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Build Your Own Tree Stand

Building your own personal hunting tree stand is a very important and necessary step before going into a hunt. Moreover, this is so significant that you should construct it while considering your own safety. As a matter of fact, more hunters are greatly injured by falling out of their tree stands than by accidental shootings. [...]

28May2008 | vdr | 2 comments | Continued
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Buying a Hunting Knife?

One of the most important equipments that a hunter must have is the hunting knife. Choosing the right hunting knife before the hunt will avoid any frustration of realizing that your knife is actually ineffective and useless.
Basically, there are two types of hunting knives. A folding knife’s blade folds into the handle. Typically, there [...]

26May2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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Covering Your Scent the Natural Way

Before you start on any big game hunt, one thing you may want to check first is scent control. Humans have a natural body odor which should be hidden from searching noses or else you might end up going home unsuccessful.
Masking your scent can be done by using manmade spray or scent killers or by [...]

24May2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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Mini Phantom Turkey Call

Going turkey hunting? You’d better be preparing all your hunting equipments and don’t ever forget to bring the call. If you still lack this important equipment then you’re going to be in big trouble. What’s the thrill of hunting if there’s no turkey? Even if you can imitate a turkey’s sound, owning the Mini Phantom [...]

23May2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued
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Scouting before the Big Hunt

Most hunters will agree that the key to any successful hunt is good preparation. Preparing for the big game hunt starts several months before the season opens. Practicing your shot is as important as scouting before season begins. This allows you to distinguish the quality of deer and how many deer in the area that [...]

16May2008 | vdr | 2 comments | Continued
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Shedding Light on Hunters

The word hunting has an ugly ring to it. This may be brought about by what we see in various campaigns by animal rights activists. I believe it is time to correct the notion about how cruel people could get in playing such an ill-defined sport.
Let us start by defining terms relevant to the topic [...]

10May2008 | vdr | 2 comments | Continued
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Cruelty at Its Best

The idea of hunting is not something that I would go for. I would feel terrible disrupting those unsuspecting creatures. Even animals have rights. They should be left on their own habitat for as long as they do no harm. The thought of taking their lives and replacing their internal organs with cotton is horrifying. [...]

6May2008 | vdr | 3 comments | Continued
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Looking For The Best Hunt Site

Starting early in the year is actually not a bad idea when it comes to scouting for good locations. The problem though is that this is only for those hunters who have nothing else lined up in their schedule. As tempting and as conducive as it may seem, there are just some people who do [...]

30Apr2008 | vdr | 0 comments | Continued