Category: Hunting

  • 2 3/4 vs 3 inch vs 3.5 inch Shotgun Shells

    2 3/4 vs 3 inch vs 3.5 inch Shotgun Shells

    2 3/4″, 3″, and 3.5″ When it comes to 12 gauge shotgun shells and the shotguns that fire them, there is a bit of variety out there in length of shell. 2 3/4″ shells have been a long standby and with lead shot, they’re very deadly at range. However, regulations prohibiting the use of lead…

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  • What Does Hunting Mean to You?

    What Does Hunting Mean to You?

    If anything, I think the recent, very public case of an American hunter poaching a famous Zimbabwe lion has really shone a light on poaching and hunting in general. What I found the most interesting was how hunters approach hunting so radically different. Just from a bystander’s view, I could see all these guys arguing about the “true…

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  • Game Cam Oct 2014 and a Bit of Varmint Hunting

    Game Cam Oct 2014 and a Bit of Varmint Hunting

    Thought I’d share what’s coming up on the game cam. There was a lot more variety in animals than I was expecting for 2 weeks of footage. After seeing all the pictures of coyotes, I took off with my Stevens 200 in 223 to clear some of them out.  I didn’t see any coyotes but…

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  • 10 Reasons Why I Love Hunting Deer in Winter

    10 Reasons Why I Love Hunting Deer in Winter

    I live in Alberta Canada, and it can get really cold here during the winter. I love it, and here’s why. 1. Blood Shows Easily Against Snow I’ve found that tracking a deer shot with a bow & arrow can be a bit hard, mostly because in the fall there are plenty of different-colored leaves…

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  • Alberta Gopher Shooting – May 2014

    Alberta Gopher Shooting – May 2014

    This post is about shooting gophers. If you’re not into that, I’d recommend another post. Way before I was “into” guns as a hobby, I was definitely into shooting gophers. For a young boy with a cracked bolt action .22 that got ran over by a tractor and a pocket full of 22 shells, it…

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  • Hunting for Meat and Dealing with Anti-Hunters

    Personally, I haven’t run into many people against hunting. We’ve got to an interesting a point in time when I think many of the people who would have been against hunting in the past are now interested in knowing where their food is coming from, and can see the appeal in hunting simply from the…

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