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Published Jan 7, 2023 12:23 PM

When it comes to gear, turkey hunting can be as minimal or maximal as you choose. Many of the early, fabled turkey hunters needed little more than basic camo, a call or two, and a shotgun. Today, a lot of turkey hunters don habitat-specific camo, shoulder turkey-specific shotguns, and set ultra-realistic decoys. Depending on who you ask, what constitutes a necessary piece of turkey hunting gear will vary wildly. Ultimately, the gear you need depends on your hunting strategy. If you prefer waiting a tom out, you might not mind lugging a ton of equipment into the woods. But if you plan to run and gun, packing light is the way to go.

Regardless of your approach, I’ve compiled a list of turkey hunting gear

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The new Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Micro Dot Combo

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Luke Cuenco   12.23.22

The new Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Micro Dot Combo

High-octane shooting sports like 3-gun and multi-gun competitions aren’t just for the pros anymore. With the introduction of a lot of new and more affordable competition-style guns, more and more “normal” people like myself are getting into the shooting sports scene. Mossberg understands this too and wants to provide its customers with ready-to-go firearm offerings that will get them out of their houses and onto the flat range. As part of this effort, Mossberg has added the new 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Mocro Dot combo to its lineup which gives customers an optic-ready competition shotgun option that doesn’t require searching for a suitable optic.

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The new Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Micro Dot Combo

The new Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Micro Dot Combo

NORTH HAVEN, CT – Joining the 940 Pro Tactical Optic-Ready autoloading shotgun family is a micro dot-equipped version. The 940 Pro Tactical Holosun Micro Dot Combo features a

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21 Hunters on the Lucky Charms They Can’t Hunt Without

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HUNTING IS ULTIMATELY a game of chance. What are the odds you’ll cross paths with a buck? What’s the probability ducks will be on the marsh? As with any speculative venture, we try to influence the outcome with preparation, routine, and a dose of magic. For some of us, maybe that’s a rabbit’s foot; for others, a special knife. Archaeologists have found bright beads and smooth stones with the excavated remains of ancient hunters. As long as we’ve hunted, it seems, we’ve relied on charms to bring us luck—and meat. Here are some of our favorite odds-tippers and the stories behind them.

Reposession

I know Remington Bullet knives are supposed to be collectibles, but to me a collectible knife makes as much sense as a collectible crescent wrench or chain saw. When my friend gave me this blade in 2000, I saw it as a tool just like my beat-up

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The Relationship Between Self-Care and Community Care

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There is an undeniable connection between the way you take care of yourself and how you show up for your community.

“Self-care” is a term we are hearing more often these days. It’s been a tough couple of years for most of us, and it has led to a reimagining of what we need to feel and perform at our best. Often this comes back to how we take care of ourselves, and that conversation is inspiring new practices.

Defining Self-Care

What does it mean to take care of yourself? What does it look like to take care of others? On a basic level, self-care is anything you do to meet your needs. Group care is the service and empathetic actions you and your group take to care for each other. It’s hard to have community care without self-care. And if you do, it’s probably unsustainable. Filling our cup by

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3 Things To Consider When Designing Your Outdoor Kitchen

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When it comes to designing your outdoor kitchen, there are definitely some things that you will want to incorporate into the design. Here are three things to consider when designing your outdoor kitchen.

3 Things To Consider When Designing Your Outdoor Kitchen

Protection From The Elements

When you are initially designing your outdoor kitchen, you want to make sure that you have an ample amount of protection from the elements. The reason why this is so important is because you are going to get a lot of diverse weather outside, such as wind and rain. This type of weathering can be damaging to your outdoor kitchen, so you want to do all that you can to try and avoid it as much as possible. Placing your kitchen securely underneath your patio cover can help you to avoid this issue.

Layout 

Having an outdoor kitchen is amazing, but you also want to make sure that it has a great layout

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