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Posted on: February 18th, 2010Hunting Whitetails: Hunting in the morning..

This is a great article written by Back 40 Prostaff Member Chris Eberhart about hunting whitetails in the morning.  Very informative, and these methods have led to some monster bucks for Chris:

Understanding Morning Whitetail Hunting

By Chris Eberhart

A clear sky of brilliant stars slowly faded to gray and was replaced by burning orange sunrise. Awakening birds chirped, and distant turkey’s raucous morning rise let the whole world know the day had begun.  Clouds of frozen breathe rose in front of my face from my comfortable slow breathing, and a coat of thick white frost covered the meadow grass below me.  There is nothing quite like the magic of sunrise while bowhunting in the morning. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on: February 11th, 2010Snow, Cold, and Snowshoes

I’ve been slacking quite a bit lately writing for Back 40, chalk it up to winter!  Recently I discovered that snowshoeing (who knew they have been around for thousands of years) is my new favorite activity when the snow gets ass deep.  It has opened up a whole new world of places to visit in the winter, as here in the upper Midwest without proper transportation winter activities seem to be relegated to the ice fishing house.. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on: January 23rd, 20102010 ATA Show

On my way to Columbus OH for the 2010 Archery Trade Association show I started wondering what kind of turn out we were going to have, with the recent state of our economy I expected a pretty slow show. I wouldn’t say it was gangbusters but it seemed to me that everyone was staying fairly busy through out the show. It goes to show that the archery industry is going strong.
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Posted on: January 6th, 201009 Season at a Glance

As I was sitting in my very cold and wet tree the last night of bowhunting in MN I started thinking of the past season, and the first thought that came to mind was disappointment. This is only the second time in my life that I was not able to harvest a whitetail in my home state. Then I actually started thinking about all my hunts individually and yes there are some that were very uneventful but for the most part I actually had a decent season.

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Posted on: October 26th, 2009Get Through the Rut

Does this situation sound familiar?  It’s the first week of November, and you have taken the entire week off of work to chase the buck of your dreams. The first few days you sit all day long with nary a problem.  However, by day three and four you are dreading the alarm clock going off.  Hopefully in this article I can highlight a few things that have pulled me through those doldrum periods we all go through during the rut.

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