“old buck”

Some areas are better than others for whitetails, but that doesn’t mean the grass is always greener someplace else.

Despite what your friends may say, there are plenty of reasons to shoot a doe. So the next time you show up to the check-station with a slick-head in tow, drop the tailgate with pride knowing these five things.

The nicely balanced B-14 HMR (Hunting & Match Rifle), perhaps more than any other offering from Bergara, proves the company's considerable capabilities as a rifle maker. It isn’t too heavy or bulky for carrying through the foothills, and its adjustable stock, compatibility with AICS-pattern detachable box magazines and heavier-than-average barrel make it worthy of a precision rifle match, too.

An able-bodied outdoorsman wheels a mile in the shoes of a disabled hunter to gain a new perspective on the simple act of deer hunting.

The Riton Optics X5 Primal 3X-18X-44mm provides a durable, easily adjustable scope for the discerning hunter. Contributor Brad Fenson takes an in-depth look at the scope's merits.

Here’s how to set up a ground blind for bowhunting including location, brushing in and scent control.

The whitetail opener can be a tale of two vastly different types of deer: Those bucks that can be relatively easy to kill, and those that aren’t. Here are some early-season strategies for both.

While the word “public” conjures visions of overcrowded parking lots and sparse game, those of us hunting public land this fall actually have millions of acres to roam. Do your research, and use this 10-point plan to take advantage of the bountiful public resource.

Among all the duck-hunting haunts up and down the Mississippi Flyway, a spot in the middle of a water-filled woods just south of Tunica, Miss., between the Mississippi and Coldwater rivers provides wingshooters with a glimpse of Southern tradition. This is Beaver Dam Lake, made famous not only by its fabulous fowling but by one of the South’s prominent sporting scribes, Nash Buckingham.