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Entries for October 2022
Don't Push That Wounded Deer
By Ken Piper
It doesn't matter how much you practice or how selective you are with your shots, sooner or later you are going to make a bad hit. Gun, bow or muzzleloader, things happen in the deer woods beyond our control. While a bad hit is inevitable, losing your deer isn't. Most wounded deer will bed down within a few hundred yards of where they were hit. Onc... READ MORE
How To Determine Eye Dominance and Deal with Cross Dominance
By Savage Arms
This week’s tip comes from the professionals at Savage Arms (www.savagearms.com). What is eye dominance? In short, it’s the eye that your brain prefers. Your dominant eye has more neural connections to your visual cortex than your non-dominant eye and provides more accurate visual information to your brain. Your eyes are about 3 inches... READ MORE
Be Unpredictable
By Ken Piper
Deer hunters spend so much time trying to pattern deer that we forget that we also can be "patterned." After all, most of us hunt the same days and the same hours, so it isn't difficult for deer to figure us out. While we would never recommend giving up hunting the traditional moving times for deer -- early morning and late evening -- it's importa... READ MORE