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Want to kill more ruffed grouse? Field Editor Frank Miniter has you covered.

When you hunt ruffed grouse the last thing you want is a gun that doesn’t fit. To hunt birds genetically designed to out-motor and outmaneuver hawks, gun mount and reaction time is everything. The Stevens 555 provides one such solution.

Editorial Direction John Zent reviews Frank Miniter's latest releases, This Will Make a Man of You.

Sure, there are many other things for a hunter to do at this time of year, but if someone invites you along to run their beagles, go. Keep these things in mind.

It's time to start writing your own late-season success story.

Our writer's method for getting ruffed grouse in winter is quiet and tactical.

Some hunters fail to understand that the steel used for most hunting knives sold today is harder, and in some ways better, than their father’s or grandfather’s blades they once saw sharpened with a few clean passes on a stone. Only a skilled hand can put a fine edge on hard, modern blades without a quality sharpening tool to keep the angle correct.

Some trophy poachers shock you with their chutzpah.

Having a hard time tagging that gobbler? Here's the gear that's just too darn useful to go without.