Category: Eblast Archives
Patterning Guns and Toms! – Episode #383
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Watch Grant break in the new Winchester 20 gauge! The Long Beard XR holds a killer pattern! The only thing left to do is find toms to chase opening morning!
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There’s still time to practice! Find out what James Harrison has to say about practicing turkey calls!
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If you film turkey hunts, check out these great tips for capturing an awesome turkey hunt this spring!
Tip of the Week:
Make sure you know and understand all baiting and feeding regulations during turkey season in the states you hunt.
Strut Zone Prep – Episode #382
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Watch the GrowingDeer Team frost seed clover and prepare a great food source for not only deer but turkey too! These clover plots will soon be great strutting areas for toms and purr-fect hunting locations. Find out how we plan to hunt these plots and others with our Montana Decoys!
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Watch Grant and CJ Davis from Montana Decoy share their turkey hunting tips, tricks, and techniques!
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Tyler Gentry shares how multiple years of trail camera pictures helped him tag a buck last fall. Find out how you can use trail cameras to punch a tag!
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When trying to pattern ol’ toms with trail cameras, checking pictures in the field can save a lot of time!
Chasin’ Turkeys in South Florida – Episode #381
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Watch Grant and Clay chase turkeys through the south Florida citrus groves! It’s a learn as you go hunt, where patience and strategy pay off!
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Turkey hunting is exciting with the versatile turkey decoys from Montana Decoy. Grant shares the un-boxing of his new decoys along with his strategies for using them for the upcoming spring turkey season.
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Find out why it’s important to have forage and minerals available on your property year round.
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Patterning your turkey gun before season could be the difference between tagging a tom or tag soup.
How To Help Deer Reach Their Potential – Episode #380
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Find out how reducing ticks and taking soil samples can help your deer herd reach its potential!
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Waiting for turkey season? See what we watch to get through the preseason blues!
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Find out how a soil sample can save you time and money, while maximizing your food plot’s yield!
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Prescribed fire this time of the year can create great fawning and nesting habitat for critters this spring and summer!
Recipe for great habitat and hunting – Episode #379
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Watch and learn our strategies and tips for improving wildlife habitat as the GrowingDeer Team lights it up with prescribed fires. Plus, find out why Trophy Rock is crucial for deer during spring green up.
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Watch as this buck busts us and we aren’t even there!
New Weekly Blog:
Life and hunting have a lot in common. Author Andy Andrews has collected and shared principles that can be applied to aspects of hunting and life.
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Soil samples are a quick, easy way to find out how to improve the soil. The soil health ultimately affects the health of deer! Get your soil samples completed now and be ready to plant spring food plots!
Warning: This video contains information about prescribed fire which is a management tool for trained professionals using the appropriate tools for the situation.
Wild Hogs and Javelinas: Texas Style! – Episode #378
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Watch the GrowingDeer Team travel to south Texas to hunt wild hogs and javelinas! Not only do they let Bloodsports fly but they explore new habitat and stumble across exciting history of southern Texas!
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Watch the crow and pot call bring in a big Kansas gobbler!
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Deer season is over and turkey season is just around the corner. That means the work is just beginning. Read more about our current projects on The Proving Grounds.
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A utilization cage placed in a food plot after planting can help determine if there are too many critters for the amount of food in the area.
Talking Turkey: Tips for Better Clucks, Purrs, Gobbles and More – Episode #377
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Are you getting ready for turkey season? Time to knock the rust off! Grab your calls and follow along with champion callers, James Harrison and Steve Morgenstern, as they take us through the locating and calling techniques you need to know.
Wow! Big surprise in one of our Duke traps! We’re hustling to take out fawn nabbers before season closes.
UPDATE: Remember the big buck Peaches? Grant suspected he died from a brain abscess. The investigation is over and the evidence shows what killed him.
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Watch South Paw meet his match at the new Antler-X-Treme site!
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Learn how stressful winter can be for deer. Find out how and why we try to help deer through this time of the year.
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Deer are seeking nutrients during the current stress period. Trophy Rock Four65 is a great source of the many minerals deer need.
Late Season Buck Fever – Episode #376
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Watch Seth and Trace Harker successfully hunt late season food sources! Both Harkers get a bad case of buck fever but each finds the remedy. Plus, there’s a trap line double at The Proving Grounds!
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Watch as the Reconyx picks up a spike in bobcat activity during their breeding season!
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Find out why we trap predators year after year and the benefits we see!
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Cleaning and storing traps in dry conditions after season helps extend the life of your Duke traps.
Coyotes vs. Managers – Episode #375
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Watch the GrowingDeer Team battle the local coyote populations. It’s all hands on deck to hunt/trap the notorious fawn and turkey predator!
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Watch Pro Staffer Heath Martin take a crack at a Kansas fawn nabber!
New Weekly Blog:
Find out how we are trying to reduce ticks and other deer parasites.
Tip of the Week:
Early shed hunting success is likely when searching food plots and south facing slopes.
3 Hunts = 4 Does Down – Episode #374
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Ever wonder how to pattern and hunt late season deer? Watch how management, strategy, and trail cameras come together for late season success!
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Ever walked up to a deer and been shocked at what you find? Watch more behind the scenes video from Rae’s recent hunt that ended with a big surprise!
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Did deer not eat from your newer food plots? Find out what may be the cause and why you should try again this year.
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Storing your trapping boots in a Scent Crusher Ozone Gear Bag can help reduce human scent at the trap site.