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Best of 2008: Funny Trail Cam Photos
Year in Review
Best of 2008: Funny Trail Cam Photos   8-Jan-2009
Sometimes a trail camera takes a photo at just the right moment that the result gives us a laugh. From fighting does to raccoon stand-offs, here are the funniest trail camera shots you sent us in '08.
Year in Review
Best of 2008: Reader Photos   7-Jan-2009
Best of 2008: Reader Photos
The amount of photos we get from readers for our Game Faces contest never fails to impress us. Needless to say, picking the best from an entire year was not easy, but here are your top photos from 2008.
Year in Review
Best of 2008: Non-Deer Trail Cam Photos   6-Jan-2009
Best of 2008: Non-Deer Trail Cam Photos
If you were impressed by the best deer trail cam photos of 2008, take a look at what other animals found themselves frozen in time thanks to well-placed trail cameras. Here are the best non-deer shots from last year.
Year in Review
Best of 2008: Trail Cam Deer Photos   5-Jan-2009
Best of 2008: Trail Cam Deer Photos
With 2008 complete, we decided to take a look back this week at some of the best reader photos submitted over the last year. To get things rolling, check out our first gallery featuring the best deer photos from our Trail Cam Contest.
Special Report
Hunting With the Quail Doctor   29-Dec-2008
Hunting With the Quail Doctor
Dr. Dale Rollins runs a research ranch deep in the Rolling Plains of Texas where he's learning how to make habitat perfect for quail. Shotguns Columnist Phil Bourjaily (above) reports on what happens when good science and bird hunting mix.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Trophies in the Snow   23-Dec-2008
Reader Shots: Trophies in the Snow
It's a whitetail world in the winter. But that's not all; these pictures prove our readers haven't let snow stop them from chasing steelhead, pike, elk, and even wolves. Send us your pictures for a chance to see yourself in the next issue of Field & Stream.
F&S Adventure
Deer Camp Report: Kings of Drummond Island   19-Dec-2008
Deer Camp Report: Kings of Drummond Island
Editor-at-Large T. Edward Nickens traveled to Michigan's Drummond Island to hunt out of this old cabin on opening day of deer season with the members of the Stevens Recreational Deer Camp. Read the story and see the photos here.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   17-Dec-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
With the year drawing to a close, our readers are sending in the last fishing and hunting photos of 2008. They are finishing strong, with some big whitetails, monster mule deer, steelhead, chinook salmon, and a giant black drum. Send us your pictures for a chance to wind up in the next issue.
Slideshow
Life As Korea's Only Fly Fishing Guide   15-Dec-2008
Life As Korea's Only Fly Fishing Guide
Writer James Card is the only fly fishing guide in Korea. The species he chases are as foreign to most American anglers as the rivers he calls his home waters.
Photo Gallery
Photo Gallery: Biathlon Babes   12-Dec-2008
Photo Gallery: Biathlon Babes
Like many of the more exotic Olympic sports, Biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing with precision rifle shooting, is savagely underfunded. And so to raise money for training, the five members of the Canadian Womens' Biathlon Team recently put out a (tasteful) nude calendar. Is this the perfect gift for a Gun Nut or what?
Trail Cam Contest
Trail Cam Contest November Winners   08-Dec-2008
Trail Cam Contest November Winners
You've got until December 15th to submit your trail cam photos for a chance at a Bushnell Trail Scout Pro! Check out the competition in this gallery of shots from our November winners and runners up.
Photo Gallery
The 10 Best Whitetail Rifles Ever Made   05-Dec-2008
The 10 Best Whitetail Rifles Ever Made
There are a lot of good firearms out there, but when it comes to hunting whitetail deer, some stand out over the rest. Here are Field & Stream Rifles Editor David E. Petzal's picks for the top 10 best deer rifles ever made.
The Sportsman's Kitchen
T. Edward Nickens's Best Backstrap Recipe Ever   02-Dec-2008
T. Edward Nickens's Best Backstrap Recipe Ever
Looking for a new way to cook the venison in your freezer? Then checkout this step-by-step, photo-illustrated tenderloin tutorial, a favorite of our Editor-at-Large.
Special Report
A Sportsman in Charge   25-Nov-2008
A Sportsman in Charge
What do you call a congressman who has earned praise and awards from both the Safari Club International and the Sierra Club? How about secretary of the Interior? That’s what many of America’s sportsmen are hoping President-elect Barack Obama will call Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) in the near future. By Bob Marshall
Trip Report
Anticosti: The Isle of Whitetails   20-Nov-2008
Anticosti: The Isle of Whitetails
This 3,000-square-mile island off the coast of Quebec may be surrounded by water, but the draw for sportsmen is a whitetail deer population numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Story and photos by Joe Cermele
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   19-Nov-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Snow is falling and so are big bucks all around the country. This week our readers show off monster racks, big bass, elk, trout, ducks, and even a piranha. Send in your photos of fish and game for a chance to wind up in the pages of Field & Stream and win a flashlight worth $99.
Fishing
The Key To Catching Swordfish   17-Nov-2008
The Key To Catching Swordfish
Executive Editor Mike Toth learned how to hook these nocturnal predators during the daytime while fishing in the Florida Keys this summer. The secret? You have to go deep.
Trail Cam Contest
Trail Cam Contest October Winners   06-Nov-2008
Trail Cam Contest October Winners
With fall in full swing, our reader's trail cameras have captured some wild photos of trophy bucks, monster bears, and bruiser bull elk. We just hope these animals aren't giving them the slip in the field during hunting hours.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   05-Nov-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
Our readers ring in November with bass, bears, bucks, and one monster bull elk. Not to mention some nice trout, pike, and turkeys. How's your season going? Send us your photos and you could wind up in Field & Stream.
Special Report
Special Report: The "Field & Stream Buck" Falls   04-Nov-2008
Special Report: The
In September, we posted a video of a monster buck walking around unfenced property in Wisconsin that many hunters and experts speculated could be a new typical world record. Now, two months later, we have more images of the deer from the bowhunter who shot it on November 1. Check the new photos, plus the original video and weigh in on this trophy
Trip Report
Bow Hunting for Elk in Colorado's Gunnison National Forest   31-Oct-2008
Bow Hunting for Elk in Colorado's Gunnison National Forest
Deputy Editor Jay Cassell spent eight months in the gym preparing for a week-long high-country elk hunt in the Rocky Mountains this September. Click here to see the photos from his trip.
Game Faces Contest
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week   29-Oct-2008
Reader Shots: Photos of the Week
It’s almost November and the Northeast just got hit by a snow storm. But that doesn’t mean its cold all over the country. From warm weather fish babes to snowy mountain bucks, check out the latest batch of trophy photos entered into our game faces contest.
Special Feature
150 Years of Theodore Roosevelt   27-Oct-2008
150 Years of Theodore Roosevelt
October 27 is the 150th birthday of the father of conservation, and arguably the biggest hunter that ever sat in the Oval Office. Check out this gallery of classic T.R. shots, and learn how he helped shape the way we hunt today. Story by Thomas McIntyre.
Special Feature
The Teddy Roosevelt Trivia Test   27-Oct-2008
How much do you know about the President who's done more for hunting and conservation than any other politician in our history? Take this quiz to find out.
New Quiz!
Test Your Tree Stand IQ   23-Oct-2008
Test Your Tree Stand IQ
How much do you know about hunting from a tree stand? Take our latest quiz by Dave Hurteau to see if you're set up correctly (and safely) to take that trophy buck.
Slide Show
When All Else Fails, Shoot Your Decoys   21-Oct-2008
When All Else Fails, Shoot Your Decoys
Shotguns columnist and waterfowl fanatic Phil Bourjaily started taking kids duck hunting on Iowa's annual Youth Waterfowl Hunt seven years ago, and hasn't missed the two-day season since. This year he brought his camera along to document the fun.
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