A bull elk can make a mountain feel alive. The first bugle echoes before sunrise. Another answers from a distant ridge. Then another. The…
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Mountain Goats Live Where Most Hunters Quit Climbing—Here’s How Alpine Hunters Find Them
by rootby rootMountain goat country does not look welcoming. Sharp ridges. Snowfields. Vertical cliffs. Loose rock. Cold wind. The kind of terrain where most hunters naturally…
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Spring turkey hunting in western mountain country can begin with two completely different seasons on the same hillside. The valley floor is green. Creeks…
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Coues Deer Are Called the Gray Ghost for a Reason—Most Hunters Glass Right Past Them
by rootby rootA Coues whitetail buck can stand on an open Arizona hillside and still disappear. There may be no thick swamp. No wall of northern…
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Prairie Chickens Live in Huge Open Country—But the Best Coveys Keep Using the Same Small Habitat Clues
by rootby rootGreater prairie-chicken country can make a hunter feel very small. Grass stretches for miles. Fields roll into the horizon. There may be no obvious…
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Rail Hunting Happens in Water Too Shallow for Ducks—and Mud Too Deep for Most Hunters
by rootby rootAt first glance, a shallow marsh can look almost empty. The water is barely deep enough to cover a hunter’s boots. Wild rice, sedges,…
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Sandhill Cranes Can See a Bad Setup From Hundreds of Yards Away—Here’s How Field Hunters Adapt
by rootby rootSandhill cranes are not small birds. They stand tall. Their wings are enormous. Their calls carry across open prairie. A flock crossing a Texas…
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Nilgai Look Huge in the Open—Then Vanish the Second They Reach South Texas Brush
by rootby rootA mature nilgai bull does not look like an animal that should be difficult to find. He is large. Heavy-bodied. Dark across the shoulders.…
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Chukar country has a cruel sense of humor. You hear birds calling from the slope above you. You climb. The calling stops. A covey…
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Woodcock Hide in the Wettest Young Cover—And That’s Exactly Where Most Hunters Walk Around
by rootby rootAmerican woodcock country rarely looks inviting. The ground is soft. Alder stems grow close together. Young aspen branches grab clothing. Ferns cover hidden holes.…