General Hunting Tips (27)

A man aims a firearm, understanding sight picture concept.

Hitting Your Target: What is the Sight Picture?

Accuracy is everything in hunting. The difference between a clean, ethical kill and a wounded animal often comes down to the sight picture. Part of shooting accurately is understanding different aspects of the shooting process and connecting your shooting action to your firearm. One important…

A whitetail buck walks through a field, understanding carrying capacity concept.

What is Carrying Capacity?

Imagine a pristine wilderness area teeming with life. Deer graze in open meadows, predators lurk in the shadows, and birds fill the skies. Each of these creatures relies on the land's resources to survive. When an environment's resources are abundant, populations can thrive. However, when…

A set of ammunition in focus with a rifle blurred in the background, what are the basic parts of ammunition.

What Are the Basic Parts of Ammunition?

(Safely) grab a gun, any gun. Somewhere on that gun is a stamping for its cartridge or gauge (more on the differences later). This stamping designates what ammunition that gun is meant to shoot. This stamping is arguably the most important and defining characteristic of…

A shotgun laying next to chokes, what is a shotstring concept.

Shotgun Know-How: What is a Shotstring?

For anyone passionate about shotgun hunting, figuring out the concept of a shotstring is part of the learning process. Knowing how it works improves your shooting accuracy and makes it easier to hunt a wide variety of game with a shotgun. Today we answer the question,…

A hunter in camo wearing a pack wades in shallow water, why hunter education is important concept.

Why Is Hunter Education Important?

As a lifelong hunter, I can attest to the profound impact of hunter education on our community and the natural world we cherish. From ensuring safety to promoting conservation, the lessons learned through hunter education courses, such as those offered by us here at ilearntohunt, are indispensable…