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Finally, Deer Season is HERE, So Let the Fun Begin

Finally, the season is HERE, and couldn’t have come soon enough for me. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way about deer season. I’m 75-years-old, and each year, every opening day is more special to me. I hope I’m able to enjoy many more. It’s a

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Using Hot Trails® Scented Hunting Candles

My journey started back in 1989, when I was hunting on the Farias Ranch in South Texas. For years, I had been using the most commonly-known liquid scent on the market at the time, “Doe in Heat.” I never saw any signs of success using the scent as directed, but

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Early Fall Into the Rut

This is part two in a series of articles I want to discuss with those of you who share the love of cold wind in our faces, drizzly damp mornings, and believe that wet and muddy is in our DNA.  The love of nature, the expectations of opening morning of

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Late Summer: Do you know what your deer are doing?

August is a hot month here in Texas. I think just about everywhere it’s a hot month. Summer is getting its last kick in before the seasons start to change. All summer, the bucks have been laying around, getting fat off of the land, just like any other male animal on Earth. Hanging with their

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