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Skills Check: Shot Placement for Bowhunters

Contributor Mike Roux draws on a lifetime of personal and professional experience to consider the question: where should bowhunters really be aiming?

Trail Camera Tips

Looking for tips on trail-cam types, placement and strategies? Contributor Mike Roux may be able to help.

NBEF Offers Turkey Shot-Placement Chart

The National Bowhunter Education Foundation is offering a shot-placement guide to help wild turkey hunters improve shot accuracy for a quick harvest and game recovery.

Why You Need to Know Your Whitetail Neighborhood

Knowing all you can about the habitat the local deer herd calls home is critical to understanding their patterns, knowing where to place stands and how to plan and adjust for the coming hunting seasons.

Shot Placement 101: Where to Shoot a Deer

The goal of every shot at game is to guide the bullet to the perfect place on the animal so it enters the body and disables or destroys vitals resulting in a swift kill. Here’s a detailed look at the various options that get the job done.

Hunting African Plains Game: How and Where to Place Your Shot

While shot-placement may seem universal, it is actually oddly specific not just to individual game, but to game of specific geographic localities. Read on for some tips on where to place that shot when hunting African plains game.

Know-How: Smart Plans for Rut Stands

To have the best chance at seeing a buck, you must stay in step with the rut's three basic phases when choosing where to place your stands and which days to hunt them.

Are Neck Shots on Big Game a Good Idea?

A common item of discussion among big-game hunters is proper bullet placement. All of us agree a vital area must be the target, but that includes several options, and while neck shots can be extremely effective, they can also fail miserably.

Know-How: Find Your Superstand

The word “superstand” refers to a rare stand location that consistently produces bucks regardless of the season or conditions. Most times hunters luck into them. But you can find your own superstand, or even make one, if you know what to look for.

Know-How: Make-or-Break Stand Setups

Being ready for the rut starts with knowing where to place your treestand—and why.

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