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Making The Most of Bow Season

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Making The Most of Bow Season

Every Whitetail season, bowhunters take to the woods in hopes of bagging a target buck, filling the freezer with meat or just simply getting back into the deer woods. Archery season is a great opportunity to hunt because in most states it comes before any firearm seasons. This makes for far less pressured deer and if approached properly, makes for increased likelihood of success. But, what can we do as bowhunters to ensure our success even more? Well, that's what we'll cover here in this blog post. Keep reading for our key three things to make the most of your...

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Scouting For Deer During Turkey Season

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Scouting For Deer During Turkey Season

The whitetail deer sign you can observe during turkey season can pay dividends when this year's whitetail season comes around. Food and water sources, bedding areas and travel corridors are all deer sign that can be observed during turkey season.

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Woodford Reserve Batch Proof

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Woodford Reserve Batch Proof

Woodford Reserve Batch Proof is part of their Master’s Series Collection where they show off what experiments they have been working on at the distillery. These releases have included multiple experiments over the years and some even gaining a lot of attention for how bad they are. What Woodford usually wins with are the smaller 375ml bottles that have included releases such as; Double Double Oaked, Four Grain, and Five-Wood to name a few.   Woodford Reserve Batch Proof Proof: Age: NAS Distillery: Woodford Reserve Mashbill: 72/18/10   ——— Nose: Allspice, Banana, Butterscotch, Candied Caramel, Cedar, Clove, Mocha, Hazelnut, Honey,...

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Tasting Notes - Basil Hayden 10

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Tasting Notes - Basil Hayden 10

  Tasting Notes - Basil Hayden 10   Proof: 80  Age: 10yr  Distillery: Jim Beam  Mashbill: 63/27/10         Nose: dark fruit, hint of butterscotch, cinnamon, black pepper, tobacco, mint, slight vanilla, honey, sweet oak.  Taste: thin/oily mouthfeel. charred oak, vanilla, honey, mint, tobacco, slight leather, cinnamon, clove.Finish: short/medium length. Oak and vanilla basically dominate this one. The spice doesn’t add much to the table, but sticks out ever so slightly to remind you that what you’re drinking is whiskey and not water. The finish is short, bland, but straight forward. Overall: I am very upset with this...

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Tasting Notes - Henry McKenna 10yr Bottled in Bond

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Tasting Notes - Henry McKenna 10yr Bottled in Bond

Whiskey review of Heaven Hill Distillery's Henry McKenna 10yr Bottled in Bond

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