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8 Biggest Preseason Blunders

This fall promises to be the best hunting season of your life—but only if you properly prepare. Don't commit these common mistakes.

5 Tips for Pre-Season Hunting Preparation

Dove season is here and the rest of the fall seasons are quick to follow. Not sure how much you should be preparing? Here are five tips from Georgia Pellegrini.

The Ruger American Rifle at Gunsite Academy

The fall hunting seasons are rapidly approaching, and there's never a bad time to work on your form. With that in mind, Ruger invited Associate Online Editor Shawn Skipper to Paulden, Ariz., to attend Gunsite Academy's Hunter Prep course under the watchful eye of venerable instructor Il Ling New. Once there, it was time to put the budget-friendly Ruger American Rifle through its paces. Get a closer look at Gunsite with this gallery.

Prep Now for Your Backcountry Hunts!

With early archery seasons coming in August, Karen Mehall Phillips decided it was time to get serious are her preparation. The result? A trip to Magpul's Backcountry Hunter's course in Yakima, Wash.

2016 NRA Outdoors Course Guide

Get the inside scoop on all of NRA Outdoors' latest course offerings.

Know-How: Field-Prep Your Crossbow

With more states opening archery seasons to crossbows, thousands of hunters are taking them afield for the first time. But without dad and grandpa there to give advice gleaned over generations—today’s crossbows are unlike any other hunting tool and are far more advanced than those of just a decade ago—techniques and tricks must be developed via experience. So instead of learning the hard way, simply get it here now.

10 Ways to Prep for Your Next Western Big-Game Hunt

Here are 10 simple things you can do now to be better prepared for your next big adventure.

Is Your Bow Hunt-Ready?

Our man admits the mistakes he has made over a lifetime of bowhunting so you can avoid them when setting up your rig for this season.

Making Meat: How to Be Your Own Butcher

Follow these guidelines on how to cool, cut, age, prep and cook game meat, and you’ll never hear complaints about “gamey” flavor again.

Know-How: Pup Prep

New pups don’t become good hunting dogs overnight. You have to set up yourself and your puppy for success, and it starts with the right mind-set and gear.

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