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- Scouting Public Land For Turkeys With Maps And SignPublic-land turkey hunting starts well before the first call echoes through the timber. Aerial imagery helps identify roosts, feeding areas, water, funnels,…
- Refurbishing an Old Fiberglass Fishing Rod for Modern UseAn old fibreglass fishing rod can often return to useful service with less work than expected. These blanks are tough, forgiving and well suited to the hard…
- Using a Rangefinder With Angle Compensation for Mountain HuntingSteep country changes the geometry of a shot long before it changes the view through the scope. A deer may appear 300 metres away across a gully, yet the…
- Getting Your Motion Decoy Dialed In for Late Season GeeseLate season goose hunting across the southern states is a proper grind. By August, in the Riverina or the irrigation flats outside Griffith, the local Canadas…
- The Best Knot for Connecting Braid to Fluorocarbon LeaderFor most lure, soft-plastic, and light-tackle applications, the FG knot is the best braid-to-fluorocarbon connection. It creates a slim, strong joint by…
- Tracking Wounded Deer with a Dog in AustraliaPicture the moment a hunter watches an arrow strike well, only to see the deer vanish into thick scrub. Recovery becomes the priority, and for many Australian…
- Building a custom first aid kit for backcountry bowhuntingBowhunters heading into Australia's remote ranges and dense scrub know that help is rarely close. A mate with a sliced hand on a ridge west of Cairns, or a…
- Picking a waterproof fishing jacket that won't fight your castChecking the Bureau of Meteorology radar before driving out to a highland lake has become a quiet habit for many Aussie anglers. A clear morning can turn…
- How to field dress a deer alone when a hoist is not an optionSambar stags in the Victorian high country, fallow in Tasmania's north, and rusa in the coastal ranges of New South Wales - Australian deer hunters often work…
- Picking the Best Shotgun Choke for Upland Birds in Heavy CoverPushing through dense tea-tree scrub on a frosty Victorian morning with a mate and a pair of flushing dogs is one of the great experiences of Australian bird…
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