How I Spent My Christmas Vacation: Chasing Redheads In the Sunny South

By late December in Bryce Towsley's home state of Vermont, the ducks are gone. Unlike him, they are smart enough to understand there is another brutal winter coming and they flee south. So what's a poor, frozen boy to do? Take the hint: Make like a bird and migrate south.

Recipe: Chicken-Fried Venison

Contributor Bryce Towsley shares his take on chicken-fried venison.

Hunting Sunburned Ducks

When the weather is more suited to sunbathing than waterfowling, hunters must adapt or get burned.

An Extremely Polite Bird Hunt

A veteran grouse hunter finds out why fast-flushing birds of the Deep South are regarded as gentlemanly.

Local Legends: Why Butch and Harold Still Prowl the Big Woods

The experience of two Vermont hunters shows it’s never too late to find a new hunting partner.

Chiappa Rhino 60DS

It's never a bad idea to carry a backup gun when you are hunting, and the Rhino 60DS fills the role admirably—with a .357 Mag. punch.

Shotgun or Muzzleloader?

The choices hunters face when hunting whitetails where rifles are not an option can be confounding.

Going the Distance

So you want to be a long-range hunter? You have a super-accurate rifle and you have tuned the ammo until it punches little bug holes in the target instead of groups. The trigger is crisp and clean and you have the best optics money can buy on top of the gun.

First Look: .17 Winchester Super Magnum

There is no doubt that the .17 WSM elevates rimfire ballistics to a new level. But will enough gun companies jump on board to produce rifles in this caliber?

Hardware: Tract Toric

Never heard of Tract Optics? We can fix that.

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