Often, you can't set up on a hot field or jam-packed slough. Don't fret. You can run traffic to pull in passing birds . The guys at Fowled Reality do it all the time. Here, they explain how. Click here for more Realtree waterfowl hunting content. And check us out...
Reflecting on the 2018-’19 waterfowl season , I’ve identified and relived several errors that cost me birds or at least hindered my hunts. Everyone makes mistakes, of course, but we should at least try to eliminate dumb gaffes . In that spirit, here’s a light-hearted look at my biggest autumn...
Thanksgiving can be a homecoming of sorts. Families reunite, sometimes traveling long distances to return to their childhood homes. That’s what I did this past fall, driving six hours to see my folks. And I had an opportunity to hunt the local millpond where I shot my first duck and...
Date: Jan. 17 Location: Pacific Flyway, with emphasis on western Washington Major Weather Trends Let me put it this way. My wife, Julie, her brother and I raked three limits of steamer clams Jan. 12 on Willapa Bay. In T-shirts. And we were comfortable. Blue skies, little wind and 55...
Date: Jan. 17 Location: the entire Atlantic Flyway The 2018-’19 season will be one to remember for Atlantic Flyway hunters. For many hunters, those memories won’t necessarily be good. Warm weather and record rains led to delayed migrations , birds spread across the landscape and generally tough hunting. That’s not...
This revised post is based on "Guns, Loads & Sights," written by Aaron Pass, and originally published in the Team Realtree Turkey Hunting Fieldbook (2001). Our post has two intentions: how-to instruction for where to aim your shotgun at a turkey, and to advise patterning your firearm and load for...
One memorable visit to an Alabama turkey camp for me involved tough wild turkeys, good food, great people, and a lodge with famous football coaches framed on the wall, including the late, great Bear Bryant. He'd visited there many years ago. Pretty cool if you ask me. But hey, this...
January 16, 2019 | Timber 2 Table Wild Game Recipes
Nothing goes better with meat than potatoes. And, if those potatoes are cooked on the Traeger Grill or a campfire, it makes them even better. Add in some venison bacon and you might not even need a main course to go with them. We layer sliced Yukon Gold potatoes, thinly...
