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- Fishing For Coho Salmon In Coastal Rivers During Rain SwellsRain can transform a coastal river from a clear, low summer stream into a moving sheet of colour, foam and fresh debris. For coho salmon, that change often…
- How to Navigate Using a Compass and Map in Dense TimberDense bush makes navigation difficult because the features that guide you in open country disappear beneath eucalypt canopy, scrub and uneven ground. A creek…
- The Best Materials for Building a DIY Archery TargetA home-built archery target can be cheaper, easier to repair, and better suited to your arrows than many commercial options. The right design depends on…
- Setting Up a Baitcaster for Pitching and Flipping to CoverPitching and flipping are close-range casting methods built for placing a lure quietly beside timber, grass, docks, reeds, and other fish-holding cover. A…
- Reading Deer Body Language Before The Next MoveA deer rarely makes a sudden decision without showing something first. Ear position, head angle, tail movement, foot placement and the direction of its…
- Fitting a suppressor to a factory rifle barrelA suppressor, also called a sound moderator in Australia, can reduce blast, muzzle flash and recoil when correctly matched to a rifle. Installing one on a…
- Fishing rocky river shoals for smallmouth bass with a tube jigSmallmouth bass are built for current. They hold behind boulders, along broken ledges and in the softer water beside a fast chute, where a compact tube jig can…
- Hunting Ruffed Grouse in Young Aspen Forests With a Pointer DogRuffed grouse hunting in young aspen forest is a close-range game, built around quick decisions and a dog working inside gun range. The birds favour dense,…
- Why A Full-Length Rail Makes Sense On A Bolt-Action RifleA full-length rail on a bolt-action rifle extends across most or all of the receiver, giving the shooter a continuous mounting surface for an optic. It is…
- How to Field Dress a Pronghorn Antelope in Hot WeatherPronghorn country can turn a clean recovery into a race against heat, flies and distance. A successful field dressing job preserves more meat when temperatures…
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