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The Ten Best Turkey Calls Available on Amazon

​Turkey hunting enthusiasts know that having the right call can make all the difference in attracting a wary gobbler. With a plethora of options available on Amazon, it can be challenging to choose the best one for your needs. If you’re tired of reading about turkey hunting and ready to hunt, check out the list […]

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Trout Fish Like George Washington

Given the popularity of the book, Hoover, The Fishing President: Portrait of the Private Man and His Adventurous Life Outdoors, one may think that Herbert Hoover was an anomaly when it comes to presidents who had a passion for fishing. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the line of fishing Presidents […]

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Best Accessories for Reading Outdoors

Whether you’re packing a book to read the sleeping bag at night, to pass the time in the tent while riding out a storm, or maybe just a quick trip to quieter place, reading in the outdoors can be made much easier with a few accessories. Below is our list of the best accessories for […]

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Hunting

The 5 Best Books that Defend Hunting

Hunting is coming under attack like never before. The headlines are full of attempts to undermine hunting practices of all varieties and in every part of the country. It’s time to educate yourself to help guard the gate. There are many more great reads that will help, but a good place to start would be […]

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The Best Turkey Hunting Books

Turkey season is already in full swing in some states and quickly approaching in all others. If you aren’t already, it’s time to get mentally dialed-in with the best turkey hunting books. Below is a list of 10 of our favorites but there are many, many more turkey hunting books out there for when you […]

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Fishing

John Gierach’s Best Books

Your favorite spring hatch is either here or fast approaching. What better way to ramp up those dreams of rising trout than with a list of John Gierach’s best books? (Of course, we mean his best books in our opinion. If you’re seeking an opinion that’s closer to an objective ranking of his best prose, […]

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Conservation Fishing Hunting

The Books of The MeatEater Podcast

Since Steven Rinella and MeatEater have never put one formal recommended reading list, it’s up to us to figure out what might be on such a list based on the discussions they’ve had on the show. It would be impossible to list all the books of The MeatEater Podcast. If you’ve been listening for multiple […]

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Cormac McCarthy’s Writing Process

“When I started writing novels I stopped writing anything else. Never wrote no poetry.” Cormac McCarthy, January 26, 1977 Considered by many to be the greatest living author, Cormac McCarthy has written some of the most critically acclaimed novels in the history of American literature – chief among these is his Pulitzer Prize wining work, […]

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The Five Best Survival Books

Making a list of the top 5 survival books is no easy task. Stop by your local bookstore or library and you’ll see that there’s no shortage of offerings, and you’ll find even more online. To spare myself from reading through such a daunting stack, I narrowed the scope to books focused on survival information […]

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Faulkner Wouldn’t Skip Deer Camp, Even for the Nobel Prize

It’s 2023 and deer camps are a dying tradition. As Patrick Durkin points out in his article, declining numbers of deer hunters, as well as decreasing availability of hunting land are the culprits slowly killing the deer camp. But I harbor the theory that the deer camp is also dying, at least in part, because […]