Lure in That Black Bear
by Bud McRoberts
Beaver castor dried is flammable. Put one pound castor in a coffee can with 2 ounces of sterno, set in bottom of bait barrel, light with match. Leave area, or you will smell like a beaver for months!

Pick Your Bird
by Jeff Filler
While shooting at ducks (or other birds) in dense concentrations, to avoid overlimiting in species or sex, you may have to pick birds that are isolated or at the periphery of the concentration. Then pull the trigger.

Shooting Multiple Birds with One Shot
by Jeff Filler
Getting more than one bird (e.g. ducks) in one shot is no accident, nor is it luck. Here is how: 1) get good with your firearm (so that you are a good shot); 2) use quality ammo and the correct gun and choke (for regularly taking your waterfowl); 3) deliberately pick a predominant bird that happens to have one or several beside and behind it and deliberately aim at the predominant bird. Then pul...[Read More]

Memorize Rocks
by Jeff Filler
Memorize rocks. Yes. And stumps. If you hunt an area regularly, memorize the things that look like deer... stumps, rocks, etc. Then one time you will be hunting along, and... "hmmmm, I don't remember that rock" ... and you will look more closely, and, aha! ...it is actually a deer, hoping you would think it is a stump. Try it. It works!

Check Those Sunglasses
by Jeff Filler
If you wear eyeglasses, hold them away from your face and turn them around with the predominant light to your back (e.g, the sunset). Look at your glasses as an animal with the light at its back might be looking at you. If your glasses show a lot of glare, get some that don't, or consider a screen-mask, or contacts. A nice buck can be spooked by the glare of eyeglasses or the crystal of your wr...[Read More]

Look for Water Ripples
by Jeff Filler
If you are hunting creatures that use the water, for example moose, or puddle ducks... look for ripples. Yes, ripples! If you actually see the animal, it can also see you, and it may be too late. But if you come around a bend, and look for and see the ripples - generated by what is ahead and still out of sight, you have "spotted" your animal before it can spot you.

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