One of the most important steps in learning how to make a one-shot kill is to learn the vital areas of the white-tailed deer’s anatomy so that you will know where to aim.

Decoys, staked in the baked clay in front of us, are motionless in the still July air, and a sentry-bird decoy hangs from a line in the tree above us. The trap is set — now we wait.

In the April issue we profiled 11 new compounds of 2010. Since then, a few more have come to our attention and we felt obliged to give them a run through the paces and report what we found.

Don’t have access to a high-priced, private-land honeyhole? Here are some proven strategies from some of the Midwest’s finest public-land whitetailers.

Follow these steps by photo and action instructions to give your AR a cursory clean up after a day of shooting:

Think you need a big boat and deep water to successfully hunt diving ducks? Think again.

Knowing when to use an e-collar is as important as knowing how to use one.

Think you have no chance to kill a huge buck on heavily hunted public ground? Think again.

In the heart of Kentucky’s Bluegrass are the pristine hills of Elk Creek Hunt Club & Sporting Clays Resort.

Huge record book fish are lining up in this month''s IGFA Hot Catches. Check them out.