Know-How: Red or White?
In much of the eastern U.S., acorns are at the top of a deer’s menu come fall. But not all acorns—or oak trees—are equal, and knowing the difference can help you pick stands and plan when to hunt them.
Scouting Secrets for Early-Season Bucks
You see a buck across a field in the soft, late light of a summer evening. You tell yourself he isn’t really that big. The velvet on his rack in the diffused light is giving the buck cartoon proportions. But he is big enough. You next look at the woods beyond the buck and wonder how you can get him in your sights in autumn daylight. To make that happen you have to concede and understand a few things.
The Pre-Rut Gamble
Are you good enough? That's the question to consider when hunting a mature buck while the canopy is still up and bright and the rut’s madness is still weeks away.
Squirrel Masters
What else do you call the best of 42 bushytail hunters scouring the woods of Alabama?
Member's Hunt: Frozen Stiff
Ordinarily it would be safe to assume an Alaska resident would have a pretty firm grasp of how to keep a firearm functioning in the cold, wouldn’t it?
Memorable Misses
Every hunter blows an occasional shot on game. It’s the unexplained misses that keep us up at night.
4 Tips for Early-Season Squirrel Hunting
Don’t wait until after big-game seasons for that low-pressure squirrel hunt. Go now while there are still plenty running around the trees.
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