Conservation
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The Cocked-Leg Cure Using scent to get a disobedient dog’s attention
The best advice for handling willful, dominant dogs is to “become the pack leader.” However, one of the most effective...
Tarsal Trickery Spice up your scent strategy with doe glands
For a deer scent to be perfect, it would need to possess four attributes. First, it would attract all deer,...
Grouse Guns How hunting preferences have changed over 20 years
What’s the perfect shotgun for ruffed grouse? Don’t bother to look. There isn’t any one such gun, mainly because the...
Antelope are Different Don’t let that 80 percent success rate fool you
Who cast this guy anyway? Tawny complexion, a pair of skin-tight Wranglers, black 10-gallon hat, dinner-plate-sized belt buckle and boots...
Knockdown Power: Here’s Why Some Calibers Always Seem to Flatten Game
No doubt about it, the odds-on favorite debate of big-game hunters (and certainly the longest lasting) is about the so-called...
Amped-Up Ears
If your hearing is poor, or if you’re just looking for an added edge in the woods, consider a hearing...
When Bucks Use Scrapes New research reveals startling facts about buck activity
After digging into a recent study on the scraping behavior of bucks done by Karen Alexy, a graduate research assistant...
Sound Advice Let your ears guide you to game
The hickory tree was 60 feet tall, its stout branches laden with fall foliage. From a distance, I watched a...
Tricking a Bull’s Eyes
If you’re hunting elk with a bow, chances are it’s bugling season and you can take advantage of a bull’s...
Ssssafe Snakes Take our quiz to see how well you know your serpents
Since the days of the Garden of Eden, snakes have suffered a bad reputation: If it’s a snake and somebody...