The Best Climbing Treestand for Deer Hunting

Posted by Online Editors on August 17, 2010 under Dave Hurteau, Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting Gear, Deer Stands: Choosing and Hanging Tree Stands and Blinds, Gear, Hunting, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

Okay, here’s the idea: I’ll tell you about my favorite stuff, and in the comment section below, you tell everyone what you like best and why. When we’re done, we’ll have a...

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Hurteau: Make Your Own Wrist Sling

Posted by Online Editors on June 11, 2010 under Bow Hunting, Bow Hunting Big Game, Bow Hunting Whitetail Deer, DIY, Dave Hurteau, Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting Gear, Gear, Hunting, What to Use When Bow Hunting Whitetail Deer, Turkeys, Bear, and Big Game, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

Just for you, Walt. (Isn’t it nice to be influential?) But also for anyone who wants a good wrist sling but doesn’t want to pay $20 to $25 for it, here is an excellent three-part video...

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Shoot Me Down: Hand-Shock Does Not Hurt Accuracy in Modern Compound Bows

Posted by Online Editors on June 9, 2010 under Bow Hunting, Dave Hurteau, Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting Gear, Gear, How to Bow Hunt Whitetail Deer, Turkeys, Bear, and Big Game, Hunting, Improving Your Bow Shooting, What to Use When Bow Hunting Whitetail Deer, Turkeys, Bear, and Big Game, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

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Bestul: Montana’s Trail Cam Ban Goes Too Far

Posted by Online Editors on May 6, 2010 under Deer Behavior, Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting Gear, Deer Stands: Choosing and Hanging Tree Stands and Blinds, Gear, Hunting, Scott Bestul, Trophy Bucks, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

Need a used trail camera, cheap? Montana might be the place to start your search. In a move that caught a whole bunch of people—including me—by surprise, the Montana Dept. of Fish,...

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Shoot Me Down: A Bow Quiver Doesn’t Affect Accuracy

Posted by Online Editors on May 5, 2010 under Bow Hunting, Bow Hunting Big Game, Bow Hunting Whitetail Deer, Dave Hurteau, Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting Gear, Deer Hunting Tips, Gear, Hunting, Improving Your Bow Shooting, What to Use When Bow Hunting Whitetail Deer, Turkeys, Bear, and Big Game, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

You know a lot of folks—including some very good archers—say that putting a quiver on a bow throws off its balance and compromises accuracy. If you’re one of these people, I’m...

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Hurteau: Score More Bucks, Win A Bear Attack Bow

Posted by Online Editors on April 23, 2010 under Bow Hunting, Bow Hunting Whitetail Deer, Dave Hurteau, Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting Gear, Gear, Hunting, Trophy Bucks, What to Use When Bow Hunting Whitetail Deer, Turkeys, Bear, and Big Game, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

Buddyboy25 won our last rack-scoring contest and walked away with a brand new bow. And that’s great. But the rest of you walked away with nothing. And we—who are always thinking of...

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Hurteau: .30-06 Wins National Whitetail Cartridge Championship

Posted by Online Editors on April 9, 2010 under Ammunition, Dave Hurteau, Deer Guns: Rifles and Shotguns for Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting Gear, Gear, Guns, Hunting, Rifles, Shooting Gear, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

The polls are closed. There are no hanging chads (WA Mnthunter). And we have a winner. You can still argue the point at deer camp if you want, but on this site the old .270 vs .30-06 debate is over....

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Hurteau: The National Whitetail Cartridge Championship

Posted by Online Editors on April 6, 2010 under Ammunition, Dave Hurteau, Deer Guns: Rifles and Shotguns for Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting, Gear, Guns, Hunting, Rifles, Shooting Gear, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

After four rounds of play and some 3,700 votes from you, we have our final matchup. Are you sitting down? ’Cause you’re not going to believe it…. It’s .270 vs .30-06....

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Hurteau: The Final Four of Whitetail Cartridges

Posted by Online Editors on April 2, 2010 under Ammunition, Dave Hurteau, Deer Guns: Rifles and Shotguns for Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting, Gear, Guns, Hunting, Rifles, Shooting Gear, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

The Final Four is finally here! On one hand, you have Michigan State vs. Butler and West Virginia vs. Duke. On the other, it’s .270 WSM vs. .270 Win. and .30-06 vs. .308. And it’s all going down over the same weekend—almost like we planned it that way.

What we didn’t plan is to have all chalk in our Final Four. (I originally started this post with a rant about all this chalk.*) But, on the upside, what we do have is a true battle of the big guns (except that they are cartridges, not guns), in terms of seeding (all one- and two-seeds), popularity (no surprise there), bullet diameter (everything under .277 inches is out), and firepower (with two of the three most-powerful original rounds still in). So we should have a couple of barn-burners. Here are the contenders, as originally seeded:

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Hurteau: The Elite Eight of Whitetail Cartridges

Posted by Online Editors on March 31, 2010 under Ammunition, Dave Hurteau, Deer Guns: Rifles and Shotguns for Deer Hunting, Deer Hunting, Gear, Guns, Hunting, Rifles, Shooting Gear, Whitetail 365, hunting gear | Comments are off for this article

Now things should get interesting. It’s been clear sailing for the top seeds so far, as the .30-06 (1), .308 (2), 7mm-08 (3), and .30-30 (4) all advanced easily in the first round of Division...

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