• Why Ice Fish for Crappie in 90 Degree Weather

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    Editor’s Note: This past week I fished with the Phillips’ family of Wetumpka, Alabama, Jonathan, Alicia, and Wyatt, who have the same last name, but aren’t kin to me. I wanted to learn more about hot-weather river fishing and how to crappie fish with a youngster from Jonathan and Alicia – both top

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  • Look for Your Next Fall’s Deer Lease Now and What to Consider

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    Editor’s Note: Hunters today lease land to deer hunt in ever-increasing numbers. With a large number of deer hunters requiring better hunting opportunities for bigger and older-age-class bucks, most of them realize that to obtain these goals they must lease land, institute some form of deer-management program and

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  • Why to Fertilize Your Deer

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    Editor’s Note: To grow trophy bucks, you must have an area with nutrient-rich soils. But even if you don’t have extremely-fertile soil, you can raise bigger bucks faster by fertilizing the food plots, naturally-occurring plants and mast-producing trees and bushes on the land you hunt. There are numerous

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  • How Predator Hunters Can Improve Your Deer Herd.

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    Editor’s Note: Cory VanGilder of Lamar, Missouri, studied how predators affected deer production. His research suggested that landowners and hunting clubs could use predator hunters effectively as deer-management tools, especially for trophy-deer management. “When I first proposed this study, I really didn’t

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  • How to Have the Most-Productive Food Plots

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    Editor’s Note: What can you plant in a green field in the woods to produce bucks with larger antlers and bigger bodies? Do some green field plantings work better than others? Dr. Grant Woods, a wildlife researcher from Readsville, Missouri, has sought answers to these efficient green fields that produce bigger and

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