Woodsmanship Skills: Water Purification
Whether you’re camping, bowhunting the backcountry, or surviving unexpected situations, water is a necessity. Your body is about 60% water. Going three days without it leaves you dangerously dehydrated, and…
Woodsmanship Skills: How to Build a Fire
If fires can start naturally in the woods without human help (hello, lightning strike!), everyone should have the skills and knowledge to spark one intentionally. Knowing how to build a…
Sight Leveling: It’s Important, and Here’s How it’s Done
Shooting on flat ground is the norm when practicing and sighting in bows. But bowhunters rarely shoot from flat ground. Uneven terrain tests our accuracy, as does steep vertical angles….
Your Game Plan for Scouting Public Land
Finding public land, scouting it, and filling your freezer with lean protein is a fun process that’s challenging and rewarding. Whether you’re new to hunting public land or simply want…
How to Find Turkeys to Hunt
Before you can call a strutting tom into bow range, you have to find turkeys to hunt. Here are the three steps to finding turkeys. Step 1: Find a Place…
Dominate the 3D Course with These Tips
The typical archery range is flat, with targets set at exact distances. In contrast, 3D archery takes the range into the woods, introducing unique angles, unmarked distances, and new ways…
5 Steps for Bagging Your First Gobbler
Your heart races as a nearby tom gobbles just before strutting into your decoys. As you grab your bow, you hear the gobbler’s unmistakable drumming and its wing tips dragging….
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How to Use a Slate Call
Calling in a mature gobbler generates a special kind of excitement during spring turkey hunts. It’s guaranteed to jack up your heartrate, and make you come back for more. To…
Get Ready for Your First Bow Season
Do you want to start bowhunting? You have plenty of time to prepare for autumn’s hunting season, but you have much to do. To prepare, you must learn new skills…
Your Guide to Western Bowhunting
Wide-open vistas and whiffs of sage and ponderosa pine inspire bowhunters to flock westward each fall for adventures on rolling prairies and remote mountains. If a Western bowhunt is on…
