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A Rare Opportunity Bowhunting Alaska’s brown bears typically consists of either spotting and stalking bruins in the crunchy snow ...

dents who maintained lawful black bear bait stations. Clearly, this was a very rare opportunity. Afer all, no other bear-hunting ...

Next, deadfall was gathered and stacked as cribbing on the backside of the bait in order to properly position our target prior t ...

TIME WILL TELL 42 >BOWHUNTER APRIL/MAY 2015 Kendra Brush is justifably proud of her mature archery brown bear. It goes with- ...

WWW.BOWHUNTER.COM 43 Time and again we would drive the 45 minutes from our house, ofoad the four-wheeler from the utility traile ...

Bucks Within Re It’s a familiar ritual. Rise sev- eral hours before dark, conduct one last equipment check, and then point my tr ...

n Reach through a constant swarm of gnats and mosquitoes. Te late-Au- gust sun was well toward the horizon when the frst doe sho ...

Bucks Within Reach AUTHOR’S PHOTOS While scouting, I nearly stepped on this rattler. Later, I spotted another rattlesnake and an ...

sunrise, without any apparent problems. I don’t know how he did it. I made sure my truck was locked, and then started of to- war ...

BEAR FORECAST 2015 “THE 2015 BEAR SEASON IS LOOKING LIKE A GREAT CHANCE TO NOTCH YOUR TAG.” BLACK BEARS are not only a popular s ...

Serious bowhunters ne ed serious bowhunting television — BOWHUNTER T V 52 we e ks a year! TUE 3:00 PM; WED 10:00 AM; FRI 7:30 PM ...

Estimated Bear Previous Percent State/Province Forecast Population Harvest Success Spring Season Fall Season Alaska (grizzly) Go ...

Bear Online Online Population Baiting Hounds License License Trend Legal? Legal? Purchase? Application? Remarks Stable Yes No Ye ...

52 >BOWHUNTER APRIL/MAY 2015 T HE FIRST FAINT SLIVER OF LIGHT cut the eastern horizon. Minutes passed, and the slight pink ti ...

Getting toms like these two strutting Merriam’s to commit to your decoys requires learning where turkeys like to go at different ...

Pattern Your Turkey For Success 54 >BOWHUNTER APRIL/MAY 2015 areas within this home range depending on the season and habitat ...

be available for the survival of a wild turkey. In addition, two other criteria exist, notwithstanding the environment or the su ...

What’s New BRIAN FORTENBAUGH, ASSISTANT EDITOR PRESENTED BY 56 >BOWHUNTER APRIL/MAY 2015 Muzzy ® Stops Turkeys Cold T HE MUZZ ...

and 80% letoff. The draw-length range is 25½"–31½", and you can get it in peak weights of 50 lbs., 60 lbs., and 70 lbs. It’s off ...

58 >BOWHUNTER APRIL/MAY 2015 AUTHOR’S PHOTOS A OVER the last 30 years, bow- fishing equipment has not really changed all that ...