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Ethical Shooting Series Week 1: McDonalds, The Wall and Driving Miss Daisy

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To kick off our series on the topic of ranging and ethical shooting, we're dialing back the clock all the way back to 1990.  Now I know a lot of us don't exactly consider 1990 to be that long ago.  After all, it was a great year:  The first McDonalds in Moscow was opened, the Hubble Telescope was launched into space, East and West Germany were unified once again and Driving Mrs. Daisy won best picture (I never saw it but I'm sure it's horrible).  Do you know what wasn't around in 1990?

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Posted Jul 27th, 2011

Bow Cast 2011!

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Bow Cast 2011 at Snowbird was a huge success and provided plenty of challenges.  First Lite's own Kenton Carruth was on hand to give it a run and had a terrific time while honing his long range archery skills in very realistic settings. 

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Posted Jul 20th, 2011

High Tech Hunters: Smart Phone Hunting Apps

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Smart phones aren't just for playing games and reading emails.  This article examines some Iphone applications that are made just for the hunting crowd.  Before you balk at the idea, imagine being able to check your trail camera during that boring work meeting or maybe checking the lunar phase for your next deer hunt from the job site. 

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Posted Jul 6th, 2011 1 Comments