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T.Edwards Nickens

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T. Edward Nickens, columnist and editor-at-large for Field & Stream, is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist. He also serves as a contributing editor for Garden & Gun, Ducks Unlimited, and Audubon. His monthly column for Our State magazine, Ramblin’ Man, is in its sixth year of publication. He lives and writes in Raleigh and Morehead City, North Carolina.

Among his books is the recent The Last Wild Road, a collection of essays and long-form narrative stories from the pages of Field & Stream magazine. He’s also the author of the new The Total Camping Manual and five other titles in the Total Outdoorsman series, including The New York Times best-selling The Total Outdoorsman Manual, which has been translated into four languages.

T. Edward Nickens, columnist and editor-at-large for Field & Stream, is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist. He also serves as a contributing editor for Garden & Gun, Ducks Unlimited, and Audubon. His monthly column for Our State magazine, Ramblin’ Man, is in its sixth year of publication. He lives and writes in Raleigh and Morehead City, North Carolina.

Among his books is the recent The Last Wild Road, a collection of essays and long-form narrative stories from the pages of Field & Stream magazine. He’s also the author of the new The Total Camping Manual and five other titles in the Total Outdoorsman series, including The New York Times best-selling The Total Outdoorsman Manual, which has been translated into four languages.

Stories by the Author

Garden Gun: Keeping Bugs at Bay in the Turkey Woods

For turkey hunters or anyone else tromping through the wilds, three effective ways to defend against spring’s insect hordes.

T.Edwards Nickens

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March 27, 2023

Garden Gun: Keeping Bugs at Bay in the Turkey Woods

For turkey hunters or anyone else tromping through the wilds, three effective ways to defend against spring’s insect hordes.

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