Travel

If your passion is big-game hunting, there aren’t a lot of options in the spring and early summer months. That is the appeal of the spring black bear hunt in Manitoba, Canada. For hunters who can’t wait until fall, spring bruins provide the perfect opportunity to keep your adrenaline surging.

Watch a video and learn how to improve your hunting strategy with the NAHC’s new hunting-focused weather center, powered by ScoutLook Weather.

With a recent drop in American hunters heading to Mexico, now's your time to cash in on cheap hunts.

Nebraska is a sleeper state for excellent turkey hunting. The state might not be listed as one of the top turkey-hunting destinations, but it definitely should be.

Air Canada wouldn’t allow my buddy onto his flight because he’d packed his moose meat in a Styrofoam cooler, which was the only type he could find in Smithers, British Columbia.

Flying a dog on a commercial airline can be maddening or simple. It all depends on the fickle weather—and each airline.

It’s often cheaper to rent a vehicle for long trips than drive your own, but only for basic highway driving. If you need to merely get from your town to your outfitter’s, a gas-sipping subcompact might do the trick.

If you need planes or horse for the final leg into camp, be prepared to break your luggage into smaller parcels.

How do you find game-rich territory? How do you discover good motels that welcome dogs? From local Fish and Game and State Tourism personnel.

Driving into Canada to hunt is easy, but I wouldn't risk driving into Mexico unless I spoke Spanish fluently and knew “the ropes,” so to speak. Hold-ups, kidnappings and bribery are neither infrequent nor jokes down there. Best to fly in and hunt with an outfitter who knows the ins-and-outs of safe travel.