Muzzleloader Hunting: A Beginner's Guide
A reading guide for hunters new to muzzleloader seasons: how flintlock, percussion and in-line guns differ, what your state's regulations decide, and what the hunter education course says about loading, misfires, unloading and carrying a muzzleloader.
Elk Hunting for Beginners
Elk hunting for beginners: the pre-rut, rut and post-rut, bugles and cow calls, playing the wind in timber, fitness, tags, the pack-out and cooling meat, following Outdoor Life, the Alaska Bowhunter Safety Course and Penn State Extension.
How to Cook Wild Duck & Goose
Wild waterfowl is lean, dark, and iron-rich, not the fatty supermarket bird. Here is how to render the fat, cook the breast medium-rare, and slow-cook the legs.
Field to Table: Cooking Venison
You filled the tag - now what? A beginner's walk through field-dressing, aging, butchering and cooking venison so none of it goes to waste.
Wild Turkey: Field to Table
A wild turkey is leaner and tougher than any store bird. Learn the pluck-versus-skin trade-off, how to brine the breast, and why the legs need braising.
Bowhunting for Beginners
Choosing and fitting a first bow (dominant eye, draw length, draw weight), matched arrows, archery safety rules, practice, effective range, shot placement, and the course and rules to start with, following the Alaska Bowhunter Safety Course.
Hunting for Beginners
Licenses to figure out, gear to buy, seasons to learn, skills to build: the first steps into hunting for anyone who didn't grow up in a hunting family.
Getting Your Hunting License
To hunt legally in the United States you need a license and, in nearly every state, a hunter education course. How the system works and what steps to take.
Hunting Safety: The Rules That Matter
Hunting can be a safe activity, but that safety isn't an accident. The four firearm rules, identifying your target, tree stand safety, blaze orange and hidden hazards.