Besides the proverbial answer, “any time you can get into the woods”, there are many factors at play in determining the best time to hunt deer. I’ve hunted whitetail deer for over 30 years, spending the past dozen or so…
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Paul Ranft here: This time of year I do a lot of tradeshows to book hunting and fishing trips, not much else to do this time of year. Soon it will be shed hunting time but remember it’s never to…
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We hope everyone had a great Christmas and hope the new year finds all of us well!!
Hi everyone, Paul Ranft here. It’s that time of year again! I’m off to Iowa this Thursday for another season of outfitting through my business, The Outfitters. I have a full crew of deer hunters coming this year so I’m…
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Hi everyone, Paul Ranft here, the word must be getting out about my rubbing post because they are selling like hot cakes!! It’s an 8 foot post that is impregnated with a special scent. You can also buy just the…
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Summer walleye fishing continues to be great!. It’s been a funny summer because of all the storms and muddy water. When the weather stabilizes, the fishing gets good. Let’s hope the rest of the summer has good weather.
Paul Ranft here: I had another great time taking some of my wounded warriers out walleye fishing this past weekend on Lake Erie! Myself and many other captains volunteered to take out some of our heroes. On the first day,…
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Paul Ranft here: The Walleye fishing on lake Erie has been the best it’s been in years! We’ve been getting our limit by noon many of the times. Weather has been kinda bad the past few weeks but we have…
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My first walleye charter of the season went great! We only caught 13 walleye but their total weight was 90 pounds!
Hi everyone, Paul Ranft here: It’s finally arrived…spring! Now you all need to get out and stretch those legs and do some scouting and shed hunting. Yes, I do a ton of fall scouting in the spring, rub lines and…
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Hi gang, Paul Ranft here: I’ve been doing a lot of trade shows recently and have awesome results selling my rubbing post, can’t keep em in stock!
Paul Ranft here: I had a great outdoor show this past weekend, booked lots of walleye trips for lake Erie! Also I had several people come up to me and recognize me from our deer hunting dvds, the biggest question…
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Paul Ranft here: I recently went to the ATA show in Indianapolis, and while I was having dinner, a fan came up to me and said how he loved our dvd’s. Our honest approach on how to hunt was what…
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I know this sounds crazy but I forgot to post my 2014 buck! He scored 151, Nebraska was good but not like it usually is due to a lot of die off. Last week of October was the best week…
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I ran into some guys that have been following our dvd's for some time now, we meet at a local restaurant, had some lunch and shared some great fellowship! Happy New years guys! — Paul Ranft2325 Lake St.Niles, MI. 49120www.theoutfittersonline.comC…
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