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APRIL/MAY 2015 ❯ VOLUME 44 ❯ NO. 6

SPRING PURSUITS ISSUE

EDITORIAL ❯ 6

CURT WELLS, EDITOR

BETWEEN BOWHUNTERS ❯ 8

LETTERS FROM READERS

BOWHUNTER’S JOURNAL ❯ 30

NEWS, ISSUES, EVENTS

WHAT’S NEW ❯ 56

BRIAN FORTENBAUGH, ASSISTANT EDITOR

ASK BOWHUNTER ❯ 58

MARK LAND ON

NEW BOWFISHING GEAR

WHERE TO GO ❯ 62

MARKETPLACE ❯ 63

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONS

THE WILD SIDE ❯ 64

DWIGHT SCHUH, HUNTING EDITOR

Departments

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Features

PURE BOWHUNTING ❯ 12

DWIGHT SCHUH, HUNTING EDITOR

ON THE TRACK ❯ 16

CHUCK ADAMS

THE TRADITIONAL WAY ❯ 20

FRED EICHLER, TRADITIONAL EDITOR

TRIED & TRUE ❯ 24

TONY J. PETERSON, EQUIPMENT EDITOR

KNOW HUNTING ❯ 32

DR. DAVE SAMUEL, CONSERVATION EDITOR

Columns

Time Will Tell ❯❯❯ 38

BY GREG BRUSH

A father questions his sanity when he takes

his daughter bowhunting for brown bears.

Bucks Within Reach ❯❯❯ 44

BY TONY J. PETERSON, EQUIPMENT EDITOR

“Public land can be fckle in its deer offerings,

so you best take what you can get.”

Bear Forecast 2015 ❯❯❯ 48

BY JOHN SOLOMON

When it comes to the state of bears in North America,

the outlook is defnitely positive.

Pattern Your Turkey For Success ❯❯❯ 52

BY KIRK CLARK

Spring turkey movement patterns might

seem random, but they really aren’t.

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