A wide racked, deep-forked mule deer buck climbed the face of a far ridge, almost to the top and gone. My friend, an expert shot with any kind of weapon, lay prone behind his rifle, scope trained on the buck as it climbed. “Range?” The word was terse and unembellished with superfluous verbiage.
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Accufit for an Ambush – a Savage Success!
Published: December 4, 2018 { 3 comments }The Savage 110 AccuFit Hunter provides a custom fit without the custom price tag, working impressively out-of-the-box with the factory settings.
Holiday Gear Guide for Coyote Hunters
Published: December 1, 2018 { 8 comments }With Christmas right around the corner, I figured this would be the perfect time to discuss the latest and greatest gear in the predator hunting world. Santa has a lot on his plate nowadays and expecting him to know what gear is best for stacking up coyotes is a little unreasonable.
Kimber Subalpine Mountain Rifle
Published: November 2, 2018 { 2 comments }My rifle features a 24-inch stainless fluted barrel with a 1-in-9 rate of twist. It’s factory threaded for a muzzle brake or suppressor and comes with a thread protector installed. The action is stainless and boasts a 3-position, model 70 type wing safety, a Mauser controlled-round-feed claw extractor, and a magazine capacity of four.
Shotgun Patterning – How to do it
Published: October 19, 2018 { 14 comments }Need an intro to patterning? It refers to where you’d like to break a target, using the height of the shotgun’s comb to change where the gun shoots.
Maximizing Your Marlin Lever Gun
Published: October 10, 2018 { 11 comments }Old West-style lever guns used to be deer hunting mainstay. From Florida swamps to Alaska woods, they’re great brush guns—but they can be so much more.
Honkers in The Chilly Morning: Goose Hunting in Central Manitoba
Published: October 2, 2018 { 0 comments }I rose from my blind, Stoeger 3500 semi-auto shotgun pressed to my shoulder. In seconds, I’d fired off my three shells and was sure I’d missed everything.
Traditions Launching Improved Smackdown Muzzleloader Projectiles
Published: September 4, 2018 { 1 comment }Traditions Firearms is launching an expanded series of projectiles for muzzle-loading firearms just in time for hunting season.
Night Hunting Hogs With a Suppressed Muzzleloader? Hell, Yes!
Published: September 3, 2018 { 5 comments }A couple of months earlier, Jones and I were on the phone talking about two of our favorite things–hunting and shooting. Jones told me about a friend with a ranch located in the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio, and the guy was having problems with hogs and had given Jones an open invitation to come out and kill as many as he wanted.
The 6.5-300 Weatherby – Lightning in a Bottle
Published: September 3, 2018 { 2 comments }In 1945, Roy Weatherby introduced three cartridges that became synonymous with speed. That has always been Weatherby’s calling card: high velocity equals flat trajectory, and they’ve stuck with that concept.









