Hunting Lessons Re-Learned in Africa

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The shot looks great in the video. A trio of Mountain Reedbuck rush up a steep hillside; the border of South Africa and Lesotho. A man drops, oddly crouched with a rifle on the opposite side...
Building The Pig Truth: a .458 SOCOM Ultimate Hog Hunting Gun

Building The Pig Truth, a .458 SOCOM Hog Hunting Rifle

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It has been over a year since I wrote about a gun I personally own (and told you that I'd feature more of them), so I'm way overdue in presenting The Pig Truth to...

South Texas Hunt With Armasight Contractor Thermal Scopes

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This spring I drove down to the very southernmost tip of Texas, nearly to Brownsville to do a little night hunting with Armasight's new Contractor thermal scopes. Nighttime hunting is extremely popular in Texas...

APEX’s New Limited Edition Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Habitat Waterfowl Blend Shotgun Shells

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From Apex Ammunition . . . APEX Ammunition, makers of premium, ultra-high-density Tungsten Super Shot (TSS) shotshells, is pleased to introduce its new limited-edition, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Habitat Waterfowl Blend. Available in 3-inch, 12-gauge shells,...
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NSSF Condemns US Fish & Wildlife Ban of Traditional Ammo in Wildlife Refuges

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From the NSSF . . . NSSF, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, denounced the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) Final Rule that offered hunters a “bait-and-switch” deal that banned the use of traditional ammunition...
Hunter hunting rifle blaze orange

New York’s New Gun Conrol, Ammo Registration Laws Impacting Conservation Dollars

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By Matt Manda It’s only been two weeks since New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul’s expanded gun restriction laws took effect. The impacts have been immediate. Concealed carry permit holders, recreational target shooters, hunters, even historical battlefield reenactment groups, have...
Hill Country Blackbuck with flintlock (image courtesy JWT for thetruthaboutguns.com)

Hunting Is What You Make of It

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Without a doubt, the easiest hunts I've had were on public land. In Pennsylvania, I sat in a tree stand in a wooded area between a series of farms. A local friend of mine told me...

How to Get Started Hunting the Right Way

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I used to shake a great deal when I saw deer wandering towards me across a vast fields of beans. Every inch they moved made my heart beat harder and it reminded me that...
Africa poacher poaching security guard

Trying to Protect African Wildlife With the Least Expensive Weapons Available

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In addition to hunting, when TTAG writer Jon Wayne Taylor is in Africa, he trains the people who protect some of continent's most endangered wildlife from poachers. This week he's in South Africa working...

Pro Tip: Choose The Right Bullet For The Job

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A few guys and I went to Lonesome Boar Adventures in Mountain Home, Texas to do a little hunting. Thinking we'd be shooting mostly coyotes at medium-to-long ranges, wild boars from close to far,...

Gear Review: Pnuma IconX Heated Core Vest and Pants

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I'm a total sissy for the cold. According to all the genetic tests, I'm about 4,000% Scandinavian, but whatever noble traits my hearty ancestors developed to live in the cold skipped right over me. Hating...

Planning on ‘Bugging Out’ In a Disaster? You Might Want to Rethink That…

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Anyone who doesn’t have his or her head buried in the sand has probably considered what they would do if something happened and they had to flee their home.  Sort of like when some...