On the South Carolina Youth Turkey day, I took a little buddy that I’ve called turkeys to in past years. He and his dad met me before daylight on that Saturday morning and my young friend was excited…
Before season, Heather my daughter, who has taken the Royal Slam and scores of turkeys, sat at the patterning bench and had trouble with being consistent on shot placement. She wasn’t flinching, she…
Before each turkey season every hunter needs to pattern and understand their shotgun. It’s commonly misunderstood that with a single or double bead and limits of ducks and ring-necks taken with that…
Over the last three decades I have conducted a dozen or more youth turkey hunting camps, most through the JAKES (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sportsmanship) program of the National Wild…
The first week of turkey season has passed in my neck of the woods and the score is still gobblers 2, traditional archer 0. For some reason the birds I scouted have not shown themselves during my two…
There is certainly no shortage of black bears in my home province of Ontario, and I have hunted them a couple of times and even managed to bag a decent one a few years back. But spending most of each…
Writer Steve Bodio once had this to say about the big gamebirds so many love to hunt every spring: "How about real turkey, the wild kind? It actually tastes like bird, not cardboard, and has juice…
The turkey hunting action was fast and furious for this episode from hunts over at The Kentucky Proving as we lay out 4 Kentucky Long Beards. Join the GrowingDeer Team as we take down several trophy…
With the Kenai Peninsula of south central Alaska as a backdrop, Steven discusses the economic benefits of public lands conservation programs and the importance of adequately funding these programs in…
It is no secret among hunters that interest in coyote hunting has skyrocketed in the last decade. Why not? Coyotes are more populous than ever, after decades of being hunted, trapped and poisoned.…
At the beginning of this year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held a competition to boost awareness about one of the Everglades’ most imposing invasive species -- the Burmese…
Normally going south isn't a good thing unless you are headed on vacation. Firearms are no different, and, as a gunsmith, I see too many firearms headed south. A split gun barrel. Take the rifle…
