The fear of ongoing isolation from coronavirus has driven people to hoard toilet paper, leaving supermarket shelves void of the precious, comforting, cleansing tissue. Now, some unfortunate souls who made it to the store too late are in need of wiping alternatives.
As outdoorsmen, we’re no strangers to searching for comfortable rear-end cleaning materials before dropping drawers. Luckily, Mother Nature has provided us with wonderful alternatives...

It’s becoming increasingly common to travel beyond the border of home states in pursuit of punching tags on North America’s most popular game animal. Although nearly every state hosts huntable whitetail populations, there are a few that stand above the rest. These states have exceptional public land opportunities, economical tags, good license availability, and trophy potential that should titillate every DIY hunter.
Honorable Mentions
Narrowing...

It’s the bane of every early-season turkey hunter. Cold, wet skies stick around and won’t give you the beach weather required for a morning time gobble fest. What’s worse, the birds that spent all winter marching to a picked cornfield or cattle rancher’s feedlot seem to be stuck in that roost-to-food, food-to-roost rut.
You can try to get as close as possible and sweet talk a tom into your setup, but peeling off a bird from a dozen potential...

In my prior life, working at a California-based tech company, my colleagues occasionally mistook my weekend shed hunting trips for two days of storage shed shopping. Upon correcting them, the next question was always the same: “What do you do with those antlers?”
My personal answer to this question is not terribly exciting. I set them on shelves, tables, and dressers. I stare at them on cold rainy days and spin them in my hands...

There was a time when all my turkey, small game, waterfowl and upland shot shells were 2 ¾-inch, #6 lead, 12-gauge field loads. Since then, shotgun loads for all game species, including wild turkeys, have come a long way. These days, turkey loads come in a vast array of configurations, many of which kill gobblers more effectively and at longer ranges than the ammo that used to be available.
In the past, turkey hunters like the great Colonel Tom...

This is Ask the Eagle, where I’ll be answering your questions about everything from hunting to butchering to marriage. This week, I cover my favorite binocular range and how an eager individual can land an apprenticeship in the outdoors.
Have a question of your own? You can write to me asktheeagle@themeateater.com.