Dr. Craig Harper has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, extension publications, books, and manuals. But here's the important thing: He's also a serious deer hunter and he understands better than most how deer relate to habitat during the rut.

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Want to have more success on pressured ground while hunting the rut? Then start patterning other hunters.

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An archery coach is just what the bowhunters of America need right now.

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Hunsucker had several years of trail camera pictures of Floppy—an old buck with drooping, injured ears—and he’d hunted him for multiple seasons. Even though Floppy would show up on trail cameras during daylight, Hunsucker was never able to truly pattern him the way he had with so many other mature bucks over the years. So when the buck showed up on his 300-acre Missouri property again last season, he decided to go all in. Here's what he learned.

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We assembled more than a dozen shotguns that are new for 2023, which we tested over the course of an intense week of trigger pulling.

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Testing facility: Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club

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The OL gun team takes over the podcast to discuss staff writer Tyler Freel's M1 Garand project.

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The drop in public support for legal field sports comes after nearly 30 years of increasingly favorable attitudes. What gives?

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Who was Townsend Whelen? The soldier and backcountry big game hunter was one of OL's earliest shooting editors.

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Two Rifles for the Ages, Chambered in .35 Whelen

The Story of Carmichel’s Benchrest World Record

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Outdoor Life staff writer Tyler Freel knew how his hunt would turn out, but he did it anyway.

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We asked our gear staff writer and resident thru-hiker Laura Lancaster what hunters can learn from ultralight backpackers. Then we compared notes with staff writer and expert sheep hunter Tyler Freel.

Gear tests and reviews mentioned in this episode:

The Best Ultralight Tents

The Best Ultralight Backpacks

The Best Backpacking Quilts

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