Field Care Of Small Game
We all know that prompt and clean field dressing of a deer makes for better tasting venison. The same is true for small game.
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Tune Up For Deer Hunting With Squirrel Hunting
Squirrel hunting is great fun in its own right, but it also is a great way to get ready for deer season. Most squirrel seasons open weeks before deer season and a few strolls through the deer woods, while hunting for squirrels, can do double duty as pre-season scouting.
READ MORE ›Dressing For Small Game Success
The spectrum of small game hunting is so vast that there is no single set of apparel that is optimum for all types.
READ MORE ›Hunting Rabbits Can Be A Blast!
A second rabbit squirted out from a pine. I hollered to my son and a single shot from his Winchester 1300 followed. Rabbit hunting is a great way to spend a winter day with a new hunter regardless of the number of bagged rabbits. The smile on a first-time rabbit hunter with his or her first rabbit will never leave your memory.
READ MORE ›Squirrel Hunting: Use A Shotgun Or Rifle?
Whether to use a rifle or shotgun for squirrel hunting is largely a traditional matter since both are effective for bushytails. However, in densely populated areas, shotguns get the nod for safety’s sake.
READ MORE ›Hickory Nuts Equal Early Season Squirrels
Many areas have very early fall squirrel seasons to take advantage of the squirrels’ fondness for green hickory nuts. At this time of year squirrels will be feeding almost exclusively in hickory groves to the extent that the rest of the woods may seem completely devoid of squirrels.
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