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The Ultimate October Playbook

This month presents opportunities for a bowhunter or early-season muzzleloader hunter—if you don’t mess up first. Here’s how to score before the rut arrives.

Your November Rut Playbook

Here’s a week-by-week guide to staying in step with the rut this month to up your odds of tagging the buck you want.

5 Reasons to Hunt Whitetails in Kentucky

The Bluegrass State is home to some bruiser deer, and there are plenty of opportunities for both residents and out-of-state hunters. Here are five important reasons you should add Kentucky to your big-buck bucket list.

5 Tips for Hunting Winter Whitetails

Didn’t fill your deer tag during the rut? There’s still time to find a good buck, but you must understand how whitetail behavior shifts in the winter months. Here are five tips for winter whitetail success.

Best Guns and Gear of 2017

As companies prepare to roll out their new products at SHOT Show 2018, we take a look back at the some of the most innovative hunting products introduced over the last year.

Are High-End Scopes Worth the Splurge?

For decades, hunters have been advised to spend more money on their scope than the rifle they mount it on, but is this advice still relevant in today’s burgeoning optics market?

How to Read Rubs

Learn to decipher the rubs you come across this fall to help pin down the movements of big deer.

How to Deer Hunt Each Week of the Rut

Here’s a game plan for each phase of the whitetail rut.

How to Hunt Late-Season Whitetails on the Plains

Late-season success in Plains states like Iowa hinges on learning to hunt dwindling food sources, extreme weather and odd deer behavior.

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