How-To Hunting Tips

Might you be placing too much faith in November’s deer breeding party? The author is here to persuade you to concentrate your deer-hunting efforts in October. One reason: the whitetail’s predictability.

The only thing I can confidently say about elk hunting is that education is ongoing. After decades of autumns spent in elk country, I have learned a few hard and fast guidelines to heighten my odds of success, even without standing over an elk at the end of the hunt. Elk hunting is changing from season to season. Every lesson you learn from a previous season of hunting has merit in overcoming the low odds already stacked against you.  

We examine multiple ways to make the bucks you want get close to your stand.

Curious about summertime scouting? Read on for why this is the perfect time to find bucks and bulls where they live.

Get some tips from Scott Haugen on how to optimize your trail cam grid this season.

Whether it’s a lack of connectivity, or the dreaded dead battery, things can get hairy when the electronics aren’t working and you are deep in the unknown. We look at some simple means of finding direction to be used as a backup to electronic devices.

Take these factors into account when the bug bites for a big-buck bucket-list hunt.

Most of us want a big bear. These are five things Scott Haugen looks for to assess a bear’s size, respectively.

If you haven’t hunted feral swine yet, you’re missing out on an offseason opportunity to learn skillsets that’ll help you bag your primary quarry come fall. Additionally, you’ll be helping farmers and the local economy while also filling your freezer with one of nature’s finest proteins. Here’s how to get started.