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Search and Recovery: Tracking skills are an important part of archery hunting

Being able to hit the target at 30 or 40 yards is just part of the skill required…

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Sweetness: Whether nostalgia or perfection 16-gauge shotguns still around

The shotgun always sat in the same place, a corner in the old farmhouse bedroom next to the…

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Up First: Archery, early MLDP hunting kicks off deer season

Although the lines between archery and gun season have become blurred over the years because of early hunting…

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Fishing For A Cause: Lake O’The Pines Crappie Tournament promotes fishing, scholarship

Sometimes fishing tournaments are about the fishing. Then there are others that bring something else to the table.…

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The Big Bang: Rains have limited impact on dove opener In North Texas

HAMLIN — With a chance of rain threatening to end the summer drought in Texas’ Big Country, everything…

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In The Beginning: Texas’ nine-month hunting year fires off with dove season opener

There is a lot more to the start of dove season than just dove hunting. It is the…

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Big Bang Theory:

Success and failure in dove hunting starts with being in a field full of doves. After that it…

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Hot Dogs: Hunters need to prepare, have dogs ready for dove season

When dove season opens it will not only be a new year for hunters, but also for their…

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Bright Future: Conditions right for a good dove season opener in Texas

Living in cities, declines in dove populations probably are not noticeable because there is always plenty of backyard…

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New Beginnings: Dove Season is the perfect gateway into hunting

It seems like it was only a couple of weeks ago we were saying goodbye to the 2023-24…