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Rig Your Family Game Show So the Eight-Year-Old Can Win

Home trivia nights die when Dad knows every answer. Build the game so the youngest has a real shot, and they'll beg for it every Friday.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarOct 2, 20267 min

The hour after the shot is where good hunters break the law

Poachers aren't the ones getting most tickets. Honest hunters with a soggy tag, a late report or the wrong parts in the cooler are.

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GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarOct 1, 20267 min

Your Kid Doesn't Care About the View

The best family hike is short, wet and slow. Pick the trail for what's at ankle height, and let the kid set the pace.

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Family Game Night Is Better When Everyone's Bad at It

The games that make a whole table laugh, ages six to seventy-eight, are the ones where losing is funnier than winning.

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GuideHunting & ShootingDean ShawOct 2, 20266 min

A sharp knife at the truck means nothing by the hindquarters

Most of your edge dies on hair, grit and bone, not meat. Change how you cut, carry the right stone, and touch up at three set points.

StoryHistoryMarcus ValeOct 1, 20266 min

A Hundred Years Ago, Christmas Started With a Catalog

Raccoons at the White House, candles on the tree, and a whole country waiting on the mail. What the holidays of 1926 can still teach your family.

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GuideTravelDean ShawOct 1, 20266 min

Same lake, same week, every summer

Novelty is overrated. The trip your kids still talk about at forty is the one you repeat, and it takes more planning than you'd think.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarOct 2, 20267 min

Caping a buck for a mount means cutting less than you think

Most ruined capes aren't ruined at the shop. They're ruined in the first hour, by a knife that went one cut too far.

GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 30, 20266 min

Stop saying "we should get together" and pick a Tuesday

After forty, friendships don't die from fights. They die from scheduling. A standing weekly night fixes the one problem you actually have.

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GuideRecipesWes DunbarSep 30, 20266 min

Big-Batch Chili for Twelve, Finished in the Oven

Tripling a chili for four in one pot is how you burn the bottom. Brown in batches, finish it at 300 degrees and make it the day before.

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarOct 2, 20266 min

Pluck the birds you'll roast, breast the ones you won't

Breasting is faster, and plucking tastes better. A simple rule for which ducks, geese and upland birds get which, and the laws that come first.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 30, 20266 min

Run a chili cook-off the guy with the most friends can't rig

Blind cups, a real score sheet, one breaker you'll definitely trip, and a trophy people will actually fight over next year.

GuidePlayMarcus ValeSep 30, 20266 min

Your park pickup game lives or dies on the worst week

Pick the sport for the cold Saturday when only four people show up, and your game will still be running next fall.

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarOct 2, 20267 min

Rabbits skin like wet paper and squirrels fight like duct tape

Two small animals, two opposite problems. One simple method for each, and how to keep hair off the meat.

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Is your money actually in order?

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Sports6 min

Start a Neighborhood Sports Night Without Starting a League

Gear6 min

The carbon paddle won't fix your third shot

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarOct 2, 20267 min

Your garage thermometer decides who butchers your deer

Skill and money matter less than you think. If you can't keep the meat cold, the butcher wins. If you can, the job is yours.

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Sports6 min read

The Guy Who Beat You Is the Only One Who Understands

Magic and Bird, Evert and Navratilova, Borg and McEnroe. The greatest rivals in sports ended up as each other's people, and it wasn't an accident.

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