How to Field Dress a Deer
Field dressing - removing the internal organs from a harvested white-tailed deer - is one of the most important skills a hunter can learn.
Field Care in Warm Weather
Heat is the enemy of good game meat. Learn to cool it fast, use shade and airflow, choose quality game bags, when to bone out, spot spoilage, and transport safely.
How to Sharpen a Hunting Knife
Edge angles for hunting knives, whetstones with oil or water, sharpening vs. honing, strops and the burr, electric sharpeners and grinders, field touch-ups from a game-care kit, and safe handling, following Wikipedia's sharpening article and the Alaska Bowhunter Safety Course.
Predator Hunting: Calling Coyotes
Coyotes are abundant, challenging, and huntable across long seasons in much of the country.
Calling Tactics for Deer and Elk
Whitetail grunts, bleats and the tending grunt, when to call and when to stay quiet, and elk bugles and cow calls through the pre-rut, rut and post-rut, from Outdoor Life's whitetail and elk experts and Wikipedia - experienced hunters' methods, not rules.
How to Scout for Hunting Spots
Scouting from maps to boots: topographic maps, finding trails, beds and water by slow travel, glassing at dawn and dusk, when to scout, landowner permission on private ground, and how to avoid spooking the game you scout, following the Alaska Bowhunter Safety Course and the Missouri Department of Conservation.