{"id":15498,"date":"2019-02-24T23:13:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T23:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=15498"},"modified":"2019-02-24T23:22:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T23:22:29","slug":"the-hunting-wire-22-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-hunting-wire-22-february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hunting Wire &#8211; 22 February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks edition of the Hunting Wire features a new long range target, how to better hunt with kids, Wilson Combat&#8217;s 300 HAMR, information on the 300 Savage, a new rifle from Mossberg in 450 Bushmaster, and an editorial on long range hunting.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full wire click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huntingwire.com\/archives\/2019-02-22\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Featured Video: Hunting Blinds &amp; Kids<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1249\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7cLLggtYaZo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weeks edition of the Hunting Wire features a new long range target, how to better hunt with kids, Wilson Combat&#8217;s 300 HAMR, information on the 300 Savage, a new rifle from Mossberg in 450 Bushmaster, and an editorial on long range hunting. To read the full wire click HERE Featured Video: Hunting Blinds &amp; Kids &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2579,2522,2820,2859],"tags":[772,2862,99,21,2863,107],"class_list":["post-15498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-editorial","category-hunt","category-latest","category-the-hunting-wire","tag-300-savage","tag-effective-range-target","tag-long-range-hunting","tag-mossberg-patriot","tag-terrain-blinds","tag-wilson-combat"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Week-3-Image-2.jpg?fit=3264%2C2032&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-41Y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15489,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-hunting-wire-4-february-2019\/","url_meta":{"origin":15498,"position":0},"title":"The Hunting Wire &#8211; 4 February 2019","author":"gunwriter","date":"February 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out this weeks Hunting Wire covering a new trigger from Timney, kids and guns, the Mossberg Patriot, Norma and Winchester ammo, tips for crossbow shooters, and with an editorial about dragging deer. 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