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#LetsHunt – Take Someone Bowhunting This Spring

If you’re reading this, you’re likely a bowhunter. If so, ask yourself, “Have I shared my passion for bowhunting with anyone recently?” If not, it’s…

Project ChildSafe—Own It? Respect It. Secure It.

Project ChildSafe, a program of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), is the largest, most comprehensive firearms safety education program…

How To Master Western Tag Draws

If a Western bowhunt is on your agenda, the hunt starts in spring, when most license application periods open. Before you start digging into the…

5 Great Early-Spring Camping Destinations

Spring may be just around the corner, but many parts of the country are only now starting to thaw out from a long, cold winter. If you’re…

Antler Hikes—A Fun, New Way to Day Hike with Kids

Taking your family on an antler hike puts a new twist on spring day hikes and sharpens everyone’s abilities to observe what’s around them…

How To Hike Safely In Spring—5 Easy Tips

After a long winter, you’re no doubt itching to get back on your favorite trails, and inspired to explore new ones. But are you spring hiking…

3 Tips For Bringing Someone New to the Range

Do you remember the excitement you felt the first time you went shooting? Well now is a perfect time to relive the experience again through the eyes…

Practice Makes Perfect: 6 High-Quality Bowhunting Targets

Bowhunting seasons, especially for big game, tend to be short. So, it’s important to keep your archery skills sharp between seasons. It’s…

5 Awesome Places to Catch Some Rays and Trophy Snook This Spring

The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) makes its home in the warm waters of the subtropics and tropics. Their reputation as tough fighters and…

Keep it Light: 5 Breathable Jackets Ideal for Spring Trekking

When you hit the trail in the spring, there really is no telling what kind of conditions you might run into. Rain, cold, wind, hot sun, even snow are…

How to Pack Your Camping First Aid Kit

Expect the unexpected when you're exploring the great outdoors. Whether you're setting up camp at an established site in a national park or you're…

How To Repair Arrows

Your arrows went through the gauntlet of bow season, so after being pulled up and lowered from trees, carried through brush and shot through animals,…

Forest Succession: The Key to Finding Deer

People use different parts of their home the way deer use different parts of the forest. We cook in the kitchen, eat in the dining room, hang out in…

8 Tips for Bringing Kids on a Ski Trip

Keeping the kids active, bonding with the family, enjoying the great outdoors—there are so many reasons why getting your family on the slopes…

How to Pack Your Day Pack for Winter Hiking

When temperatures fall and conditions become snowy and icy, going out for a day hike can be a bit more challenging. The cold and potential for…

Traditional Bow, Compound or Crossbow: What’s Best for You?

Are you struggling to decide between a traditional bow, a compound bow or a crossbow? It’s a question every new bowhunter must consider, and so for…

Essential Gear: 7 Items You’ll Need While Ice Fishing

Whether you're targeting trophy walleye on Devils Lake in North Dakota or looking for trout on Lake Champlain in Vermont, ice fishing requires a few…

Archery for Beginners: The Gear You’ll Need to Get Started

If you’re thinking about taking up archery, whether for hunting or just to develop your skills on the range, you’ll need the proper…

Upgrade Your Pick-up: Top Trucks to Buy in 2021

If you’re looking to upgrade your full-sized pickup for this year’s outdoor adventures, you’re in for some good news: The 2021 crop…

The Most Comfortable Sleeping Bag for Every Season

Camping can be a year-round activity—with the right gear, that is. A good sleep system is a cornerstone of camping preparedness, and a sleeping…

How to Protect Your Camp Food from Wildlife

Food is a powerful motivator—that's especially important to remember when you're out camping, sharing a space with all varieties of wildlife.…

Let’s Answer Your Tree Saddle Questions!

The recent growth of mobile bowhunting tactics and a surging demand for portable, lightweight treestand alternatives are making bowhunters ask if…

Accessible Bowhunting

Your dream buck could stride into your shooting lane at any moment, changing your life in an instant. Likewise, a freak accident could change your…

How To Buy a Hunting License in 4 Steps

A hunting license is essentially your ticket to arrow deer, obtain meat, and make memories. However, shooting game species without a valid hunting…

Bowhunting Across the World

Bowhunters can use the most modern sights, rangefinders and release-aids, but bowhunting’s basics are forever tied to the Stone Age. Likewise, the…

Getting Started with Hot Tent Camping

With a wood stove and a proper tent, you can take your winter camping adventure to the next level. Tents built for hot camping are designed for wood…

How to Properly Store Your Archery Gear

Whether between hunts, seasons, or sessions on the range, it is crucial to keep your archery equipment in good working condition. A key to…

Take a Hunter Education Course Now, Here’s What to Expect

Hunter and bowhunter education courses, also called bowhunter safety, are essential to becoming a bowhunter. Why? Because in many states you can’t…

5 Reasons You Should Try Cross-Country Skiing

Between its affordability and smaller barrier to entry than some other winter sports, Nordic-style or cross-country skiing opens up a world of…

There’s More to Bowhunting Than Bow Season

Although we might not believe it, there’s more to life than bowhunting. If you’re a bowhunting junkie, what do you do after sunset on bow season’s…

5 Tough Winter Destinations to Challenge Your 4x4

Winter does not mean the end of 4x4 season by any stretch. But with road and trail closures, it can be difficult to track down places for snowy…

3 Lessons from Last Season that Made me a Better Bowhunter

I’ll never forget 2020. Many people, including me, faced some tough stuff. And although COVID-19 canceled plenty of my plans, bowhunting wasn’t one…

6 Base Layers That Will Keep You Warm All Winter

When you're venturing out into cold and wintery conditions, it's crucial to have a good base layer. As your first layer of protection against cold…

How to Start Bowhunting in 2021

Readers who visit Bowhunting 360 often ask, “How do I start bowhunting?” Some of them are archers seeking something new, and some are newcomers to…

Beginner’s Guide: How to Get Started in Ice Fishing

In northern latitudes, where rivers and lakes freeze hard, anglers must change up their tactics if they want to keep fishing during winter months.…

How to Dress for Cold Weather

Don't hibernate this winter. If you lament the colder months and use it as an excuse to stay indoors, it's time to rethink your approach. The key to…

Shooting Positions for the Hunt—There's No Benchrest in the Field

Last deer season, I was descending one of the steeper portions of the Catskills area we were hunting that day, when the tips of my snowshoes crossed,…

Lights, Sights, and Slings: Take Your Modern Sporting Rifle from the Shelf to Action-Ready

Tens of thousands of people became new owners of a modern sporting rifle (MSR), most often an AR-15, in 2020. Most, especially those of carbine…

How to Plan a Winter Backpacking Trip

A backpacking trip takes a little more planning during the winter. Colder weather calls for more specialized gear (gloves, ice axe, etc.) as well as…

5 Rugged Snowmobiling Destinations to Visit This Winter

Winter signals the beginning of snowmobiling season, and if you’re looking for some challenging destinations that guarantee adventure, look no…

The Ultimate Gift Guide for Bowhunters

Finding the perfect gift for any bowhunter on your list is never easy, but you came to the right place for suggestions. Even better, you won’t spend…

10 Survivalists to Follow on Instagram

Sourcing your own food, building a fire, constructing a shelter—these primitive skills define a survivalist. Those who consider themselves a…

Practice at Home: How to Build a Backyard Archery Range

If you’re spending some time away from the field, it’s still important to keep your skills sharp. And since not all of us have…

Sharing Gifts of Wild Game

It’s fun to develop unique holiday traditions. When I lived in Alaska and flew home for Christmas, my parents knew I’d arrive with a suitcase and…

Snowshoeing: 5 Great Brands to Try This Season

As snow begins to fall across the northern latitudes and at higher elevations, folks start itching to strap on their snowshoes and hit the trails.…

Holiday Shopping: 6 Awesome Gifts for the Camper in Your Life

If you have a camper on your holiday gift giving list this year, getting them gear that they’ll make great use out of can be a challenge. You…

Holiday Guide: 10 Gifts for the Fly Angler

It's no easy task to buy gifts for anglers—especially fly anglers. A sport like fly fishing has all kinds of quirks, intricacies, and personal…

Keep Your Hands and Feet Warm

Some of the best bowhunting happens during the year’s coldest months. Therefore, if you figure out a big buck’s haunts and habits, and pinpoint where…

5 Last-Ditch Tips to Fill Your Deer Tag

If you’re scrambling to fill your deer tag before bow season ends, get more creative. These aggressive tactics might just help you put venison in the…

What Type of Shooting Sport is Right for You?

Some people spend their entire lives shooting the same type of firearm they started out with. While it could be said that as a responsible firearm…

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