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Why Deer Disappear From Your Trail Cameras Before Opening Day
Your summer buck vanished from trail cameras right before opening day. The deer probably did not leave. Your camera simply stopped telling the truth.…
2 months, 1 week ago
Why Camouflage Barely Matters for Rifle Hunting (And Where to Spend Your Money Instead)
I own four sets of camouflage. Sitka for late season. Kuiu for early. Some Realtree pants I bought on clearance and wore twice. A jacket in Mossy Oak…
2 months, 1 week ago
When a Bobcat Takes Your Favorite Marsh – Conservation Finds You Anyway
The day I lost my duck blind, I was standing in a parking lot holding a cup of gas station coffee and staring at a Bobcat that had already pushed hal…
2 months, 1 week ago
147 Shots a Week for Four Months. Then the Broadhead Went On and Everything Fell Apart.
I shot my bow 147 times a week for four months. I counted. I had a range set up behind the office — 20, 40, 60, and a faded orange dot at 80 yards th…
2 months, 1 week ago
Four YouTube Videos Won’t Save Your First Field Dressing
I watched four YouTube videos the night before my first solo field dressing. Four. I sat on the couch with a beer, nodding along like I was studying …
2 months, 1 week ago
Cast Iron Skillet, No Tent Pole: Five Days in the Adirondacks for Brook Trout
My buddy Dave has this thing where he describes terrible ideas like they’re facts. “We’re gonna fly into the Adirondacks,” he said over a beer in Mar…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Deer That Became Local Legends
Some bucks stop being deer. They become neighbors, ghosts, characters with names — and when they disappear, they leave a hole no new set of antlers c…
2 months, 1 week ago
Bowhunting Isn’t Rifle Hunting With Extra Steps. Here’s What Nobody Tells You.
I’ve been shooting rifles since I was twelve. I know how to find deer, how to read sign, how to sit still when my ass is frozen to a tree and my toes…
2 months, 1 week ago
4 Ways Your Rifle Gear Intuition Will Betray You in Bow Season
I shot my first deer with a rifle when I was twenty-two. Nothing special — a spike buck at about eighty yards, Remington 700 in .30-06, cheap Bushnel…
2 months, 1 week ago
From Mammoths to Managed Herds: A Short History of Hunting in America
When the first humans walked into North America roughly 15,000 years ago, they walked into a continent absolutely stacked with game. Mammoths, mastod…
2 months, 1 week ago