Deer Blood Color Chart: What the Blood Trail Tells You
A deer blood color chart for hunters: what pink, bright red, dark red and green-flecked blood mean, how long to wait, and how to follow the trail.
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Where to Shoot a Deer: Shot Placement for Every Angle
Where to shoot a deer from every angle, rifle and bow: the double-lung zone, the shots to pass on, and how long to wait before tracking.
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Hunting from draw to harvest. Tag deadlines and leftover draws, season dates, species tactics, safety, and the federal and state rules that govern the hunt.
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Deer Feeder Guide: Types, Setup and Baiting Laws
Deer feeder types, what to put in them, how to set one up, and why the baiting rules in Texas, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin are so different.
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How to Clean a Rifle: A Simple Field-to-Bench Routine
How to clean a rifle: a simple field-to-bench routine that keeps your zero, stops corrosion, and takes ten minutes — with the bolt-action step-by-step and the gear that does the work.
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Is .300 Blackout Good for Hunting? The Suppressed Setup for Hogs, Deer & Predators
Yes — .300 Blackout is at its best on hogs, deer, and predators at woods-to-field range, and it is the easiest centerfire to shoot suppressed. The complete suppressed hunting setup: load, rifle, suppressor, glass, and field gear.
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Venison: Cuts, Safe Temperatures, CWD and Nutrition, Sourced
USDA sets one safe minimum internal temperature for venison: 160 degrees F, every cut. A 16-cut anatomy and cooking table, the CWD evidence stated precisely, and USDA nutrition data that contradicts what hunting media repeats.
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Refuge Hunting Rule Is Live, and It Scraps the Nine-Refuge Lead Ban
Refuge hunting access just hit a record 92 million acres under the 2026 final rule. See what changed and how to check your station before opening day.
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2027 Western Big Game Draw Deadlines: 10 States, Every Date
Application deadlines for every Western big game draw, with each date labelled as confirmed for 2027, set by rule, or carried from the 2026 pattern.
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Wyoming Leftover Tags: The Second-Chance Draw, and the 2027 Window
Wyoming’s 2026 leftover tag draw ran June 22-26 and has closed – no fee, no point cost. Here’s what was on the list, and how to be ready the moment the 2027 window opens.
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Colorado Leftover Tags 2026: What’s Still Available and How to Buy
Colorado’s 2026 leftover big-game licenses are on sale now, first-come first-served. The live CPW list, the weekly reissue cycle, what is still available today, 2026 fees and refund rules.
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OTC Elk Tags 2026: Which States Still Sell Them
OTC elk tags 2026: Idaho ended nonresident over-the-counter tags and Colorado tightened archery. See which states still sell true OTC elk – and the backdoors.
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Early-Season Archery Elk: Your Opening-Week Game Plan for 2026
Early-season archery elk rewards hunters who glass smart and hunt wallows. Get your 2026 opening-week game plan, from velvet bulls to the first cold front.
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Deer Rut Dates by State: What the Agency Data Says
State-by-state whitetail rut timing built from wildlife agency conception-date studies — with sample sizes, publication dates, the eleven states that publish nothing, and why southern rut dates run backward to latitude.
