1001 Hunting Tips by Lamar Underwood, Nate Matthews -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Acknowledgments About the Photographer Introduction CHAPTER 1 - White-tailed Deer Hunting

1. Don’t Shoot Bucks That Look Insecure 2. Find Small Bucks Near Big Scrapes 3. The Surefire Spot for Big Bucks 4. See More Deer by Scanning an Area Twice 5. Don’t Store Your Gear Directly beneath Your Stand 6. Blood Drops: It’s Direction that Counts 7. Don’t Use Too Much Freshly Collected Scent 8. Deer Stand Alertness 9. Avoid Startling Squirrels, Jays, and Other Animals That Have Loud Alarm Calls 10. Three Steps to Proper Still-hunting 11. Catch Wary Peak-season Bucks Off Guard during Lunch 12. Use Different Routes to Your Deer Stand at Sunrise and Sunset 13. The Last Thing to Do before Giving Up on a Wounded Deer 14. Hunt over Dew during Drought 15. Hunt Standing Corn on Windy Days 16. When Shots Are Fired 17. Drive Deer on Opening Day 18. Set up Multiple Deer Decoys at Once 19. Clearing out Your Ground Stand 20. Call Startled Bucks by Rattling Your Antlers 21. Guess a Deer’s Sex by Analyzing Its Gait 22. Let a Doe’s Ears Tell You When a Buck is Nearby 23. Never Wrap a Deer Carcass in Plastic 24. Size a Buck’s Rack by Following His Trail on Snowy Days 25. Hunt Near Food Sources When the Barometer Starts Dropping 26. Flush Big Bucks from beneath Downed Trees 27. Identify Active Scrapes by Looking for Overhead Branches 28. Learn How to Hang Your Stand Quickly and Quietly 29. Your “As Needed” Bore Cover 30. Don’t Rattle When . . . (Part I) 31. Don’t Rattle When . . . (Part II) 32. A Heart Attack Will Definitely Ruin Your Hunt 33. Don’t Get Too Hot to Sit Still in Cold Weather 34. Keep Your Cartridges Clean to Avoid a Jammed Action 35. Pop a Cap to Prevent Muzzleloader Misfires 36. Read Rub Lines to Anticipate a Buck’s Movements at Different Times of the Day 37. Hunt All Three Phases of the Rut 38. Hitch a Ride to Spook Fewer Deer 39. Fill Doe Tags Early 40. Baby Steps Mean Quiet Steps 41. Don’t Rely on Early Season Scouting Later in the Year 42. Use a Sled to Haul Your Buck 43. Stay Focused on Your Stand by Baiting Squirrels and Birds 44. Gain Extra Seconds to Shoot When Rattling in a Buck 45. Never Put Scent Too Close to Your Tree Stand 46. Scout Hunting Land during Early Spring 47. Tie Back Branches When Hanging Your Tree Stand 48. Act like You’re Grazing during Open-country Stalks 49. Let Blood Color Tell You How Fast to Follow a Wounded Buck 50. Buy a Good Scope to Hunt Longer during Low Light 51. Find Big Bucks by Locating Thrashed-up Brush 52. Trying out Your High-Tech Stuff 53. Don’t Be Too Lazy to Hunt Downwind 54. The Most Important Decision 55. Leave Treetops to Feed Your Herd 56. Use Binoculars in Close Quarters 57. Find Deer in Transition Zones 58. Still-hunt Uphill in the Early Morning 59. Store Emergency Equipment in Inner Layers 60. Hunt in Three Places at Once 61. Don’t Hang Your Stand Too High in Steep Terrain 62. Use Hunting Pressure on Public Land to Your Advantage 63. Get Your Decoy’s Antler Size Just Right 64. Guess a Deer’s Sex by Following Its Trail 65. A Very Necessary Extra 66. The Deer Are Watching You! 67. A Basic Rule for Knowing When to Move and When to Sit Still 68. Still-hunt Heavy Cover on Windy Days 69. Don’t Eat Breakfast at a Diner on Opening Morning 70. Develop a Quiet Stride for Still-hunting 71. Analyze Stomach Contents to Pattern Feeding Behavior 72. Set up Multiple Stands to Beat the Wind 73. Walk More Quietly by Staying on Established Trails 74. Moon Up, Whitetails Moving 75. Let Biting Flies Show You Where Your Buck is Hiding 76. Find Bucks in a Startled Herd by Counting Raised Tails 77. Follow Tracks in Low Light by Using Their Shadows 78. Easy Way to Check the Wind 79. Don’t Scare Big Bucks out of Bedding Sites 80. Tweak Your Climbing Stand to Make Less Noise 81. Throw in a Pullover Cap 82. Big Rub, Big Buck 83. Gauge How Well Your Stand Is Hidden Using Black-and-White Images 84. Keep Your Rattling Antlers Fresh 85. Practice with Your Bow in Hunting Situations 86. Hunt Sleepy Bucks on Beds during a Full Moon 87. Don’t Hang Your Stand Where You Find the Most Sign 88. Identify Places Where Deer Go to Drink 89. Don’t Wait to Cut Shooting Lanes 90. Clippers Aren’t Just for Shooting Lanes 91. Sit Your Stand in the Morning When Hunting Hot Weather 92. Hunt over Acorns to Catch Trophy Bucks Off Guard 93. Practice with Your Bow for at Least a Month 94. Watch a Feeding Deer’s Tail 95. Bagging a Lunchtime Buck 96. Hunt Late Season Deer during the Warmest Time of the Day 97. Learn to Make Less Noise by Analyzing Your Trail 98. Look for a Body When the Blood Trial Disappears 99. Look for Deer When the Wind Blows Late 100. Any Buck Is a Good Buck! 101. Biggest-bodied Whitetail of All Time 102. Clean Your Muzzleloader after Every Shot 103. Keep Your Buck’s Hair off the Meat to Improve Its Taste 104. Bang on a Root to Call in Deer 105. Age a Buck by Looking at His Droppings 106. The Best Layer to Keep Warm 107. Only Stalk Fresh Tracks Early in the Morning 108. Make a Deer Decoy that Fits in Your Pocket 109. Play a Bleat Call like a Musical Instrument 110. Look Downhill When Still-hunting during Bad Weather 111. Fletching Waterproof: Quick and Easy 112. Locate Bedding Areas for Great Ambush Sites 113. Use a Stick to Track Wounded Game over Sandy Soil 114. Give Deer Time to Respond to Your Rattling 115. Make Your Steps Sound like a Deer’s to Spook Fewer Bucks 116. The Best Clothing for Still-hunting 117. Use the Five-second Rule to Creep into Shooting Range 118. Age Buck Tracks by Comparing Them to Your Own 119. Find Unpressured Bucks on Smaller Public Lands 120. Try Hip Boots for Whitetail Hunting 121. Still-hunt First on Unfamiliar Property 122. When Stand Sites Dictate Your Hunting 123. Don’t Judge the Quality of Your Shot by the Amount of Hair Left Behind 124. Hold Still for Five Minutes after Snapping a Branch 125. Get in Your Stand Early on Opening Day 126. Don’t Scout Too Early on Private Hunting Land 127. Have a Stand Ready for Every Wind Direction 128. Use Crowded Hunting Lands to Your Advantage 129. Don’t Give Up if You Miss 130. Dress for All-day Hunting 131. The Ultimate Local Food 132. Donate Your Hides to Fly Tiers 133. Spot Bucks Down Low 134. Measure Your Draw Length before Buying a Bow 135. The Proper Draw Weight for Hunting Situations 136. You Shoot a Bow Better When Relaxed 137. Avoid Overtraining with Your Bow 138. Practice with Your Bow at Close Range First 139. Learn How Far Deer Travel to Feed in Your Area 140. Find Bottleneck Bucks 141. Look for High Rubs on Big Trees 142. Don’t Face Your Stand at the Sun 143. Don’t Hunt from Your Stand in an Unfavorable Wind 144. Stop Bucks in Small Shooting Lanes 145. Rattle for Bucks with a Partner 146. Find Free Fresh Tarsal Glands at Check Stations 147. Always Wear Orange during Deer Drives 148. Start Your Scope on Low Power 149. Commit to Your Trophy 150. Make Good Snap Judgments to Size Bucks in Cover 151. Scout Well to Get Close 152. Bring a Spare Gun 153. Roll Rocks to Move Bucks 154. Don’t Shoot the First Buck You See 155. Hunt the Odd Corners 156. Beat Buck Fever 157. Draw When You Can’t See Eyes 158. Concentrate through Your Shot 159. Practice Shooting from a Blind

CHAPTER 2 - Elk Hunting

160. How to Field-judge a Bull Elk 161. Don’t Scout for Elk like You Scout for Deer 162. Don’t Let Elk Spot You Twice in the Same Spot 163. There’s Only One Place to Shoot an Elk with a Bow 164. Dressing Out Your Kill in Grizzly Country 165. Don’t Use Your Rifle Scope to Spot for Elk 166. Save the Cheers! 167. Hunt ahead of the Storm Fronts 168. Practice for Elk Season by Varmint Hunting 169. Secure Your Elk’s Carcass on Steep Slopes 170. Catch Elk Moving from Their Food to Their Beds 171. What You Can Learn from Elk Trails 172. Set up an Afternoon Ambush 173. Bark like a Cow to Stop Startled Elk 174. Skin Your Elk Quickly to Preserve Its Flavor 175. Spot Late Season Bulls at High Elevation 176. Which Slopes to Hunt, and When 177. How to Recognize Elk Tracks 178. Charge a Bull Elk to Rile His Temper 179. Set Up Your Stand on Northern Slopes 180. The Top Ten Elk States (by Elk Population) 181. Look for Moving Elk in Hot Weather after It Rains 182. Wallowing around in the High Country 183. Keep Predators Away from Your Kill with a Smoky Fire 184. Don’t Bugle Too Often 185. Roaded vs. Roadless Areas 186. Critical Advice to Elk Hunters 187. Three Common Elk Decoy Mistakes 188. Watch Out for Brand New Boots 189. Approach Bedded Elk from Above 190. Hunting Camp Manners 191. Aggressive vs. Timid Bulls 192. Let the Birds Show the Way 193. Change Vantage Points to Fully Scope an Area 194. Use Spotting Scopes in Antler Management Units 195. Look in Wet Meadows for Feeding Elk 196. Leave Clearings Alone during the Day 197. Don’t Call Elk from Too Close to the Road 198. Use Shooting Sticks Instead of Bipods When Hunting Elk 199. Set Up a Drive as a Last Resort 200. Campfire Smoke on Your Hunting Clothes 201. Slow Down When You Find a Temporary Bed 202. The Best Place to Cut a Fresh Track 203. Pick the Right Caliber for Elk Hunting 204. Call Back Elk from a Busted Herd 205. It Takes Two to Tag a Called-in Elk 206. Athletic Animals 207. Critical Time When Your Bull Is Down 208. Locate Bulls with a Cow Call 209. Carry Multiple Calls When Hunting Elk 210. Hunt Thick Timber near Roads 211. The Best Time to Hear an Elk Bugle 212. A Hot Weather Hot Spot for Daytime Elk 213. Stay in Town to Collect Elk Hunting Intel 214. Find Elk in the Open after Bad Weather 215. Catch Elk Leaving the Lowlands 216. Check Grazing Schedules before Planning a Hunt 217. The Deadly “Whippersnapper” Elk Call 218. Bugle Up Bulls after the Sun Sets 219. Types of Elk Calls and When to Use Them 220. Bootless Hunting Can Pay Off 221. Don’t Use Too High a Magnification Power on Your Rifle Scope 222. Stalk in Your Socks

CHAPTER 3 - Mule Deer Hunting

223. Let Low Light Show You Hidden Deer 224. Good Way to Spot Mule Deer 225. Hunt Where the Wind Doesn’t Blow 226. That Curious Mule Deer Gait 227. Pick a Banker to Pay for Your Road Trip 228. Keep Your Glass Clean 229. Search the Same Kind of Cover You’re Glassing From 230. Talk the Right Lingo out West 231. Glass Your Route before You Stalk 232. Block Their Escape 233. Meandering Tracks Mean Beds Are Close 234. Don’t Shoot Deer You Can’t Reach 235. Caching Extra Water for Early Season Hunting 236. “Power Up” for an Afternoon Muley 237. Mule Deer Prefer Sagebrush 238. Trade Home-grown Gifts for Tips to Find Big Bucks 239. Why Summer Bucks Are Easier to Find 240. Get in a Mule Deer’s Zone 241. How to Field-judge a Mule Deer 242. Don’t Let Other Deer Spoil Your Stalk 243. Read Their Pee 244. Build Endurance the Cheap Way 245. Getting the Range Right under the Big Sky 246. Catch Bucks Seeking Shade in the Middle of the Day 247. Make the Sun Work for You 248. Find Hidden Water Sources in Dry Muley Habitat 249. Catch a Mule Deer Napping 250. Look for Big Bucks on Mesas When It Rains 251. Creep Closer before Rattling 252. Glass for Bucks in Comfort 253. Let the Wind Settle into One Direction 254. Age Tracks in Cold Snow 255. Set Up away from the Field Edges 256. See How They Run—and Stop! 257. Tag Team a Spot-and-Stalk 258. Don’t Let Your Bow Keep You from Creeping on Your Stomach 259. Don’t Wear Cheap Orange 260. Use Your Truck to Decoy Other Hunters 261. Don’t Waste Time Hunting in Thick Brush 262. Don’t Hunt from a Newly Placed Blind 263. Stalk When the Wind Blows Strongly 264. Beating the Cold for Muleys 265. Use the Right Binocular/Spotting Scope Combination 266. Guess Mood from a Mule Deer’s Tracks 267. Be Prepared to Hike Long Distances 268. Look for Sandy Basins to Find Mule Deer 269. Locate Clear-cuts to Find Feeding Mule Deer 270. Wintertime Habits 271. Use Thermal Currents When Stalking Bedded Bucks 272. Look for Bucks in Edge Cover on the North Sides of Ridges 273. See and Be Seen 274. Follow the Farthest Track

CHAPTER 4 - Bear Hunting

275. How to Tell a Grizzly Bear from a Black Bear before Taking a Shot 276. Don’t Track a Gut-shot Bear in the Dark 277. The Black Bear Wants Your Food 278. Spring Bears on Winter Kills 279. A Bear of Many Colors 280. Where to Punch a Bear 281. When Bears Head to Dens 282. Help Bears Find Your Bait Pile 283. Look for Crop-raiding Bears 284. Wait for the Big One 285. Go Buy a Hound Dog 286. Chill Your Bear before Butchering 287. The Best Time for Bear Pelts 288. Make Sure Your Bear Is Dead 289. When Black Bears Attack 290. The Curious Eating Habits 291. Tell Black Bear Tracks from Grizzly Tracks 292. What You Can Learn from Bear Droppings 293. Biggest Black Bear Ever 294. Distract an Overly Curious Bear by Dropping Your Pack 295. Leave Human Scent behind to Scare Unwanted Predators away from Your Bait 296. Don’t Bother Hunting in a Heavy Wind 297. Use Your Ears to Find Feeding Bears 298. Get a Dog on the Trail Right Away 299. Carry Tracking Line to Mark a Blood Trail 300. Never Salt a Hide You Plan to Freeze 301. Why Late Season Is a Great Season 302. The Bear’s Main Alarm System 303. When Black Bears Can Be Dangerous 304. Attract Ravens to Call in Bears 305. The Differences between Boars and Sows 306. Size a Bear by Looking at Its Tracks 307. Be Patient with Your Bait Pile 308. Stimulate a Bear’s Predatory Instinct 309. Where to Shoot a Bear with a Gun 310. Anatomy of a Grizzly’s Charge 311. Give a Bear Time to Die 312. Don’t Contract Trichinosis 313. The Best Weather for Bears 314. Grizzly on a Kill—Look Out! 315. What a Bear Trail Looks Like 316. Trail a Drive to Bag a Trophy 317. Bowhunting Black Bears 318. Black Bear Sizes in Roosevelt’s Day 319. How to Measure a Trophy Bear 320. Sex a Bear by Reading Its Tracks 321. Hunting Black Bears over Bait 322. Where to Shoot a Bear with a Bow 323. Talk Loudly to Avoid Startling Bears 324. The Right Size Dog 325. Smaller Targets 326. The Grizzly on Your Kill—It Can Happen! 327. Practice Judging Bears at the Zoo 328. Be Careful When Hauling a Dead Bear 329. Avoid Surprising Brown and Grizzly Bears 330. Don’t Play Dead if a Black Bear Attacks 331. Don’t Let Other Hunters Sit on Your Bait Pile 332. The Oldest Black Bear Ever 333. Don’t Pee near Your Bait Pile 334. Train Bear Dogs on Raccoons 335. Pick Out Landmarks with Your Ears 336. Use Multiple Knives When Trimming Bear Fat 337. Don’t Plan a Spring Hunt Too Early

CHAPTER 5 - Pig Hunting

338. Distinguish Hog Tracks from Deer Tracks 339. Confessions of a Pig-hunting Addict 340. Mississippi Haven for Wild Boars 341. Load Your Feeder with Lots of Bait 342. Hunt Small Herds to Find Unpressured Pigs 343. Invest in Good Snake Boots 344. Wild vs. Feral 345. Control Your Scent When Hunting Hogs 346. Shoot to Kill Quickly When Hunting Hogs 347. The Challenge and the Prize 348. Spot-and-Stalk Hogs in Open Country 349. Follow the Plows to Find Feeding Hogs 350. Bowhunting for Hogs 351. Hunt Hogs over Acorns 352. Look for Thickets to Find Bedded Pigs 353. Wild Boar Hunting: A Link with History 354. Here He Comes! 355. Don’t Enter a Hog’s Core Bedding Area 356. The Best Boar Hunting Story of Them All 357. Find Faint Trails to Ambush Big Boars 358. Use a Blind When Hunting with Your Kids 359. Look for Wallows When Scouting for Hogs 360. Hunt over Bait during the Evening Hours 361. See More Hogs by Hunting from a Boat 362. Wild Boars: What You’re Hunting 363. Hunt Hogs near Old Homesteads 364. Wild Boars up North 365. Don’t Stalk One Spot Too Often 366. Read a Pig Rub to Find Big Boars 367. The Two Best Ways to Hunt Pigs in Summer When You Don’t Have Bait Are . . . 368. Scout for Scat to Learn What Hogs Are Eating 369. Sizing Up Wild Hog Country 370. Size Matters! 371. Still-hunt for Pigs When They’re Bedded Down 372. Don’t Hunt Pigs near Their Bedding Cover 373. Kill Quickly When Hunting Summer Pigs 374. Don’t Use a Scoped Gun When Hunting Hogs with Hounds 375. Focusing on Hog Habits 376. Find Hog Wallows in Fine, Silty Soil 377. Bait Pigs without Getting Winded 378. Look for Boars When You Hear a Pig Squeal 379. Watch out for Snakes When Hunting Pigs in the Summer 380. Don’t Shoot a Trophy If You’re Looking for Meat 381. Bring a Big Enough Gun to Kill Big Boars

CHAPTER 6 - Moose Hunting

382. Make Your Own Moose Thrasher 383. Don’t Glass from the Same Spot You Call 384. Observations on Charging Moose 385. Pick the Right Bullet 386. Be Patient When Calling in Moose 387. You Don’t Need a Big Knife to Field Dress a Moose 388. Walk like a Moose 389. How to Recognize a Pissed-off Moose 390. Russell Annabel on Alaska Moose Hunting 391. Wintertime Habits 392. Break Some Brush to Call in a Bull 393. Calling Moose Is Not for the Faint of Heart 394. When to (and When Not to) Use a Big Scope 395. What to Do if You’re Attacked by a Moose 396. Moose Hunting in a Big Wind 397. Grunt like You Mean It 398. Unstoppable in Snow 399. Flash a Moose with Your T-shirt 400. Stop a Startled Bull with a Cow Call 401. Keep Your Scope Fog-free 402. Watch for a Camp Bull 403. Watch Out for Your Dog in Moose Country 404. When Moose Charge 405. One Enormous Animal 406. Call like a Cow Using Only Your Voice 407. Take a Second-chance Trophy 408. Brighten up Your Sights 409. How to Field-judge a Moose 410. They’re Bigger Than You Think 411. Why Moose Are Called Moose 412. Piss Off a Big Bull 413. Moose by Canoe 414. Hang Your Stand on the Eastern Side 415. Make Cheap Trail Markers out of Clothespins

CHAPTER 7 - Caribou Hunting

416. Alaska’s Caribou Herd 417. Where Caribou Range (and Used to Range) 418. Caribou Migrate the Furthest 419. Multi-purpose Hooves 420. Caribou Never Stop Moving 421. Make Sure You’re in Shape 422. Bring the Right Optics 423. Don’t Spook the Herd 424. The Cows Have Antlers 425. Average Caribou Weights 426. Trophy Caribou Criteria 427. Antlers by Subspecies 428. How to Field-judge a Caribou’s Antlers 429. Tasty and Healthy 430. How Old Do They Get? 431. The Largest Herd of Caribou 432. How to Read a Caribou’s Body Language 433. A Good Gun for Caribou 434. Make Those Long Shots 435. Find Caribou Where It’s Cold 436. Winterize Your Caribou Gun 437. Don’t Put Wet Bullets into a Freezing-cold Rifle 438. See and Be Seen

CHAPTER 8 - Pronghorn Antelope Hunting

439. Vision and Speed: The Pronghorn’s Defense 440. Wear Knee Pads and Gloves for Pronghorns 441. Pronghorn on the Run 442. The Pronghorn Alarm System 443. The Old Pronghorn Flagging Trick 444. How Big Is That Buck? 445. The Pronghorn Challenge 446. Feel Lucky? 447. The Well-placed Shot 448. Set Your Decoys with Stealth 449. The Double Decoy Setup 450. Roost Pronghorns like Turkeys 451. No Country for Pronghorn Stalking 452. Learn to Draw while Kneeling 453. Don’t Let Him Spot You 454. Sit over Water 455. Hang Your Stand on a Windmill 456. Give Your Blind Time 457. Wait until They Drink 458. You Don’t Need Long Shots 459. Rangefinders Help 460. The Best Goat Gun of All 461. Use a Heavy Gun 462. An Antelope That’s Not 463. Glass from Your Truck 464. The Pronghorn Antelope’s Range 465. Some Facts of Pronghorn Biology 466. How to Field-judge a Pronghorn

CHAPTER 9 - Wild Sheep and Mountain Goat Hunting

467. “Pocket Hunting” for Big Sheep Heads 468. Alaska’s Sheep Rules 469. North America’s Native Wild Sheep 470. Glass in the Morning 471. Watch for Their Rumps 472. Glass near Good Grass 473. Sheep Bed in Rock Slides 474. Glass from the Other Side 475. The Colors of the Mountain 476. How to Field-judge a Mountain Goat 477. Creep across Crests 478. Hide in Their Blind Spot 479. How to Field-judge a Trophy Sheep 480. Use Those Binoculars 481. They Don’t Sit Still 482. Scan for a Silhouette 483. Look for Big Rams near Small Ones 484. Don’t Educate the Herd 485. Some Cheap Mountain Camo 486. The Ground Grows Trophies 487. Don’t Drop a Goat off a Cliff 488. Account for the Hump

CHAPTER 10 - Turkey Hunting

489. Learn to Shoot Turkeys from Both Shoulders 490. Control the Volume of Your Box Call 491. Five More Reasons Gobblers Are Easy to Miss 492. Removing Old Chalk Makes a Box Call Sound New 493. Use Decoys Late in the Season 494. Bust a Roosted Flock in the Spring 495. The Best Place to Set Up on a Roosted Gobbler 496. Don’t Let a Hot Gobbler Get Too Close 497. Locating Roosting Gobblers 498. When Gobblers Get Lonely 499. Rake Leaves to Call in Hung-up Toms 500. Get Ready to Shoot When a Tom Shuts Up 501. Fake a Flock of Fall Turkeys 502. Box Calls Work Best Out West 503. Circle Gobbling Birds Hung up behind Obstacles 504. Spooking Roosting Gobblers 505. Faking Out a Gobbler: A Desperation Tactic 506. Pause after Loud Noises to Hear Distant Gobblers 507. Cover Ground to Find Mid-day Gobblers 508. Don’t Get Mistaken for a Turkey 509. Make a Gobbler Jealous 510. Bust a Roosted Flock in the Fall 511. Coping with “Shut-mouth” Gobblers 512. Practice for Turkey Season with Light Trap Loads 513. Don’t Waste Time on Henned-up Birds When You Can Hunt Somewhere Else 514. Find Unpressured Turkeys by Hunting from a Boat . . . 515. . . . And from a Mountain Bike 516. Why Gobblers Are Easy to Miss 517. Call to the Hens to Bring in Flocked-up Western Turkeys 518. Securing Your Box Call 519. When Roosting Gobblers Fly Down 520. Hide Your Position by Imitating a Moving Hen 521. Watch out for the Spurs! 522. Not All Turkeys Gobble When Excited 523. Store Your Mouth Calls Properly to Preserve Their Sound 524. Avoid Bumping into a Moving Gobbler 525. Stop Calling to Attract a Tough Tom 526. Don’t Call in the Fall like You’d Call in the Spring

CHAPTER 11 - Duck Hunting

527. Wind and Your Decoy Setups 528. The Toughest Shot in Duck Hunting 529. How Fast Are They? Let’s Ask Hemingway 530. “Special Effect” Decoys 531. Mack’s Prairie Wings: Don’t Miss It! 532. Guide’s Advice I Don’t Want to Hear 533. Take ’Em? Or Let Them Circle? 534. A Waterfowl Hunter’s Classic Book 535. Local Birds: Use Small Decoy Spreads for Small Bunches 536. Why Cans Are Number One 537. The Making of a Duck Caller . . . Sort Of 538. Pothole Sneak Attack 539. Mix ’Em up If You Want To 540. Gloves for Setting out Decoys 541. Too Hidden for a Good Shot 542. Wait out Those Gadwalls 543. Jump-shooting Joys 544. Pond Shooting at Sunset: The Way It Used to Be 545. Northeast Arkansas: They’ve Got the Ducks 546. Movement—Not the Blind—Wrecks Your Chances 547. Dreams of a Duck Caller 548. It’s All about Visibility, Visibility, Visibility 549. Using Double-barreled Guns in the Blind 550. Take My Hand! 551. The Great Blue Heron Decoy Trick 552. Speaking up for Mallards 553. Duck Hunting’s Outer Edge 554. When It’s Bluebills We’re After 555. Magnum or Super-Magnum? 556. The “Hole” Is the Thing 557. Winchester’s Model 12: A Waterfowling Treasure 558. Waterfowl Hunting’s Most Important Tip 559. Considering the Risks 560. The Outer Gun: The Key Position 561. Where’d the Mallards Go? 562. Black Ducks—Red Letter Day 563. Waterfowl Hunting with Sean Mann 564. As the Season Goes On . . . 565. Remington’s 870 Wingmaster Pump 566. An Unusual Duck-hunting Safety Reminder 567. Jump-shooting on Western Rivers 568. Where the Birds Want to Be 569. “Take ‘Em!” 570. Tall-timber Trick 571. You Really Ought to Join DU 572. When Ducks Are on the Way In 573. Don’t Forget to Plug That Gun 574. Tell Your Guide about Your Calling 575. Avoiding a Deadly Leap 576. A Different Type of Decoy Setup 577. A Cut Above 578. Early Morning Pothole Tactic 579. The First Decoy Spreads—Ever! 580. Decoy Choices of a Top Guide 581. Choke Tube Add-on 582. Picking up the Decoys the Easy Way 583. The Wind Rules the Direction 584. Some Realities of Sea-duck Hunting 585. A Must-see Waterfowling Museum 586. Jump-shooting without a Boat 587. Tricks of the Freelance Hunter 588. Late Season Timber Tactics 589. It’s Not Just Wood Ducks Anymore 590. The Romance of Sea Duck Hunting 591. Add a Few Decoys to Your Jump-shooting Boat 592. Don’t Push Your Luck with Decoys 593. The Right Time, the Right Place 594. Using the Wind with Your Decoy Spread 595. Origin of the Word “Decoy” 596. Fighting Back on Those Bluebird Days 597. The Freelance Duck Hunter 598. Yes, Indeed, Ducks Are Hard to Hit 599. Sea Duck Hunting: Get the Picture? 600. Tiny Camera, Big Memories 601. Foggy Morning Timber Hunting 602. Don’t Be a “Skybuster” 603. The Best Decoys Ever 604. They Love Those Sandbars 605. What Discourages Most Duck Hunters 606. You’ve Got to Lead Them 607. Silhouette Decoy Hole Punchers 608. Beating the Crowds in Public Hunting 609. The Chesapeake Style: Big and Tough 610. The Magic of Calling Your Birds 611. “Flasher” Decoys—Great but Not Guaranteed Successful 612. Shooting Ducks in the Decoys 613. What Shot Hitting the Water Tells You 614. Avery’s Got the Stuff 615. Fetch That Bird! 616. Your Face Is a Dead Give-away

CHAPTER 12 - Goose Hunting

617. The Most Effective Way to Set out Goose Decoys 618. How to Change Your Luck with Snow Geese 619. Birds in Flight: Looks Are Deceiving 620. Snow Geese: Playing the Numbers Game 621. Layout Blinds Take Getting Used To 622. Local Geese, Local Knowledge 623. When the Canadas Sleep Late 624. Keep Those Silhouettes Visible 625. Layout Blinds: You’re Part of the Action 626. Hiding Your Boat in Plain Sight 627. Don’t Let Those Incoming Geese Fool You

CHAPTER 13 - Ruffed Grouse and Woodcock Hunting

628. Good Hearing Can Pay Off Big 629. Lend a Hand to Your Bird Hunting 630. Grouse Hunting Teamwork 631. Spring Training for Rookie Dogs 632. A Startling Grouse-kill Discovery 633. How Far Do Grouse Roam Every Day? 634. Second Shots on Early Season Grouse Coveys 635. The New England Grouse Gun Classic 636. Keep Track of Where You Shot From 637. What Are Your Chances? 638. Burton L. Spiller’s Grouse Feathers 639. Cock Bird or a Hen? How to Tell 640. Those “Fantasy” Grouse 641. Noise Flushes More Grouse 642. Flushing Dogs as Grouse Dogs 643. Signpost to Good Woodcock Hunting 644. Back on That Legendary “Road” 645. The New Englander—Found Just about Everywhere 646. Aspens and Grouse: The Late October Key 647. Going It Alone 648. Walk ’Em Up! 649. The Perfect Grouse and Woodcock Gun 650. Keep Your Favorite Covers as “Top Secret” 651. Stay after Them! 652. He’s Not Alone! 653. The Quiet “Getaway” 654. Avoid Over-training Your Dog 655. Finding Woodcock Covers 656. How Grouse Survive the Winter Woods 657. The Great Grouse Dog Secret 658. Number One on the Table: It’s the Ruffed Grouse 659. Marking down Flushed Birds 660. The Flight-bird Woodcock Myth 661. Woodcock Flights and the Full Moon 662. Hitting More Grouse: The Big Secret 663. Out of Circulation—and Staying That Way 664. Equipped on “Stayin’ Alive” 665. What Grouse Really Weigh 666. Woodcock Flights: The Real Deal 667. The Dead “Giveaway” on Woodcock 668. The Penultimate Upland Gunning Experience 669. Grouse Sit Tighter on Reflushes 670. Stop Spooking the Grouse 671. Join the Ruffed Grouse Society 672. It’s an Uphill Climb 673. Best Way to Cook Woodcock: In the Beans 674. The Woodcock Gourmand

CHAPTER 14 - Pheasant Hunting Tips

675. When Ringnecks Sit Tight 676. Don’t Let That Tail Fool You 677. How “Cackles” Betray Cockbirds 678. Once Is Not Enough 679. Go Late for Western Ringnecks 680. When Pheasants Fly High and Fast 681. The Key Maneuver 682. You’re Walking Past the Birds 683. Boots: Made for Walking 684. Coming up Empty! 685. The Fox That Flies 686. Pheasant “Benefit” Shoots: Watch for Them 687. Late Season Is Special 688. They Need to Take a Drink 689. Late Season Escape Hatches 690. After the Season Opens . . . 691. The Slower, the Better 692. Find the Roosts for a Shooting Treasure 693. Pheasants in the Tracking Snow

CHAPTER 15 - Quail Hunting

694. Shooting the Covey Rise 695. Another Good Reason to Love Bobwhite Hunting 696. Point! Be Ready for Wild Birds 697. Leave That Safety on until the Shot! 698. Hunt “inside” the Field Edges 699. Let Your Dog Work the Cripples 700. Wet-weather Preserve Birds 701. Marking down the Singles 702. Cold Front Moving in—Great Hunting! 703. Make Mine a Side-by-Side 704. Cancel the “Dawn Patrol” 705. Preserve Shooting Dangers: They’re for Real! 706. Leave Some for “Seed” 707. When You’re Headed for a Tough Day 708. Keep Your Head down on the Stock 709. Take It Easy, Get More Shots 710. Why We Miss Them 711. When Birds Are Running, Keep up with Your Dog 712. They’re Closer Than You Think 713. The Best Snakebite Kit 714. Havilah Babcock, the Quail Hunting Man

CHAPTER 16 - Western Grouse and Quail Hunting

715. The Best of the West 716. The Sage Grouse: Now a Trophy Bird 717. The Rattlesnake Question 718. Huns vs. Bobwhites: Which Is Faster? 719. Sharptails and Gun Dogs 720. The Ups and Downs of Chukar Hunting 721. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 722. Something Else You Might Need 723. Made for Walking 724. How to Miss Western Quail 725. Just like the Name Says 726. Sharptails vs. Ruffed Grouse on the Table 727. When Bobwhite Man Meets Western Quail 728. The Disappearing Chukars 729. The Great Treasury of Western Bird Hunting 730. You’ll Need Water Out There 731. Another Way to Carry Water 732. Gambel’s or Valley? 733. Habit That Betrays Sharptails 734. Sage Grouse on the Table 735. Sharptails in Flight 736. Tapping into the Alaskan Ruffed Grouse Bonanza 737. Using Calls to Find Chukars 738. Chasing down a Hun Covey 739. Uphill? Downhill? 740. The “Ground Sluice” Tactic 741. Hun Country: Hunting the Prairies 742. Out to Get Some Chickens 743. Out for Revenge 744. Find the Water, You’ll Find the Chukars 745. Are You Ready for Chukars? 746. With Ted Trueblood to Back up the Grouse Claims 747. After the Covey Flush: Time to Start Scoring 748. The Snap Shot on Hun Coveys 749. The “Easier” Chukar Hunting 750. What to Expect on Hungarian Partridge 751. Focusing on Mountain Quail 752. How We Hunted Ptarmigan with Spruce Hens 753. Why Mearns’s Quail Are Special 754. When It’s Sharptails You’re After 755. Tighter Chokes Take More Huns 756. “Cast-and-Blast” Chukar Hunting 757. Midday Sharptails: It’s “Pick-and-Shovel” Work 758. The Joy of Sage Hen Hunting 759. Gravel Roads: Where the Game Wardens Stay Busy

CHAPTER 17 - Dove Hunting

760. Those “Power Line” Doves 761. White-Wings Like It Hot 762. The Perfect Dove Gun 763. Marker Trees: Where Doves Fly Most 764. The Pleasure of Small Hunts 765. Doves Like Clear-ground Walking 766. Low Birds Spell Danger! 767. Those Tough Overhead Shots 768. A Box of Shells, a Limit of Birds 769. Wear Camo for Dove Hunting 770. Dove Hunting’s Finest Moment 771. The Sunset Fliers 772. Be Alert for Killdeer 773. Eye Protection Is a Must in Dove Hunting 774. Bad News Dogs in Dove Fields 775. How NOT to Take a Tumble 776. Late Can be Great in Dove Hunting 777. New Jersey Hunters: Cross over the River 778. Light Loads, Better Shooting 779. The Ultimate Dove Seat? 780. White-wings Are Down Mexico Way 781. Flying the “Gauntlet” 782. Dove Hunting in Mexico: A Look Back 783. The Toughest Shot of Them All 784. Doves Are Hard to Hit 785. What to Expect from White-wings 786. Shoot Lighter-kicking Loads

CHAPTER 18 - Wingshooting

787. Don’t Mix That Ammo 788. A Cheap Alternative to Clay Pigeons 789. Gauges, Chokes, and Pattern Density 790. Steel Shot in Full Choke 791. The Straight-stock Bird Gun Preference 792. An Alternate Technique to the “Sustained Lead” 793. The Truth about the “Sustained Lead” 794. The Deadliest Shooting Technique 795. Fast Fliers Take a Fast Reaction 796. Heavy Guns for Practice, Light for Hunting 797. Clay-target Practice, and Real Birds 798. Sorting out the Light Gun Debate 799. Ain’t No Such Thing as “Straightaways” 800. Fine-tuning Your Skeet Practice 801. Picking out a Lighter Bird Gun 802. Just One More 803. How Far Was That Bird? You Don’t Want to Know 804. A Short Course in Spanish Shotguns 805. Checking out a New Spanish Double 806. Want a Light Double? Check This Out 807. “Patternmaster”: A Choice Aftermarket Choke Tube 808. “Hey, Dude, You Missed!” 809. Try Straightening out Your Left Arm

CHAPTER 19 - Gun Dog Handling and Training

810. Love Me, Love My Dog! 811. Make a No-spill Drinking Dish 812. Dog Not Trained? Don’t Bring Him! 813. Working Your Retriever near Salt Water 814. Your Retriever’s Safety: Job One! 815. Five “Vest Pocket” Bird Hunting Dogs 816. Your Pointing Dog’s Proper Range 817. Retriever Training That Works 818. Teaching a Pup to Back 819. When Your Dog’s Caught in a Fence 820. Richard Wolters: The Gun Dog Man 821. Field Care for Foot Wear and Tear 822. How the Gun Dog Phenom Started 823. Using the “Wing-on-a-String” Trick 824. Starting the Year-old Pointing Dog 825. When a Puppy Just Doesn’t Have the Stuff 826. Starting a Pointing Dog Pup 827. The Labrador Retriever on Upland Game 828. That First Point on Real Game: Don’t Miss! 829. Be Patient on Downed Birds 830. “Gatorade” for Gun Dogs? 831. Emergency Help Numbers for Your Dog 832. A “Must” for Your Dog’s ID Tags 833. Keep the Windows Up 834. Use Pigeons for Training 835. When Your Dog Is Lost . . . 836. Running Cool on Hot Days 837. Hunting Dog for Seniors 838. Room to Stretch Out 839. Remember This about Gun Dogs

CHAPTER 20 - Squirrel Hunting

840. Staying Put on Your Stand 841. The “Trunk-hugger” Squirrel 842. A Squirrel Hunt Can Make Your Day Great 843. The Trophy Squirrel 844. Important Deep-winter Hunting Tactic 845. Can You Keep Still? 846. Playing “Hide-and-Seek” with Squirrels 847. Squirrel for Supper 848. Squirrel Recipe 849. Those Wonderful Squirrel Dogs 850. Crock Pot Squirrel 851. Cutting-edge Squirrel Loads 852. Deep-winter Squirrel Hunting 853. Listen Up! 854. Call Squirrels with Fifty Cents 855. Mast Crop Low, yet Hunting Great 856. The Pecan Tree Bonanza 857. Shoot Squirrels with Erasers 858. The Nests Are Off-limits! 859. You Need the Optics for Just Plain Fun 860. Midwinter Fox Squirrels 861. Wait until Later to Pick up Your Squirrels 862. Try More-aggressive Squirrel Tactics

CHAPTER 21 - Rabbit Hunting

863. The Hunter’s “Rabbit’s Foot” Luck 864. After the Shot 865. Watching for the Rabbit You’ve Jumped 866. Top Tips for Late Season Rabbits 867. Use a Stick to Beat the Brush 868. Cold and Windy Mornings 869. Hunting the “Slabfoot” Rabbits 870. Snowshoes in Winter: The Going Gets Tough 871. The Snowshoes’ Survival Plan 872. Tactic for Snowshoes: Leave the Feeding Grounds Behind 873. Your Best Rabbit “Scouts”

CHAPTER 22 - Varmint and Predator Hunting

874. How to Get Cattle Ranch Hunting Permission 875. The Western “Varmint” Advantage 876. Where to Count on Coyotes and Foxes 877. Your “Coyote Rifle” Is Ready to Go 878. Doubling Your Varmint Rifle’s Effectiveness 879. The Endless Hunting on Coyote Grounds 880. Hunt Coyotes Where You Hunt Geese 881. When Your Rifle Needs a Bipod 882. Control Your Scent When Choosing a Stand 883. Don’t Call as Soon as You Sit Down 884. Set Up in Comfort So You Don’t Have to Move 885. Call to the Close Ones First 886. Make Your Calling Paint a Picture 887. Practice Calling in Your Car 888. Save Ammo by Competing 889. Two Requirements for Proper Calling Practice 890. Form a Habit during Your Commute 891. Practice Makes Permanent 892. Put Real Fear in Your Prey Calls 893. Make Your Loud Calls Short 894. Learn to Call with Your Hands 895. Whistle at Woodchucks to Make Them Stand Up 896. Don’t Give up if You Miss 897. Clean Yourself up before Asking Permission to Hunt 898. Hunt over Natural Shooting Lanes 899. Hunt Coyotes to Shoot More Deer 900. Break up Your Downwind Silhouette 901. A Good Emergency Cover Scent 902. Unzip Tails to Preserve a Pelt 903. When Crow Calls Work on Coyotes 904. Howling Range vs. Hunting Range 905. Don’t Let a Fence Ruin Your Hunt 906. Rig Your Truck for Silent Running 907. Jump out of a Moving Truck 908. Observe Coyotes Year Round 909. The Best Spring Calls for Coyotes 910. The Best Summer Calls for Coyotes 911. The Best Fall Calls for Coyotes 912. The Best Winter Calls for Coyotes 913. Don’t Shoot Too Early 914. Why You Need a Hunting Buddy 915. Hunt Downwind of the Barn 916. Don’t Call in the Herd 917. The Most Accurate Over-the-Counter Rifle You Can Buy 918. The Best Places to Shoot Varmints in the U.S.A. 919. Keep Your Ammo in a Bib 920. A Varmint-sized Varmint Dog 921. Jim Carmichael’s Standard Varmint Handloads

CHAPTER 23 - Beyond the Basics: Advanced Tips on Hunting and Getting Ready to Hunt

922. Big Game Hunt Planning: Think Months, Not Weeks 923. “Still-hunting”—The Most Confusing Words 924. Hunting a Place to Hunt: A Bad Deal 925. Up with Suspenders! 926. Shorten up Those Upland Trousers 927. When Guides Give You a Bonus 928. Snoring Is Serious 929. What the Writers Say 930. The Rangefinder Can Make a Difference 931. Guns on Planes: How to Get It Done Today 932. A Pair of Hunting Trip Aces 933. Russell Annabel: The Alaska Legend 934. Computer Search Engines Make Life Easier 935. The Gordon MacQuarrie Storytelling Legacy 936. Cabela’s: A True “Superstore” for Hunters 937. The Bass Pro Shops Aren’t Just for Fishing 938. Herter’s Knows Hunters 939. Hunter’s Specialties: Like the Name Says 940. How to Double-check Guides and Outfitters 941. Your Prospective Guide’s Repeat Customers 942. Is Your Guide Handing You to “Someone Else”? 943. What Have You Done for Us Lately? 944. Say “Thank You” to Farmers, Ranchers, and Landowners 945. Don’t Start a Kid Too Soon 946. Search for Hunting Land from a Canoe 947. The Hunting Report: Here’s the Real Stuff! 948. Hunting from Home: A Book to Remember 949. Vacuum Sealers: How Can You Live without One? 950. Great Way to “Survey” Your Hunting Area 951. You Need Extra Felt Liners 952. Glassing the Big Sky Country 953. Going by the Book

CHAPTER 24 - The Hunting Spirit: Lore Worth Remembering

954. Walt Whitman on Hunting 955. Hunting with TR 956. A Dream of Wings 957. Lure of the Wilderness 958. A Patch of Wildness 959. Hunting Expectations 960. Children of the Hunter 961. The Friends You Make 962. On Safari 963. Hemingway‘s Shot on Pronghorn 964. The Never-ending Story 965. The Season of the Big Buck 966. With Time Running Out: A Whitetail Hunter’s Lament 967. When You’re Running the Show 968. The Frightening Misfire 969. Stay Hidden from Geese 970. Why Hunters Kill 971. A One-shot Proposition

CHAPTER 25 - The Safe Hunter: Recognizing and Avoiding Tragic Possibilities

972. The “No-brainer” Accident Waiting to Happen 973. Tragedy at Dawn’s Early Light 974. Whitetail Disaster 975. The Lee Wulff Argument 976. An Elk, a Bear, and a Guide 977. A Simple Squirrel Hunting Mistake 978. The Dick Cheney Accident 979. Waterfowl Gun Handling 980. Clay Targets: The Most Dangerous Moment 981. Test Borrowed Gear 982. The Unbreakable Rule 983. Permanent Stands Can Be Dangerous 984. Wear That Safety Harness 985. Loaded Guns and Fences 986. Let Them Know Where You’re Going 987. Stay Safe in Your Own Home

CHAPTER 26 - Rifle Shooting

988. Know Your Equipment 989. Where to Balance Your Rifle 990. Breathe Right to Shoot Straight 991. Where to Squeeze a Trigger 992. Make Scope Covers out of Inner Tubes 993. Quickly Inspect Your Rifle Barrel in the Field 994. When Your Barrel Heats Up 995. Practice on a Moving Target 996. Is Your Rifle Accurate? 997. Why You Missed That Off-hand Shot 998. The Proper Way to Grip a Rifle When Shooting Off-hand 999. Store Your Guns near Your Furnace 1,000. The Problem with Muzzle Blast 1,001. Zero Your Rifle in the Field after Traveling

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