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Know-How: Shoot Faster

Want to drop more deer with your bow? Speed up your shot process to hit vitals in three seconds or less.

Know-How: Put a Sock on It

This useful trick will put your orphaned socks to work and help you shoot better in the field.

Know-How: Withstand the Stand

When temperatures fall and the elements are against you, it’s tempting to pack it in. To hang in there during nasty weather, try these creature comforts.

Know-How: Float the Dot

Handgun sights are normally zeroed at the factory for a hold that’s less than ideal when hunting. Learn to “float the dot” for a sight picture that’s better in the field.

Know-How: Broadheads for Gobblers

Anchoring a longbeard with an arrow requires the right shot and the right broadhead. Here are some “tips,” literally, that get the job done.

Know-How: Pup Prep

New pups don’t become good hunting dogs overnight. You have to set up yourself and your puppy for success, and it starts with the right mind-set and gear.

Know-How: On-the-Fly Ducks

Not everyone has time to scout out killer locations prior to a weekend hunt.

Know-How: Twilight of the Dogs

No one thinks this is sane. Nevertheless, a few find it addictive. After deer season is long over and icicles are hanging over the front door and winter is deep and cold it is time to go predator hunting in the blackest hours. Field Editor Frank Miniter explains.

Know-How: Be a Deadly Shot

There are great archers, and then there are deadly ones. Great shots might stack a quiver of arrows in the 10-ring at 40 yards; deadly shots stack game in the back of the truck season after season. Both of these guys practice the fundamentals of shooting, but deadly shots realize the woods is not a static archery range.

Know-How: Shooting the Bull

A bull elk weighs 700 pounds and doesn’t easily surrender its spirit. Mud-caked hide, massive bones, second-to-none cardiovascular efficiency and mountainous terrain make these beasts extremely tough to recover if not hit perfectly. So bowhunters should only attempt ideal shots.

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