Deer & Deer Hunting

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I’ll begin by being brutally honest. I don’t love writing articles on what we’ll be covering today. Don’t get me wrong. I sincerely find great satisfaction in being a small part of other’s getting more from our shared passion. I just think both the sport and industry itself is generally too fixated on how many inches hunters put on the ground each fall.

I know how rich that is, coming from someone that hosts the “Grow 'em Big” and “Hunt 'em Big” video series, as well as given seminars, written many articles and entire books on the subject. In all cases, I merely hope the work is judged on their contents, not their titles. Why? Because I sincerely believe the best judges of the quality of a season is how much we enjoyed it, learned and were able to grow as people and hunters. It may sound super cheesy, and it took some years to get there, but that’s honestly my view.

With that firmly in mind the entire time

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