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The Slabs of Fall!

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Top Stories

	Survival Tip of the Day for Oct 6, 2008 by Rich Johnson. more >
	Quiz: The Deer Challenge You've hunted them, watched tv shows about them, read books about them, but how much do you really know about deer? Gauge your knowledge by... more >
	The Next President of the United States? The presidential election is upon us-- be sure that you're informed and have the facts. See video clips from OL's interview with John McCain... more >
	2008 Deer Forecast: The West Herd assessment numbers are in. How will your fall deer season stack up? Here's Part 4 of OL.com's exclusive state-by-state report. more >
	2008 Deer Forecast: The Midwest Herd assessment numbers are in. How will your fall deer season stack up? Here's Part 3 of OL.com's exclusive state-by-state report. more >
	2008 Deer Forecast: The South Herd assessment numbers are in. How will your fall deer season stack up? Here's Part 2 of OL.com's exclusive state-by-state report. more >
	2008 Deer Forecast: The Northeast Herd assessment numbers are in. How will your fall deer season stack up? Here’s Part 1 of OL.com’s exclusive state-by-state report. more >
	OL's Duck Hunter Just Got Better Are you good enough to top the leaderboard in the NEW Outdoor Life Duck Hunter? Go ahead, give it a shot. more >

	Cats the Size of Calves Want to catch a 100-pound fish in freshwater? Go for blue cats. Angling for these widespread monster gamefish has never been better. more >
	Pheasant Forecast 2008 If you're a pheasant hunter, this fall and winter should be a good one in much of heartland America. Here are state-by-state details. By Bob... more >
	Mark Drury's 10 Biggest Bucks Few whitetail hunters are better, or better known, than Missouri's Mark Drury. Here are his most memorable big-buck moments. By Bob McNally. more >
	10 Knots You Must Know You don't have to be a knot-tying genius to catch fish. But it sure helps to know the basics. more >
	Grand Slam Adventure! Our contest winner journeyed to Colorado for one amazing hunt. more >
	15 Tactics For Giant Bull Redfish From Texas to Virginia giant bull redfish are on the prowl. They're making their inshore spawning push, and offering anglers the best chance of... more >
	Best Baits for Cats When it comes to fishing baits, you won’t find a more unusual variety than the strange brews, odd critters and home-style foods often used to... more >
	Who Is Sarah Palin? Well, we know that Sarah Palin is John McCain's pick for his Vice Presidential running mate. But what do you really know about her? We asked... more >
	15 Celebrity Outdoorsmen They hunt! They fish! And that's exactly why these celebrities have an open invitation to Outdoor Life’s deer camp. (Some of the people on the... more >
	Great Hunting Videos Monster bucks, hunting mishaps, and bear attacks...all caught on film! more >

Photo Galleries

	Mount Your Own Deer Antlers If that buck you've just shot is plenty good for the wall, but not... view photos >
	Score Your Own Buck Scoring your own buck isn't difficult once you know the process.... view photos >
	The Truth About Elk Hunting When Will Primos reaches into his elk-hunting bag of tricks, here are... view photos >
	Sea Bassin' With Ball Black sea bass are chewing along the mid-Atlantic coast and Julie... view photos >

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Outdoor Life Blogs

Outdoor Life Presents: The Gun Shots

Should you shoot the first animal? Part 2: John Snow reported in this space last week about my experience moose hunting in British Columbia, and he raised a question every hunter faces: Do... more>

Big Buck Zone

Scrape Hunting 101: If you could build a better mousetrap for whitetails I doubt you’d use the contraption in the photo here. No doubt you are familiar with scrapes and the fact that... more>

The Strut Zone

The Strut Zone

Fall Turkey Myths: 1. Fall turkeys are too easy Some are. Some aren’t. Autumn turkeys can be easy once you find them, but locating flocks isn’t always a sealed... more>

Gone Fishin'

Gone Fishin'

The Weekend Bite—10/3: Northeast Blackfish season opened up this week, and Gary Brummet at Connecticut Outfitters reports that the fish are hungry. He said that the best bite will be on green... more>

The Newshound'

The Newshound

NY’s Handgun Database: $7 Million Waste: New York’s database of so-called handgun “fingerprints”--which is costing Empire State taxpayers at least $1 million annually--has yet to lead to a single criminal prosecution... more>

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