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While the NRA and like-minded organizations expose millions of kids to hunting and shooting sports each year, some special individuals have launched programs of their own to do their part for America’s youth. NRA Life member and avid bowhunter Ray Howell of La Crescent, Minn., and his Kicking Bear Ministry is doing just that.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote that the bald eagle “is a bird of bad moral character” while the wild turkey “is in comparison a much more respectable bird.” Historians like to point to this opinion as an example of Franklin’s original thinking and eccentric rationale, but he was hardly alone in such reasoning. Ben simply paraphrased the feelings of every turkey hunter from Alabama.

The holidays are here, and there's no shortage of gifts out there for hunters. That said, finding the right one can be a challenge. Fortunately for you, the editors of American Hunter have assembled a few recommendations.

Here's our list of this year’s top new guns and gear for lady hunters, straight from SHOT Show 2018.

Chasing bunnies with beagles is an affordable, exciting experience. If you’ve never tried it you should, but be careful—it’s easy to get hooked on hunting with these little hounds.

Here’s a proven guns and gear list for the collection of foxes, coyotes and other fanged-fur.

Here’s our list of the top new turkey loads and gear to help you get it done this season.

For mock scrapes to be successful, hunters need to know where and when to make one, and what to use to be sure mature bucks keep coming back.

Whether scouting food plots for that end-of-season monster whitetail, chasing faint bugles in the Western high country or waterfowl hunting over a frozen field, we’ve got your feet covered.