How to Hunt Fall Turkeys: Tactics, Calls, and Gear

Fall was the original turkey season. The bird lands on the Thanksgiving table, not the Easter one, yet a whole generation of hunters who came up during the wild turkey’s great comeback treats the sport as a spring-only pursuit. Many have never tried the autumn hunt at all, and dismiss it as...

By James Chen •

Ohio Farmer Arrows 231-Inch ‘Flyer’ Buck He Missed in 2024

David Hostetler doesn’t get many free evenings during the growing season. The Caledonia, Ohio, farmer prefers to hunt the rut, but crops and a nonstop workload mean he takes whatever chances the calendar gives him. On Sept. 12 — Ohio’s special early archery opener for Marion County ...

By James Chen •

Bear & Son Cutlery Debuts Carbon Steel & Piranha 2-Blade Folding Knives

Bear & Son Cutlery has introduced their new Carbon Steel 2-Blade Folding Knife as well as the 4” Locking Piranha 2-Blade for hunters this fall. If anyone is searching for a knife to do field-dressing, quartering, or general field work this fall, both of these knives that we are about to cov...

By Adam Scepaniak •

Killing the Buck of a Lifetime in the Swamp

The mature buck that vanishes into a cattail marsh every day is not random about where he beds, and that predictability is the whole reason you can kill him. To hunt swamp bucks, you need to identify the dry, secure ground where an old deer feels safe, map the trails he uses to move between [&#82...

By James Chen •

11-Year-Old Kansas Hunter Downs “Ghost” on Her Birthday

Gracie Herschell got a second crack at the buck her family had chased for years, and she made it count on her 11th birthday. The Lyndon, Kansas, fifth grader dropped a giant velvet buck the family had nicknamed “Ghost” on the evening of Sept. 9. The main-frame 8-pointer weighed 225 po...

By James Chen •

Silencer Saturday #449: A One-Of-A-Kind Ruger American

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . This week we have another one of Collin’s Creations. This one is an adaptation of the Ruger American into an SBR f...

By Daniel Y •

Whitetail Numbers: How Many Deer Roam North America

Roughly 30 to 35 million white-tailed deer live on the North American landscape today. That figure comes from the National Deer Association, which surveyed state and provincial wildlife agencies across the continent to build its estimate, and it lines up with independent research putting the curr...

By James Chen •
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