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Contents: Coast To Coast Hog Wild And Beyond (They’re tough, intelligent and possess hearing and a sense of smell that surpass other big game animals. They can burrow through the heaviest cover or barrel straight up a mountainside with ease. When cornered, they’re as tough as they come, noted for tearing up dogs or men with razor-sharp tusks. Oh, and by the way, did we mention that pigs are great eating?); 12 Common Questions (We’ve spent a lot of time around the hot stoves of hunting camps and shared in many of the questions to common bowhunting quandries. Some of those discussions focus on the details of equipment, others on the decisions we have to make when planning the tactics of a hunt. Here are the answers to a dozen of the most asked and most relevant); Friends, Lost (Steven and Will were longtime friends who had chosen different lives, but their paths always came together when it came time to chase Choues deer during the January rut in the desert Southwest. Making Spike camps on backcountry ridges and hunting hot pockets of deer activity were their specialty. They aspired to trophy bucks, but win or lose, they always found adventure); Ted Nugent, Friend Or Foe? (He’s brazen, no doubt about it. But Ted Nugent wears his heart on his sleeve when it comes to unabashedly promoting bowhunting. Some people can’t get enough of “The Nuge”, others are overdosed by his unending shock jock delivery. Like him or not, one thing is guaranteed: Bowhunting’s caustic crusader never fails to bring charisma and controversy into the ring); 27 Turkeys (Turkeys aren’t hard to find anymore; they’re just about everywhere you look, especially overrunning many of the best whitetail plots. So what’s so hard about arrowing a turkey? Nothing, really, if you look like a tree and can draw your bow at a speed about equal to molasses pouring. On the bright side, innovations in camo, ground blinds and expandable broadheads have made our task that much easier); Summer Game (Whoa! Don’t put that bow down just yet. There’s an endless of summer of bowhunting in Hawaii where mouflon sheep and axis deer provide an everlasting challenge. The island of Lanai’s special sheep season will test your spot-and-stalk skills for the price of a common hunting license, while axis deer are flourishing and available on a number of islands); Great Bows (Trends come and trends go, but the evolution of the modern bow won’t wait. We’ve followed the rush towards shorter, lighter models, and the development of quieter, more torque-free shooting platforms. These trends continue in 2002, but the next revolution appears to be brewing in the limbs. Take a look at the future of modern archery found within these 21 new models) High Grades – Savage Systems (From part-time tinker to full=time inventor, Huey Savage’s inventions have at times revolutionized sectors of the archery industry. Building on his past successes, the new products in his 2002 line-up promise not to disappoint); Pearson Diamondback VX (Ben Pearson and McPhearson Archery have written their own places into history by building a reputation of quality and innovation. Today the two names are no longer competitors but have merged to form one company that is building bows that offer nothing short of solid performance) Departments – From The Editor (Founders and leaders); Reader Mail (Readers speak out about their sport and magazine); Sure Shots (Readers share their success); True Bowhunting Adventures (Falling snow); Bow Business (Easy Eye Archery Products); Bowhunting Quiz (Test your knowledge against the experts); Trail’s End (Three shooters) Guidance – Bowhunting Corner (Should I hunt bedding areas before the rut?); Whitetails (What do scrapes really tell us?); Center Shots (What’s in a bowstring?); Full Draw (Shooting slumps); Hotshot (Bear ‘N’ Bou)
Issue: June 2002
Condition: Very Good