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Unbelievably Close to a HUGE Whitetail Buck! https://t.co/Bi3B8zy9vv via @YouTube

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How a Pump-Action Shotgun Works https://t.co/lfuTNZx4EJ via @YouTube

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Fawns are rust-colored with white spots when they are born, but shed their coats after 3-4 months. The spotted coats are then replaced by a grayish-brown winter coat. #whitetails @fieldpostevents https://t.co/HjZLGl0vvy

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Bears mark trees with their scent as a way to communicate. They typically stand on two legs and rub their backs, shoulders and the back of their heads on a pole, tree or other object. #bears @fieldpostevents https://t.co/6bTbcXqW9q

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Foreign scents over 300 yards away don’t usually alert or alarm deer, because at that distance the scent molecules have become so diluted that they no longer trigger the chemo-receptors of the deer’s olfactory… https://t.co/Qsg4jYkuRm

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In 1881, Judge Owen Nickerson Denny (U.S. consul to China), shipped 30 Chinese ringnecks to his home in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. 26 of the ringnecks survived, marking the first successful introduction of… https://t.co/JOfWAVNjwP

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Over the past 10 years, Wisconsin has ranked #1 in the nation for Boone and Crocket record entries. Even more impressive is that Wisconsin is the all-time B&C entry leader at nearly 800 deer in total. Hunters in… https://t.co/hqg8mXZJsE

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Owls are opportunistic nesters, meaning they use ready-made nests or take over abandoned nests from other birds instead of making their own. Owl species that breed in open terrain are often ground nesters.… https://t.co/Ah1TgZeqBK

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Wild turkeys have stellar day vision, but don’t see as well at night. They are very mobile and can run up to 25 mph and fly at speeds up to 55 mph. #wildturkey FieldPost https://t.co/UTxNS9I0h8

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Mourning doves eat an average of 71 calories per day, which is roughly 12 to 20 percent of their body weight. #mourningdoves FieldPost https://t.co/gKFDMtJRbg

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Give Thanks For All Your Blessings,
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Cast is the windage adjustment on a shotgun, designed to center a shooter’s dominant eye over the rib. Not all shooters need cast. Those with thin faces can shoot uncast stocks, but shooters with wider, rounder… https://t.co/jtVYkP5dl2

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Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) is an acute, infectious, often fatal viral disease for deer. EHD is transmitted via a Culicoides biting fly or midge. Signs of the disease, which develop suddenly about a week… https://t.co/oTZXJoXMQc

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The horn sheath of a pronghorn has characteristics of both antlers and horns, but it is different than either one. The sheath is made of keratin growing on a bony core and is shed annually. Also, while true horns are… https://t.co/FNiUnDYnKa

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Virginia is home to 4 subpopulations of Canada geese including the Atlantic Flyway Resident Population (RP) as well as three migrant goose populations: The North Atlantic Population (NAP), the Southern James Bay… https://t.co/VYQnFMdqtJ

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Bogs are fresh water wetlands with spongy peat bases that typically form in old glacial lakes. Most of their water comes from precipitation, and the ground surfaces are highly acidic. A fen is another type of fresh… https://t.co/dh6wYBWwmG

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Many scrapes are only used once, with the exception of primary breeding scrapes. Bucks will revisit these breeding scrapes, generally located near doe beds or feeding areas, about every three to five days. The… https://t.co/dB0o96OxeS

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Finding scattered piles of deer scat when scouting doesn’t automatically indicate that there are a lot of deer in the area. Because whitetail defecate an average of 13 times per day, the piles can be deceiving.… https://t.co/1NRkt4Z8hE

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In a campfire, soot becomes incandescent when hot and emits thermal radiation. It’s this radiation that causes the red or bluish-white lights seen in fire. #campfire @fieldpostevents https://t.co/cuwGJ1mVxj

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South of the Powell River in a portion of Claiborne County, Tennessee, red deer hunting is allowed, providing the hunter submits any harvested red deer for biological sample. Red deer may be taken outside of deer… https://t.co/EM8Fy4FbhR