How To

European starlings are responsible for ecological, economic, and severe agricultural damage. They compete with native species for hollows, contaminate environments with disease, and wreak absolute havoc on agriculture. By consuming crops and livestock feed, starlings can cost farmers thousands of dollars in losses every year. 

All year long, we wait for hunting season to arrive, only for it to seemingly end as soon as it's getting started. Our offseasons were full of scouting and preparation. In season, we're constantly learning and adjusting to chase our quarry, looking for fresh signs and recent patterns that will help us be successful in the pursuit of game.

Coyotes have been steadily expanding their range in the Eastern U.S. for the past century, filling a void left by gray and eastern wolves. Without those larger canids around, coyotes have made themselves at home in the woods, fields, and even cities.

If you've ever dealt with hog-related damage to your yard, food plots, or feeders, you already understand why hunting invasive species can be personal. Across the southern and western US, feral hogs have turned neighborhoods, wildlands, and farmlands into battlegrounds.

More often than not, the late season offers some of the best hunting opportunities of the year. Layering with the right gear (including covering your head and neck), having the right gear to keep you warm, and adjusting your hunting strategies makes this time of year more successful in the field.

The quality of your game meat starts from the moment you release an arrow or squeeze the trigger.

Just as with any other type of hunt, pheasant hunting is composed of far more intricate details beyond just walking through a field hoping for a bird. 

It is now that magical time of year that every deer hunter waits for: November! The weather is changing, animals are preparing for winter, and deer are active in a late-in-the-year rut season.

Each of us comes into deer hunting at a different time in our lives and with different expectations for how our hunting will go. When I was a little kid, sitting in the deer blind with my dad, my expectation was that we would wait until we saw a buck with at least eight points before we would harvest a deer.

Though Texas is known for whitetail deer, the Lone Star State also offers excellent pheasant hunting opportunities in the Panhandle and South Plains regions. Here, the pheasant habitat overlaps with dry prairies and a semi-arid climate, creating a unique and challenging environment for pheasant hunting. 

When November rolls around, a specific type of hunting fever sets in across the Show-Me State as snow geese travel south from Canada and Alaska. Dedicated waterfowl hunters from across Missouri and out-of-state start prepping to bag out on sky chickens. 

Shot placement is a matter of knowing an animal's anatomy, but also ethics, judgment, and respect for the animals we pursue. So, what's the best shot?