“first aid”

There's some assembly required when it comes to equipping your gundog for the season. Here are a few recommendations.

Keep Rover in working order with this dog-friendly gear.

Illinois schools will soon have the option to provide hunter education as an in-class program or after-school activity to students across the state.

An all-important question was posed a couple days ago over on the Final Approach Facebook page: Besides shotgun shells, what do you feel is the most important piece of equipment in your blind bag?

If you don’t have an iPhone or some other smart gadget, get with the program and enjoy these great advantages before, during or after your hunt.

Many years ago I was involved in hunting clubs that allowed several different people to hunt the same large tract of leased land.

Not that anyone who hunts passionately in Africa is “normal,” but even by the standards of obsessive safari addicts, I stand out as, well, a bit strange.

Be sure to have these essential items with you on your next backcountry hunt to prevent bad luck from becoming a crisis.

Can you cope amid disaster that breeds panic and perhaps dangerous situations? Most hunters possess the tools, gear, skills and intelligence to do so. Call us crazy, but we’ll be ready when our neighbors are not.