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“Our goal is to have hunters deal with all our problem bears. We believe it’s better for hunters to manage bears than us as a government agency. The North American Model of Wildlife Management, which has been successful for more than 80 years, includes hunting. When there’s biological justification and public support, the state needs hunters.”—BRIAN NESVIK, CHIEF GAME WARDEN, WYOMING GAME AND FISH
Gear Tests
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We tested the top five hybrid broadheads for bowhunting. Here's how they ranked
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We put this year's crop of new hunting optics through the wringer
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Questions and Answers
- Q. The NEW 8.6 Creedmoor, is this the .300blk Improved?—BUCKSHOTT00 ANSWER THIS QUESTION
- Q. My brother in Georgia built a monster box blind for deer hunting with his three grandsons. Any opinions?—GARY DEVINE ANSWER THIS QUESTION
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Optics Test 2018
Tips and Tactics
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When winter hits, migrating geese flock up on tributaries
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Some of the best duck hunting in the South is wide open to the public
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One of the best ways to tag an antelope on public land is to hunt the border of private land
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Spend a night on the mountain for a chance at a trophy muley at first light
From the Editors
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Robinson is OL's digital guru. He likes bowhunting, muddy duck dogs, and good Facebook videos.
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When winter hits, migrating geese flock up on tributaries
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Find pheasant islands in a sea of cattails
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The bawling of a blackmouth cur is music to a pig hunter's ears. But once that hog bays up, the real excitement begins
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Freel calls Alaska home. If it can be hunted, fished, or trapped, he does it there, but hunting Dall sheep is his biggest passion.
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When it comes to arrow penetration on big game, weight—not speed—counts most
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Bigger isn’t always better when it comes to picking a cartridge for moose hunting
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Krebs is OL's senior editor. She’s partial to deer and turkey hunting, but lives in NYC, where she must resort to bowhunting rats and pigeons.
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Conservation groups face another setback in their efforts to prevent copper-nickel mines in the BWCA watershed
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We teamed up with Stress Engineering to run a battery of tests on this year's crop of compounds
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We ranked and reviewed these eight new compound hunting bows
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Snow is OL's Shooting Editor. He lives in Montana with a French Pointer that gives him dirty looks whenever he picks up a rifle instead of a shotgun.
Features
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From opening morning to the frigid finale, there are plenty of ways to screw up a perfectly good deer season. Don't let one of these 27 miscues get the best of you and your tag
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Don't get all high-and-mighty just yet. Here's how to pimp your climber for deer season
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Fishing the St. Croix River and testing the OL Guide Life Bunkhouse tent
