Shotgun Cleaning, Maintenance Is Important

Procrastination (or just plain neglect) is far too common when it comes to cleaning our firearms. Hunters need to protect their firearms before they develop visual signs of rust and corrosion. There are some basic rules to follow to keep your firearms clean and working smoothly and efficiently throughout the year.

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Get Real When Hunting Ducks

While doing some afternoon fall fishing … I noticed some duck hunters who were set up on a long cattail point. As I fished, the hunters called and called every time a single or small bunch of ducks flew by on the horizon. Every time they did, they never got the ducks to respond or come in. I fished and shook my head, feeling somewhat sorry for those two gunners who had put so much effort into their hunt, but had yet to fire a shell. It got me
to thinking about the efforts us hunters take to attract our prey. And how we sometimes go too far.

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Missouri’s Squaw Creek Refuge: A Home For Hard-Core Hunters

Labrador retrievers sprawl on the floor, football game natters on the television in the background. Hunters sprawl, also tired. Only difference between them and the dogs is that the hunters didn’t spend the day swimming in icy water or lying uncomfortably on the
splintery deck boards of a duck blind. It was in Northwest Missouri, near 7,000-acre Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge. Where else can you find 400,000 light geese cheek to beak … .

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