I work with youth and competitive sport shooting and often get the opportunity to hunt with them during the waterfowl season. In my state, we have a youth waterfowl opener that is a week ahead of the annual opening day. My good friend Scott offered that he had a young hunter, so we began to prepare for that first hunt.
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Simple Gourmet: Bear Ham Soup
Updated: November 1, 2021It’s Fall, and there’s nothing like hot soup on a cold afternoon. If you made a ham from your Spring bear, or from any other critter you’ve brought home, this is a great way to use up the leftovers. Even leftovers from Sunday dinner with your pork-eating in-laws will work well.
CZ’s New 557 Eclipse Delivers Solid Performance at a Reasonable Price
Updated: November 1, 2021CZ’s goal with the Eclipse was to distill the 557 down to its basics while retaining the same good barreled action in a package with a more affordable price tag. After putting an Eclipse chambered in 308 Win. through its paces, I would say that CZ has succeeded admirably.
Straight Pull Safari with the Strasser RS14 Evolution
Updated: November 1, 2021When you’re traveling halfway around the world for the hunt of a lifetime, you need to consider exactly what rifle to choose, especially when you are planning to hunt a variety of game. I own several rifles in my personal collection, unfortunately, most are not ideal for African plains game
Kansas Bowhunter Expected to Make the Record Books with Huge Buck
Updated: November 1, 2021Kansas bowhunter Marc Sommers took a stud weighing more than 200 pounds, with a green score of 245 inches this year, a cull that will likely go into the Boone and Crockett record books.
Shooting Holes in the Sky – Choke Tubes
Updated: November 1, 2021practice of patterning a shotgun. This article provides some great advice for every shotgun enthusiast that wants to be a good competitive shooter.
Last Frontier Bison: Hunting Alaska’s Largest Land Mammal
Updated: November 1, 2021It was the sixth day of an Alaska bison hunt that had thrown numerous challenges at us requiring an ever-evolving plan; we’d blown through Plans A, B, and C and were currently throwing a Hail Mary as our days afield came to a close.
Field Goose Hunting Fundamentals
Updated: January 4, 2024Tips, tricks, and goose hunting fundamentals that every hunter should know.
Farther into the Night: My Journey into Night Vision and Thermal Optics – Bering Optics Super Hogster
Updated: November 1, 2021This article is the second of two on thermal optics. In part one I discussed night vision, how I decided to invest in thermal optics, and profiled the iRay MH25 thermal scanner. In this article, I cover the Bering Optics Super Hogster thermal riflescope.
Wisconsin Whitetail Hunter Gets Bitten by Black Bear in Tree Stand
Updated: November 1, 2021A whitetail hunter in Wisconsin got more than he bargained for earlier this month when he found himself sharing his tree stand with a black bear.