Recreation Sports

  • Benefits of Fishing for Children

    While most parents focus heavily on academics for their child's development, there are also countless other ways to help set your child up for success later in life.  After all, not every child enjoys sitting and reading, and while it's certainly important to learn to read and to progress those skills, there's also benefit to be gained from allowing your child to explore other interests.  One such activity is fishing.  Not only fun as a bonding experience between parents, guardians and the child, but fishing is also good for helping children to develop in several different areas.
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  • Choosing the right ammunition for culling 'roos

    For farmers and rural property owners, kangaroos can reach feral proportions and often need to be culled in the summer months to prevent animals eating root stock and creating land erosion. This can be a great chance for recreation shooters to shoot live targets in an environmentally sensitive manner. Here are some tips to help you choose the right ammunition.  Humane shot One of the guiding principles of humane culls means that the animal must be killed as quickly and painlessly as possible.
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  • Answering 3 Commonly Asked Questions About Synthetic Grass Tennis Courts

    If you want to have a tennis court installed at home or in a residential complex of any sort, you might do well to consider a synthetic grass surface. Synthetic grass has many advantages over real grass or concrete, including less maintenance and a safer, softer surface that is easier on a player's joints and muscles. When you're ready for your new tennis court, note a few commonly asked questions about this type of surface so you can determine if it's right for your home or complex.
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  • How To Rig Dropper Loops

    If you're heading out for a day's sport on a fishing charter with your mates, you'll want to be sure of a good catch. If you're staying inshore, you'll find many bottom dwelling species of fish hunting around the edge of a structure or reef edge. The best way of presenting bait to these fish is by using a dropper loop. Here's how to rig a dropper loop for a great day's inshore fishing.
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  • Get an Inboard Motor to Improve in Motor Sports

    As a boat enthusiast, you probably know the engines available to drive your boat. There is the outboard/ inboard, inboard motor and the outboard motor. In case you use your boat for motorsports, you require improved performance for your machine; therefore, you need to accessorize your boat with the most appropriate engine. The article will look into inboard motor specifications to help you know the advantage of these engines for your motor sporting endeavours.
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  • 4 Reasons Fishers Should Use a Pedal-Powered Kayak Instead of a Paddle-Powered Kayak

    When asked to picture a kayak, most people conjure up an image of one that is propelled using a paddle. However, that fact that paddle kayaks are more well-known doesn't mean that they are the only kind out there. In fact, kayaks that are driven by the legs using pedals are becoming more popular, especially among recreational fisherman. If you're going to hire or buy a kayak primarily for fishing, here are just four important reasons why you should go for pedal-power over paddle-power.
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  • Your First Camping Experience: Canopies And Camping Ropes

    You're definitely excited about owning a new truck. Perhaps you should save some excitement for the first time you'll go camping with your new best friend. Off-road truck owners take pride in their camping expeditions and many of them are often more than willing to share these experiences. With the new purchase, you're well on your way to sharing similar (if not more adventurous) experiences. Here are two things not to forget as you plan your maiden camping experience with the new truck.
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  • 3 Things to Remember When Your Marine Engine Stalls

    Some boat owners often panic when the engine of their boat stalls suddenly when they are out at sea. That panic may cause them to worsen the situation because the actions that they take at that moment may not be the best actions. This article discusses some crucial things that you should remember in those moments just after your boat engine goes silent. Avoid Restarting the Engine Repeatedly Many people keep cranking the start button hoping that the engine will somehow restart.
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