First Day Dove Hunt: Teaching a New Hunter in Yuma, Arizona
Arizona dove season started on September 1. This year, I took a new dove hunter out on on opening day. My policy is to introduce new hunters to hunting as often as I can.
Jesse...
Feral Cattle: Dangerous Game Hunting for the Cost-Conscious
If you asked a few people to start naming dangerous game animals, a particular species - or a family of them - will cross most of their lips. Namely, exotic bovids or at least...
GLOCK 21SF .45 Super Conversion: 1,000 Rounds and a Bunch of Pigs Later
There's been a bit of a .45 Super resurgence of late. I carry a pistol every day for self defense, but I also hunt quite a bit, and very much enjoy hunting feral hogs....
New Jersey Governor Ends Bear Hunts on Public Lands by Executive Order
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is Andrew Cuomo lite. He's every bit as hostile to civilian firearm ownership and Second Amendment rights, he just lacks the ability of his neighbor to the north to...
Shot Placement: To Bait or Not to Bait?
Fall is fast approaching and with it comes deer season, duck season, turkey season…the list goes on. Basically, fall is a mash-up of a hunting version of My Favorite Things. Instead of whiskers on...
Elmer Keith’s 600-Yard Shot: Tall Tale Or Simply Great Shooting?
Elmer Keith was a character, one practically right out of a legend. A barely literate cowboy by many accounts (his editors were said to work miracles) but a shooter of incredible skill, a wildcatter...
Shot Placement: Ink, Piercings, and Unnatural Hair, Oh My!
We're taking a slight departure from the world of hunting this week although technically this topic does apply to the hunting side of the industry. It’s simply an issue more prevalent on the tactical...
Shot Placement: Boone and Crockett Versus Long-Range Hunting
Last week I spent some time running the .224 Valkyrie out to 1250 yards on a known distance range. The targets were the usual steel Frankensteins – torsos – and between the constantly-shifting crosswinds...
Brisket – A Hunting Story
By Bloving
The following account is based on actual events that occurred in Voca, Texas in 1994. To protect the innocent, the names of the pigs have been changed.
The red dust of the Texas hill...
5 Things You Could Be Doing To Prepare For Deer Hunting Season
By Jonny Mac
Deer season is still a few months off, but there are some things you can do right now to increase your chances and have more fun this fall. Whether you are new...
Shot Placement: Of Giraffes, Photos, and Anti-Hunters
It’s been all over social media this week: photos of an elderly giraffe shown post-hunt alongside hunter Tess Talley. In the pictures Talley holds her bolt-action – because it is South Africa, after all...
Florida Girl Treed by Alligator, Saved by a Shot From an AR-15 Rifle
Last week, a 15-year-old girl, Jordan Broderick, was floating on a raft in a creek in the Ocala National Forest north of Orlando, Florida when an alligator approached her. She quickly climbed a nearby...