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Young hunter with shotgun holds quail, quail hunting tip concept.
Small Game

The Art of the Flush: Driving and Decoying Quail

By Alec Pratt on October 14, 2025

Quail hunting is a social event and a great chance to hunt with family and the dogs. However, unless you know how to flush them the right way, you'll have a lot of fun . . . but likely go home empty handed.
Close-up of Ben Cole in a duck blind, how to field dress a deer concept.
Waterfowl

How to Field Dress a Duck (with Ben Cole of RootedTV)

By Ben Cole, Rooted TV on October 2, 2025

Hunting ducks and geese is only part of the reward. After you knock down some birds, you need to field dress and get them ready to enjoy!
Quail bird walking and chirping on the ground.
Small Game

Hunting Quail Birds: Tips, Gear, and More

By John Gay on September 1, 2025

The sudden and startling explosion of wings as a covey bursts from underfoot can make even the most seasoned hunter’s heart race.
Deer droppings on rocky ground.
Deer

How to Identify Deer Droppings (and Why Hunters Do This)

By Kyle Wilson on August 21, 2025

When checking for deer sign, most hunters think of a few key items such as trails, rubs, scrapes, and browse within an area such as a food plot or ag field. But one sign you might not think about and overlook is . . . poop.
Hunter using a duck call, mastering the best duck calls concept.
Waterfowl

How to Master the Best Duck Calls for Better Duck Hunts

By Alec Pratt on August 7, 2025

If you’re new to duck hunting, duck calls can feel like trying to learn a whole new language — and it is. But that’s how most new things begin. It's new and potentially confusing until you get the hang of it.
Hunter using topographic map in HuntWise, find public deer hunting land near me concept.
Deer

How to Find the Best Public Deer Hunting Land Near Me

By Travis Hawkins on July 15, 2025

Finding public deer hunting land near me has become increasingly easier with the advancement of technology. A prime example is the HuntWise App, for instance.
Beagles ready to hunt, how to hunt rabbits with dogs concept.
Small Game

How to Hunt Rabbits With Dogs

By Cody Barhorst on July 9, 2025

Rabbit hunting is a long-time tradition that has been enjoyed over many generations. Many of our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents have probably hit the woods and brush piles trying to kick up a rabbit or two for their supper.
Hunters in an ATV in a duck habitat, building a duck pond concept.
Waterfowl

Building a Duck Pond: How to Create the Perfect Habitat

By John Gay on July 8, 2025

Waterfowl need places to stop to rest and refuel on their long migrations from their breeding grounds in the North to their wintering grounds in the South and back again every year. Building a duck pond not only creates a reliable duck hunting spot, but more importantly, creates a habitat and spaces for a variety of wildlife and enhances conservation.
A buck deer stands in tall brush, understanding and hunting thermals concept.
Deer

Hunting Thermals: How to Understand Them for Better Deer Hunts

By John Gay on July 2, 2025

Whitetails live and die by their nose, so it’s no wonder that deer are the olfactory champions of the woods. Hunters (human or otherwise) have been trying to beat their sense of smell with every method we can come up with, including staying downwind and practicing good scent control.
Buck deer rubs antlers on tree, deer rubs and scrapes concept.
Deer

How to Identify Deer Rubs and Scrapes (and What They Mean)

By John Gay on June 26, 2025

There are silent conversations constantly happening around us in the woods. Learning to read the language and signs left behind by deer can help you better understand what is being said and by who to become a more knowledgeable and effective hunter.
Wide wiew of a waterfowl habitat, when to plan millet for ducks concept.
Waterfowl

Waterfowl Habitats: When to Plant Millet for Ducks

By Teri Williams on June 23, 2025

We've met some seriously obsessed duck hunters, the kind of people who live and breathe the sport and are always thinking about ways to conserve the sport for themselves and generations of duck hunters to come.
Various firearms on a table, dry fire drills concept.
Firearms

5 Dry Fire Drills for Hunters to Improve Accuracy

By Cody Barhorst on May 26, 2025

As hunters, we should always strive to be as effective and lethal as possible. One method that can help elevate your shooting skills is dry firing.