Hunting Tips

Labor Day weekend affirms yearly start for waterfowl hunters

Tips that may put a few more September geese in your bag.

Building a DIY pallet blind on the cheap

With a little work you can create a sweet hunting hut.

Teaching canine patience in the field starts in the summer

If you work on steadiness a little bit every day, you should end up with a dog that has solid manners in the duck blind, the CRP fields, or simply in your living room when guests visit.

Thinking ahead to fall hunting seasons: bird dog cardio

Devote time right now to considering how you’ll keep your retriever in shape during the summer.

Spring fever: Off-hours prime tom turkey time

We all love sunrise fly-down, but the best hunting hours to call in a boss gobbler often occur with the sun high in the sky.

Better turkey timing via trail cameras

Employing a simply trail-cam strategy can improve planning for your first spring gobbler hunt.

Turkeys now, turkeys later: Early-season longbeards on a predictable pattern

With turkey opener just a few weeks away, start studying the habits of gobblers in your hunting area right now.

Turkey blinds: best features for the spring bowhunter

A smart hunting blind strategy can help you score a big tom or respectable jake this gobbler hunting season.

Hunting cottontail rabbits in February: timing is everything

Plan out your winter brushpile forays, or your bunny hunting will be a bust.

Some real early turkey talk: Match your strikers with the right pot call

Just when you're ready to relegate one to a stash of calls in your camo bag, you connect with the right striker and you’re ready to put it in your vest for future action.

Playing the Western big-game hunting game

An elk or mule deer hunt in the Rocky Mountains or High Plains can take years of planning, so start now.

The light stuff: Running and gunning for late-season gobblers

When the morning sit doesn’t pan out and you have room to roam, scale down the gear and give mobile hunting a try. It’s a great way to find birds and get a little exercise to boot.

Field of nightmares: Dealing with tough gobblers

Ask any turkey hunter what’s the toughest turkey to hunt and you’ll most likely get a variety of answers. Nobody’s asked, but I’ll volunteer my opinion anyway. For me it’s the strutting tom in a field. Turkeys are likely to be…

Wild turkey surprise: Locating and calling boss gobblers during the unusual spring of 2018

A strange season has developed for longbeard activity, but persistent, savvy hunters still can locate a workable tom turkey.

Going back to your turkey-hunting roots: longbeards in the big woods

Every turkey hunter dreams of a textbook spring gobbler hunt. And when they do occasionally happen (for some it’s more occasional than others) we’re on top of the world. When you pull one off on a woodland or a mountain…

Focus on the hens and the food to find spring gobblers

And toe tracks along muddy trails or other soft areas can be good indicators of turkeys, as well as fresh droppings, and they’re just as good as a gobble for betraying silent toms.