Marti Davis explains the importance of scent control while hunting and also gives tips and tricks for staying scent free.

Marti Davis shares basic trapping tips, and reflects on her first season trapping furbearers.

Marti Davis interviews master shooter, Claude Werner about tips for shooting IDPA.

So, you don’t own any hunting property? No problem. There are other options available. In this installation of Marti Davis Afield, Marti talks about how to secure private property for hunting.

In this “Thoughts from a tractor seat,” Marti Davis talks about why we (hunters, conservationists and stewards of the land) do what we do, and her tips for getting ready for fall hunting.

Marti Davis shares her Dutch oven cooking tips, as well as a delicious recipe.

Once again, it’s time to get your trail cameras out and see what’s growing. Have the fawns dropped yet? Did the big buck you were hunting last year survive? And how are his antlers shaping up for this year? Are the deer and turkey using your salt licks, feeders and/or food plots? Trail cameras can help answer all these questions.

Marti Davis reviews gear for your outdoor endeavors — the LifeProof Nϋϋd iPad Case, LifeJacket and Cyclops USB charger.

Our Marti Davis just packed up her turkey hunting gear and already is looking ahead to the next big game season — deer. See what she finds over at her sponsor’s online store that she already uses or wants to order.

I have been turkey hunting for more than 15 years now. While some might consider me a seasoned turkey hunter, I always feel I have more to learn. Through the years I have had several mentors along the way. I still utilize some of their tactics along with some I have learned myself, the hard […]

I have had the opportunity to travel west to hunt different big game animals a few times. One time, I traveled to Montana to chase pronghorn and I did not fill my tag. So, antelope stayed on my list of big game animals I wanted to hunt successfully. This past August, I loaded up my […]

Over the past several years, southern Illinois, specifically the small town of Pinckneyville, in Perry County, has become one of my favorite places to enjoy the outdoors. This area is an outdoor person’s dreamland with its big whitetail deer and long-beard turkeys.  There’s also wonderful waterfowl hunting and great fishing in the area lakes and […]

Now is the time to be getting your trail cameras out to do some pre-season scouting.  Here are some tips to get the most from your trail camera pictures. *Use good quality batteries, such as Energizer, Duracell or lithiums. *Use high quality SD cards, preferably Moultrie or comparable. SD cards must have a 2 or […]

I know it’s hot and there are a load of ticks and chiggers out in the woods, but now is the time to be getting out there and planting food plots. Now is the time to be thinking ahead to the fall hunting season. And time to think about giving the deer and turkey a […]

This past fall, I put several new products to the test out afield.  And as far as I’m concerned, they passed with flying colors! With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season winding down, not to mention the fall hunting seasons almost over …  I figured now would be a good time to share […]

Our Huntin’ Hut started out as a trailer that had been shunned to the fencerow several years back.  After unloading all the miscellaneous scrap that had accumulated and cutting the sapling that was growing through the wheel, I was able to drag the trailer from the brush.  Granted it looked pretty rough, but I had […]

The WON welcomes Marti Davis to its lineup of women bloggers. In this, her debut post, she sets the stage for her next blogpost, which focuses on construction of her very own huntin’ hut. Meanwhile, learn the history of the hut and what it means to Marti.