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PETERSEN’S BOWHUNTING

GREAT EXPECTATIONS • THE WAY I SEE IT, at least half the enjoyment we experience in life comes from anticipation. For example, back in January I placed an order for a 2022 Ford Maverick, an all-new, compact pickup truck that will eventually replace my current, 16-year-old hunting vehicle with more than 226,000 miles on the odometer.

THE BEST BLIND SETUP If You Want to Score This Fall, Don’t Just Set It and Forget It • MANY BOWHUNTERS believe shooting ability is the key to a successful hunt, but the outcome of your season won’t come down to that alone. Sure, you need to tune your bow and be able to shoot it like a pro, but you also need a great game plan to ensure you’ll get a chance to put those deadeye shooting skills to good use!

PART 2 OF 3 CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE: THE LATEST RESEARCH New Findings Offer Hope for the Future • LAST MONTH, I covered some details on exactly how Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) operates, including its transmission pathway and its lengthy incubation period. This month, I’d like to take a look at some of the more promising but underreported research concerning this important topic. There is no shortage of scientific literature on CWD, but now a handful of researchers are focusing on some extremely promising avenues to provide us with a hopeful snapshot of how nature will manage this in the long run.

YOU SPOOKED YOUR BUCK — NOW WHAT? It Depends On How Badly You Startled Him • LAST SEASON I shot a really nice buck that I wrote a feature about in the recent September issue. Well, I didn’t make a big deal about it in the feature, but I spooked that buck on Oct. 29 at less than 10 yards, and then I shot him from the same tree on Nov. 12.

REPETITION TRUMPS ALLMake your entire shot process easily repeatable to build consistency and accuracy • IF ARCHERY HAD a theme word, it would be ‘repetition!’ The entire methodology involved in shooting a bow accurately can be summed up in that word. If you repeat everything about your shot process in exactly the same way every time, you will never miss.

GET READY FOR THE RUT! Prepare Thoroughly So You Don’t Blow Your Chance at That Dream Buck • THE PENULTIMATE DAY of the hunting season found me climbing into my stand early in the afternoon. I had not been sitting 20 minutes when I heard the rustling of hooves and saw antlers coming through the trees. I had trail-camera photos of a wide, heavyantlered deer but had yet to see him in person. Bucks were rutting hard, and I knew there was always a chance that one of the big boys could make a mistake and show up during daylight hours.

BUMPS ON THE ROAD • OUR HUNTING CAMP is a six-hour drive from home. One of the things we’ve learned over the years is that it’s not unusual for something to change on our bows while in transit.

QUEST CENTEC An excellent bow at an even better price! • QUEST IS A sister brand of Prime Archery and backed up by the extensive engineering expertise of parent company G5 Outdoors.

2022 Whitetail FORECASTARE THESE THE TOP 5 DAYS TO BOWHUNT THIS SEASON?

IS OCTOBER THE NEW NOVEMBER? 3 Keys to Awesome October Action

WIND WALKERSUSE YOUR SCOUTING INTEL TO LOCATE LOST BUCKS

DON’T DESTROY YOUR SEASON!5 COSTLY WHITETAIL BLUNDERS TO AVOID

WIN WITH WATERGiving Bucks a Destination to Drink Can Greatly Improve Bowhunting Success

BLUFF COUNTRY BUCKSWISCONSIN’S BUFFALO COUNTY GIVES UP MORE BOONERS THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY IN THE U.S.

A Bad BREAKALTERED PLANS LEAD TO UNEXPECTED WHITETAIL SUCCESS

CENTERPOINT WRATH 430X Speed, Accuracy and Customization at a Sweet Price •...