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Hunter Tags Alligator Twice His Size After Tug-of-War in Florida
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How to Find an Affordable Deer Hunting Lease
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Do Elk Bugle with Regional Accents?
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Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles
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Maine Reports Worst Moose Hunt Success Rate in Recent History
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Maryland Hunter Recovers Stolen Buck 14 Years After Killing It
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What It Took to Tag the World Record Mountain Goat
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This Happened to Me: I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash
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Michigan Man Charged with Poaching: “I Am Addicted to Venison”
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A Widowed Homesteader Learns to Hunt Moose, or Die Trying
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The Pebble Mine Site Is a Moose Hunter’s Paradise
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Shed Hunting: Ultimate Guide to Finding Antlers
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Are Deer Dogs Really a Problem for Deer Hunting in the South?
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Solo Wilderness Hunts Are Overrated, and Always Have Been
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B.C. Hunter Smashes Rocky Mountain Goat World Record
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Oregon Bowhunter Tags a State Record Bull
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How Far Should We Push Our Kids in the Outdoors?
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This Happened to Me: I Almost Froze to Death on a Solo Bighorn Hunt
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What Colors Can Deer See?
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How I Snapped My Big Buck Losing Streak
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Making the Shot on a Once-in-a-Lifetime Mountain Goat Hunt
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Bowhunting in -30 Wind Chill on the Frozen North Dakota Prairie
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Tips from The Hunting Public: Hunt Buck Bedding Areas as a Team
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The Biggest Whitetail Bucks of 2022
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What It Took to Kill the Biggest Buck of My Life
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Bowhunter Tags Biggest Six-Point You’ll See This Year
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Public-Land Hunters Object to Land Swap in Montana’s Crazy Mountains
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Teen Tags a Free-Roaming, 300-Pound Red Stag…in Alabama
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20 Deer Hunting Tips for Opening Day
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Where to Hunt Deer in the Big Woods
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