What kind of person are you?

The type who starts prepping weeks before season? Gears pulled out of bins, washed and hung up. Boots cleaned. Ammo or broadheads are stocked up. Shooting lanes cleared. Decoy trailers organized. T's crossed and I's dotted.

Or are you more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of person?

Type A vs. Type B... isn't that what all the kids are saying these days?

Either way, you're our kind of people. Around here, we've got a little bit of both. Some of us are already thinking about the first morning in a deer stand, that first sip of coffee in a duck blind, a crisp walk through a CRP field with a good dog, a hike through the backcountry, fall bass trips, or whatever adventure is next.

However you get ready, there's always something worth preparing for.

— The Hook & Barrel Family

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After years of watching her father build the family taxidermy business, Kristen Ottea eventually came home from a career in modeling to take it over. Now, she and her husband are carrying on that tradition while Kristen continues to pursue the hunting and fishing that have always been part of her life.

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