How-To Hunting Tips

The fourth quarter of duck season is the toughest time to kill educated, pressured birds. But paying attention to three details and making sensible adjustments can turn tough days into big wins.

Phil Massaro discusses one of the most important stock features to consider for your rifle or shotgun.

Scout, mind the weather, carry the right decoys, remain mobile—there’s a lot a duck hunter must do to be successful. With the right tools and the wisdom to make them all work, you can meet changing conditions all season long.

Stealthily gliding down a slow stream in a canoe is a fabulous way for two duck hunters to spend a morning. It doesn’t take too many turns of a river to figure out which way the shooter in the bow wants to be facing when the ducks rise.

In the North Woods, when no snow covers the ground, you won't see deer by any hunting method unless you first find woods with sign. The most successful hunters here, regardless of the weather, are adaptable.

Hunters armed with the wisdom of age plan for eventualities like ailments, first-aid emergencies and remote communication. Everyone else should heed sage advice if they want to become an old hunter.

Hunt long enough and you’ll encounter the need to move a deer stand during the season. Here are some tips for the best ways to do so.

Perhaps the best thing a hunter can do to up their odds on public land is to cover a trail a buck uses to get to his bed at daylight. Look closely to find it, because you can be sure it won’t be covered in sign.

Shooting a bull as it comes stomping to your calls is an adrenaline rush, surely, but you need to be ready for silence. Here’s how to work your calls on low or mute.