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Simple pleasures: That’s what deer hunting with friends is all about.

Field Editor Brian McCombie's only complaint about the suppressed hunting rig he used earlier this season in Texas was that he had to give it back when the hunt was over.

Hunters shouldn’t try to compete with farmers. You are not trying to grow crops in perfect rows in a large field. You are looking to bring in a buck you want to shoot in daylight. This means creating one or more food plots that bucks feel comfortable feeding in or cruising into as they search for does during the rut, during daylight.

Many hunters believe that hunting is banned on all national parks, but the truth is, many parks specifically permit it.

Need a place to hunt? Don’t overlook the increasing number of states now offering private-land-access programs for hunters.

Dreaming of the deer woods is all we are left to do for the summer. Right? Not even close.

Think that you know where all the big bucks are? You might be surprised.

Wise old mule deer bucks hole up in dark timber … or hide in plain sight. Tactics for one habitat may not work in the other; here’s how to adapt to successfully hunt both.

If football is a game of inches, then hunting is a chase of split-seconds.