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Wind Beats Every Bottle In Your Pack

Carbon suits, ozone boxes and cover scents all have a job, but none of them outrank knowing which way the air is moving at your tree.

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Aim at the crease, not behind the shoulder

The vitals sit lower and farther forward than most hunters think, and the old advice puts a lot of good animals in the liver.

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Buy the Bow You Can Draw in December

Most bowhunting problems start at the counter with too much draw weight, and every one of them shows up in October. Here's how to fit a bow and build a summer that fixes it.

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The harness goes on before your boots leave the ground

Almost nobody falls out of the seat. They fall on the sticks, in the dark, with a bow in one hand. Here's the system that stops it.

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The ten seconds after your dog points are the whole hunt

Most missed birds, and every genuinely unsafe moment in upland hunting, happen between the point and the flush. Walk in like you mean it.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Take hunter ed again, even after thirty seasons

The course isn't just a card for a 12-year-old. It's the cheapest tune-up in hunting, and the field day will humble you.

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Your best deer stand is the one you can reach in the dark

Scout your walk-in before you scout the sign, hang for the wind you actually get, and then do almost nothing for the first gray hour.

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Your dog's first duck season is really a training season

Shoot less, watch more, and fix the holes you built in. What a home-trained retriever needs from you between October and January.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your kid's first hunt should end before they want it to

Plan ninety minutes, set the maximum range in the backyard, and rehearse the shot out loud before you ever leave the truck.

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How to field dress a deer without ruining the meat

The clock starts the moment the animal is down. A calm, ordered method for getting the cavity open, the heat out, and the venison home clean.

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Your first hunting season will mostly be waiting

License deadlines, access, cold feet, and the hour after the shot. The parts of a first season the gear catalogues leave out.

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When you're not sure of the shot, you already have your answer

Doubt in the moment isn't weakness or nerves. It's your brain telling you something you decided to ignore, and it's almost always right.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Where to hunt when you don't own a single acre

Public ground is already yours, and private permission is won in July by people who ask well and then keep their word.

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Cutting up your own deer without wasting half of it

What home butchering actually takes — the cold space, the tools, the legal checks, and the mistakes that cost you meat.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

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The First Hunt Should Be Short, Warm and a Little Boring

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Your knife, your saw, and what else the pack has to carry

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Dressing for the stand when you won't move for six hours

Sitting still in the cold is a different problem than hiking in the cold, and most hunters dress for the wrong one.

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Reading Sign Is a Clock, Not a Map

Most hunters can find deer sign. Far fewer can tell you when it was made, which is the only part that puts an animal in front of you.

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