Author: Free Range American

‘Urban Sportsman’: Bringing bowhunting to the city, one whitetail at a time

‘Urban Sportsman’: Bringing bowhunting to the city, one whitetail at a time

Written by Bernd Debusmann, this article was originally published by Free Range American on January 27, 2021. It’s a sunny, abnormally warm early evening in October, and Taylor Chamberlin is about 20 feet off the ground. Looking down from his tree stand through the dense canopy, he sees his target: a whitetail cruising for acorns.   Chamberlin draws his bow and lets

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How to start a gun dog

How to start a gun dog

Written by Phil Bourjaily, this article was originally published by Free Range American on February 15, 2021. Once you hunt over a dog of your own, hunting birds without a dog, or hunting over anyone else’s dog, doesn’t feel like hunting anymore. It’s just walking around trying to shoot stuff. A gun dog connects you to the unseen world

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Understanding blades: The survival knife

Understanding blades: The survival knife

Written by David Maccar, this article was originally published by Free Range American on February 4, 2021. There is no such thing as a survival knife. Knives have been called that and have been marketed that way — as some kind of magical tool that will save your ass in some unlikely situation. But that idea is inherently flawed.

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When an archery pronghorn hunt goes wrong

When an archery pronghorn hunt goes wrong

Written by Michael R. Shea, this article was originally published by Free Range American on December 6, 2020. Sitting in the cab of Miles Fedinec’s pickup, beside a dirt road on a high sage flat in western Colorado, I can see through binoculars a pronghorn buck. He’s a half-mile away, standing in the 94-degree heat, and my arrow is

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How the Hunter Recruitment Project recruits new (adult) hunters

How the Hunter Recruitment Project recruits new (adult) hunters

Written by Jamey Shirah, this article was originally published by Free Range American on November 24, 2020. Have you wanted to get into hunting but didn’t have anyone to take you growing up? Did you hunt a few times in your early years with friends and family but became overwhelmed by the unending number of questions, such as What camouflage

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How to deal with trespassers on private hunting land

How to deal with trespassers on private hunting land

Written by Michael Herne, this article was originally published by Free Range American on November 16, 2020. Realizing that someone has been trespassing on your hunting property is not a good feeling. This year after gaining permission to hunt a piece of land, I went to scout it in preparation for a friend coming to hunt. There were multiple trail

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