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Learn to Hunt and Fish: Beginners Guide and Starter Gear Kits

How to Start Hunting: Beginner Guide and Starter Gear Kit

Dustin

Nov 19, 202015 min read

How to Start Hunting: Beginner Guide and Starter Gear Kit

Every new hunter comes to the vital tradition of hunting for different reasons, but how do you start hunting as an adult?

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How to Start Fishing: Beginner Guide and Starter Gear Kit

Dustin

Oct 18, 202014 min read

How to Start Fishing: Beginner Guide and Starter Gear Kit

Without any previous experience, I wanted to find out how to start fishing.

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Vital Tradition Podcast

Fishing

How to Become a Professional Tournament Bass Fisherman

How to Make Jerky at Home: Vital Jerky Recipe

Hunting

My Whitetail Deer Hunt During the 2020 Ohio Gun Season

How Long Do You Wait After Shooting a Deer?

Vital Tradition Founders and Contributors

Sam

Army Veteran and IT Specialist

Dustin

Clinical Anesthetist and Author/Illustrator

Alex

Environmental Scientist and CFO

Outdoor Stories and Adventures

Dustin

Dec 8, 2020

How to Become a Professional Tournament Bass Fisherman

So, you want to be the next Kevin Van Dam? Well as easy as it may appear on tv or the internet, that is far from the truth.

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How to Fish for Steelhead – My First DIY Steelhead Fishing Trip

Dustin

Oct 24, 2020

How to Fish for Steelhead – My First DIY Steelhead Fishing Trip

I knew I wanted to come back every year for at least one chance at dancing with one of these silver speed demons.

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How to Fish for Deep Water Bluegills in the Summer

Dustin

Oct 22, 2020

How to Fish for Deep Water Bluegills in the Summer

Bluegill fishing is a great way to get new people into fishing. There is a reason if the “tug” is a drug, then bluegills are the “gateway”.

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Dustin

Sep 23, 2020

How to Fish for Fun

No matter how serious of a fisherman or women you are, you need to allow yourself to experience some fun fishing periodically.

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Dustin

Sep 17, 2020

How to Catch Big Bass on Muskie Baits

Imagine throwing a giant top water lure on a cool, glass calm morning and breaking the distant loon sounds is an epic explosion of an angry

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Sam

Sep 12, 2020

How the Outdoors Brought Me Back Home

When fall came and duck season opened, my support group became my Uncle, Grandfather and Brother. We were smashing ducks four or five times

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Dustin

Sep 12, 2020

How to Cook your Catch – Fish Fry

The fish fry is a simple and timeless process that can be applied to almost anything. The best part about the process is that it is...

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Dustin

Sep 3, 2020

How to Ice Fish for Bluegill

If you love fishing, live in a northern state, and want to fish year-round then you need to learn how to ice fish.

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Dustin

Aug 29, 2020

How to DIY Saltwater Shore Fish

Some of the most fun DIY fishing I have had in saltwater have been right out my hotel back door without ever having to leave the property.

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Dustin

Aug 29, 2020

How to Fly Fish

Getting started is simple and fun. In fact, the first time I ever fly fished was some of the most action-packed fishing I have ever done.

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Take Your Kids Fishing: You May Create A New Fishing Buddy

Sam

Aug 13, 2020

Take Your Kids Fishing: You May Create A New Fishing Buddy

If my father were to reflect on those same memories, smiling and laughter would be the last two words that would come to his mind.

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Dustin

Aug 11, 2020

How to Take Kids Fishing

Planning for your children’s everyday needs while on the water will greatly increase your chances of having both a fun and successful trip.

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Dustin

Aug 11, 2020

When to Take Kids Fishing?

If you want to maximize the fun, when is the best age for a first trip?

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Dustin

Aug 11, 2020

Why Take Kids Fishing?

I remember thinking, “I will still be able to fish once the kids are born, it won’t be that bad.” I was an idiot.

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