hunting
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How To Move Through The Bush Silently
While hunting this week, I managed to stalk to within 25 metres of a bear and snuck up on an Army Ranger undetected. Here’s how to be vewy, vewy quiet outdoors. It’s a skill anyone can use.
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How To Call A Predator: The Rabbit Squeal
There’s more in the woods than you’re likely aware. Want to see who’s around next time you’re out there? The rabbit squeal will bring in foxes, coyotes, cougars, bears and pretty much anything else that enjoys the taste of meat. Here’s how to sound like a tasty morsel.
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Moose!
Taking it between my bare hands, the hot blood stinging wind-chilled fingers, I pull the bull’s heart from its silent, massif of a body. Bigger than my head and with a heavy weight, the heart wrenches attention from the rest of the world as the tundra refocuses. Cutting a slit through the heart’s wall to…
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Adventure: Backpack Hunting In The High Sierra
With an average annual hunter success rate of 7 per cent, the D7 hunting zone of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California is one of the toughest regions to hunt deer in the state. We set out on a four-day backpacking trip with our rifles to track down these elusive grey ghosts.