The hottest gear for the duck and goose hunter on your holiday shopping list
The hottest gear for the duck and goose hunter on your holiday shopping list.
Original author: Alex Robinson
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Here are some ways you can reward your dog this season for all the joy, giggles, and recreation (okay, and a measure of aggravation) they provide the rest of the year.
Original author: Andrew McKean
Not sure what to buy a female hunter for Christmas? Check out these ideas
If you’ve got a big-game hunter on your holiday shopping list, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve rounded up my favorite women’s-specific hunting gear from this…
Original author: Natalie Krebs
Hunters are a notoriously difficult population to buy gifts for. Backcountry hunters are even worse. We have high expectations for our gear, and a cheap piece of kit…
Original author: Andrew McKean
If you've got an archery hunter on your list, we've got you covered
To ensure you get the best bowhunting gear under the tree this year, you’ll need to make a solid list. Here are 10 of our top picks for bowhunters this holiday season.
Original author: Tony Hansen
A look back at the gift guides of yesteryear
Here's a look at some of the gifts we've suggested and advertisers have offered over the past century in our December issue. We've even accounted for inflation.
Original author: Natalie Krebs
People who are changing the way we hunt, fish, shoot, and think about our wild world
Everyone has a lesson to learn, but also to teach—and some are better than others at making curriculum stick. That's the idea behind this roster of "teachers, who are…
Original author: The Editors
A look at the life of the man who changed the way we think about hunting
Jim Shockey's influence on the world of hunting has been two-fold. First, and most important, he's made adventure hunting in far-off places for exotic species palatable…
Original author: Alex Robinson
A final hunt on the family farm produces the buck of a lifetime
I resolved to return to the family farm in November, and I would bring Dad's Mauser for the last deer hunt on the home place.
Original author: Andrew McKean
You might be smart, but that doesn't mean you're hunting smart
An emerging theory in psychology is shedding light on why smart people make dumb decisions. It's called "decision fatigue."…
Original author: Ben Long
One of the hottest rounds in rifles proves its worth in the deer woods of Kentucky
The 6.5 Creedmoor proves itself worthy in the whitetail woods of Kentucky.
Original author: Tony Hansen
Load up on first-ice panfish
Try this proven, almost regimented, hard-water strategy for finding and catching big bluegills and crappies.
Original author: Brian Ruzzo
Chasing game in Hawaii leaves plenty of time for the beach
When I asked my daughter Iris if she'd be interested in joining me on a hunt in Hawaii, she jumped at the chance to take her hunting skills and interest on the road. But…
Original author: chillman
Try these bad footwork drills to prepare for the worst flushes
Rules sometimes need to be broken. At least, that's true with a shotgun. A huge part of proper shotgun training has always focused on proper foot placement, but perhaps…
Original author: Bryce M. Towsley
What exactly is the point of POI?
Most of us pick up a new shotgun and assume it hits in the same place as every other shotgun. But that's just plain wrong.
Original author: Brad Fitzpatrick
Find and target concentrated walleyes in the dead of winter
Here are the walleye pro's three favorite tactics for loading the cooler in the winter. Although you don't really need a cooler.
Original author: James Brandt
Don't ruin a hunt by wearing the wrong footwear
I've spent nearly 50 years tromping the northern rockies. Here what's in my present boot collection, and how I choose what to wear on each hunt.
Original author: Ben Long
A trio of new ammo for 1,000 yards
Ammo makers have stepped up their game with various loads designed to center-punch targets at way-out-there distances.
Original author: John B. Snow
Time-yellowed pages and long-faded memories are all that remain of Alabama's mythic 24-pound bass
If you thought the world-record bass was caught in 1932 by George Perry in Montgomery Lake in Georgia, you'd be right, of course. While there is no verified photo of…
Original author: Robert DeWitt
Hunters and anglers celebrate addition of more public access
The news around the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in north-central New Mexico is a breath of fresh air, in an era when access to the outdoors is rapidly eroding and elected…
Original author: Ben Long