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April/May 2025: Volume 54, Number 5

Deer Season Starts Now!

4 critical 'off-season' chores for fall success.

Bowhunter - April/May 2025 Issue
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The 2024 whitetail season is in the books. Good riddance! Maybe it went better for you than it did for me. I sure hope so. I spent the entire season hunting two bucks. That would have been fine if they had shown up a few times. I hunted at least 50 days for those deer. Assuming morning sits along with afternoon sits during the last week of October and throughout most of November — not to mention a few early-season afternoon hunts and some frigid December and January sessions — I probably had close to 90 sits.

More Inside This Issue:

If It's Meant to Be

In the whitetail woods, fate is sometimes better than a plan.

Unimak Island: Land of Big Bears

A dangerous DIY adventure in the last frontier.

Customized Confidence

Build your own arrows for maximum performance in the field.

The Case for Bow Birds

Chasing spring turkeys with stick and string is a challenge worth tackling.

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