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A waterfowl hunter in camouflage is aiming at a flock of mallards coming towards a body of water.
Duck Hunting

Shooting Puddle Ducks: 5 tips for hunting the afternoon shift

Experienced waterfowler M.D. Johnson shares his tips for hunting puddle ducks mid-morning, rather than at first light.
A flock of ducks standing near a body of water as waterfowl hunters look on.
Duck Hunting

Ducks on Day Two: Get the Most Out of Opening Weekend

Waterfowler Luke Clark shares his experience hunting ducks on opening weekend, plus tips for clinching a successful day two.
Waterfowl hunter  holding a Honker Slayer goose call by Slayer Calls in his hand demonstrating how to tune a goose call.
Goose Hunting

How to Self-Tune Your Slayer Goose Call

Learn how to set up your Slayer goose call with your ideal tone, pitch and back pressure in this easy-to-follow video.
a flat Canada goose decoy placed  in the middle of a corn field
Duck Hunting

Seal the Deal: 10 Ways to Bring Ducks and Geese Closer

When it comes to shooting, 25 yards is always better than 55. Experienced waterfowler M.D. Johnson shares 10 expert tips for luring ducks and geese closer.
Elk hunters with bull down and Slayer's Archangel elk bugle
Archery

An Elk Hunt of a Lifetime, in One of Idaho's Most Sought After Units

Join us for this once in a lifetime elk hunt — father and son fill their tags in one of the most sought after units in Idaho.
Elk hunter, Steve Raudenbush walking through the woods packing out harvested elk called in using Slayer's ArchAngel elk bugle tube and Clearwater reeds.
Archery

Silent Bulls, An Idaho Archery Elk Hunt

Slayer Calls PRO team member, Tommy Sessions joins Steve Raudenbush on an epic Idaho archery elk hunt.
A waterfowl hunter aiming at a flock of Canada geese in a winter field with geese decoys and his yellow lab by his side ready for retrieve
Duck Hunting

Layout Blind Tips and Tricks (And What Not to Do!)

Experienced waterfowler M.D. Johnson shares his best layout blind tips and tricks to get the most out of the 2023–24 season.
Waterfowl hunter wearing Slayer camo hat in a layout blind
Duck Hunting

Q&A With Adam Ray: Layout Blinds: Get ’em Ready!

Experienced waterfowler and Slayer Pro Staff member Adam Ray shares his layout blind tips, just in time for pre-season.
Waterfowl hunter, Travis Tweet is standing in tall grass , blowing a yellow Drake Slayer duck call by Slayer Calls.
Duck Hunting

Q&A With Travis Tweet: Pre-Season Shotgun Maintenance

Travis Tweet and M.D. Johnson share their tips and insights on shotgun maintenance. This is one pre-season step you can’t afford to skip.
Bocote wood Axe Honker Slayer by Slayer Calls on a wood workbench with wood shavings and an axe nearby
Goose Hunting

The Axe, Slayer's Newest Honker Call - Demo / Sound-file by Tommy Sessions

Beautifully crafted from bocote wood, the Axe honker slayer is designed to require less breath than others on the market, so callers can make longer runs in their routines. Even with less air, our...
Waterfowl calling coach Tommy Sessions  teaching how to do spit note using the Axe goose call
Goose Hunting

Slayer Calls coach Tommy Sessions teaches goose hunters the spit note

Unlock the secrets of effective goose calling with master caller Tommy Sessions. This series walks Beginner and Intermediate hunters through calling fundamentals and beyond. Learn how to control y...
Waterfowl hunter blowing the Crackerjack Goose Call by Slayer Calls for Slayer Calls' instructional series, Call the Wild.
Goose Hunting

Slayer Calls launches latest training for Canada goose hunters

Just in time for goose season, Slayer Calls coach Tommy Sessions teaches the fundamentals of Canada geese calling on the Call the Wild training platform.
A large bear laying on the ground in the woods shown with the Wicked Rabbit predator call call on its head.

Slayer Pro, Travis Tweet, Bags Bruiser Bruin With Wicked Rabbit Call

It was 2020 when Travis Tweet first saw the chocolate bear—a near-mythic black bear in the woods of Eastern Washington. Since then, he’s been on the hunt for a final meeting. This is the story of t...
Goose hunter, Mike Wec holding a Slayer Honker Slayer goose call next to a pickup truck with harvested geese.
Goose Hunting

Q&A with Slayer Pro-Staff Mike Wec: Ammunition, and the early goose season

Check out these tips from waterfowl hunting pros Mike Wec and M.D. Johnson for choosing the best early-season goose hunting ammunition.
Waterfowl hunter holding a red case with choke tubes in their hand.
Duck Hunting

Q&A with Slayer Pro-Staff Mike Wec: Choke tubes

Waterfowler and Slayer pro-staffer Mike Wec shares his tips for choosing a quality choke tube and maintaining it properly.
mason jars filled with wild game and on a kitchen counter
Duck Hunting

Canned wild game—delicious and easy

Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Johnson share their secrets to successfully making canned wild game. Follow their step-by-step guide for canning broths and meat for later enjoyment.
Hunter is cutting meat with an axe.
Elk Hunting

Q&A with Travis Tweet: Do-it-yourself big game meat processing

Travis Tweet and M.D. Johnson share their tips for big game meat processing. Check out their favorite supplies, plus tips for getting started.
An elk hunter and his son breaking down elk in the grass.
Elk Hunting

Q&A with Slayer Pro-Staff Chance Robbins: The ‘kill kit’

What’s in your ‘kill kit’? M.D. Johnson talks post-shot necessities with Chance Robbins, founder of God’s Country For Our Heroes, in this Slayer Q&A.
An processed elk skull with antlers laying on the ground with Slayer's ArchAngel bugle tube laying next to it.
Elk Call Demos

Don’t give up until the elk tag is filled

If at first you don’t succeed, try again until the tag is full. Steve Raudenbush with Mnt2Coast Outdoors shares his breathtaking pursuit of Roosevelt elk in 2022 and the chase that took him across ...
Michael Batease from Elk Calling Academy Demos Slayer's Enchantress Cow Call
Elk Call Demos

Michael Batease from Elk Calling Academy Demos Slayer's Enchantress Cow Call

Michael Batease from Elk Calling Academy reviews Slayer's Enchantress Cow Call.
Slayer Calls CEO, Bill Ayer in the elk woods blowing the Enchantress push button cow call
Elk Call Demos

How to Replace the Reed of Slayer's Enchantress Push Button Elk Call

See just how easy it is to replace the reed of Slayer's Enchantress push button elk call.
Q&A with Robert Albers: Ethical archery and how far is too far?
Archery

Q&A with Robert Albers: Ethical archery and how far is too far?

M.D. Johnson talks about ethical hunting and how far is too far of a shot with Robert Albers, Slayer Pro Staff and full-time hunting guide.
Slayer CEO, Bill Ayer sitting with Joe McCarthy, Tanner Hardy and Tommy Sessions discussing elk calling.
Elk Call Demos

How to speak the language of elk

It's fair to say that world elk calling championship finalist Joe McCarthy has mastered the art of speaking the herd's language. He shares his tips for conquering treacherous terrain while calling ...
Bow hunter participating in archery event
Archery

Q&A with Travis Tweet: Competitive archer and bow hunter

Travis Tweet's near-weekly archery competitions and "hunting instincts" helped him shoot two bears, a buck, and an elk last year. He shares the ways mountain competitions give him better experience...
elk hunters on horseback in the middle of a grassy field
Elk Hunting

Elk hunting with pack animals: Part II

In this part II article, Montana big game guide Robert Albers discusses his personal pack animals and takes us step-by-step on a September quest for a big bull with livestock.
Elk hunters riding into the mountains on horseback
Elk Hunting

Elk hunting with pack animals: Part I

Riding into the mountains on a horse or mule can help hunters go farther and conserve energy. Seasoned elk hunter Robert Albers shares his reasons for hunting elk with pack animals.
Slayer's Enchantress push button elk call on a wood desk against a dark backdrop
Elk Call Demos

Tanner and Hannah Hardy Demo Slayer's Enchantress Push Button Elk Call

See just how easy it is to use the Enchantress push button elk call from Slayer Calls in this video from team members, Tanner & Hannah Hardy
Cody McCarthy holding Slayer's Enchantress cow elk call
Elk Call Demos

Episode 11, Call the Wild Elk Series: How to Use the Enchantress

When the Enchantress stands alone, hunters can create lifelike cow sounds and bugles. Screwed on to the Swagger Bugle Tube, she can make every elk sound necessary to call in the biggest bulls. Lear...
An elk hunter with a backpack scouting during on a trail.
Elk Hunting

Q&A with Tommy Sessions, Slayer Pro-Staff: Handling the heat of early elk season

M.D. Johnson talks about handling the heat of early elk season with Slayer Calls pro-staff member Tommy Sessions.
Cody McCarthy on the basic bugle
Elk Call Demos

Episode 5, Call the Wild Elk Series: Learn How to Bugle

Introducing Call the Wild's new Elk Series – bite-size, easy to follow videos that help you improve your technique and master your call. In episode 5, you'll learn how to create the basic bugle. Fo...
Call the Wild: learn how to use your call
Duck Call Demos

Slayer's Call the Wild: How to Use Your Call Video Series

Once passed down from one generation to the next, learning the ways of the outdoors has seemingly become lost in the ever-changing world we live in. It can be difficult for those who are intereste...
World elk calling champion launches new training for hunters
Elk Call Demos

World elk calling champion launches new training for hunters

New and longtime elk hunters looking to fill their tags can get expert training for better calling techniques and more realistic sound with the new Call the Wild Elk Series training course.
The Enchantress External Elk Call in 3D
Elk Call Demos

The Enchantress External Elk Call in 3D

Enchantress external elk call's realistic sounds and bugles is the lifelike silicone "tongue" that depresses the internal diaphragm, creating tension that mimics a mouth call. When the Enchantres...
Q&A with Robert Albers, Slayer Pro-Staff: Elk and the ‘mental game’ of hunting
Elk Hunting

Q&A with Robert Albers, Slayer Pro-Staff: Elk and the ‘mental game’ of hunting

M.D. Johnson talks about elk and the ‘mental game’ of hunting with Robert Albers, Slayer Pro-Staff and seasoned big-game hunter.
Q&A with Chance Robbins: “God’s Country For Our Heroes” founder talks about elk calling
Elk Hunting

Q&A with Chance Robbins: “God’s Country For Our Heroes” founder talks about elk calling

M.D. Johnson talks about elk calling with Chance Robbins, founder of God’s Country For Our Heroes, in this Slayer Q&A.
Chance Robbins from God's Country for our Heroes Charity blowing a Slayer bugle tube with 2 other archery elk hunters standing in a field
Elk Hunting

Q&A with Chance Robbins: “God’s Country For Our Heroes” founder talks about pre-season elk scouting

M.D. Johnson talks about pre-season elk scouting with Chance Robbins, founder of God’s Country For Our Heroes, in this Slayer Q&A.
Turkey hunter, Cody McCarthy standing with just harvested mountain turkey after calling him in with Slayer Turkey Calls
In the Field Videos

How To Use Turkey Mouth Calls

Easy-to-follow tips from Cody McCarthy on how to use turkey mouth calls from Slayer Calls.
How to use a duck call, duck hunter running duck call
Duck Call Demos

How to Use a Duck Call, NEW Intermediate Course Now Live!

Welcome back to Call the Wild! This is the second course in a 3-part, instructional series on how to use a duck call — 15 lessons with 7 exercises.
Bill, CEO of Slayer Calls holding predator call
In the Field Videos

The Sounds of Slayer's New Predator Call, the Wicked Rabbit Coyote Call

Trick the shy and wylie with realistic sounds of distress. Slayer's Wicked Rabbit Coyote Call doubles as a howler.
Cody McCarthy: How to Use a Turkey Call
In the Field Videos

Cody McCarthy Demos How to Use a Turkey Call

Let's talk turkey with Slayer Calls! Cody McCarthy demonstrates the ins and outs of how to use a turkey mouth call.
About Slayer Calls
Duck Hunting

How Bill Ayer Turned His Passion into His Purpose

Slayer's Drake Slayer Double Reed duck call — How to pull it apart, clean it up and put it back together while making sure it sounds good.
Post-Season Maintenance: How to care for your waterfowl gear
Duck Hunting

Post-Season Maintenance: How to care for your waterfowl gear

There’s no substitute for post-season maintenance of waterfowl gear. Caring for each component — ammunition to layout blinds — extends their life and usability year after year. Don’t wait for openi...
Tanner Hardy running Slayer's DUBAR duck call
Duck Call Demos

How to Clean & Tune a Duck Call

Slayer's Drake Slayer Double Reed duck call — How to pull it apart, clean it up and put it back together while making sure it sounds good.
Elk hunter in camo walking through the mountains carrying Slayer's ArchAngel acrylic elk bugle
Elk Call Demos

Cody McCarthy Demonstrates the Bull Calling Cow Bugle

Cody McCarthy demonstrates how to do the bull calling cow bugle — when a bull tires to intimidate you or the other bulls. This one is a fun one to hear out in the woods.
Elk hunter Cody McCarthy in the field with Slayer's ArchAngel acrylic bugle tube
Elk Call Demos

Tips on How to Become a Better Elk Caller

Choosing the right elk calls is key to becoming a better cow and calf caller. In this video, Cody McCarthy shares his tips.
Tips for hunting late-season Canadas
Goose Hunting

Tips for hunting late-season Canadas

Hunting late-season Canadas is challenging, but not impossible. Combine the right cover — layout blind, anyone? — with the right decoy spread and calling, and you have a recipe for success. Improvi...
Slayer Calls team shown smiling while podcasting
Duck Hunting

Reading the flock in front of you

Moving into late season duck hunting, the Slayer team gathers to talk tactics, waterfowl calls and how to read flocks. Plus, how each Slayer call can help hunters shoot limits in every situation.
7 Killer late-season duck tactics
Duck Hunting

7 Killer late-season duck tactics

Check out these seven late-season duck tactics, sure to bring the ducks in