Sit Still, Shoot Twice
M. D. Johnson If you bag a squirrel from one mast tree, don’t hurry to rise and pick him up. If you bag a squirrel from one mast tree, don’t…
M. D. Johnson If you bag a squirrel from one mast tree, don’t hurry to rise and pick him up. If you bag a squirrel from one mast tree, don’t…
M. D. Johnson Don’t walk directly at a sitting cottontail. Don’t walk directly at a sitting cottontail. Rather, walk toward the critter in a circular fashion, with each round slightly…
M. D. Johnson Black bears may look slow, clumsy and dim-witted, but they’re anything but. Black bears may look slow, clumsy and dim-witted, but they’re anything but. A spooked blackie…
M. D. Johnson It pays to be quiet when pursuing late-season roosters. It pays to be quiet when pursuing late-season roosters. Pheasants have extraordinary hearing, and six weeks of hunting…
M. D. Johnson When calling predators like fox and coyote, start out your sequence at a low volume… When calling predators like fox and coyote, start out your sequence at…
M. D. Johnson Red fox and grey fox both in your area, but one fetching a higher price than the other at the fur buyer’s shed? Red fox and grey…
Christopher Renshaw The first part of this series focused on food and water considerations in habitat management. The following components—shelter and space—comprise the more “management intense” aspects of creating usable…
David Hart Can you shoot one-inch groups at 100 yards? Do you knock down every deer, coyote or elk you shoot at? If your answer is “no,” there’s a simple…
Peter B. Mathiesen Keeping today’s ATVs in top running condition can be a lesson in computer training and electronics. New ATVs run more efficiently, and they’re more comfortable and powerful.…
David Hart It’s been a year since Ruger introduced its American Rifle, the company’s plunge into the booming and crowded low-cost, bolt-action rifle market. That’s more than enough time for…
Peter B. Mathiesen With spring turkeys across the 48 states ready to answer your call, we thought it was a good time to look at some Made in the USA…
Craig Boddington By the 1930s virtually all big game species were at a low ebb in the United States, a long-term decline accelerated by meat hunting during the Depression and…
By David Hart Thirty years ago, a glimpse of a coyote in the southeast or mid-Atlantic was as rare as a bigfoot sighting in the Pacific northwest. Not anymore. While bigfoot…
By Craig Boddington Honestly, I’m not crazy about the term “modern sporting rifle.” On the other hand, it’s like fingernails on a blackboard when I hear semiautomatic sporting rifles described as…
By Tracy Breen Every January, all things archery can be found at the Archery Trade Associations’ annual trade show. This year, the show was held in Louisville, Kentucky, and like every…
By Steve Felgenhauer Most hunters I know have a set of antlers hanging around their place, either in their garage or mounted professionally and placed over the mantel in their living…
By Craig Boddington Our American deer rut at different times in different places. Perhaps the earliest rut I know of is on California’s Central Coast, where I’ve hunted much of…
Craig Boddington Our American deer rut at different times in different places. Perhaps the earliest rut I know of is on California’s Central Coast, where I’ve hunted much of my…
David Draper “Get ‘em, boys!? At these three simple words, our little cornfield exploded in furious action, four hunters bursting from well-concealed layout blinds with shotguns barking. In less than…
Doug Howlett Late season can be tough on a deer hunter. The weather’s colder, the rut is over, deer have been pressured, and quite honestly, for the hard hunting among…
Dave Hurteau This year, get your shooter the one surefire, can’t-miss, classic Christmas gift. Get an air rifle. With so many models available today, ranging from $20 to more than…