Matt Crawford

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Matt Crawford is an outdoor writer who lives in northern Vermont. He grew up hunting deer and small game right out his backdoor. His byline has appeared in Outdoor Life, Upland Almanac, Field & Stream, Game & Fish and numerous newspapers. 

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The Perfect Thermal Setup for Night Hunting
February 10th, 2023

Dwayne Jones figured his setup for night hunting was pretty well dialed for a recent coyote excursion he went on in central Indiana. Warm clothes for the long night of sitting? Check. A thermos full of hot coffee? Yep. A good caller to bring in any coyote

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Night Hunting is Heating Up with Thermal Optics
January 27th, 2023

Ask any coyote hunter with more than a decade of experience about night hunting and how difficult it was to hunt coyotes at night long ago and you're sure to hear tales of woe and lament. "It used to be we would only hunt at night if there was snow on