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Essential Tree stand Safety Measures: Hunt Smart & Stay Safe
Essential Tree stand Safety Measures: Hunt Smart & Stay Safe My wife often gets annoyed with my morbid musings that I occasionally think out loud. I don’t know why I do it, but it’s compelling to ponder who, what, when, how, and where someone died. Sometimes I put myself in the subject’s shoes, other times […]
READ MOREAdvice for New Waterfowl Hunters
Advice for New Waterfowl Hunters Getting started with any hobby can be a whirlwind of research, trial and error, time and money wasted, and overall frustration. Getting started in waterfowl hunting is no different. In my opinion, waterfowl hunting is the most consuming rabbit hole you can get into as a sportsman. There are hundreds […]
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Top 10 Public Waterfowl Hunting Areas
Top 10 Public Waterfowl Hunting Areas Kettleson Hogsback Complex (Dickinson County) The Kettleson Hogsback Complex in Dickinson County, encompasses a diverse range of wetlands, including marshes, potholes, and lakes, creating an ideal habitat for waterfowl. Hunters visiting Kettleson Hogsback Complex can expect a variety of waterfowl species to target, including ducks such as mallards, teal, […]
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Sportsman Trauma Care
Sportsman Trauma Care Iowa is blessed with multiple opportunities to employ shooting sports for enjoyment, hunting, and competition. Unfortunately, weapons capable of harvesting game are also capable of life-threatening injury to sportsmen and their companions. We are blessed that gang-related gunshot wounds are rare, so most wounds we refer to medically as “penetrating trauma” are […]
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Introducing Youth to Shooting Sports
I can still remember the day my mom told me we had to watch the next episode of “Buckmasters TV.” Being an oblivious five-year-old, you can only imagine how excited I was to see my picture pop up as their weekly winner of a FREE Buckmasters Daisy Model 840 BB gun. Bubba and Shotgun Red announced my name, and I was the proud new owner of my very first firearm.
I ran to meet the mail carrier every day to check for that long cardboard box. Watching “Buckmasters” with my parents fed my enthusiasm for the outdoors, but I was already obsessed with all things related to shooting at an early age. That BB gun gave me so much more than a tool to shoot targets with. It gave my parents an opportunity to teach me about gun safety. It gave me my first memories of being in the woods, tagging along with my dad and his .22 chasing squirrels and rabbits. It gave me another way to spend time with my younger sisters when they began to learn about gun safety. Most importantly, it sparked a lifelong love for hunting and target shooting.
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