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Scope for Turkey Gun Makes Sense

March 12, 2010

With the combination of today’s shotshell technology and custom chokes, shooting a shotgun for turkey hunting is much more akin to shooting a slug gun or even a rifle than it is to swinging a scattergun on flying game. Oddly enough the closer the range, the more that holds true.
To me the thrill in turkey hunting [...]

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How Did We Ever Live Without…?

February 26, 2010

You don’t even have to be as old as me to utter the phrase, “How did we ever live without (fill-in-the-blank)?”  Some of the blank fillers in my lifetime are microwave ovens, fax machines, anti-lock brakes (on cars where the brakes actually work), cell phones, DVDs, MP3s, Iphones, Blackberries, and on and on and on.
Sometimes in [...]

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Burris Eliminator Laserscope — SHOT Show’s Best New Products (Part 4)

February 5, 2010

When it comes to rifle scopes I have some very defined tastes as to how a scope looks. I usually demand that it look like a traditional scope – 1-inch center tube, bells at both ends. And I don’t like a general purpose hunting scope to be too big – as far as I’m concerned objective [...]

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You Want Me To Go Where?

February 23, 2009

I have cabin fever year-round so it doesn’t take much prodding to get me out. One of my latest adventures was to scout elk country, both for hunting and to look for shed antlers this coming spring.
My 11-year-old son, Cole, joined me and we did our initial scouting from the truck using my Nikon 82mm [...]

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Optics for Big Country

April 1, 2008

This mule deer hunt with Trophy Hunters Alberta turns out to be one of the most optics intensive hunts NAHC’s Bill Miller has ever faced. See what gear he chose in preparation to see everything!
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Good Optics Can Save Your Hunting Legs

November 26, 2007

The tundra is a large, open and relatively flat landscape where you can see for miles and miles. And in this kind of hunting terrain, your choice of hunting optics can help save your legs miles of walking by allowing you to look over animals in all directions from the comfort of a seated, stationary [...]

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Caribou Camp: Bring Your Binoculars

November 13, 2007

He’s only been in camp for an hour, but Bill’s already unpacked and has his rifle sighted in. And he’s now champing at the bit to start his caribou hunt with Arctic Adventures. In this clip, he talks about the importance of getting into the “rhythm” of caribou camp. Rule No. 1? Every time you [...]

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