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Bryce Towsely explores elk cartridges that are going to give you an edge in elk hunting. This—you can be sure—is not an article about “adequate” elk cartridges.

Understanding how whitetails move through your hunting area during the rut is more important than patterning a particular buck or any other factor.

Scrapes are basically “points of interest” along corridors that deer travel at night. Scrapes that draw daytime visits usually offer added attractions.

Here are some old school skills that are as important and valid today as they were when bread was a dime a loaf, and people got their news by reading a newspaper.

The rut calls for a series of adjustments. As the bucks change their behavior patterns, you need to be there waiting for them.

The key to delicious venison is aging it properly. Just like a good twelve ounce T-bone at the best steak house in town, venison needs a lot of hang time.

The Myth: Shotgun slugs for big game should be limited to 100 yards.

Once the rut arrives, bucks spend their days avoiding hunters, sleeping and recovering in hiding spots, and you need to execute a home invasion to extract them.

Here’s our Top 10 list of locations every waterfowler would give a precious bid to hunt.