California

New gear made for women helped author Becky Lou Lacock take this tom. She hunted with Joe Coogan of Benelli. Photo courtesy of Becky Lou Lacock.

Camo cut for women was once as rare as hens’ teeth. Now options abound for women hunters. Here are one huntress’ favorites.

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You have to change your tune when hunting educated coyotes that have heard it all.

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Ever look at a pheasant’s ears? Not the feathery ears on the top of their heads, but the ears they…»

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It’s a pleasure to take pride in the way your dog acts in a duck blind. Mike Stewart of Wildrose…»

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InterMedia Outdoor’s Jim Bequette sits down with Realtree’s Bill Jordan to talk about Realtree’s early days, what they’re doing now…»

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The holidays are upon us, and if you have friends or family who love hunting and fishing, now is the…»

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Don’t panic: You’re still on Game & Fish. You haven’t accidentally wandered onto some tabloid website or conspiracy nut’s forum.…»

Photo by Evan King

The forecast was for sustained fog in the San Joaquin Valley. Duck hunting fog. Jon and I hadn’t hunted the…»

Large rivers hold large aggregations of mallards. Hunting them successfully requires realistic decoys -- and lots of them. Photo by Mike Marsh.

While we scouting a natural lake that was far off the beaten path, my son Justin heard something that caught…»

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The whipping was undeniable. It seemed my fly-rod-wielding buddy was engaged with another trout every time I gave him a…»

Slightly larger than its cousin the ruffed grouse, the blue grouse often inhabits similar terrain and is nearly always found close to evergreens. Photo by Eric J. Hansen.

“There’s one!” my truck-driving friend almost shouted. A plump ruffed grouse sat just on the edge of the little, rocky,…»

Photo by John McFarland III

It was as dark as ink. The truck rocked with each gust of wind. The blown raindrops hit with so…»

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Jeff McCabe took a true Southern California trophy buck in D15.

Photo by Ken Archer

For me the California deer hunting season had come down to the final day. I’d been hunting national forest land…»