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Be An Apex Predator

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

Into the Timber for Whitetails

After several years of study in “whitetail university” among the oak-covered landscape of his small piece of Kansas, the author has learned two valuable lessons: The deer do the teaching, and he’s a pretty dumb student.

Whitetail Hunting with SilencerCo Suppressors

Field Editor Brian McCombie had an opportunity to put SilencerCo-equipped firearms to use on a South Texas deer hunt. What's hunting whitetails with a suppressor like? Get Brian's take here.

Deer Defense Shield: Same Senses, Different Reactions

Researchers can dissect and explain the whitetail’s great eyes, ears and nose, but no amount of data can explain how and why each deer responds so differently to what it sees, hears and smells.

5 Crazy Whitetail Tactics That Can Save Your Season

Here are five strategies that may be a bit out of the ordinary, but could help you salvage your season.

Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 629

While the new Performance Center Model 629 is decked out with modern updates and upgrades developed over the decades—including a stainless steel frame, cylinder and barrel implied by the “6” prefix—it is Model 29 to the core.

The Little Big Game

When Frank Miniter was left to hunt rabbits without the help of dogs he found that it wasn't as difficult as he surmised. Here are some helpful tips to land cottontails without dogs.

Shotgun or Muzzleloader?

The choices hunters face when hunting whitetails where rifles are not an option can be confounding.

Things I (Just About) Always Carry Afield

Some things should always be at a hunter's side, some are nice comforts and some may save your life. Here's what you should consider taking into the field.

Going Hog Wild

Hog hunting provides an up-close experience that can get your adrenaline flowing.

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