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The Best Youth Compound Bows to Start Bowhunting of 2023
The Best Hunting Rifles of 2023
The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns for Waterfowlers
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Best Arrows and Broadheads For Elk
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Best Deer Hunting Calibers of 2022
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John B. Snow
Bear Gun Shootout: 10mm vs .44 Mag.
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John B. Snow
How to Choose a Compound Bow—and Set It Up—for Elk Season
The 28-Gauge Shotgun Can Kill Ducks as Effectively as a 12-Gauge (At Modest Ranges)
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John Gordon
Dove Hunting Ultimate Guide: Tips and Tactics for Bagging More Birds
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How to Pluck a Duck
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The 10 Best Tasting Wild Game Animals
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Eating Bird Innards: How to Pull, Prepare, and Cook Wild Bird Giblets
How to Make Deer Jerky in an Oven, Smoker, and Dehydrator
Rutting Bucks and Bad-Tasting Venison. Here’s What Deer Hunters Need to Know
Venison Schnitzel: Your Family Won’t Know It’s Deer Meat
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Beka Garris
Venison Meatballs Are the Best Meal to Make with Your Final Package of Deer Meat
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Beka Garris
Manitoba Is About to Get Way Less Accessible for American Waterfowlers
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Watch an Arkansas Farmer Deliberately Disc a Spread of Snow Goose Decoys
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Dac Collins
Is Steel Shot Effective? Here’s What the Data Say After Decades of Testing
By
Tom Roster
How to Train a Duck Dog Throughout His First Hunting Season
After Duck Hunters Flip Their Kayaks, Indiana Game Warden Recovers Shotguns with a Magnet
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Katie Hill
Best Duck Hunting Jackets
Sitka Hudson Jacket: A Hardcore Shell for Waterfowl Hunters
By
Ashley Thess
The Golden Age of Jump-Shooting Ducks on the Prairie
By
Ben East
Canada’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban Would Include Many Common Hunting Rifles and Shotguns
By
Dac Collins
28 Gauge Benelli Super Black Eagle 3 Review
Best Duck Calls for Beginners
We’re Experiencing the Deadliest Bird Flu Outbreak in History. Here’s What All Bird Hunters Need to Know
This Happened to Me: I Found Human Remains While Rabbit Hunting
These Renegade Hunters Are Skiing into the Backcountry with Their Bird Dogs
Garmin Alpha 200i, Tested and Reviewed
Canada’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban Would Include Many Common Hunting Rifles and Shotguns
By
Dac Collins
Pheasant Hunting Tips for the Late Season
By
Brian Ruzzo
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Tom Carpenter
Video: Grizzly Bear Charges Bird Hunter Who Holds Fire at Close Range
By
Tyler Freel
The 8 Best Tasting Game Birds
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Brad Fenson
How to Get Out of a Wingshooting Slump
The Best Hunters Go on Instinct. Here’s How to Sharpen Yours
By
Tyler Freel
The Best Chokes for Pheasant Hunting of 2023
By
Joe Genzel
The Best Upland Hunting Boots of 2023
Two Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuges Close to Bird Hunting Due to Extreme Drought
By
Katie Hill
Best .410 Turkey Guns of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
The Best .410 Turkey Loads of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
The Best Turkey Mouth Calls of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
By
Adam Moore
Why Do Turkeys Gobble at Owls?
By
Katie Hill
Hunting a Legendary Gobbler, From the Archives
Why Are Wild Turkey Populations Declining?
By
Katie Hill
Best Camo for Turkey Hunting of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
By
Alan Clemons
The Best Turkey Loads of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
By
Joe Genzel
The Best Turkey Chokes of 2023
By
Alex Robinson
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Joe Genzel
Turkey Vision: Here’s What Hunters Should Know About How Wild Turkeys See
By
Dac Collins
The Best Turkey Hunting Shotguns of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
The Best Turkey Hunting Boots of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
By
Adam Moore
The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America
This Happened to Me: I Found Human Remains While Rabbit Hunting
Umarex NOTOS Review
By
Jim Chapman
Squirrel Hunting Tips and Tactics
The Best .22 Air Rifles for Hunting, Competition, and Backyard Shooting, Tested and Reviewed
By
Jim Chapman
Best Guns for Rabbit Hunting
By
Tyler Freel
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Alex Robinson
The Rookie Coonhound of Boone County, from the Archives
By
Ed Mason
Where to Hunt Rabbits: 3 Overlooked Hot Spots
A Christmas Hunt for the Black Hare of Halcott Mountain, from the Archives
Canada’s Semi-Automatic Firearm Ban Would Include Many Common Hunting Rifles and Shotguns
By
Dac Collins
The Best Hunters Go on Instinct. Here’s How to Sharpen Yours
By
Tyler Freel
Hunting Iguanas in Old Mexico, a Story From the Archives
The Truth About Wolf Hunting in North America
By
Tyler Freel
Tagged Coyote Travels 100-Plus Miles Across Ohio
By
Dac Collins
Hunting Cougars with Ben Lilly, the Last of the Mountain Men
Where Do All the Problem Bears Go?
Lessons From a Lifetime of Tracking Mountain Lions, From the Archives
Montana Legislators, Don’t Blow Our Best Chance to Delist Grizzly Bears
Jim Carmichel’s Favorite Hunting Rifles
How Coyote Hunting Dogs Decoy In Predators
By
Dac Collins
Watch: Rare Video of Lynx Eating Another Lynx
By
Tyler Freel
My Third and Final Showdown with the Cougar Called Bloody-Foot, From the Archives
By
Jim Osman
Hunting Coyotes on Frozen Lake Superior
By
David Zeug
How to Trap Coyotes: The Basic Gear and Skills You Need to Get Started
By
Skye Goode
The Hog Dogs of Alabama
By
Tom Fowlks
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Alex Robinson
Colorado Wolves Kill Working Dog, Fatally Injure Pet Dog on Back-to-Back Days
By
Katie Hill
The Best Hunting Dog Names
By
Katie Hill
7 Myths About Shed Hunting Dogs
Are Deer Dogs Really a Problem for Deer Hunting in the South?
By
Adam Moore
My Third and Final Showdown with the Cougar Called Bloody-Foot, From the Archives
By
Jim Osman
Volunteer Firefighters Rescue a Pack of Bear Hounds from an Icy Hollow in the Appalachians
By
Dac Collins
The Rookie Coonhound of Boone County, from the Archives
By
Ed Mason
A Lesson from the Bird Dog Who Turned Me Into a Hunter
Garmin Alpha 200i, Tested and Reviewed
Why British Labs Just Might Take Over American Bird Hunting
Tom Dokken Is the Godfather of Retriever Training in America
The Best Recurve Bows of 2023
Hunting Bows Keep Getting More Expensive. Are Flagship Bows Worth It?
Oregon Bowhunter Arrows New State-Record Cascade Roosevelt Bull
By
Dac Collins
Target Panic! Here’s What All Bowhunters Can Learn from Joel Turner on the JRE Podcast
PSE Archery Bought by New Outdoor Company (and Not the Bowmars)
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Dac Collins
Relaunching Damon Howatt, the Oldest Traditional Bow Brand in the World
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Beka Garris
After Knocking on Dozens of Doors, Georgia Hunter Tags New State-Record Crossbow Buck
By
Bob McNally
Best New Bowhunting Gear from the 2023 ATA Show
Oregon Bowhunter Tags a State Record Bull
By
Dac Collins
Poisonous ‘Pods’ Are Still a Problem in Bowhunting
By
Katie Hill
How I Snapped My Big Buck Losing Streak
Bowhunting in -30 Wind Chill on the Frozen North Dakota Prairie
The Best Revolvers for Hunters in 2023, Tested and Reviewed
New No. 2 Pennsylvania Archery Buck Is Finally Recognized
By
Bob McNally
Mitch Rompola Buck: The True Backstory on Why the Deer Was Never Entered as a World Record
Oregon Bowhunter Arrows New State-Record Cascade Roosevelt Bull
By
Dac Collins
This Happened to Me: The Police Raided My Deer Hunt
This Happened to Me: I Butchered a Deer in My Brooklyn Apartment and the Cops Came
My Son Killed an Elk at 801 Yards. Here’s Why I’ve Taught Him to Shoot Long Range
The Heart & the Skull: Sometimes a First Deer Hunt Requires a Punched Tag
By
Ashley Thess
This Happened to Me: How a Riding Accident Helped Turn Me Into a Hunter
By
Katie Hill
Those White Grubs in Your Deer’s Nose Are Just Botfly Larvae. Don’t Panic
By
Katie Hill
The Best 10mm Ammo of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
By
Tyler Freel
This Happened to Me: I Flew a Plane with Zero Training
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This Happened to Me: I Should Have Died in a Floatplane Crash
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Striped Bass Fisherman Finds a Cache of Rifles and Handguns in NYC Waters
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How to Choose the Ultimate Concealed Carry Gun
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Henry Homesteader 9mm Carbine, Tested and Reviewed
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Best .410 Turkey Guns of 2023, Tested and Reviewed
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New No. 2 Pennsylvania Archery Buck Is Finally Recognized
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Tagged Coyote Travels 100-Plus Miles Across Ohio
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The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America
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