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Ask Wired to Hunt: Patterning Deer in the Big Woods
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Ask Wired to Hunt: Patterning Deer in the Big Woods

Tony J. Peterson
Question: I live in Michigan's lower peninsula and recently purchased a property in the upper peninsula. I love hunting up there but have had a hard time patterning deer. I’ve always looked for food and bedding and then found their paths in between. However, where I am in the UP, there are no...

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