If you are having trouble reading serial numbers on an old gun, knife or anything stamped in metal, simply take a lead pencil and lightly rub it over the numbers. The graphite will make them stand out ...

Open fields always seem to be my favorite places to hunt. Where I live, the deer appear at the woods edge, then enter the hay or cornfields where I then have to figure out the yardage. In the deep ...

Deer hunters are easier to pattern than deer. It took 18-year-old Cole Tiger of Bellaire, Ohio, the entire 2015 season to realize he was being played by the buck he hoped to shoot. While the enormous ...

Deer Reduction Zones, previously called urban zones, give hunters opportunities to harvest deer in defined urban areas and along portions of Indiana highways, in addition to harvests allowed within ...

Beginning July 1, hunters can apply for a variety of reserved hunts online. This year, instead of one application period for all draws, they are split into a few different date windows. The reason for ...

Throughout my two decades of experience in the hunting industry, I've met some incredibly wise hunters, both professional and amateur. I've learned a lot just from listening to and observing the many ...

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Even when the wind isn't blowing, unseen air currents carry our scent. The distance and direction these air currents, or "thermals" travel can vary, but one thing is almost constant: thermals will ...

Summer is finally here, and for deer hunters, that means it's testing season. Those who have recently added new bows and guns need to log plenty of range time, but those are the obvious chores that, ...