Editor's Note: Longtime F&S whitetail columnist Scott Bestul passed away on April 19th, after a long battle with cancer. In memory of him, we will be republishing some of the Bestul's best work. Today ...

You can increase your chances of a successful hunt by understanding how scent control works. Animals like deer and elk have extraordinary senses of smell, detecting human odors from hundreds of yards ...

Scent control is a big topic of conversation amongst hunters around the world. This is a specific part of hunting where “common knowledge” has really changed in the past few decades. As a bow hunter, ...

Editor’s Note: Back in the spring of 2009, our late, great whitetails columnist Scott Bestul had the brilliant idea of enlisting the noses of drug-sniffing dogs to help shed light on a buck’s ability ...