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Best of luck. In the right hands, even in the area you describe, a 30-30 could be safe, but when safety is your primary concern, with a...

There is one more option that I would not recommend. That is using buckshot. Buckshot is very safe, but the range is very short and...

Ok, you have several options depending on how deep your pocketbook is: 1) Buy another barrel for either the Mossberg 500 or Maverik 88...

Congrats, nice deer!

200 lbs/ac is a lot if you are mixing it with clover or anything else. It depends on your location and microclimate. The best way is...

Yes, having trees as a background is a good thing to limit distance of travel. Most bullets are led and a ricochet off of a tree is not...

If you are looking for a different shotgun with a rifled barrel, you may wan to look at an inexpensive single-shot 20 gauge break action...

Here is a page of red dot sights at a range of prices: Red dot Sights

I'm a pretty experienced hunter and have hunted pretty sensitive areas. We had a problem with an overpopulation of deer in northern...

Sounds like a responsible kid. If you have a 20 gauge with a smooth bore, you can use rifled sabots. They are only effective out to...

Know your target and beyond... I've repeated that sentence over 1,000 times in the Hunter Ed classes I teach. The first consideration...

My buddy, in construction, thought the issue was a loose ground on the starter. He had a hole in his schedule this afternoon, so I met...

What we think we see is not always reality! There were deer everywhere around me before shooting hours. I was using my barn as a...

I only hunted one hour opening morning as I had agreed to help setup for a Halloween party that night. I missed a doe. I sat for an...

I had to plant late this year too. I like to plant soon after labor day but with rain in the forecast. We too had a rainy summer but...