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Apex Predator arrows cow elk in Colorado
My second year in Colorado got off to a rocky start. After the long 21-hour drive, I got lost entering the woods because the GPS deleted my spots from last season.[…]
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Apex Predator: Potential solutions to hunter non-compliance in reporting deer kills
A recent article on LouisianaSportsman.com stated only 20 to 30 percent of the deer harvested in the state last season had the tags validated, and detailed an extremely low compliance rate that should startle any ethical hunter. […]
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Apex Predator: Summertime trail camera set-up advice
When I’m not in the boat during the summer, I’m most likely in the woods setting trail cameras on whatever public lands allow them. […]
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Apex Predator: Year-long Hog Wash Tournament starts Sept. 20
If you like hog hunting, eating pork and competing in tournaments, great news: Louisiana’s first year-long hog tournament begins soon. […]
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Apex Predator: Use red snapper and de-barbed hardheads to catch more cobia
Cobia are one of Josh Chauvin’s favorite fish to catch, and he uses an enticing bait that no cobia can resist: barb-less hardhead catfish.[…]
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Video: Apex Predator encounters bear while setting trail cams
It was just another typical day of setting cameras in the heat of summer. […]
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Apex Predator: Fanny pack PFD convenient, comfortable and safe
Life vests — whether padded or inflatable — are something I’ve never been a big fan of because I dislike anything that has shoulder straps and buckles which dig into my skin and also impede my ability to move around easily aboard a vessel. […]
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Apex Predator: Idaho DIY bear hunt
Last month a friend from the gym invited me to New Brunswick to shoot some bears. This guided, private land trip over barrels of bait where the success rate was nearly 100 percent wasn’t my style, but it got my wheels spinning to start searching for more opportunities. […]
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Catch more crappie using dehydrated nibbles
Face it: Crappie can be very finicky feeders when you’re using artificial lures. […]
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Apex Predator provides ‘headless’ hog’s head cheese recipe
Many people absolutely love hog’s head cheese, but they have no clue exactly what part of the pig they’re eating.[…]
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Find the ducks to get the bucks
My dad grew up hunting the flooded swamps around Lac Des Allemands. He enjoyed deer hunting, but chasing those swamp bucks was too frustrating after the rut, so he stuck with his favorite type of hunting in January, which was blasting birds. […]
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Apex Predator: using a ‘Light Decoy Spread’ on public land duck hunts
When duck hunting on public land, the biggest battle might actually be against other hunters. […]
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Test
Almost everything that could go wrong Saturday morning did go wrong for Scott Houk.[…]
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Apex Predator breaks in brand new .338 tactical ‘pork blaster’
The annual Thanksgiving doe day hunt at Richard K. Yancey Wildlife Management Area was officially underway. […]
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The legend of ‘Halloween Hogzilla’
On the final morning of October, I sat in my climber overlooking a water puddle commonly used by hogs on R.K. Yancey WMA with my new pig-busting 100-pound longbow. […]
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Apex Predator’s bow explodes on opening day
Yet another crazy adventure of mine took place in what should’ve have been one of the easiest harvests of all my hunts.[…]