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1 week ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›When you buy a new compound bow, one of the first questions you’ll be asked is: What’s your draw length?
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1 week ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
When you think about what it takes to be a successful whitetail guide, it’s a wonder they even exist. It’s their job to make the big-buck dreams of perfect strangers come true over and over again, all season long, every season. It’s such a tall order that you can’t help wonder: How do they do it? What do they know that the rest of us don’t. What are their secrets? Well, we wonder too.
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2 weeks ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
When you’re 18, your father is a strange man. Mine sat at the kitchen table after lunch, rapt in one of his simple ecstasies: Reaching over his shoulder with a fork, he found the hole in his T-shirt where he usually got his itch. He leaned into it and let his eyes roll under their lids. Satisfied, he said, “Maybe I will go bird hunting with you boys today.”This was strange. My dad hadn’t been hunting since I could remember.
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3 weeks ago | 
fieldandstream.com | David E. Petzal
In 1897, a group of hunters, anglers, and explorers who loved the wilderness, but whose professions confined them to the New York City area, decided to organize themselves into a club. They were a highly educated and literate group of men, and when they looked for a name that summed up everything they cherished in the outdoors, there was only one real choice. They called themselves the Camp Fire Club of America. Humans have been staring into campfires for at least 400,000 years.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
For those of us lucky enough to still be chasing gobblers, which includes hunters in most of the northern half of the country, we are now firmly in the late season. The bad news is that we only have a handful of days left and what gobblers are still on the landscape have seen weeks of pressure. The good news is that those same birds are finding themselves increasingly lonely, as hens focus on nesting.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Scott Bestul |Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
For spring gobbler hunters, the late season is a bit of a double-whammy. First off, a fair number of the toms that were gobbling their heads off and running to decoys in the early season are in hunter's freezers (or bellies) by now. Second, what gobblers are left on the landscape have likely been bumped a time or two, have heard a lot of artificial yawping, and have possibly been shot at. Bottom line: They are at their absolute wariest.
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1 month ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
With May now underway, even Northeastern hunters are done waiting for the spring gobbler season to start (or very nearly done waiting in one case. We see you Pennsylvania). Meanwhile, most hunters in the rest of the country are right in the thick of the season, with peak breeding winding down in many areas—and the chances of finding a lone tom improving.
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2 months ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
After a long battle with cancer, F&S whitetails columnist, Scott Bestul, passed away Saturday morning, surrounded by family. Bestul sold his first story to Field & Stream in 1993. He became a contributing editor in 1995 and whitetails editor in 2009, anchoring the brand’s deer coverage for more than two decades. He co-authored two books under the F&S brand, The Total Deer Hunter Manual and The Total Bowhunter Manual.
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2 months ago | 
fieldandstream.com | Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreIf you’re a largemouth nut, you’re not waiting for the weather to turn balmy before hitting water. You’re looking for the best bass lures for early spring—emphasis on early. You’re out there right now, with a jacket and gloves if necessary. You know to head for the warmest parts of the lake, the north end and the stained water.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
fieldandstream.com | Dave Hurteau |David E. Petzal
Need to know how to remove a tick right now? No problem. I’ve got you. Having spent a lifetime outdoors and the last 25 years at an Upstate New York home whose yard is absolutely crawling with the horrible pariahs, I have removed more ticks from myself and others than I want to think too much about. It’s been a disgusting education, but with all that practice, I’ve gotten very good at it.
