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Campfire - Autumn In August

The first ripe mast and sweltering days of late summer mean one thing hunting season is here again

Fit And Shim

Customize your gunstock’s drop and cast for mere pennies

Hot Bronze

An old pair of wading boots, a few choice flies, and a couple of tweaks to your usual trout presentations are all it takes to light up a smallmouth stream during the dog days of summer

Round Down

Roll your own subsonic loads for deer, predators, and hogs 

Season's Eatings

EATINGS Four live-bait presentations guaranteed to trick fall gamefish

A Sportsman's Life Loss And Found

What to do when life hands you a cinder block.

Snow Birds

A sudden winter storm makes an already challenging public-land hunt even harder—and more rewarding.

Tough Love

The best hunting buddies push you to go farther and work harder than you would on your own.

A Miracle Tail

How the world’s worst toy created the most lifelike streamers ever.

A Stand In The Valley

An archery hunt in the Riverbottoms of West Tennessee proves there’s still tremendous public deer hunting for anyone willing to work for it.

The Deer Standwich

How do you make the “best sandwich in the world” even better? Add venison.

Forged Accuracy

Countless American hunters—the author included—have iron sights to thank for making them the marksmen they are today.

Long-Range Shootout

We put five top big-game bullets to the ultimate test.

Bo Whoop Comes Home

After being lost for 57 years, Nash Buckingham’s legendary shotgun goes back to work in a Mississippi duck blind.

The Waterfowl Frontier

Chasing Ducks on Big Water Is One of the Most Dangerous Hunts in North America. But if You Respect the Risk and Are Willing to Work Hard, It’s One of the Most Rewarding, Too.

Where Monsters Roar

Chasing Red Stag in New Zealand Is a Deer Hunter’s Dream.

The Ship Wreck Of San Leon

Last spring, two texas anglers experienced a fishing trip from hell—rogue waves, a capsized boat, lightning, even a heart attack. But a strong will to survive, and a lot of luck, kept them alive.

Campfire

BURIED IN BASS HEAVEN Sometimes finding the biggest spring largemouths means scraping a little paint off the boat—or tidal sludge out of your underwear

The Graduate

The Graduate

Combat Doves

Taking your limit of opening-day doves usually means outsmarting, and outshooting, stiff competition.

Scotch'D Venison Jerky

Two deer-camp favorites collide in this addictive snack.

The Old Ones

As the author struggles with the unexpected death of his cousin-his hunting buddy-he searches for ways to preserve his cousin's legacy at deer camp.

Stick With It

Here’s the one lure you need to catch big, bad autumn trout.

Pile Drivers

Once endangered, the sandhill crane has recovered remarkably well, giving hunters one more reason to head north.

Weather Stripping

The April streamer bite in the Northeast can be red hot, even when the air suddenly turns ice cold.

Opening Day In America - Midwest

The Quick BuckThere’s no time like the bow opener for patterning and ambushing a trophy buck

Opening Day In America - East

Something had changed. After 40 minutes of still-hunting through silent timber, the woods erupted in chatter.

King Of The Hill

King Of The Hill

Campfire - Fall In Line

Cooling temps and rising stream levels mean one thing—trout and landlocked salmon are on the run

No Regrets

Sooner or later, you’ll be faced with a long shot. Are you truly ready for it?