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El Tecomate Ranch - Part II
In my previous article, I talked about Gary SchwarzIn time, he came up with several options that could answer the call and finally settled on one mix as the staple on his ranch.Gary calls it Tecomate Dual Deer Mix. The...
El Tecomate Ranch - Part I
Before 1995, I thought I had met the nuttiest of the country’s deer nuts. I couldn’t imagine anyone crazier about the whitetail deer than folks like Bobby Parker Jr., Steve Vaughn, James Kroll, Jackie Brittingham, #### Idol, Scott Taylor, Gordon...
The Huisache Buck – Part I
I first became aware of the “Huisache Buck” back in October 1999. As Chief Wildlife Biologist for the King Ranch, and a Research Scientist with the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, I was charged with helping to coordinate a research...
Development of Precision in Hunting
As I was sitting in the blind the other day thinking about the topic for this article I heard that all to familiar sound, the report of a rifle without the tell-tale “whop” that I enjoy hearing so much knowing...
Ground Blind Magic
There’s something magical about hunting whitetails on the ground. I’ve always enjoyed still-hunting and hunting out of ground blinds – either makeshift brush blinds or a commercial pop-up. In fact, after several decades of hunting whitetails, I’ve only killed a...
Big Bucks on Small Tracts – A Profile Of Success
For years, conventional wisdom had it that you had to have thousands of acres to have an effective management program for quality deer. That all changed with the development of the year-round food-plot strategy. The success now being realized on...
Sako A7 Tecomate - Gear Review Outdoor Life
Sako A7 Tecomateby Eric Aichele (Outdoor Life)Workmanship: APerformance: AAccuracy: A-Price / Value: A-This rifle is part of an ongoing evolution at Sako. Back in 2008, Sako introduced the A7, a fine rifle that could be described as a plasticized Sako that...