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Preparing for a moose hunt? Here's the gear you'll need.

A week of hunting moose in western Newfoundland provides lessons in woodsmanship, patience and how to eat well in the backcountry.

Trustworthy function and repeatable accuracy are things hunters depend on a rifle to have. Jeff Sipe and Montana Rifle Co. build them into the Extreme X2.

Benjamin Franklin once wrote that the bald eagle “is a bird of bad moral character” while the wild turkey “is in comparison a much more respectable bird.” Historians like to point to this opinion as an example of Franklin’s original thinking and eccentric rationale, but he was hardly alone in such reasoning. Ben simply paraphrased the feelings of every turkey hunter from Alabama.

Want to lay a goose egg during your first appearance in the World Turkey Hunting Championship? Here's our how-to guide.

A World Turkey Hunting Championship? You'd better believe it. Team American Hunter is en route to La Cygne, Kan., with hopes of bringing home the trophy. You can follow their adventures on the American Hunter Facebook page.

Advances in materials and manufacturing have made pot calls more versatile, even specialized, as different combinations of surface, pot, sound board and striker produce different sounds. The downside is all these options can be overwhelming. Let us clarify things for you.

As its name suggests, the Winchester Super X Pump Long Beard is decidedly a turkey shotgun, and it has several traits that give it an edge over general-purpose scatterguns when facing a springtime showdown.

There’s a river monster lurking in the Potomac, and at night a bow is the best defense.