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When you hunt in a land of endless possibility, it pays to be flexible.

A New World screwworm (NWS) outbreak in Mexico has raised alarms at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The impact on livestock and wildlife—including game animals—could be devastating if the flying insect and the flesh-eating maggots it produces are not kept out.

Wild turkey has incredible flavor and is highly versatile. Consider using it for a tailgate party, watching your favorite sports team or as the ultimate starter in a hunting camp.

They say that ignorance is bliss, and it is, until that bliss is snatched away by the cold, icy hand of reality. In this case, that hand was wielded by a fellow hunter sitting shotgun in an approaching pickup truck.

Few experiences in a hunter’s life compare with acquiring an over-the-counter tag for an emperor goose, or hunting a flock of 80,000 brant or any other of the myriad waterfowl that live on the Alaska Peninsula. And the fishing here—fuggedaboutit. This is a wingshooting and fishing paradise.

Necropsies conducted on two of the calves revealed high quantities of toxic Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) in their stomachs.

Vermont’s own Johannes von Trapp, the youngest member of the famous Trapp Family Singers, is an American hunter.

GPO USA has announced its latest high-performance riflescope—the Centuri 3-12x44i Super Compact—designed for shooters seeking a premium optic in a compact package.

Immigrants who escaped socialism after World War II founded a deer camp in west-central Wisconsin that endures today through shared Latvian bloodlines. Today, Latvian remains the camp’s primary language, but English litters half the conversations. Most conversations concern deer and deer hunting, same as they always have in Wisconsin.