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Why My Best Hunting Happens in the Worst Weather

For a certain type of hunter, the worst of winter brings the best action of the year

If you enjoy coaxing critters in with calls and decoys for close encounters, there's no better time to be out there.
Original author: Will Brantley


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Best New Compound Bows from the 2019 Archery Trade Show

A first look at the hottest new hunting bows of the year

As popular as crossbow have gotten, the 2019 Archery Trade Association show was still a vertical bow feast of cams, risers, and d-loops.
Original author: Tony Hansen


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Best New Crossbows from the 2019 Archery Trade Show

This is by no means a comprehensive test of the new crossbows. You’ll find that in the fall issue of our magazine. This is simply a first look at the new bows, so you…
Original author: Tony Hansen


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Best New Bowhunting Gear 2019

Our editors hit the Archery Trade Association showroom floor to find the hottest new archery gear

Each year, the top gear makers in bowhunting get together for the Archery Trade Association show to put their best new products on display. There’s a lot of great stuff…
Original author: The Editors


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4 Simple Tricks to Protect Ice Fishing Gear

Easy and inexpensive solutions that safeguard your gear and make life easier out on the ice

The best way to outlast Mother Nature on frozen water is to take care of your gear, whether that’s while transporting it on the ice, or placing it in offseason storage.
Original author: Ross Robertson


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5 Tips for Hunting Late-Season Diving Ducks

A hot diver shoot is something you'll never forget, but decoying these birds in close calls for specialized gear and tactics

Dedicated diver hunting means swarms of bluebills, redheads, canvasbacks, and goldeneyes decoying just off the gun barrel. It takes place on big water and is at its best…
Original author: Will Brantley


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The Deer Plague: An Inside Look at the Fight to Stop Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic wasting disease is the largest threat facing wild deer. But after two decades of fighting the disease, we still can’t agree on how to stop its spread. Are captive-deer farmers the source of the problem or part of the solution?

Chronic wasting disease is one of the greatest threats to wild deer, but after twenty years of research, biologists, hunters, and wildlife managers aren't any closer to…
Original author: Andrew McKean


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Four Things Hunters Should Know About Chronic Wasting Disease

New information and trends on how CWD is affecting North American whitetail numbers and how hunters can help stop its spread

The results of ongoing chronic wasting disease research and analysis is offering additional glimpses into not only the makeup of CWD, but also potential ways to keep the…
Original author: Andrew McKean


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How to Find and Identify 13 Wild Winter Edibles

Learn to locate and recognize these forageable species in the coldest season of the year

Learn to locate and recognize these forageable species in the coldest season of the year.
Original author: Tim MacWelch


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8 Ways Cotton Can Actually Help You in a Survival Situation

Skip the cotton clothing and try these tricks instead

When applied to the right task, this fiber can start a fire, light our way, and help us acquire meat in a survival setting. Skip the cotton clothing in cold weather and…
Original author: Tim MacWelch


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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Bird Bands

Waterfowl hunters wear these metal rings like a badges of honor, but the information bands provide to biologists makes each one worth its weight in gold

Bird bands are more than just keepsakes. Bands help deliver invaluable information to managers to help them set seasons and bag limits so sportsmen and women have plenty…
Original author: Joseph Albanese


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Christmas Goose Recipe: How to Sous-Vide a Wild Goose Breast

The ultimate recipe for wild Canada goose

I usually grind up Canada geese for sausage. I mix in venison and plenty of pork (for the fat) and add either brat or polish sausage spices. It’s a good winter project…
Original author: Alex Robinson


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Senate Fails to Reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund

One of the nation’s best conservation funding programs was killed in the Senate last night

America’s bedrock law for protecting public access to the outdoors and providing quality hunting and fishing habitat is dead and cold on the floor of Congress. Blame the…
Original author: Ben Long


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Ryan Zinke Departs Interior with a Mixed Record on Sportsmen’s Issues

The Department of the Interior secretary resigned last week

The secretary of the Department of the Interior resigned last week…
Original author: Andrew McKean


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Two Hunters Tag Two 200+ Inch Giant Whitetail Bucks

A pair of veteran hunters tag separate giant bucks in early November and share their hunting strategies to help you do the same

Mike Sheffer and Donnie Ervin are a pair of western Kentucky hunters and family friends with a shared history of hunting big whitetail bucks. In early November, they…
Original author: Colin Moore


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Video: Cheyenne's Late-Season Cow Elk Hunt

A 15-year-old's fast hunt for fresh venison

Late season can be one of the finest times of year to hunt elk for the freezer. On this hunt, my 15-year-old daughter Cheyenne and I make a quick evening trip onto the…
Original author: Aram von Benedikt


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Gun News of the Week: Gun Control Restrictions Will Imperil the Nation’s Defense Industries

Plus: Democrats to Use CDC Report to Argue Guns Are ‘A Public Health Risk’

Last week’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report that documents U.S. gun-related deaths reached their highest level in almost four decades in 2018—nearly 40,000—will…
Original author: John Haughey


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Michigan Bowhunter Kills 227-inch Monster Whitetail Buck

Archer Corey Memering spent nearly a year scouting, tracking, and earning permission to hunt private land for a chance at one of the largest whitetails ever shot in the state

The day before Halloween 2018, Michigan native Corey Memering walked into the woods near his home, hoping to encounter a deer he and other hunters knew lurked nearby,…
Original author: Ben Romans


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2018 Farm Bill is a Win for Outdoorsman, Puts More Dollars into Conservation

Earlier drafts of the bill threatened to slash conservation by $1 billion. But sportsmen groups and conservationists fought back hard and conservation programs fared…
Original author: Ben Long


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How to Plan the Ultimate Waterfowl Hunting Road Trip

Don’t wait for the ducks and geese to come to you. Load the truck and hit the road for the best hunt of your season

When it comes to waterfowl hunting road trips, there’s no guarantee you’ll shoot limits of birds every day. But with the right gear, hunting partners, and attitude, I…
Original author: Alex Robinson


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