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Your Hunt Begins at Home: A Checklist for a Safe and Successful Hunting Trip

A safe and successful tip requires thorough preparation. Here is a checklist of things, from licenses and travel to safety, gear, and fitness, that you should have covered.

Deer Stalking in Great Britain: What You Need to Know

Hunting Tips and Techniques / Europe

With six species of deer, from royal red stag to exotic muntjac, deer stalking in Great Britain offers many exciting opportunities for every budget.

First Hunting Experience – with BookYourHunt.com!

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BookYourHunt.com is there for all kinds of hunters, experienced or beginners. Here are some of the stories of people who booked their first hunts on our online marketplace.

Hunting 101: Your First Shotgun

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A 12-gauge semi-automatic with 3″ chamber, 28″ barrel, interchangeable chokes and a plastic stock is the best first shotgun for a hunter. BookYourHunt explains why.

Leaded or Unleaded? The Right Choice of Bullet with Environment and Health in Mind

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Lead or unleaded? Professional hunter Peter Ruddle explains the environmental, health, and ballistic reasons why he now prefers non-toxic copper bullets over traditional lead designs.

Hunting 101. Rifle Ballistics: What You Need to Know

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The world of ballistics can be an exciting adventure, but a beginning hunter is advised to play it safe. Start with a rifle chambered for a “regular”, non-Magnum caliber, but with a decent starting velocity, and sight it in for the maximum point-blank range. For hunting, pick the ammo with the best bullet you can afford. Learn how to hit targets at long range (here’s a blog on the subject), but try to keep your shots within the point-blank range.

a lee enfield rifle on the wall in a hunting lodge

Hunting 101: Seven Tips to Make You a Better Rifle Shot Without Firing a Single Round

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Unfortunately, not all hunters are able to practice shooting as much as they would like to. Ammunition is expensive, and range time might not be easy to organize. While nothing replaces actual practice, here are seven ways to improve your rifle shooting skills without firing a single round, and without taking too much time from your daily plans.

Where did they all go? How hunting pressure affects the movement of deer and elk

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Do the deer and elk know it when the hunting seasons begin? You bet! Studies show they can even tell the difference between bow and rifle seasons. What can science tell us about game animals’ behavior under pressure?

1001 Questions to Ask Before Booking a Hunt in Africa: Part 2

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series 1001 Questions about Hunting in Africa

We’re continuing our “1001 Questions to Ask Before Booking a Hunt in Africa” (click here for Part 1). Each question comes with an answer where we can give it, or with tips re: why you should ask it, what information to look for, and where to get it. This part deals with what you should bring, including the essential – your weapons.

1001 Questions to Ask Before Booking a Hunt in Africa: Part 1

Africa / Hunting Tips and Techniques

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series 1001 Questions about Hunting in Africa

Many hunters are dreaming of a hunting adventure in Africa, but quite a few are reluctant to take the plunge, even though they can afford it. They suspect they don’t know enough about the continent and are concerned that their lack of knowledge will lead to disappointments. These concerns aren’t totally unfounded, and so we prepared a list of questions that you’ll probably want to have answered. Each question comes with an answer where we can give it, or with tips re: why you should ask it, what information to look for, and where to get it.

Some of your questions and concerns may sound dumb, others obvious, but do not feel shy to ask those questions.

Hunting 101. Your First Rifle.

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A bolt-action rifle chambered for .30-06 or a .308 Winchester and topped with a 2-7x or 3-9x variable power scope will have you covered for most big-game hunting scenarios, and will last you at least until you’ve figured out what your preferred type and style of hunting is and what rifle and caliber are better suited for it.

Hunting 101: What do I need to start?

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Let’s make a couple of assumptions here. Statistically, you’re probably a middle-class professional from an urbanized place, such as New York, just bordering in age from “young” to “new young”. This is the group of people that usually struggle when they want to take up hunting,