At first, snipe hunting can feel completely unpredictable. A hunter walks across a wet meadow that looks perfect. Soft mud. Short grass. Shallow water.…
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Fresh snow changes predator country overnight. A creek bottom that looked empty yesterday suddenly becomes covered in information. Rabbit tracks cross the brush. Deer…
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From a distance, Alaska caribou country can look easy. There are no endless stair-step mountain ridges. No thick hardwood forests. No walls of western…
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White-Tailed Ptarmigan Can Disappear on an Open Mountain—Here’s How to Find Them
by rootby rootAbove timberline, there does not seem to be anywhere for a bird to hide. The mountain is open. Rock fields stretch between patches of…
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A southern marsh can look like one endless sheet of water and grass. Canals cut through cattails. Mud banks disappear beneath floating vegetation. Small…
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Hunting
Axis Deer Don’t Behave Like Whitetails—That’s Why Hill Country Hunters Keep Getting Surprised
by rootby rootA hunter can spend years learning Texas whitetails and still feel completely unprepared the first time he seriously hunts axis deer. The country may…
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The elk rut is one of the most exciting times in North American hunting. The quiet mountain forest suddenly changes. A ridge that was…
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Mountain goat hunting is unlike most other big-game pursuits. The animal itself is only one part of the challenge. The real opponent is the…
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Sharp-tailed grouse country can look almost too open to hold birds. Grass rolls toward the horizon. Shallow coulees break the prairie. Scattered shrubs line…
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When Snow Covers the Fields, Pheasants Head for the Nastiest Cover on the Farm
by rootby rootLate-season pheasant country looks completely different from opening weekend. The corn is gone. Most grass has been flattened by snow and wind. Roadside cover…