The SAFE Act hasn’t done New York gun owners any favors, but its draconian anti-gun policies just opened 5,300 acres of hunting lands that had previously been in shaky legal territory.
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Something Good from the SAFE Act? Anti-Gun Bill Leads to 5,300 Acres of Legal Hunting Ground
Updated: November 4, 2019Steel Shot
Updated: November 3, 2019For all of you waterfowl hunters born after 1992, the idea of steel shot is something you accept without hesitation. Reaching back ten more years would capture even more hunters still too young to remember. According to the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation’s 2016 report, just over two million of almost 12-million hunters seek waterfowl. While I am spitting out stats, I might as well add, migratory hunters spent 16-million days on 15-million trips and spent over $2.3 billion in 2016. While this includes doves it most certainly is heavy with geese and ducks hunters.
Simple Gourmet: Forget The Grind, It’s TACO Time
Updated: November 3, 2019Tough cuts are usually ground, but these tasty tacos are a much better use of your game meat.
Leupold VX-5HD 4-20X52MM Riflescope Review
Updated: November 3, 2019Shadows lengthened across the North Idaho canyon, reaching tentative fingers into every sunlit opening. Bears were on the menu tonight, and I sat, back to a small tree, watching the slopes and timbered openings across a small canyon.
Early Season Goose
Updated: November 3, 2019Hunting the early season for any animal is always exciting. You can often take advantage of animals that have not been hunted since last fall and this can lead them to make mistakes that they are not known to do as the season wears on. On this hunt, I was able to exploit the behavior of early-season geese.
10 Scent Killers Sure To Boost Your Whitetail Success
Updated: November 3, 2019Few things foil a good hunt like human stink. The good news: savvy manufacturers work tirelessly each year and come up with new products that will help you fly under the olfactory system of the white-tailed deer. Here are 10 to consider.
1895: The Last Lever-Action
Updated: November 3, 2019The Winchester model 1895 was the last lever-action designed by firearms designer John Browning, and a favorite of Teddy Roosevelt and the Texas Rangers.
Earn A Doe, Miss On A Buck: Deer Hunting Nebraska’s Platte River Unit
Updated: November 3, 20192:52 PM, a couple miles west of Brady, Nebraska, and I less than three hours away from a hearty serving of Tag Soup. I was on Day Five of a November 2018 deer hunt in Nebraska’s Lincoln County, and though I’d put in many hours I hadn’t seen a buck of any size—antlers or body.
Tested: Stalker QD Bipod from Swagger
Updated: November 2, 2019The Stalker QD proved to be a nice piece of light-weight hunting gear that went on at a moment’s notice to provide the stability I needed for a good, ethical shot.
Field To Freezer- Locavore Meat Processing
Updated: November 1, 2019Many hunters find themselves having harvested a big game animal in an area that may require them to quarter the animal for ease of field removal. The key is to remove the quarters from the carcass or to remove the entrails as quickly as possible. This will help to cool the meat faster.