“early season”

When the birds clam up and refuse to come to calls, you need to go to them. Where safe and legal, stalking and fanning a tom works wonders. Read this then try low-crawling.

Once upon a time predators raced to the sound of a call. Back then hunters needed nothing more to attract their attention—but these days you could use some help. Learn why modern hunters depend more than ever on decoys to help suck in coyotes and other predators.

How to blow a whitetail hunt, and lessons from the man who saved it.

Contributor Mike Roux gives some tips on how to set decoys in the early season.

If a full load of full-body goose decoys have become too much to tote into a walk-in-only setup, consider socks and silhouettes.

Shorten your mule deer learning curve with five tips learned over years of trial and error.

Early-season birds can be loaded with pinfeathers and have not yet fattened up. Having a recipe to use lean duck breasts without skin provides the perfect reason and incentive to hunt, no matter the time of year.

Meet the Stealth 450, the fastest conventional crossbow on the market, offering lightning speed at a price that is a good bit easier to swallow.

Burris Optics' Signature HD 15x56mm joins the original 8x42mm, 10x42mm and 12x50mm Signature HD models to provide hunters with a full range of optics to meet every adventure.