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Scouting for Spring Bear

Article Provided by: Dante Zúñiga-West From his blog: Backwoods Blaxican If you were timely enough to score a first-come, first-serve spring bear tag this year then there’s only one thing on your mind these days: Ursus Americanus, a.k.a. black bear. Oregon is [...]

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Making the Most of Your Plastics

By: Cory Yarmuth www.legend-outdoors.com Plastics can come in a number of different combinations.   They range from your crawfish imitations, worm imitators, and then you have your creature style baits.  Now don’t forget your topwater frogs and then your minnow or [...]

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Best Way To Build A Fishing Partnership

Article Written By: Don Gasaway Find more from Don at his blog: Don Gasaway’s Blog Most parents are aware that they are building the future in their children.  There are those who want to find constructive ways to spend their older [...]

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Salmon River Ram

Article Written By: Tom Fischer, RaffleHunts.com Corporate America, with its symmetrical rows of beige cubicles, can be as quiet as a library or a graveyard –just worker after worker silently, or nearly silently laboring over email, spreadsheets, and powerpoint presentations. This past [...]

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T-Shirt Design Contest

Fans have been asking for shirts and I want to give them shirts.  But I want these shirts to be unique and fun.  I want multiple designs to be able to offer fans of Average Hunter.  I want something that [...]

 

Field Buffers Show Increase In Bobwhite Potential

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Row Crop Field Buffers Show Dramatic Increase In Bobwhite Potential in Most Regions

A conservation practice introduced in agricultural row crop settings in 2004 by USDA at the behest of the National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) has resulted in bobwhite populations up to three times greater than those found in traditionally managed crop fields, according to a just-released study of the program’s impacts. Read more »

Product Review – Ribz Front Pack

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There is a place for a backpack and then there are times when its more of hassle than anything.  In this review, I will be putting the the Ribz Front Pack to the test in the field during a turkey hunt in Central Illinois.

With Turkey hunting on the mind, I knew a clunky backpack wasn’t something I was looking forward to messing with.  Especially when I was planning on hunting Run & Gun style where I was going to moving a lot and sitting up against a lot of trees trying to draw that tom into close range.  Also with plans on wearing a ghillie suit, I wanted something that would fit easily under a jacket and still offer plenty of room for storage of all my calls, ammo, gear and a snack or two.  I was excited when I was asked to look at the Ribz Front Pack as this looks like it was just what I was looking for. Read more »

Scouting for Spring Bear

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Article Provided by: Dante Zúñiga-West
From his blog: Backwoods Blaxican

If you were timely enough to score a first-come, first-serve spring bear tag this year then there’s only one thing on your mind these days: Ursus Americanus, a.k.a. black bear.

Oregon is the place to be if you’re a bear hunter because it is where approximately 30,000 bears inhabit 40,000 square miles of territory. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) issues 4,000 tags for the SW spring bear hunt. ODFW intends for the hunt to help maintain black bear populations in southern Oregon. The SW spring bear season opens on Monday, April 1. Read more »

Making the Most of Your Plastics

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By: Cory Yarmuth
www.legend-outdoors.com

Plastics can come in a number of different combinations.   They range from your crawfish imitations, worm imitators, and then you have your creature style baits.  Now don’t forget your topwater frogs and then your minnow or goby imitators.  All of these different baits have their time and place when hitting the water. Read more »

That Moment When You Know

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Do you ever have one of those moments when a feeling just hits you?  That moment when everything is just right and you see why you do the things you do.  A time where the real reason shows itself clear as day.  I had that moment yesterday while eating dinner with my wife and two children.

We were doing what we do and what everyone else in the world does just about every day.  We were sitting down after a long weekend day of doing chores, playing baseball, relaxing and just enjoying the weekend as a family.  We were all around the table for our evening meal.  This meal was kinda special.   Read more »

New Seasons, New Season, New Seasons….

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The last few years, there seems to be a trend with a lot of states.  They are adding and extending deer seasons.  Why is that?  Most hunters in most of these states will claim that their whitetail herd is diminishing.  I know here is Illinois, that is the case.  Hunters are seeing less deer.  Hunters are seeing less quality deer.  So what do a lot of these states do, they add seasons and make it easier for hunters to take more and more game.   Read more »

Sesame Venison Steak

Recipe Provided by: DeerDummy.com

Ingredients

1 lb boneless sirloin or tenderloin venison steak
2 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. sesame oil
2 tbsp. soy sauce
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. Deer Dummy teriyaki jerky seasoning
3 tbsp. green onion-chopped
2 cloves garlic-minced
1 tbsp. toasted sesame seeds
3/4 c. beef broth
1 tbsp. cornstarch

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Average Hunters For St. Jude

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St. Jude’s unique mission …
… to find cures for children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases through research and treatment. And no family ever pays St. Jude for anything.

If you have been around Average Hunter for a while, listened to the last few podcast or follow on Twitter, then you have probably heard about the Average Hunters For St. Jude fundraiser.  If this is the first you are hearing about it, then welcome to Average Hunter! Read more »

Harrisburg, Pa. show returns in 2014 – Outdoor News – May 2013

Harrisburg, Pa. show returns in 2014 – Outdoor News – May 2013.
by: Mike Raykovicz, Outdoor News

Because of a dispute regarding the display of the controversial AR-15 rifle, the 2013 Eastern Sport Show, held at the Farm Show Complex and Convention Center in Harrisburg, Pa. for the past 65 years, was ultimately cancelled. In my opinion this was too bad because the show was about more than just guns. Fishermen, campers, hikers, recreational vehicle owners and even ATV riders attended because the show offered something for everybody. Read more »

That’s Why It’s Called Fishing

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By: Cory Yarmuth
www.legend-outdoors.com

As a person that has to spend his days in an office working to pay the bills I have to pick and choose carefully when I can and cannot get out on the water.  There just isn’t the luxury of being able to drop everything and hit the water. Trust me I have exhausted myself just thinking of ways to accomplish that.

Winning the lottery would sure help, but someone told me that you have to actually play to win so that one won’t work.  Short of finding a rich widow to befriend I think that my days as a working man will continue.   Read more »