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I’ve used silent electric carts for off-road hunting for many years. They are remarkable ATVs, enabling sportsmen to access areas with total stealth that doesn’t disturb game. The trouble with electric carts, however, is they have limited range because battery power drains quickly when many miles must be covered over rough terrain.

Watch this video below on how to make a phenomenally bright 1000w equivalent LED flashlight!

It’s designed to be operated with just one hand, with easy control of brightness, and can be powered by either batteries or an AC adapter. Full parts list here.

The typical pieces of sign left behind by deer such as rubs, scrapes and beds often get the lion’s share of attention from hunters and hunting writers. But oftentimes one of the most important clues left by deer are ignored. Tracks. If you learn to look at deer tracks through a careful eye, you’ll be amazed at what you can learn and how it can help you kill deer. With that in mind, let’s explore the basics of understanding deer tracks and see how you can apply it to your upcoming deer hunting season.

As striped bass begin their migration from winter to summer quarters, they encounter forage that differs greatly from what they were feeding on during their fall relocation. All of the forage species have added weight during the winter. The peanut bunker have almost doubled in size, with the same being true of hickory shad, American and blueback herring, mackerel, sand launce and most any other fish on which stripers dine.

America is blessed with numerous public access national parks, which were created under the presidential administration of Theodore Roosevelt in 1916. The National Park Service is a branch of the U.S. Department of the Interior. To date there are 59 officially designated national parks in the United States.

Recently Georgia angler Richie Whitmore of Ringgold caught-and-released a world-class 14-pound, 1-ounce largemouth bass on 9,000-acre Rodman Reservoir, a lake that feeds abundant spring water from its Ocklawaha River dam into the St. Johns River south of the town of Interlachen.

Benchmade showed off the Valet at the 2015 SHOT Show in January, and it was released less than two weeks later.  That is a remarkably short turnaround on a product.  Concept cars almost never come out, and when they do it is after years of iterating on the final design.  But Benchmade has done this before, showing off the 300SN and releasing it very soon after.  In the end, I am not sure that’s such a good way to do product development, but with the Valet, the basics of the knife are so good that it would have been impossible for the blade to be a stinker.

How much ammo do you need to buy? At what cost can you afford to add to your stores? First, consider what type of shooter are you and at what level your shooting demands are? It might make a huge difference the ammo market has on your purchases if you are a simple deer hunter or a high volume one such as a varmint hunter, or a target shooter, competitive shooter, or a survival prepper.

Almost any decoy that moves in a lifelike fashion is more likely to draw game closer than a motionless decoy. From geese and ducks, to deer, antelope and turkeys, a decoy with a little shake, shimmy, wiggle and wobble is the one most likely to get attention from wild critters and bring them close.

Owning a specialized shotgun perfectly suited to hunting turkeys is a measure of pride among many hunters. A gun that shoots tight patterns to 40 yards, is lightweight, accurate, and fast handling is something every turkey hunter yearns for, and when such a gun is discovered by a discerning sportsman, well, it’s a cherished piece of vital equipment.

One of the things we want to start doing here on AllOutdoor are semi-regular features. I started doing a links post a while back, and we’d also like to highlight some apps that outdoors types are using when they get out there.

There’s no better time than now; this is your opportunity to use some time to plan for your best turkey season yet.

Rockfish, or striped bass, are so called because of their penchant for hanging out beneath rocks. They migrate from the river to the ocean and are common in a number of bays. You can use various methods to catch rockfish, with trolling a viable option. Trolling for rockfish, which includes using several lines at one time, has its own tips and rules for a bountiful catch.

There’s an old yarn from veteran gobbler hunters that goes something like this: “Anyone who hasn’t missed a turkey, hasn’t shot at many.” It’s an eye-opening truism that cuts right to the bare bone, through all the hype and frivolous baggage that comes with hunting the regal big birds.

If a sportsman follows a few simple turkey rules of engagement, his success with decoys soars. The following tips help when using decoys.

[Editor’s note: Chris Cheng is a Staff Writer over at our sister blog, TheFirearmBlog.com. Cheng is an occasional guest writer for us here at AO. Also, somehow we got our wires crossed and this didn’t get published until today!]

Steve over at our sister blog TFB scored a scoop — an interview with the CEO of Kalashnikov Group. This is a must-read for all firearms folks:

I steered clear of S&W handguns for many years because of a customer service issue that they refused to honor. And, this wasn’t the first time I’ve had problems with Smith’s customer service department, so for a lot of years I steered clear of any new or used Smith & Wesson firearms. I recently ran across a brand-new S&W M&P 45, full-sized .45ACP handgun at a decent price, and it was just too good of a deal for me to pass up.

See that buck standing at the edge of wood land cover? His head is tipped upward and his nostrils are flared. His ears are turned toward you, and his tongue is flicking in and out like that of a lizard. He’s using various senses to detect any dangers. He’s fueled by the sights and scents of the breeding frenzy. Whitetail communication (language) is at its apex.

If you’re an avid deer hunter or turkey hunter, you’ve probably noticed that more treestand companies are offering pop-up ground blinds. Many companies are jumping on the ground blind band wagon because the average deer hunter is aging and hunting turkeys from a blind is booming.