Ashes and Beyond: A Dying Wife’s Unselfish Gift Fulfills Hunter’s Lifelong Dream

By Greg Duncan Loss is a part of our lives. If you live long enough, you will eventually lose someone you love. For those that lose a loved one to cancer, the experience can be excruciating. Watching them slowly slip…

If You Build It, They Will Come: Creating Whitetail Watering Holes

By Josh Boyd The sun’s intense rays, coupled with humidity of a stifling nature cast relentless swelter as you sit atop your elevated perch in a white oak. With little more than an hour of time logged on stand, sweat…

Preparing and Cooking Doves Italian Style

By Richard Hines If you ask most dove hunters, few really hunt many days past the opening weekend. If doves were as good to eat as some of the other North American game birds, they might be pursued a little…

Scent Control in Hot Weather

By Pete Rogers The afternoon sun was scorching hot. Temperatures were near triple digits, and my clothes were soaked with sweat. August 15th is the traditional opening day of deer season along the coastal plain of South Carolina. The opening…

Predator Control 101

By Jill J Easton Are there more raccoons in your trash cans? Do coyotes howl just up the road from your property? Is there a skunk tunneling under your house? It’s all Russia, China and Korea’s fault.  Right now, you…

Defending The Hunting Home Front

By Josh Boyd The vast majority of today’s hunters are tasked with scheduling time for their outdoor pursuits around the confines of their normal nine to five job. For this very reason, time spent afield carries immense value. Weekdays at…

Urban Hunting? You bet!

By Mark Fike Hunters are increasingly becoming a valuable commodity in urban areas. Yes, you read that correctly. Urban areas all over our country, particularly the eastern portion of the country, are finding that that best way to control deer…

Hunting in Hot Weather

By Pete Rogers Darkness kept a strong grip on the early morning as I made my way to the first stand of the year.  It was August 15, opening day of deer season in South Carolina and an early entry…

Preseason Archery Practice For In Stand Efficiency

As you steadily draw your bow in anticipation of the shot opportunity to follow, the buck you have been eagerly observing all summer eases down a well-worn trail toward your location, much the way he has time and time again…

Above All Else, Pass It On

By Josh Boyd Self-reflection is perhaps one of the most noteworthy attributes of the human mind. An individual recalls and reflects upon the meaningful moments of their life and the direct impact in which they have played.  As outdoorsmen and…

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