Opening Day Turkey Hunting Tactics
Hunters who don’t map out a plan of action beyond when to wake up risk getting skunked. Here’s insight into the mind of turkeys to help you pick the right spots to set up, and when to move and call to outfox toms from sunup to sundown.
Deer Camp Coffee Opening Day Medium Roast
Most deer hunters would agree, nothing is more important to a successful hunt than their morning coffee. Recognizing this importance, Deer Camp Coffee has released its Opening Day Medium Roast, featuring Realtree EDGE camouflage packaging.
Pennsylvania Moves Historic Deer-Season Opener
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners voted to change the opening day of firearm deer season from the Monday after Thanksgiving to the Saturday after Thanksgiving, breaking a Pennsylvania tradition that has stood for more than half a century.
Your Post-Opening Day Playbook
Opening day has come and gone. What now? Frank Miniter offers a few pointers.
How to Avoid Opening Day Disasters
Opening day of hunting season! How we love it. How we anticipate it. How we should fear it …
Porter's Progress: Osceola Camp Straight Ahead!
NRA President Jim Porter lands in Florida and is en route for Osceola turkey camp!
Dove Load Options: Opening Day and Late in the Season
Shots taken on doves are decidedly different between Opening Day and late in the season, thus requiring different loads. See what American Rifleman Managing Editor Aaron Carter recommends for each scenario.
Buck Fever
It's unlikely that anything stirs more hunters across America than the opening day of whitetail deer season—a day that leaves many with "buck fever."
A Nation of Plinkers
A lot of fun and inherently American, plinking can improve accuracy and is a perfect summer activity for shooters of all ages.
10 Million Deer Hunters Roll Out for the Rut
This is a big deal. Work will wait, schools will close—all in the name of deer season. Can you feel the wind blow out of the northwest? It’s opening day.
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