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My kids were still on Christmas break earlier this week and Cole wanted to shoot a coyote, so we headed out for one last try before he had to hit the books. We hooked up with a good friend of mine, and set up before sunrise to call along a creek overlooking a frozen reservoir. Cole and I sat on one side of a hill with my dog, Sage, and my buddy set up on the opposite side.

Even with a few days left in December, the FBI reported the number of background checks on firearms purchasers had already exceeded the previous 1-month record—set only weeks earlier—of 1,534,414 inquiries by gun dealers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

On my recent trip to the lush waterfowl paradise known as Honey Brake, I dropped my first-ever drake pintail. He graciously circled, unsure whether or not the landing zone was protected from aerial steel debris. To his demise, he got too low. Had he tried anymore sky-high antics, we probably would have hit him with the ThroJo maneuver.

Here are a few quick coyote hunting tips I've learned over the years to boost your success.

In my November 29 blog post, I broke out of my heavy-metal-loving skin and admitted I'm a big fan of Jason Aldean's country tunes. As promised, I chatted with Aldean, gave you all the opportunity to ask him a question and made it into a friendly contest. I picked my favorite question, Aldean spilled his beans and one lucky NAHC Member scored a claim to fame.

Have you made a list of New Year's resolutions? It's that time of year to write down the things you want to change, and get busy altering your character, behavior or negligent chores. I've never been big on resolutions.

If I'm two things, I'm a waterfowl hunting nut and a hardcore when it comes to protecting my hearing on the shooting range. The latter dates back to when I first met a couple of my gun-writing idols on a product trip back in the '80s. They were great guys, but nearly as deaf as posts. That meeting left a deep impression.

If you're one of the lucky ones who has a few days off between Christmas and New Year's Eve, you don't have to spend every day in line at the big-box stores trying to save a dollar on wrapping paper. Think hunting.

It’s a long-established fact that breaking hunting, wildlife and angling laws doesn’t require the highest level of human intelligence. That said, here are our picks for the "Headline Hunter" blog’s "Dumbest Poachers of 2011."

Word has been out for almost a week now that the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes region has been removed from the Endangered Species List, thusly turning their management over to state jurisdiction. This is great news—most importantly for the status of the wolf population, but equally for those, like me, who want an opportunity to hunt them.