A tidal marsh looks open from a distance. There are few trees. No mountain ridges. No deep hardwood forest. No obvious place for a…
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Aoudad Hunting Is a Battle of Patience—How to Find Desert Sheep in Impossible Country
by rootby rootAoudad country looks impossible. The mountains are dry. The rocks are endless. The canyons appear empty. The slopes are covered with cliffs, brush, and…
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Pronghorn Country Looks Empty—Until You Learn How to Read the Wind and Distance
by rootby rootPronghorn country has a way of humbling hunters. At first glance, the landscape looks simple. Wide grasslands. Rolling hills. Sparse vegetation. Long visibility. Few…
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Rain Turns Berry Patches Into Black Bear Signboards—If You Know What to Read
by rootby rootA berry patch after rain can look quiet. Wet leaves hang heavy. Ferns drip onto old logging roads. The clear-cut smells like damp brush,…
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Hunting
Rain Turns Berry Patches Into Black Bear Signboards—If You Know What to Read
by rootby rootA berry patch after rain can look quiet. Wet leaves hang heavy. Ferns drip onto old logging roads. The clear-cut smells like damp brush,…
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Hunting
Rain Makes Sagebrush Country Look Empty—Until Mule Deer Start Using the Draws
by rootby rootSagebrush country can fool hunters. From a distance, the landscape looks open, flat, and easy to read. Low brush rolls across the hills, shallow…
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A cut cornfield after rain does not look comfortable. Mud clings to boots. Tire ruts hold water. Corn stalks lie broken across the rows,…
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Fresh snow makes snowshoe hare hunting look easy. The tracks are obvious. Long hind feet leave paired marks across logging roads, frozen swamp edges,…
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A muddy creek bottom can look destroyed after a sounder of feral hogs moves through it. The ground is rooted up. Tracks cover the…
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A rainy spring morning can make turkey hunting feel pointless. The woods are quiet. Leaves drip steadily. Fog hangs in the hollows, and the…