Calling is only one part of the many skills that will make you a successful turkey hunter, but I believe it’s the easiest skill to improve. When I started hunting turkeys, I was like most hunters—I didn’t know much. I learned from others I hunted with, and over time I gained confidence in my calling by fooling toms.

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.

Don Heath from Norma Precision Ammunition shares a story and photos from a near-death experience with a charging bull elephant and the shot that saved his life.

If you ask Jacob Landry, one of the famous Louisiana alligator hunters from the History Channel’s “Swamp People” T.V. show, what his favorite after-the-hunt meal is, he’s likely to answer “boiled mud bugs.” Translation: crawfish!

North American Hunting Club members knew how excited and honored I was to be included in the Armed Forces Entertainment/Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) Outdoor Legends Tour. Then, with departure set for a Monday morning in late February, word came late on the preceding Friday night that the Tour—at least the portion of which I was to participate—was cancelled.

I have often wondered if all the time and effort I spend scouting before turkey season is worth it, or if I should just stick to running and gunning. So, I decided to take a thorough look back at my hunting log books. I found that my preseason homework has definitely paid off.

Ground squirrels provide a superb proving ground for field testing rifles, optics and ammo under real world conditions.

Think white-tailed bucks fight for dominance and breeding rights only during the fall? Think again. 

The big, old white-tailed buck moved silently through the heavy brush in the bottom of a coulee. He was using a backdoor to elude a push by several hunters.

You better have thick skin to pursue wild turkeys under a hot, west-Texas sun. NAH Managing Editor Dave Maas tells his story of a double-header hunt on a private Texas ranch.