You've hunted hard and enjoyed the ride? Now is the time to prepare for next season.

Ask yourself these questions: Are those decoys in need of a paint touch-up? Do it. Maybe you want to buy a new call or two just to keep you busy during rush-hour traffic? Get one to keep you in the game. There’s no better time to check in with your waterfowling contacts around the country than now. How did their season go? Maybe you want to plan for the 2010-2011 campaign? Do it.

Check out Yamaha Motor for more tips on your Rhino.

''... My adventure had begun months ago with discussions among several of us to field test gear in the not just real, but real-demanding conditions of a safari to West Texas. Six veteran outdoor writers and several company reps would run the stuff through its paces, have a good time, and hopefully collect some horn...

We were frustrated hunters. Then, beside me at the wheel of the Yamaha Rhino, Martin Ross stomped on the binders, shot his left arm off the port bow, and barked “Pronghorn!” From behind a clump of cacti, the antelope appeared. Moments like this are why we hunters live, of course. The countless dollars, hours and miles we invest in our hunting come down to fleeting seconds of exhilaration, the proverbial moments of truth..."

Read the full hunting story by Mike Strandlund on ATV Magazine.

Since the hunting season’s approaching, you will need to learn a little bit about ATV accessories that help make your time on your Yamaha Rhino more enjoyable during the season.

As planning is the key to a successful hunt, not only for the harvest, but for accessories as well, ATV Magazine presents a useful list of accessories, explaining your need in each of them and showing you the best choice.

Check out the list of accessories on ATV Magazine.

If you hunt with and hire out professional guides, trust their judgment when they call the shot. They often know the land, the game animals and birds on it, better than anyone. Ideally your hunting guide should know your gun or bow’s limitations, the ammo or archery tackle you’re using, and most of all, your experience level.

It’s not enough to hunt well with your guide though. You’ve worked too hard to arrive at that opportunity to blow it. So read the full article with tips on Yamaha Motor to ensure you have a great hunting trip.

Whitetail Diaries has historically brought viewers some of the best whitetail deer hunting stories from across the nation. These stories have always highlighted North America’s most sought after game animal — the whitetail deer. Every episode of the 22-week series includes a fast paced mix of product features, stories, hunts and valuable insight about hunting the whitetail deer. While this great series of shows is now going into its third season on Versus, this is be the first year that Yamaha has been involved in the show as the title sponsor.

“Yamaha is more involved in the hunting community than any other ATV manufacturer, and we are excited to build on our reputation in the outdoors as title sponsor of Whitetail Diaries,” says Yamaha ATV and Side-by-Side (SxS) Marketing Manager Steve Nessl. “We are honored to join Whitetail Diaries in their commitment to bringing the viewer the best hunting action possible, and we look forward to sharing appropriate and responsible use of Yamaha ATV and SxS products with their viewers.”

“Yamaha is a perfect fit for our Whitetail Diaries series of shows, and the safety message that Yamaha is wanting to portray within the series is of utmost importance to all users of ATVs and SxS vehicles. Not only will we be seeing the best all-terrain units in action on the hunts but we’ll be educating viewers on the importance of safety and being responsible riders,” says Wade Middleton of Careco Multimedia.

The hunting 60 minute episodes called “Yamaha’s Whitetail Dairies” are available on line at www.carecotv.com.

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