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Why You Should Fall Turkey Hunt

Fall turkey hunting; Well, some would say it’s not as exciting as the spring version, but maybe it’s not all about the thundering gobbles and full strut toms. It’s more about the hens, listening and learning how you can use the fall to hone your skills for the spring; those woodsmenship skills that you can […]

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AFTER THE SHOT “YOUR ADVENTURES” W/ TRACY PEDRETTI

Less than a minute has elapsed since you’ve shot one of the biggest bucks you have ever seen. It happened so fast it’s hard to believe. In this very moment what you do next may determine whether or not you’ll recover your buck. Your first impulse is to bail out of your tree stand and […]

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Speed Goats “YOUR ADVENTURES” W/ Brandon Wilmoth

If you want to try something different while also testing your bow hunting skills, consider bow hunting antelope. I have now hunted with my good friend Craig for the past couple of years in Nebraska, a sleeper state when it comes to big antelope. Non-residents can bow hunt and residents get a rifle tag about […]

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Fall Flocks

It’s November, the rut is ON! Every hunter in the woods is chasing deer. Unless of course you have the fortune of already wrapping your tag around the antler of a mature buck; so now what do you do? Turkey hunting is a rich tradition in the fall hunting woods, and in many states it’s […]

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Turkey Kind of Weekend

This upcoming weekend, I’m heading out in chase of a Thanksgiving turkey. I always save one of my two fall turkey tags for the weekend before Thanksgiving. I have shared this hunt with my Dad in the past, in fact, it was on this hunt in 2006 I called in his first ever turkeys. Yes […]

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Blackstone Custom Calls…. Product Review

One thing that did show up last weekend just in time for this weekend’s turkey hunt was an order I had placed with Blackstone Custom Calls. I had ordered, a few turkey calls from them after talking with owner and custom call marker, Dustin Jones. Now as you may or may not know I spend […]

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Remembering

I was introduced to deer hunting through family and close friends just as most all of us are. Some of my greatest memories as a young hunter still keep me going into the deer woods at the start of each season some 30 years later. I remember those crisp November mornings making the long hike […]

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A Perfect Day…. BBD – IOWA RUT

I’m lucky to be in a position in my life that I can dedicate this time of year to my favorite pastime, chasing the elusive whitetails in famed Iowa. Spending the better part of every day in the timber since the 20th of October, I have had more than enough time to access the quality […]

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Monster Iowa 8 Point Pushing 150

Jesse Wegner harvested a true monster whitetail on Halloween. This was a buck Jesse had on trail cam this year and last. He wasn’t at all sure what it would score just knew it had great tine and main beam length. He has a rule on this farm that he will only shoot a buck […]

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Second Chance Buck “YOUR ADVENTURES” w/ Jered Rave

There is nothing better than sitting in a tree stand that first week of November.  The bucks start chasing does and it just makes for some great entertainment for those long sits in the stand.  On November 3rd I was sitting on the edge of a bean field waiting for deer to come out to […]

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Time With Dad

This year once again I had the chance to hunt with my dad. Some might say big deal, you do that every year. Well, as you age and life happens things change. Work schedules, injuries, kids and a host of other life issues all come and go. I have had a very blessed hunting career, […]

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Another Hitlist Buck Down

Good friend of mine Jake Groth, finally got a shot at the buck he had named Crab Claw, in a earlier post named “Victory Outdoors Most Wanted”. Here is a little recap of how the buck got his name from that post: “Crab Claw the last two years (2010/11) this buck had crab claw G4s […]

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Hunting at Mid-day

I was talking to a good friend of mine on the phone the other day. Tracy Pedretti and I have known each other for a number of years now. We both love turkey hunting but when deer season rolls around that dominates the conversation. I was telling about a deer hunting tip that I happened […]

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Management and Homework Pay off! “YOUR ADVENTURES” w/ Dan Gritzner

As I scanned the thick brush of the tangled nine year old tree planting 80 yards in front of me, I was thinking of past hunts from this very tree.  You see, I have found “the tree”.  In 2007 I began looking hard at aerial maps of my hunting area in search of funnels, benches, […]

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