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Master blood trailing techniques every bowhunter needs — from reading arrow color to grid-searching when the trail dies. Recover more game with these field-tested skills.
Tag Archives: bowhunting
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Trail camera placement rules that turn an empty SD card into a daylight buck inventory. 45-degree angle, height by terrain, summer scouting spots that work.
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A DIY elk hunt on western public land costs about $1,200 in tags, gas, food, and fuel — roughly 12% of what a guided September archery bull costs through a reputable outfitter. The trade-off is that you do every job the guide would have done: tag research, e-scouting, fitness prep, calling, packing meat seven miles […]
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The Antalya archery week ended with two stories that will travel further than the venue blurb suggests. Mike Schloesser collected his 10th individual World Cup gold on a windy Saturday, and on Sunday a 17-year-old from Maharashtra and her 25-year-old teammate handed Korea’s reigning Olympic mixed-team duo a 5-1 loss in the gold-medal match. Between […]
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Helical vs straight fletching: which wins for broadheads, speed, and accuracy? 5 bowhunter-tested truths plus the 3-degree rule that ends the debate.
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Crossbow vs compound bow comparison with real numbers on speed, accuracy, weight, and cost — plus when each one wins for deer hunting in 2026.
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A whitetail can sort 297 million scent receptors in a single sniff. Here are 8 scent control strategies bowhunters actually use to close the distance.
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Mechanical vs fixed broadheads compared on penetration, accuracy, blood trails, and 4 more trade-offs that decide which broadhead wins your hunt.
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A thumb release archery setup is the single biggest accuracy upgrade for compound shooters who got stuck punching the index trigger. The thumb release moves trigger duty from your sensitive index finger to a slower, less reactive thumb pad — and that one swap kills most cases of trigger anxiety inside a month of honest […]
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Deer shot placement guide for bowhunters: broadside, quartering, and elk/turkey/hog vital zones — the angles that decide a clean kill.