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January 21, 2026
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Apex Predator

Apex Predator

Ball bungee tricks

March 25, 2020 Joshua Chauvin

One of the items Joshua Chauvin uses most in the field happens to be one of the cheapest and simplest devices out there: the ball bungee. […]

Apex Predator

Sometimes, it takes all season to have deer-hunting success

February 27, 2020 Joshua Chauvin

Some deer seasons, everything seems to go right, but others are a test of persistence. This hunter’s frustrating season turned into a success. […]

Apex Predator

Tree stand malfunctions

January 27, 2020 Joshua Chauvin

By always wearing a safety harness in elevated stands, checking equipment and exercising many accidents can be prevented. […]

Apex Predator

High-pressure deer

December 26, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

Stalk hunting with a recurve bow is one of the hardest types of hunting, but it can be very productive in the right conditions. […]

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Internet scouting for Nuttall oak trees

December 7, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

Before Joshua Chauvin takes any trips to new areas, he always studies maps for potential hunting locations. This article focuses on Nuttall oak trees. […]

Apex Predator

Black squirrels with a bow

November 1, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

The author explains how he’s taken black fox squirrels along the Mississippi River and surrounding bottomland hardwoods with a bow. […]

Apex Predator

Trail camera video benefits

September 23, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

Give video mode a try this deer hunting season on trail cameras. All of those passing animals missed in pictures are captured when video mode is turned on. […]

The author untangled this big choupique under the water at a running cut into the Mississippi River.
Apex Predator

Mississippi mother lode

July 17, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

Joshua Chauvin explains how he sets limb lines in the big waters of the Mississippi River and its oxbows to catch really big choupique and catfish. […]

This photo shows 10 trail cameras — nine the author painted himself and one unpainted.
Apex Predator

Use paint brushes to stealth up trail cameras

May 9, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

Unfortunately, many cameras on sale are often non-camouflaged. Well no need to spend more money. The cameras can be self-painted for only pennies in cost. […]

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