Food Plots for Deer: What to Plant This July for Fall
Food plots for deer planted in late July feed bucks through the fall rut. What to plant, when to plant it, and the soil step most hunters skip.
Hunting Tips
Field-tested hunting tactics. Tag strategy, timing by species and state, calling and scouting, and the small decisions that separate a filled tag from a long walk.
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Dove Hunting Gear 2026: The 12 Essentials to Buy Before the September 1 Opener
Dove hunting gear for 2026 comes down to 12 essentials: shotgun, choke, shells, decoys, and HIP certification. The full checklist before the September 1 opener.
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Straight-Wall Cartridge Rifles Are Spreading: What the 2026 Rules Mean for Deer Hunters
Straight-wall cartridge rifles keep gaining ground for deer season. See the states that changed 2026 rules and find the cartridge that fits your hunt.
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Colorado 2026 Draw Results: What Hunters Do This Week
Colorado 2026 draw results post May 26-29. The next-step plan for hunters who drew elk, deer, or antelope – and what to do if you didn’t.
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Trail-Cam Velvet: How to Pattern Summer Bucks for the 2026 Whitetail Season
Summer velvet bucks pattern on food, water, and bachelor groups. Here’s the trail-camera strategy that turns June images into October stand sites.
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Spring Turkey Hunting Preparation: Safety, Scouting Checklist, and Shotgun Patterning
Spring turkey hunting preparation starts before daylight: lock your plan, verify legality, and build conservative abort criteria so spring turkey hunting safety, a turkey scouting checklist, and turkey shotgun patterning are settled before you ever call to a gobbler. Define your spring window, lock in regulations, and build conservative abort criteria before you ever call…
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How to Count Points on a Buck and Score Deer Antlers
This guide covers how to count points on a buck and how to score deer antlers under the Boone and Crockett system, plus what changes for elk and mule deer. How to count points on a buck Count every projection on the antler that is at least one inch long and longer than it is…
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Elk Calling Tips: Essential Guide for First-Time Hunters
Mastering these elk calling tips is crucial for first-time hunters aiming to succeed during the thrilling elk rut. Elk hunting demands skill, patience, and a deep understanding of the animal, and effective calling can turn a quiet hunt into a heart-pounding encounter. Calls like cow mews and bull bugles attract curious or aggressive elk,…
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How to Outwit the Merriam’s Turkey
Uniquely beautiful, intelligent, with excellent color vision … the Merriam’s subspecies is a unique challenge to turkey hunters. It’s doubtful any other game species compels hunters to travel around the country with such vigor as the wild turkey, and then do it in such a relatively short period of time. Depending on the location, wild…
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Wild-Turkey Scouting for Dummies (Or Newbies)
I want to hunt turkeys, but I have no idea where to start … Turkey hunting is one of the most challenging and rewarding kinds of hunting in North America. Yes, they’re birds, but they’re not “just birds.” It’s hard to believe just how intelligent turkeys are until you’re interacting with them in the wild…
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5 Tips For Hunting Upland Birds
It’s wingshooting season! Here’s how to get the jump on those wily upland birds. 1. Scout early and often: When hunting doves, remember that as weather changes and food sources diminish, the birds change flight and feeding patterns. Scouting for flocks of doves roosting in trees without leaves will tell you where they are gathering,…
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LearnHunting.org: Helping Us Help New Hunters
Hunting is a right for all Americans … let’s keep it that way by teaching newbies! There are an average of 500,000 hunter education graduates each year. Many of these potential new hunters graduate from an online-only or hybrid experience. Unfortunately, a significant portion are not making it to the field to hunt, and the…
