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I’ve Never Seen Accuracy Like This in a Muzzleloader

Just wrapped up our muzzleloader season here at home, and I had the good fortune of filling a tag last week after a cold, damp vigil high in a white pine at the edge of a creek-bottom swamp. The afternoon sit was rather uneventful until a twitch turned into a tail, which turned into a […]

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All Hail The Queens of the Forest!

We should all salute and thank these pioneering women for joining our ranks, and do everything in our power to invite and welcome all the women in our lives to share the Spirit Campfires of the wild.

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyday America

It is not just about the day or the meal. Giving thanks is something we should do each day of our lives, and the more we do so, the happier we will be.

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I Love You

The silly tradition of my father’s generation to not utter the words I love you should be a thing of the past, for if we truly wish to make the world go round and bring happiness into those lives we care about, we should never hesitate to express such powerful, supportive, strengthening, sincere human emotion to everyone in our lives.

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Back To Texas

So southbound with the hammer down we are, headed from our Michigan happy hunting grounds to our Texas happy hunting grounds, and though it is always difficult and bittersweet to leave the northern properties, I must say I am as giddy as ever to get cracking on our amazing Texas properties to keep the arrows flying and the happy flames fanned ferociously.

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Happy Birthday Grandson Jack

There are no guarantees for a kill when bowhunting, but there is an inescapable guarantee that the morning will be fascinating and ultra-fun in my grandson’s namesake treestand, where the world is at least temporarily perfect and peaceful and where the mighty Spirit of the Wild runs strong and free.

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6 Tips for Hunting the Rut

For those still left in the hunt, here are some tips and strategies that will help you hunt the rut more effectively.

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The Time Is NOW!!

Hang onto your safety harness boys and girls, for the real deerhunting excitement has just begun in earnest.

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Triple Arrow Threesome! 

They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but over the years the Good Lord has provided me numerous triple bow and arrow lightning strikes and the resultant electricity ignites my soul beyond measure.

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The Little Big Things

When we honestly get right down to it, the unlimited minutia and infinite details of what we accomplish as hunters is as vast and important as anything we do here on earth.

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Kill The Deer

When it comes right down to it, it doesn’t matter what we have in our hands, but always what we have in our heart.

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Every Arrow

I can see every arrow I’ve ever loosed. I see the arc, I see the shaft flying, I see the glowing nock cutting the airspace. To me, forever, every arrow is the most important arrow. Every hunt is the most celebrated hunt.

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Emotional Release Therapy from a Deer Stand

It’s almost the perfect afternoon for deer hunting. There’s just enough nip in the air to warrant this knit hat, and the air is crisp enough to turn my breath into small billows with every exhale. There’s not much wind, but what little there is creates a wind-chime effect with the red, yellow and orange […]

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Celebrate the Sacred Flesh

Go that extra mile this season to insure the best venison possible. To my way of thinking, such diligent, careful handling is as much fun as the hunting.

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Create an Early Season Hunting Plan

The early part of the season offers you an excellent opportunity to determine a buck’s daily traffic pattern and hunt accordingly.

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Aim Small Miss Small

Discover your own aim-small, miss-small solutions and have the most enjoyable and productive hunting season of your lives. Breathe, baby breathe!

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Details Details Details

There is nothing wrong with casual, easygoing hunting. But when plunged full-on, heart and soul to a samurai warrior level, it is the rare endeavor that truly qualifies as out of body. Choose your own level of commitment, and just have the most fun hunting season of your life. It’s all a matter of details, details, details.

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Off To The Races

Alright all you Spirit Warriors of the Great American Outdoors backstrap army, happy happy September to you all! Ladies and gentlemen; start your spirit engines! We have Spirit of the Wild liftoff 2021, and thank God almighty, just in the nick of time!

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Rock Drummer: Ted Nugent Made Up “Poopy Pants” Story

Ted Nugent — full-time rocker and deer hunting fanatic — did not do meth and poop his pants to avoid being drafted during the Vietnam War. He did, however, use parts of a wild, true story that happened — to one of his former bandmates — to embellish a rock-n-roll interview with a stoned reporter […]

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Crossbow Shot Placement on Whitetails

By choosing your crossbow shot placement carefully, you will greatly increase your chances for a harvest and successful recovery.

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