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Canned Venison
Hunting

How To Make Canned Venison

How To Make Canned Venison HOW TO PRESERVE YOUR WILD GAME MEAT Instead of just throwing your extra venison in the freezer, take some extra time and learn about canning venison. Once you have successfully harvested a deer and it has been processed and butchered, you are then faced with the decision of what to do with

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Tree Stand Accidents
Hunting

Tree Stand Accidents: Can We Stop The Insanity?

Tree Stand Accidents: Can We Stop The Insanity? Can we stop the insanity? Can we just get through one deer season without a family having to bury a loved one who fell from their deer stand? Yes, deer hunting is our passion, but is it worth risking permanent injury or death? The vast majority of deer hunting

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Old Wooden Deer Stand
Skunk Ape Tree Stands

Are You Guilty of Putting Your Deer Stand Last?

Are You Guilty of Putting Your Deer Stand Last? By:  Rhett E. Butler, JR     Are you guilty of putting your deer stand last?  I’ll be the first to admit that I have put my deer stand last on my list of hunting needs in the past.  I have worried about having the right

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Tolerable Deer Stand
Skunk Ape Tree Stands

DO YOU LOVE YOUR TREE STAND OR DO YOU TOLERATE YOUR TREE STAND?

By: Rhett E. Butler, Jr You often hear people talking about their hunting equipment and how much they love their scope, riffle, binoculars, scent suits, boots and ammunition. People love their hunting gear, and those same people spend a lot of money on that gear. You never hear people talking about how much they love

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Bow Hutting Deer Stand
Hunting

Five Tips For Bow Hunting Whitetails

https://skunkapetreestands.com/2469-2/ Five Tips For Bow Hunting Whitetails By: Rhett E. Butler, JR 1. GET A SKUNK APE TREE STAND: This is the best way to start a successful bowhunting season.The Skunk Ape Tree Stand makes hunting great again. The deer don’t even know you’re therewhen twenty feet up in the tree, in a padded, comfortable

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Public Hunting Lands
Hunting

‘Git-R-Done’: Trump opens 1.4 million federal acres to hunters, anglers

President Trump isn’t much of an outdoorsman, aside from golf. But maybe more than any president since Teddy Roosevelt, he understands the importance of others getting outside to boat, hunt, fish, shoot, and hike and their demands for access to federal lands and waterways. “He’s basically said, ‘Git-R-Done,’” said Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who is

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Skunk Ape Tree Stands Medallion
Skunk Ape Tree Stands

How Did The Skunk Ape Name And Logo Come To Be?

How Did The Skunk Ape Name And Logo Come To Be? By:  John R. Hackett Rhett and I have often been asked how our stand got the name Skunk Ape Tree Stands and what brought about our logo.  First and foremost, almost everyone else in the industry has a deer head or a deer skull

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QDMA Sick Bucks
Hunting

10 Weird Whitetails Join The Freak Deer Collection

Because our messages and mission are founded on proven science, QDMA has built a reputation over 31 years for knowledge and credibility – which means, among other things, that our members turn to us when they encounter something they can’t explain. We could almost staff a full-time Department of Mysteries just to respond to queries

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Coyote Hunting
Hunting

COYOTE HUNTING TIPS: HOW TO HUNT COYOTES WITH ELECTRONIC & REGULAR CALLS

  COYOTE HUNTING TIPS: HOW TO HUNT COYOTES WITH ELECTRONIC & REGULAR CALLS Coyotes are an essential part of North America’s ecosystem, but they can also be a pest.  They’re notorious for eating pets and small livestock. They’re also numerous in many areas, so their numbers need to be controlled, and the most effective and

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Deer Shed
Hunting

Where, When and How to Find More Shed Antlers

One of the more enjoyable late-winter activities for me is getting out with friends and family hiking in search of shed antlers. I wish I was fortunate enough to scour every square inch of the properties I hunt in search of them, but time just doesn’t allow that, and sometimes those pesky rodents beat me

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