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Field Editor Bryce Towsley gets a little help in “his” Mississippi stand.

Your whitetail hunting location may be as expansive as a national forest or as small as an uncle’s 40-acre woodlot. In either scenario, whitetails have a knack for slipping by just out of shooting range. Whether using a firearm or archery equipment, you do have options to lure whitetails closer. Consider setting a trap this season for your best opportunity at an ethical, in-your-face shot.

After the gun goes off, what you do next will directly impact if you successfully recover your deer or elk.

Looking to come home from the field empty-handed? Simply follow one or more of these avenues to failure.

Any DIY elk hunter must learn to sort fact from fiction. Read on for tips straight from the field.

The best early-season waterfowl hunting depends on scouting and understanding bird movement as the birds’ preferred food sources shift, and employing the right equipment to hunt the range of situations in which you find birds.

The only thing I can confidently say about elk hunting is that education is ongoing. After decades of autumns spent in elk country, I have learned a few hard and fast guidelines to heighten my odds of success, even without standing over an elk at the end of the hunt. Elk hunting is changing from season to season. Every lesson you learn from a previous season of hunting has merit in overcoming the low odds already stacked against you.  

As anticipated, the first family flock of Canada geese lifted off their nearby river roost, nearly skimmed the big-leafed cottonwoods and set their wings. I called once, letting the half-dozen full-body decoys do the rest. Five birds came in, three left.

Curious about summertime scouting? Read on for why this is the perfect time to find bucks and bulls where they live.