We arrived at our annual stomping grounds at 10 a.m. By noon, we had shaken hands with landowners, set up camp and hit the trail for an afternoon hunt. I crept through the unseasonably sparse spring cover, glassing and calling every couple of steps. Soon, I arrived at "The Majestic Field" and felt the looming presence of my quarry.

Here at NAHC, we're running our first-ever “Social Choice Awards.” We’re putting six of the finest turkey guns and six paramount turkey loads in the running for the top spot in two categories: “Magnum Gobbler Gun” and “Strut-Stopper Load.”

It's been a late spring across most of the country, so many turkey hunters have been struggling to tag birds. Add snow into the equation and some turkey hunters will throw in the towel. But that's not necessary. If you want to kill a snow strutter, there are a few measures you can take to improve your odds.

Bowhunting whitetails is like a game of poker, and each decision you make has consequences. Should you be cautious and bowhunt only the fringe of a buck’s home range? Should you be aggressive and try rattling? Or ... gulp! ... try a deer drive/push?

The best thing about magnum cartridges is you can shoot farther and hit your target without knowing precise range. Magnums maximize a sighting system know as Maximum Point Blank Range. It's the fastest, surest way of making hits on game animals without needing a rangefinder, ballistic calculator, ballistic reticles or dialing turrets. If you like fast and simple, learn MPBR and get a magnum.

Here’s a little tale about treading water at the shallow end of the gene pool.

How far can you shoot your bow? For today's Deadly Passion Tip, I'll offer advice for increasing your lethal bow range and help you determine what that range is.

My spring turkey season started off rough in South Carolina last month, but it immediately improved after tagging a tough tom at Nebraska's Winnebago Indian Reservation. However, both hunts presented less-than-ideal conditions with a mixture of henned-up gobblers and some birds still hanging out in winter flocks. So, I had high hopes for a showdown with solitary strutters when I ventured to Kentucky with the guys from GrowingDeer.TV a week ago. It turned out to be the hunt of a lifetime.

Optics are a critical part of varmint and predator hunting. And because good optics aren't cheap, whenever we throw down dollars for expensive glass, we want to end up with a product that meets our needs. Modern optical designers do a fabulous job of providing us with riflescopes, and while they can bend light like a Jedi Master, they can't bend the physical laws that govern it. As consumers, we need to understand those laws at least a little, and a good start is to be aware of something called the "optical triangle" and what it represents.

Here’s a quick update about the North American Hunting Club in the social media world: We have accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, YouTube ... and in January, we started an Instagram account.