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Weigh the Odds in October

This is the deer hunter’s calculation. You ask yourself if there are low-impact entry and exit routes that will take you to and from a stand. Can you get a true wind in/near the buck’s likely bedding area? If you’re bowhunting, will you have to cut shooting lanes? Can you afford to risk making this buck even more nocturnal in October?

Five Muzzleloader Bullets To Field This Fall

Looking for a new, technologically advanced muzzleloader bullet for this fall? Here are five superior options.

How Bucks Get Whiffs of Us

There are too many variables with wind and terrain to explore here, but if you apply these general rules to your woods you’ll see the places where, though they might have a lot of sign, the winds aren’t stable enough to hunt.

Summer Range vs. Fall Range

Some bucks have a different fall range from their summer range and the two ranges don’t always overlap. There is nothing you can really do about either.

Member's Hunt: Late Season Luck

Member Shawn Thompson tells a tale of late-season success.

North American Deer Summit Kicks Off Today

Hosted by the National Deer Alliance, the three-day event on May 6-8 draws national experts on deer, deer hunting and deer conservation as they address the key issues facing today’s deer populations.

Member's Hunt: Changing My Life

I was 13 years old when I declared myself a vegetarian. To me, hunting was wrong. The thought of eating an animal turned my stomach. I cried every time I saw an animal die. I railed at people who hunted. I climbed on my soapbox and preached at the meat-eaters.

5 Ways to Find More Sheds

On March 7, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts across America will unite in search of antlers during the second annual #ShedRally—the world’s largest shed hunt. Keep these tips in mind when you head out looking for the sheds of the big ones that got away last season.

Winchester Deer Season XP: Knockdown Loads for 2015

While there's no shortage of factory loads that reliably kill deer, Winchester had an even sharper goal in mind for what would become its Deer Season XP line.

Hort's Hide-Away

Members of the Swanson clan trace their roots to a homestead in Michigan's Upper Peninsula their ancestors built in 1857. They're what are colloquially known as ‘Yoopers'—UP speak for ‘someone born up here.' 2013 was the last deer camp for family patriarch George Swanson, for after 77 years prowling these woods, he could no longer trust his eyes.

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