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Build a deer station that's gone by Monday morning

The hoist is the easy part. Build the station around the cold, the cleanup and the fact that the truck needs its spot back.

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarOct 2, 20267 min

Clean Your First Squirrel on a Saturday, Not in an Emergency

Field-dressing small game is a twenty-minute skill with one real hazard. Learn it in season, gloves on, long before the day you might need it.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanOct 3, 20266 min

Resetting a tripped breaker, and when to stop and call

Most tripped breakers take thirty seconds to fix. A few are your house warning you about a fire. Learn to tell them apart.

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Hunting & Shooting7 min read

Backstrap and duck want speed. Rabbit wants all afternoon

Wild game gets ruined in the kitchen because people cook every cut the same way. Three cuts, two opposite rules, and the mistakes that cost you dinner.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideDadsCal BrennanOct 2, 20266 min

Be the dad she calls when the date goes wrong

The shotgun joke tells her you don't trust her and tells him nothing. What actually keeps your daughter close through her dating years.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanOct 3, 20266 min

Build your car kit for the ninety-minute wait, not the photo

Most roadside kits are packed for the picture on the box. This one's packed for a dead battery, a flat tire, and a long, cold wait for the tow truck.

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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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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

BRO TakeDadsCal BrennanOct 2, 20266 min

Your daughter's standard for a husband is being set at your table

Forget the porch routine for her first date. The real screening happens years earlier, every time she watches how you treat her mother.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanOct 3, 20266 min

The dashboard lights that mean stop the car now

Red, amber and green aren't decoration. Learn which lights give you a week and which give you thirty seconds.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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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.

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GuideMomsNina CastellanOct 2, 20266 min

The Boyfriend Who Texts Every Ten Minutes Isn't Being Sweet

Controlling boys rarely look dangerous at first. They look devoted. How to give your daughter the eyes to see it before she's in it.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanOct 3, 20266 min

The tire pressure light is a late warning

By the time that little horseshoe lights up, a tire's already 25 percent low. A gauge, a quarter and two minutes a month get you ahead of it.

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.

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GuideMomsNina CastellanOct 2, 20266 min

She Needs a Picture of a Good Man, Not Just a List of Bad Ones

Warning signs keep her from the worst guy. Only a clear picture of the real thing keeps her from settling for the not-so-bad one.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

BRO for Her6 min

Red on dead, and the black clamp nobody gets right

Hunting & Shooting6 min

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

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideOutdoorsDean ShawOct 1, 20267 min

The Best Treehouse Isn't in a Tree

Build it on posts, keep it under five feet, and hand your kid the drill. They'll remember the building longer than the fort.

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Check your own oil, then change it once yourself

Five minutes with a dipstick catches problems a mileage sticker never will. One oil change in your driveway ends the upsell for good.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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