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A good wingshooter mounts the gun, focuses on the target with both eyes and pulls the trigger in one smooth motion so the shot pattern strikes the target where the shooter expects the target to be. Here’s how to practice all that so you look—and shoot—like a natural.

Until manufacturers make clothing and laundry soaps that eliminate human movements, deer hunters should realize they face bigger worries than which camo or blaze-orange clothing hides them best.

The Weatherby New Mark V is an aspirational gun designed to be longed for and, once owned, used ably and proudly for generations—same as Roy Weatherby always intended.

Will the big buck you spot this month still be around on opening day? To find out, we asked three of America’s top whitetail researchers.

The .30-30 Winchester remains a top-seller, and new rifles are continually produced for the veteran cartridge. Why? It’s a simple design, easy on the shoulder and wallet, and very effective inside of 200 yards.

Here are four tips for hunting big bachelor bulls after the rut from finding where they are, to taking up their track and making a final approach.

While searching for a big buck’s discarded headgear this spring, you can accomplish other missions in your deer-hunting woods. Shed hunts can also be used for trail-cam updates, treestand maintenance, herd and habitat inventory and even a “bedroom check” of the deer population’s most tight-knit haunts.

Shed elk antler hunting is popular as a pastime and a business—mainly because sheds are found in some of the most picturesque country on the continent, and their sale delivers dollars. But make no mistake, it is hunting. Heed our man’s advice, based on experience, for a successful spring outing.