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A large whitetail buck with big antlers turning his head toward the camera in a field of overgrown early season weeds.

3 Steps for Tagging a Monster Early-Season Buck 3 Steps for Tagging a Monster Early-Season Buck

By Craig Dougherty

A man in a camo jacket standing in a lush food plot with tape around it beside an over-browsed food plot.

Pre-Season Whitetails: How to Keep Deer Out of Your Food Plots (for Now) Pre-Season Whitetails: How to Keep Deer Out of Your Food Plots (for Now)

whitetail buck walking alongside a barbed wire fence during golden hour

The 7 Best Ways to Access Your Treestand The 7 Best Ways to Access Your Treestand

By Doug Howlett

A hunter kneeling behind and holding the antlers of a large buck.

How Much More Antler Will Your Target Buck Grow Before Opening Day? How Much More Antler Will Your Target Buck Grow Before Opening Day?

By Josh Honeycutt

A brown hog walking through a field.

9 Ways to Hunt Hogs in Mid-Summer 9 Ways to Hunt Hogs in Mid-Summer

By Mike Dickerson

A whitetail buck standing in tall grass.

The 7 Biggest Myths of Hunting Early-Season Deer The 7 Biggest Myths of Hunting Early-Season Deer

A hunter kneeling beside a limit of Canada geese.

The Time I Hunted with a Waterfowl Poacher (and Didn’t Know It) The Time I Hunted with a Waterfowl Poacher (and Didn’t Know It)

A deer hunting stand in an open field

Gear

9 Ways to Actually Get Better at Shooting Your Bow This Summer 9 Ways to Actually Get Better at Shooting Your Bow This Summer

By Alex Robinson

Large mule deer walking through a field and woods.

Mule Deer Can Now Be Hunted in Interior Alaska Mule Deer Can Now Be Hunted in Interior Alaska

A squirrel hunting dog with front paws on the tree.

How to Get Started Hunting Squirrels With a Dog How to Get Started Hunting Squirrels With a Dog

Slightly wider .308 on the left

Guns

Understanding Terminal Performance: Why Bigger Bullets Aren’t Always Better Understanding Terminal Performance: Why Bigger Bullets Aren’t Always Better

whitetail deer hunt

Why We’re Failing to Recruit African American Hunters (and How to Fix It) Why We’re Failing to Recruit African American Hunters (and How to Fix It)

By Eric M. Morris

The Two Biggest Deer Organizations Are Joining Forces. What Does It Mean for Hunters? The Two Biggest Deer Organizations Are Joining Forces. What Does It Mean for Hunters?

By Andrew McKean

A black man in hunters camo holds a rifle.

I’m an Immigrant, a Veteran, and Finally… a Hunter I’m an Immigrant, a Veteran, and Finally… a Hunter

By Ron Taylor, as told to Natalie Krebs

Two deer running through an open field near a road.

Will a Decrease in Roadkill Mean More Deer in the Woods this Fall? Will a Decrease in Roadkill Mean More Deer in the Woods this Fall?

A Lone-Star TX15 AR-15 Rifle on the hood of a tan utility vehicle.

Guns

The 8 Best Hunting Guns that Double as Self-Defense Firearms The 8 Best Hunting Guns that Double as Self-Defense Firearms

Into the Wild Bus

Decades Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Was a Deadly Tourist Attraction, It Was a Hunting Camp Decades Before the ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Was a Deadly Tourist Attraction, It Was a Hunting Camp

Tyler Freel kneeling behind a large spring black bear while hunting in Alaska.

Alaska’s Bear Hunting Regulation Changes Aren’t as Sensational as They Sound Alaska’s Bear Hunting Regulation Changes Aren’t as Sensational as They Sound

A man in a cap spreads grass and plant seed in a field.

10 Tips For Growing Successful Food Plots (And Keeping Deer on Your Property All Season Long) 10 Tips For Growing Successful Food Plots (And Keeping Deer on Your Property All Season Long)

Gear

New Hunting Gear is Great, But Confidence is the Real Key New Hunting Gear is Great, But Confidence is the Real Key

A large, male brown bear fishes for salmon in the Tongass National Forest.

The Roadless Rule in the Tongass National Forest is Vital for Both Hunters and Brown Bears The Roadless Rule in the Tongass National Forest is Vital for Both Hunters and Brown Bears

A food plot of brassica plants.

11 Strategies For Growing The Perfect Deer Food Plot 11 Strategies For Growing The Perfect Deer Food Plot

A white and black hunting vehicle next to a hunting camp.

How to Take Your First Overland Hunting Adventure this Fall How to Take Your First Overland Hunting Adventure this Fall

By Damon Bungard

A hunter kneeling beside two large caribou in the snow.

Planning to Hunt Alaska Someday? Here’s Why Caribou Should Be Your First Trip Planning to Hunt Alaska Someday? Here’s Why Caribou Should Be Your First Trip

A snake beside boxes of hunting rifle cartridges.

Guns

The Most Iconic Rifles and Cartridges from African Safaris The Most Iconic Rifles and Cartridges from African Safaris

The Tale of Jake and Belle: A Hunting Dog Story You Haven’t Heard Before The Tale of Jake and Belle: A Hunting Dog Story You Haven’t Heard Before

By Durrell L. Smith

A hunter aiming a rifle while in a hunting blind.

Guns

6 Tips for Becoming a Crack Shot with Your Shotgun Inside 40 Yards 6 Tips for Becoming a Crack Shot with Your Shotgun Inside 40 Yards

Hunter aiming a rifle using a bipod.

Guns

How to Choose The Right Hunting Bullet How to Choose The Right Hunting Bullet

Federal FireStick rounds ammo.

Guns

Federal’s FireStick Will Be a Game Changer in the Muzzleloader Hunting World Federal’s FireStick Will Be a Game Changer in the Muzzleloader Hunting World

By Alex Robinson

Two hunters kneel behind an antelope.

Guns

7 Confessions from a New Rifle Shooter (That Can Help All Newbies Get Started) 7 Confessions from a New Rifle Shooter (That Can Help All Newbies Get Started)

Attaching duck feet to a wall plaque with epoxy.

4 Off-Season Waterfowl Projects that Will Improve Your Decoy Spread (and Your Home) 4 Off-Season Waterfowl Projects that Will Improve Your Decoy Spread (and Your Home)

By Joseph Albanese

Two female hunters on a trail through the woods.

A New Hunter’s Perspective on How the Old School Can Help A New Hunter’s Perspective on How the Old School Can Help

Get Ultra-Close to the Roost on Late-Season Turkey Hunts Get Ultra-Close to the Roost on Late-Season Turkey Hunts

By Alex Robinson

Several geese on a pile of hay.

8 Tips for Perfecting the Art of Pass Shooting Waterfowl 8 Tips for Perfecting the Art of Pass Shooting Waterfowl

Hunter walking to a hunting blind.

50 Hunter Stereotypes from Every State 50 Hunter Stereotypes from Every State

Two hunters with a mule deer in the snow and grass.

How to Get Your Own Private Hunting Property (and Improve its Habitat) How to Get Your Own Private Hunting Property (and Improve its Habitat)

A man with a gun by a river while a black lab leaps into the water.

7 Top Hunting Dog Training Tips from World-Class Experts 7 Top Hunting Dog Training Tips from World-Class Experts

deer hunter and canoe.

Float a Canoe into a Big Buck’s Bedding Area for the Ultimate Whitetail Hunt Float a Canoe into a Big Buck’s Bedding Area for the Ultimate Whitetail Hunt

By Matthew Every

a turkey in a river.

Float a River to Find a Turkey Hunting Hotspot Float a River to Find a Turkey Hunting Hotspot

Minessota jake turkey feathers.

Should You Shoot Jakes This Spring? (and Other Things to Consider During a Coronavirus Turkey Season) Should You Shoot Jakes This Spring? (and Other Things to Consider During a Coronavirus Turkey Season)

By Gerry Bethge

Boxes of 30-30 rifle ammunition.

Guns

2 Tricks to Make Your .30/30 More Effective Beyond 150 Yards 2 Tricks to Make Your .30/30 More Effective Beyond 150 Yards

Hunters floating on the Sagavanirktok river.

A Raft Hunt for Caribou in the Alaskan Tundra A Raft Hunt for Caribou in the Alaskan Tundra

By Mahting Putelis

A man tilling a field

How to Plant a Sunflower Field for Better Dove Hunting This Summer How to Plant a Sunflower Field for Better Dove Hunting This Summer

Twilight in the Louisiana delta.

Video: Meet the Duck Hunting Queen of Plaquemines Parish Video: Meet the Duck Hunting Queen of Plaquemines Parish

By Alex Robinson

A yellow lab running through an open field.

Willow Creek: An Obscure Stream Shapes Life, Death, and Landscape Willow Creek: An Obscure Stream Shapes Life, Death, and Landscape

By Andrew McKean

A turkey target riddled with pellet holes.

How to Pattern a Turkey Hunting Gun How to Pattern a Turkey Hunting Gun

By Alex Robinson

A turkey in a weed and grass field.

How to Hunt Gobblers That Go Ghost How to Hunt Gobblers That Go Ghost

By Andrew McKean

A turkey in a field.

7 Tips for Bowhunting Turkeys this Spring 7 Tips for Bowhunting Turkeys this Spring

By Tony J. Peterson

English setter puppy works on basic retrieving with a pigeon.

Dog Trainers are Creating ‘Super Puppies’ by Following a Program Developed by the Military Dog Trainers are Creating ‘Super Puppies’ by Following a Program Developed by the Military

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Florid Panther in Everglades National Park

Florida Panther (or Bobcat) Mauls Turkey Hunter Florida Panther (or Bobcat) Mauls Turkey Hunter

Idaho’s Selway mountain range

The Best Black Bear Hunting Unit in the World The Best Black Bear Hunting Unit in the World

By Andrew McKean

Sous vide goose meat.

8 Ways to Prepare Snow Goose Meat 8 Ways to Prepare Snow Goose Meat

Two hunters walking through a field towards an antelope.

Jack O’Connor’s Formula For Shooting Game At Long Range Jack O’Connor’s Formula For Shooting Game At Long Range

A velvet-racked buck makes the most of the growing season.

The Keys to Deer Antler Growth The Keys to Deer Antler Growth

By Andrew McKean

9 Migratory Bird Laws You Didn’t Know 9 Migratory Bird Laws You Didn’t Know

Hunter with a merriam turkey.

What’s The Toughest Turkey Subspecies To Hunt? What’s The Toughest Turkey Subspecies To Hunt?

By Jace Bauserman

swarovski smart scope

Gear

Will All This New Technology Ruin Hunting? In Short, No Will All This New Technology Ruin Hunting? In Short, No

Hunters Specialties Strut Spring Yelper

Gear

15 Best Pieces of New Turkey Gear for 2020 15 Best Pieces of New Turkey Gear for 2020

A large flock of snow geese.

6 Ways to Hunt Snow Geese on Your Own 6 Ways to Hunt Snow Geese on Your Own

Whitetail deer in a field.

13 of the Best Public Hunting and Fishing Spots Near Big Cities 13 of the Best Public Hunting and Fishing Spots Near Big Cities

By Kristen A. Schmitt

A wolf on a hillside covered in snow.

Finding a Middle Ground on Wolves and Wolf Management Finding a Middle Ground on Wolves and Wolf Management

Kanati Elite Taxidermy

13 Amazing Animal Mounts 13 Amazing Animal Mounts

By Ralph P. Stuart

Two hunters with two Missouri turkeys

6 Tips For Hunting Turkeys in Bad Weather 6 Tips For Hunting Turkeys in Bad Weather

By Jace Bauserman

Man by a survivalist campfire.

The 10 Best Survival Schools for Hunters and Anglers The 10 Best Survival Schools for Hunters and Anglers

By Tim MacWelch