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Video: How to Clean a Full-Body Rooster for Legal Transportation
Hunting

Video: How to Clean a Full-Body Rooster for Legal Transportation

By Josh Dahlke

A Bacon Wrapped Quail Recipe with Chef Daniel Gorman
Hunting

A Bacon Wrapped Quail Recipe with Chef Daniel Gorman

By Krissie Mason

How to Clean Blood Out of Predator and Furbearer Pelts
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How to Clean Blood Out of Predator and Furbearer Pelts

By Tyler Freel

Hunting Solo? Don’t Break Your Back While Hauling and Butchering, Get a Rack Jack
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Hunting Solo? Don’t Break Your Back While Hauling and Butchering, Get a Rack Jack

By Josh Dahlke

A Recipe for Duck Apple Sausage, and Some Helpful Guidelines for Making Wild Game Sausage
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A Recipe for Duck Apple Sausage, and Some Helpful Guidelines for Making Wild Game Sausage

By Jamie Carlson

3 Dangerous-Game Hunting Rifles
Guns

3 Dangerous-Game Hunting Rifles

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Why Deer Hunters Should Never Wear Blue Jeans, and Other Important Facts About Deer Vision
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Why Deer Hunters Should Never Wear Blue Jeans, and Other Important Facts About Deer Vision

By Dave Kramer

How to Prepare and Cook Waterfowl Gizzards
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How to Prepare and Cook Waterfowl Gizzards

By Jamie Carlson

How and When to Call Mule Deer and Blacktails
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How and When to Call Mule Deer and Blacktails

By Tyler Freel

How to Hunt Turkeys in the Winter
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How to Hunt Turkeys in the Winter

By Rob Keck

Respecting the Animal: Where Do You Draw the Line on Photos from a Hunt?
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Respecting the Animal: Where Do You Draw the Line on Photos from a Hunt?

By Natalie Krebs

The Tabernacle Buck
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The Tabernacle Buck

By Andrew McKean

Shades of Gray: Outdoor Writer Fired by Ducks Unlimited for Access Story
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Shades of Gray: Outdoor Writer Fired by Ducks Unlimited for Access Story

By Tony Hansen

The Best Venison Chili Recipe: Joe’s Drunken Sugarbush
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The Best Venison Chili Recipe: Joe’s Drunken Sugarbush

By Josh Dahlke

At What Age Should You Introduce Your Pup to Live Birds? and 9 Other Gun Dog Questions Answered
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At What Age Should You Introduce Your Pup to Live Birds? and 9 Other Gun Dog Questions Answered

By Scott Linden

4 Tips to Help You Master the Rabbit Target
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4 Tips to Help You Master the Rabbit Target

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Duck Breast with Cranberry
Hunting

How to Pan-Sear Wild Duck Breast the Right Way, and a Sauce to Go with It

By Jamie Carlson

Deer GPS Study Shows How Whitetail Bucks Really Travel During the Rut
Hunting

Deer GPS Study Shows How Whitetail Bucks Really Travel During the Rut

By Dave Kramer

An Easy Recipe for Wild Duck Tacos
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An Easy Recipe for Wild Duck Tacos

By Natalie Krebs

Devil Birds: How to Hunt Chukar
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Devil Birds: How to Hunt Chukar

By Scott Linden

This Side Up: What’s the Best Way to Hang a Deer?
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This Side Up: What’s the Best Way to Hang a Deer?

By Josh Dahlke

Maple Marinade Recipe for Cast-Iron Venison Steak
Hunting

Maple Marinade Recipe for Cast-Iron Venison Steak

By Krissie Mason

Whitetails: How to Hunt a Big Buck in the Cattails
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Whitetails: How to Hunt a Big Buck in the Cattails

By Tom Carpenter

3 Tips for Winter Waterfowl Hunters
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3 Tips for Winter Waterfowl Hunters

By Toby Walrath

10 Things You Should Learn from the Deer in Your Backyard
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10 Things You Should Learn from the Deer in Your Backyard

By Ben Long

How to Run a Bear Drive
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How to Run a Bear Drive

By Bill Vaznis

The Best Ducks to Eat, and How to Cook the Ones You Think You Can’t
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The Best Ducks to Eat, and How to Cook the Ones You Think You Can’t

By Jamie Carlson

How to Hunt Deer in Standing Corn
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How to Hunt Deer in Standing Corn

By Mark Kayser

A Super Simple Recipe for Pulled BBQ Bear
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A Super Simple Recipe for Pulled BBQ Bear

By Gerry Bethge

The Rut Revisited: How to Hunt the Right Place at the Right Time
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The Rut Revisited: How to Hunt the Right Place at the Right Time

By Jeff Sturgis

How to Make Duct-Tape Booties for Your Footsore Dog
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How to Make Duct-Tape Booties for Your Footsore Dog

By Scott Linden

3 Top Quail Loads That Will Also Reach Out for Pheasants
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3 Top Quail Loads That Will Also Reach Out for Pheasants

By Jarrod Spilger

Q&A with Archery Coach and Educator Heather Pfeil
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Q&A with Archery Coach and Educator Heather Pfeil

By Natalie Krebs

How to Call Fall Bears with Prey Distress Calls
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How to Call Fall Bears with Prey Distress Calls

By Richard P. Smith

5 Ways to Be a Better Blocker When You’re Hunting Pheasants
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5 Ways to Be a Better Blocker When You’re Hunting Pheasants

By Curtis Niedermier

Top Dogs: Scratch, the German Shorthaired Pointer
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Top Dogs: Scratch, the German Shorthaired Pointer

By Scott Linden

How to Still-Hunt for Whitetails With a Bow
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How to Still-Hunt for Whitetails With a Bow

By Bill Vaznis

How to Hunt a Mature Buck Near His Bedding Area
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How to Hunt a Mature Buck Near His Bedding Area

By Travis Faulkner

3 Totally Normal Tactics Deer Hunters Used to Think Were Really Weird
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3 Totally Normal Tactics Deer Hunters Used to Think Were Really Weird

By Natalie Krebs

The Second Rut: How to Kill a Late-Season Buck
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The Second Rut: How to Kill a Late-Season Buck

By Mark Melotik

Top Dogs: Baron, the German Wirehaired Pointer
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Top Dogs: Baron, the German Wirehaired Pointer

By Scott Linden

Top Dogs: Duke, the German Shorthaired Pointer
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Top Dogs: Duke, the German Shorthaired Pointer

By Scott Linden

5 Simple Duck Calling Tips
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5 Simple Duck Calling Tips

By Darren Warner

Inspect a Deer’s Rumen To Locate the Hottest Food Sources
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Inspect a Deer’s Rumen To Locate the Hottest Food Sources

By Craig Dougherty

Bear Hunting Strategies for the Out-of-State Hunter
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Bear Hunting Strategies for the Out-of-State Hunter

By Toby Walrath

Four Factors to Plan For On Your Next Woodcock Hunt
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Four Factors to Plan For On Your Next Woodcock Hunt

By Tom Carpenter

Happy-Hour Roosters: How to Find Pheasants at the End of the Day
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Happy-Hour Roosters: How to Find Pheasants at the End of the Day

By Tom Carpenter

Consider Leaving Your Shotgun at Home for Grouse This Season
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Consider Leaving Your Shotgun at Home for Grouse This Season

By Tyler Freel

Whitetails: The Benefits of Baiting on a Small Property
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Whitetails: The Benefits of Baiting on a Small Property

By Tony Hansen

Three Tips for Hunting Wood Ducks on Creeks
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Three Tips for Hunting Wood Ducks on Creeks

By Tom Carpenter

Shooting Tips: How to Cycle a Bolt Properly
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Shooting Tips: How to Cycle a Bolt Properly

By Wayne van Zwol

Seven Overlooked Places to Shoot Your Limit of Mallards
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Seven Overlooked Places to Shoot Your Limit of Mallards

By Tom Carpenter

Mission October: Northwoods Cast and Blast for Grouse and Muskie
Fishing

Mission October: Northwoods Cast and Blast for Grouse and Muskie

By Mark Melotik

How to Hunt Fall Gobblers by Boat
Hunting

How to Hunt Fall Gobblers by Boat

By Brandon Butler

How to Attract More Quail to Your Property
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How to Attract More Quail to Your Property

By Colin Moore

The Fall Dispersal Phenomenon: Where Did All the Bucks Go?
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The Fall Dispersal Phenomenon: Where Did All the Bucks Go?

By Craig Dougherty

How to Find More Grouse Off the Beaten Path
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How to Find More Grouse Off the Beaten Path

By Tom Carpenter

How to Bag a Limit of Pheasants All on Your Own, Even Without a Dog
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How to Bag a Limit of Pheasants All on Your Own, Even Without a Dog

By Ron Spomer

Best Month Ever: Hunting and Fishing The Golden Days of October
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Best Month Ever: Hunting and Fishing The Golden Days of October

Rut Stands: Three Different Strategies to Take Go-Time Bucks
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Rut Stands: Three Different Strategies to Take Go-Time Bucks

By Mark Melotik

A Secret Recipe for Dove, Squab, or Upland Bird Breast Wraps
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A Secret Recipe for Dove, Squab, or Upland Bird Breast Wraps

By Andrew McKean

How to Hunt Geese Solo
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How to Hunt Geese Solo

By Eric Mathes

Three Tips for Patterning and Tracking Black Bears
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Three Tips for Patterning and Tracking Black Bears

By Bill Vaznis

Late-Season Bowhunting Plots: 10 Tips for Planting Small Food Plots Now
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Late-Season Bowhunting Plots: 10 Tips for Planting Small Food Plots Now

By Colin Moore

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Big Game Hunting

Bulls of the Mescalero: A Southerner’s First Elk Hunt During the Rut

By Bruce Brady

The Glock 43 vs 43X
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The Glock G43 vs G43X

By David Maccar

deer food sources
Big Game Hunting

The Most Underrated Food Sources for Whitetail Deer

By Josh Honeycutt

A herd of elk in the sagebrush.
Conservation

Utah Officials Secretly Culled 170 Elk on Church-Owned Deseret Land

By Dac Collins