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In the mid-90’s, the standard of turkey shotgun shell excellence produced 4-7 pellets in a turkey head target at 40 yards. Seriously, if you’re able to get your hands on an old Field & Stream or Petersen’s Hunting, that’s what you’ll find in the Guns & Loads seminars. The fancy guy in camp would show with duplex loads of #4’s and #6’s, but Full chokes, screwed into the same ol’ shotgun used for busting quail or running bucks, if it… R...
“On Tuesday, Dick’s said that it would strip firearms and other hunting products from 125 of its stores and replace the merchandise with batting cages, ski apparel and other sports gear. If the switch is successful, as it was at 10 stores where it was tested starting in the fall, it will be expanded, the company said. ” – New York Times, 3/12/19. While hunters and gun enthusiasts take to social media to excoriate the recent decision by Dick’s Sporting Goods to&#...
“Hunters of free-ranging whitetails cannot manage genetics through selective harvest and produce measurable genetic change. Period. Since we can’t control breeding in free-ranging deer, we can’t shape genetics. But put the deer in a pen and explicitly control who breeds who for several generations and, yes, results will be measurable, and they can be quite amazing. Because of this fact, many hunters assume the same can be done in the wild. Hunters are hard-headed (I know because ...
Of the hunting changes debated and approved at the February FWC Commission meeting, the new deer harvest reporting system excites me the most. Yes, pretty dorky, I’ll concede. My earnest hope is that other hunters embrace this new feature in deer management and provide accurate information. When shaping policy, there’s a simple, unflinchingly rigid maxim as it pertains to data collection: Garbage in, garbage out. Simply, if you’re not inputting solid information into the system...
Well, I have a couple of gobblers pegged for my daughter, Cile. I got the kids up and out of the house by 4:30 Saturday morning. Before sunrise, we were blowing on the owl hoot and listening to gobblers respond from afar. Afterwards, we checked out a few places I’d located on the aerial maps, Harrison locating strut marks in the sand near a fresh burn, learning the ways of the woods as we went. But, Jesus, those two kids… Read More »
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Last Monday evening, Chuck Echenique and I were guests on the Down South Hunting podcast with Mike Higman. The topic was the various changes to Florida’s hunting regulations the FWC Commission approved at their February meeting in Gainesville. Chuck, of course, is a guide and well-known, passionate advocate for the interests of Florida hunters as well as responsible wildlife management. The Down South Hunting podcast is one of the best in the game. Mike Higman, who also runs Hunting Gear&#...