Shot Placement for Black Bear Hunting By Clay Newcomb After all the work of getting within shooting distance of a big bear this spring, you’ll need confidence in your ability to make a great shot. Bea ...
BY STEVE HICKOFF Avoid These Things for a Better Turkey Hunt And you thought your morning would be a slam dunk. Think again. 1. Trespassers As far as you know, you’re the only hunter with permission o ...
by Scott Bestul Some hunters just pack it in when the rut is over. Dan Thurston doesn’t have that option. The pressure for him to put clients on big bucks is unchanged when the action slows duri ...
BY BOB HUMPHREY Have You Ever Killed an Abnormal Buck? I barely noticed the buck’s limp as it walked toward my treestand at a pace steady and quick enough that if I didn’t grunt him to a stop, I might ...
by Steve Flores The start of another bow season is just around the corner. Every hunter that heads afield with a stick and string does so with big hopes and dreams. However, despite our best efforts m ...
BY JOHNLEWIS Everyone thinks that dogs have the upper hand when it comes to their sense of smell but most veteran hunters know that isn’t true. The nose of a common whitetail deer has up to 297 millio ...
BY BOB MCNITT AND DR. WILLIAM W. MILLER Understanding How Deer See Will Affect How You Hunt Them Anyone who hunts deer quickly learns that the animal’s primary survival tool is its remarkable ability ...
BY JOSH HONEYCUTT Have You Already Tried These Things? As bowhunters, we’re constantly working to hone our craft. And when we aren’t, we should be. It’s easy to let it slide. Busy lives often make arc ...
by Bone Collector Making the Most Out of Your Summer Trail Camera Setups Trail cameras are a yearlong effort in monitoring and scouting your deer herd. With turkey season coming to a close, it is time ...
BY JOSH HONEYCUTT There’s Always Room for Improvement The off-season is the best time to get treestand work done. Why? Because of pressure. Hang most of your treestands now and you don’t have to worry ...
by Zach Wolfe Your offseason preparation begins at the end of every deer season. You can improve your deer hunting success in the field by utilizing these 6 tips. Deer hunting is similar to studying f ...
BY DOUG HOWLETT Late-season toms are notoriously quiet. Here’s how pros coax call-shy gobblers. 1. Speak Softly Keep calling to a minimum and use calls you didn’t use earlier in the season ...
By Brian Lovett Think before you grab those fakes this spring. Your decoy strategy should reflect the stage of the breeding season and mimic the natural social structure of turkeys at that time. Early ...
BY JOE ARTERBURN If you’re going to learn one call for turkey hunting, one turkey sound that will let you speak their language and provide the best chance for you to lure in a gobbler, learn how to ye ...
BY JOE ARTERBURN There are tried-and-true ways to assure you’ll come home empty-handed from the turkey woods. They’re easy. Just follow these steps as laid out by champion turkey caller and Realtree p ...
by Colton Bailey You always see articles on “how to” and “where to” shed hunt. Here is why you shouldn’t shed hunt. It is that time of the year again. Oh, and social media will let you know it. More s ...
By SCOTT BESTUL It seems like one of deer hunting’s great mysteries: Some guys pick up shed antlers like a kid collecting quarry stones, while others can’t find bone on a bet. Actually the ...
By Steve Hickoff Ask Questions Now to Have Answers Later It’s winter, and the outdoor show season, but spring isn’t far away. What you do now – especially the questions you ask – can help ...
by Dave Csanda We’ve all grown very fond of the “Trap Attack” philosophy of aggressive ice fishing, pioneered by ice fishing legend Dave Genz, where you move and stick, stick and move, continually tes ...
by Brett McComas There’s no one specific line type that’s perfect for all situations — each has its own time and place depending on how you’re fishing. Here’s a few things to consider the next time yo ...
BY JOE ARTERBURN Many coyote hunters shy away from public land, believing it overrun with hunters, and that all the young, uneducated coyotes were killed early. Any surviving coyotes have either left ...
by Jason Revermann The most challenging part of hard-water angling might be finding quality fish. More ice anglers have mastered mobility, but it’s still easier to move quickly and work new are ...
When storing your hunting gear, it’s important that you put the same effort into proper storage as you do during trip preparation. For most of us, another big game hunting season has come and gone. If ...
by Jeff Samsel If you’re an ice junkie and spend the fall anticipating the hard-water season, it probably doesn’t take much to coax you onto the ice once it reaches a safe thickness. If you do need pe ...
by Steven Rinella Responsible hunters should manage the contents of their freezers at least as carefully as they manage the contents of their gun safes. That means preventing freezer-burn and other wa ...