The celebration of the harvest is as old as agriculture, and like the ancients who reveled with festivals after bringing in the crops, across the Southeast, we hunters celebrate the harvest in our own way — by stuffing our faces with barbecue and sitting on dove fields to pop some shotgun shells.

Of course in many cases those crops were planted for the single purpose of pulling in birds, but we’ll overlook that detail for the sake of decorum. Besides, downing doves is a kind of harvest in itself, right?

As was noted by one of the biologists referenced in this story, it’s amazing the amount of time, effort and money that goes into dove-field...

For many hunters, quality deer management is the strategy of choice for their hunting experience. However, I’ve seen through my experience as a deer biologist working with many hunt clubs and landowners that many hunters don’t know what...

It’s down to the wire. Nineteen Alabama deer hunters will converge in Birmingham for the culmination of the state’s most popular deer contest. One of those 19 will win a brand-new pickup truck. AON’s...

Fifty-two contestants showed up for the Truck-Buck scoring event in Bessemer on May 8. Hunters with the best-scoring bucks in 16 Truck-Buck weeks and three wildcard categories have qualified for the Shoot-Out, pending polygraph exams. This...

If you spend much time outdoors, you are familiar with many dangers that you might face. Snakes are scary, wasps and other stinging insects can hurt you, and falling out of a boat or a deer stand can be life-threatening. But most of us don’t...