big deer. Everyone is out there trying to get a perfect kill shot on camera and it seems like many of them are afraid to show failure these days. That’s why […]
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Harvesting a mature whitetail can be an extremely difficult task, even for veteran hunters. The rut seems to be our best chance at catching a cruising buck that slips up searching for love, but even that is far from guaranteed. Whitetails are extremely paranoid, and will use their noses to escape any threats. As hunters, […]
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Mainers just do some things differently. I recently spent a few days in the Pine Tree State with Old Town Canoes and experienced some of Maine’s unique ways firsthand. For instance, while most moose hunters will pack-out a bull, Maine hunters traditionally leave moose whole. Somehow they manage to get the massive animals out of […]
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The hardest part of hunting is figuring out the habits of truly big, mature bucks. Those old forest warriors that have been around for more than a few seasons and know how to properly evade a hunter. It takes a lot of strategic thinking and proper stand placement, but it can be done. In today’s […]
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Every year, millions of hunters hit the woods, the prairies, and the mountains to try their luck at harvesting a game animal and bringing home a trophy. Right around the same time, we start to realize that the holiday gift-giving season is upon us, and sometimes it’s difficult to narrow in on a great gift […]
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Morgan Wallen has certainly skyrocketed in popularity lately, and he’s kept busy with a long tour throughout 2022 taking him all over the country. But once fall rolled around, he had hunting season in mind and set forth to put his crosshairs on a buck during Missouri’s rifle season. It just so happens that Wallen […]
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