Birds, Turkeys & Waterfowl

The 2014 SHOT Show opened to aisle-choking crowds and booth-bulging buyers. Even so, there were early indications that the hunting shotgun arena this year is packed with a combination of line extensions peppered with the introductions of a few actually new models.

Check out everything new in the world of shooting, hunting and outdoors straight from this year's annual SHOT Show from Las Vegas.

A couple of duck hunters off Cape Cod were enjoying a morning in layout boats, floating among their decoys waiting for some sea ducks to come in, when one hunter got a big surprise — a seal climbed right into his lap.

Can we better savor the memories of an outing if we stop and smell the (wild) roses? And pine? And juniper? Here are some ways to "add value" to your hunt.

Sam Koenecke remembers tagging along with his father and his uncle on a goose hunt when he was 8 years old.

Each permit lets a hunter kill one male or bearded female turkey with bow and arrow in the archery season or with a shotgun in the shotgun season.

Despite recent changes to the Fall River Fish Hatchery, southwest of Sunriver, the Fall River remains one of the few reliable streams to fish in Central Oregon through the cold-weather months.

You can trust to luck and hope your dog has a white tail. A safer bet is a bright, bold orange collar.

A new study says West Virginia has the nation's highest rate of fatal all-terrain vehicle accidents.

The Robertson family is sticking with its waterfowl and varmint shooting traditions by teaming with Mossberg & Sons to offer a series of 11 rifles and shotguns.

Illinois officials are extending the controlled pheasant hunting season at three state sites.

There's still room in indoor archery leagues being offered by New Hampshire's Fish and Game Department for experienced archers.

Draw in more deer, hogs, and turkeys and keep 'em coming back.

Some days, we just play. Explore new places. Or hunt. We go back to the easy stuff on the training agenda. Or practice old skills in new places. What we don’t do is focus on acquiring new skills.

The A&E network reverses its decision to suspend family patriarch Phil Robertson from future episodes of Duck Dynasty after he made remarks about homosexuality that offended some.

The skinny on some of the world's most feature-rich game camera systems.

The most reliable deer magnet of all, regardless of season, just might be a muddy pothole.