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If you’re like other outdoorsmen and women you know that you need a lot of gear in order to have a successful trip into the outdoors.

I’m sure you’ve had it happen to you, it’s deer season and you haven’t looked at your deer hunting gear since last season, now when you need it, you’re going to have to waste time trying to find your hunter’s orange vest, cap, range finder, binoculars, back pack etc.

It never fails, when you really need you gear it’s hard to find because it’s usually buried or piled on top of.

Well the folks at Sydell Outdoors have come up with the perfect solution, there Outdoor. Storage Units.

These units are ideal for storing hunting/fishing gear or any other type of sporting equipment.… Continue reading

Game Camera Photo by Scott Ulrich

Game cameras are a great and invaluable tool for the hunter today. A hunter using a camera has several extra advantages giving the hunter clues that he wouldn’t have even if you are an avid woodsman.

Cameras give us that extra edge when were trying to figure out the deer herd or scouting for that trophy buck. Cameras give you the actual time an animal arrives at a certain spot as well as the date and temperature reading, giving the hunter the ability to hunt twenty-four hours a day seven days a week without having to be in the field.

Another thing the game camera can help you with is to show you the direction animal is traveling. This is especially true if you have know where the game trails are and what direction they are going.

In a short period of time, a game camera lets the hunter know if there’s a game in the area he plans on hunting.
They’ll tell us if there are trophy bucks in the area and give us an idea as to the number of deer that are using the area.

Lastly the camera can help person with a trained eye to determine the approximate age of the deer. Game Cameras are one of the greatest tools or innovations to come, helping deer hunters to become more successful.… Continue reading

In one of my last articles, I mentioned the Good, the Bad and the Ugly that I’ve experienced while turkey hunting.

This article will be about another of our spring turkey hunts. On this hunt, I was hoping that all of the bad luck was behind us, as this would be a brand new day and things just had to run smoother.

Day two of our “spring” turkey hunt at Antler Ridge Lodge www.antlerridgelodge.com couldn’t have started out any worse. When I woke up, I glanced out the window to see what appeared to be 6 to 8 inches of fresh wet snow.

This couldn’t be happening, I had to be half asleep, it had to be a bad dream, it was May when the May flowers were suppose to start appearing, not covered with snow.

“Rats” there goes Plan A again. Well we really didn’t have a choice; with only one day left to hunt, we had to go out no matter what the conditions.

Since I had tagged my two birds the day before, I’d be calling the birds for Tom Mitchell, KELO FM, Sioux Falls and with some luck our cameraman would be able to film the whole process.

WE set up our “brown” camo blind in the heavy wet snow adjacent to a shelterbelt were the birds were known to travel. The three of us climbed inside to begin what we hoped would be a successful day of turkey hunting.… Continue reading

Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal

There is always a tom turkey somewhere willing to respond to a well-tuned call.

If there’s a hen decoy, they’ll usually strut right in and with the release of an arrow or tripping of a trigger, your tag will be filled.

That happened rather quickly for Jim McDonnell, the guy we call the Fishing Professor, from Royal, Iowa.

The tom hung up about 30 yards out, way too far for a sure kill with a bow, but Jim gave out a quick “gobble” call and that sealed the deal.

The tom came right in and offered Jim and easy 15 yard shot through the legs.

“Shoot them through the legs and they are not going to get up and run away,” Jim said.

“I don’t even like to write about using a gobble call,” Jim said. “Chances are, if another hunter hears it, he will sneak right in and hunt you. But, if you are on private land and sure there are no other hunters around, it will often bring in a reluctant tom.

“It sealed the deal this time,” he smiled.

We were hunting on 370 acres of prime whitetail and turkey habitat owned by Paul and Sheila Thomsen, operators of the Inn Spiration Bed and Breakfast.

There are 220 acres of timber, 75 acres of CRP/WRP and 75 acres of corn, soybeans and food plots on the land. Paul also leases other nearby land for fall hunters.

We were guests at the B & B for three days and hunted turkeys hard. Jim, holding an archery tag, is allowed to take two toms anytime during the four seasons. I was holding a third season shotgun tag.

Morning of the opening of the third season, I set up at the edge of the timber looking out over a narrow strip of CRP with last year’s corn ground in the background. To my left was a well-used trail which came across the dam of a small pond, which held a pair of nesting Canada geese. The trail ducked under a single strand of barbed wire and led right to where I was sitting.

Paul said he has seen turkeys crossing here often.

But, not this day. I heard one gobble right at dawn far away to the southwest and not on our property.… Continue reading