Hunting Tactics

If you're a bowhunter who hunts with a smoke pole, you need to back away from your funnel-stand, trail-stand or field-stand setups by another 75 or 100 yards. Get deeper into the woods and higher in the trees. Photo courtesy of Thomas Allen.

One of the most common mistakes I see in the whitetail woods by muzzleloader hunters who are also archery hunter,…»

A woodcock in the hand after a short hunt in local covers. Photo by Brad Eden.

During the overlap of the ruffed grouse and woodcock seasons, upland hunters get a unique opportunity to hunt both game…»

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When a hunter carries a handgun afield for big game, he or she joins an elite group of marksmen, unique…»

Gary Lewis rests his Kimber while Scott Denny, of Cheyenne, glasses from a rock outcropping on an October hunt in Wyoming. Photo by Gary Lewis.

Last October, we looked across the plains and watched band after band of antelope and mule deer in herds of…»

Photo by Brian Strickland

The cadence of shod hooves slapping against the rocky ground filtered through the damp mountain air as we eased up…»

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Most of us don’t own stock in an ammunition company.  Nor do we appreciate unloading shell after shell trying to…»