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How to Turkey Hunt Safely

FACT: Coming home is more important than coming home with a gobbler.

Mentoring New Hunters: It All Starts with a Gray Squirrel

Contributor Larry Case runs through the benefits of training new hunters on squirrels.

The Mississippi Diversion

A coon hunt in the Deep South leads the author to reminisce about his youth in the Northeast, his first coon dog and more.

Deer Hunting: How to Find Natural Food Sources

To know deer, you have to know what they eat. Use this guide to learn how to identify the food sources that will lead you to more big bucks this fall.

Tips and Tactics for Late-Season Bucks

Without standing crops to watch over, late-season deer hunting can be about as fruitless as a white oak in winter. When cold weather and wary deer make you want to give in, bundle up and try these tactics.

Know-How: Red or White?

In much of the eastern U.S., acorns are at the top of a deer’s menu come fall. But not all acorns—or oak trees—are equal, and knowing the difference can help you pick stands and plan when to hunt them.

Momma Knows Best, a Husband and Wife Turkey Hunt

Before the kids came along, Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller's wife was an avid hunter. He wasn't sure they would ever hunt together again, until she uttered the words, "Think we could hunt turkeys next week?" Find out what happened.

Memories Earned: A New England Grouse Hunt

In the woods of New England sparks of truth reveal days spent grouse hunting are always perfect, the shots always true, even if the birds don’t always cooperate.

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