So you’ve never hunted turkeys with a bow? It’s okay. In fact, it’s really not that hard. Of course, it’s not easy either, which is exactly why so many sportsmen are giving up their shotguns for bows and arrows during spring turkey hunting seasons.
Bowhunting for turkeys IS out of the ordinary for some people, especially those who’ve spent more time patterning 3 1 / 2 inch turkey loads that travel 1,300 feet per second.
For those who’ve arrowed a turkey with a bow, or even tried, they’ll do it again because of the thrill and exhilaration. It’s a challenge that separates one spring turkey hunter from the rest. It’s the difference between choosing chopsticks or a fork to eat Chinese food.
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The beginner must learn to look with eyes that see. Occurrences of apparently little importance at the moment may, after consideration, assume proportions of great value. The taking of an insect, for instance, may mean nothing more than a rising trout; but the position occupied by this fish may indicate the position taken by others in similar water.
The flash of a trout, changing his position preparatory to investigating the angler’s fly, will frequently disclose the spot occupied by him before he changed his position; and, later on, when the fish are not in the keenest mood for feeding, a fly presented there accurately may bring a rise. The quick dart up-stream of a small trout from the tail of a pool is a pretty fair indication that a large fish occupies the deeper water above; it indicates just as certainly, however, that the angler has little chance of taking him, the excitement of the smaller fish having probably been communicated to his big relative.
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Deer Hunting
Influences On Whitetail Deer Activity By John Cook
Much has been written about deer movement in hunting magazines and I have been intrigued by differences in deer activity over the years myself. We have all been in the woods or maybe just while driving to or from work and noticed large differences in deer activity. You will have some days when you see many deer from your tree stand and other days when, from that same stand at the same time of day, you won’t see a single deer. It is also most obvious when you drive to and from work at similar times each day and see large swings in deer activity. After thinking about these changes in deer activity, reading several articles and my hunting observations over the years I’ve found several situations that effect deer movement.
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Box oven cakes are fun to make and delicious to eat in the out-of-doors. You don't need to wait for a special occasion to make one.
Materials
Cardboard box, approximately 12" x 16" x 14" deep for large cake; 12' square for smaller cake.
Aluminum foil
Scotch or masking tape
Knife
4 to 6 empty 12-oz beverage cans
Charcoal
Plastic roasting wrap (optional)
Cake pan
Cake mix and/or ingredients
Canned frosting
Decorator frosting with fancy tip, tube or push-button can
Directions
For a 9-inch by 13-inch cake, cut the top flaps off a large box. Line the inside of the box with aluminum foil, bringing the foil around the edges and down the outer side about 4 inches. Anchor with tape. If you want to watch what is happening in your oven, cut a square hole in the solid top of the oven box, and tape clear plastic roasting wrap tightly over the hole.
Fill four empty beverage cans about half full with sand or dirt, and place them in the charcoal pit so each can will support a corner of your cake pan.
Light 14 pieces of charcoal; then mix your cake.
When the charcoal is giving off even heat, spread the coals, set cake pan on the beverage cans, and place cardboard box oven over the pan. Make a small gap for air at each end of the oven by scraping some dirt away. Air circulation is needed to keep the charcoal burning.
Bake cake for the length of time specified in the recipe. Do not peek! Lifting the box will cause the oven to lose heat. If you use an 8-inch square pan and a 12-inch square box for the oven, light only 12 pieces of charcoal.
