Hunting & Shooting

Seasons, safety, marksmanship, gear and the conservation that pays for all of it.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The harness goes on before your boots leave the ground

Almost nobody falls out of the seat. They fall on the sticks, in the dark, with a bow in one hand. Here's the system that stops it.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The ten seconds after your dog points are the whole hunt

Most missed birds, and every genuinely unsafe moment in upland hunting, happen between the point and the flush. Walk in like you mean it.

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Tracking A Wounded Animal When The Blood Runs Out

Most deer that get lost were lost in the first ten minutes, by a hunter in a hurry. Slow down, mark everything, and work the problem.

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Take hunter ed again, even after thirty seasons

The course isn't just a card for a 12-year-old. It's the cheapest tune-up in hunting, and the field day will humble you.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your best deer stand is the one you can reach in the dark

Scout your walk-in before you scout the sign, hang for the wind you actually get, and then do almost nothing for the first gray hour.

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Spring Turkey Comes Down to Your Pattern and Your Patience

Most missed gobblers aren't a calling problem. They're a shotgun nobody bothered to pattern and a hunter who stood up too soon.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Plan Your First Elk Hunt Backward From The Pack Out

Elk country doesn't grade on a curve. Build the legs, learn two calls, and know exactly how the meat comes off the mountain before you ever pull a trigger.

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Your dog's first duck season is really a training season

Shoot less, watch more, and fix the holes you built in. What a home-trained retriever needs from you between October and January.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your kid's first hunt should end before they want it to

Plan ninety minutes, set the maximum range in the backyard, and rehearse the shot out loud before you ever leave the truck.

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How to field dress a deer without ruining the meat

The clock starts the moment the animal is down. A calm, ordered method for getting the cavity open, the heat out, and the venison home clean.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Fishing With Kids Without Ruining It For Them

Ninety minutes, a dock, a box of worms and a bluegill. That's the whole plan, and it works better than anything ambitious.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Your first hunting season will mostly be waiting

License deadlines, access, cold feet, and the hour after the shot. The parts of a first season the gear catalogues leave out.

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When you're not sure of the shot, you already have your answer

Doubt in the moment isn't weakness or nerves. It's your brain telling you something you decided to ignore, and it's almost always right.

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Where to hunt when you don't own a single acre

Public ground is already yours, and private permission is won in July by people who ask well and then keep their word.

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Cutting up your own deer without wasting half of it

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The First Hunt Should Be Short, Warm and a Little Boring

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Your knife, your saw, and what else the pack has to carry

The gear that matters starts working two hours after the shot, when the light is going and the animal is bigger than you remembered.

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Dressing for the stand when you won't move for six hours

Sitting still in the cold is a different problem than hiking in the cold, and most hunters dress for the wrong one.

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