4 Hunting Cartridges I’ll Never Own Not every cartridge deserves a spot in your safe. In this video, I break down four hunting rounds I’ll never own—and why they don’t make the cut for ethical, practical, or performance-based reasons. Whether…
7mm PRC: Hype Train or Hunter’s Dream? Is the 7mm PRC the future of big game hunting—or just another cartridge chasing Creedmoor clout? In this deep-dive, we compare the 7mm PRC to five serious contenders: 7mm Rem Mag, 280 Ackley…
Enough Gun: Ethical Power for Deer, Elk, Moose & Bear Do you really have enough gun for big game? In this no-nonsense guide, we break down the ethical power needed to hunt deer, elk, moose, and bear. Learn what cartridges…
12 Elk Cartridges That Won’t Wreck Your Shoulder – Low Recoil, Big Punch Stop letting magnum recoil mess with your hunt. In this video, we break down 12 elk-capable cartridges with less than 25 ft-lbs of recoil—including real-world ballistic data,…
Is it time to retire the .30-06 Springfield? The “06” in .30-06 is short for 1906, the years the U.S. Army adopted the cartridge for service in its small arms. Do the math. Next year the .30-06 Springfield is 120…
Top 5 modern deer cartridges (the future is now). Traditional (read “old”) cartridges have dominated deer hunting for almost 150 years. A long time, indeed. In the last quarter century numerous new cartridges have appeared. Are they any good? Will they…
Top five cartridges for the one gun hunter. You have one gun. One hunting gun. Regardless if you can afford just one or you choose to have but one hunting gun, which cartridge should your one gun chamber? At LocaCarnivore,…
The best elk cartridges of all time are right here in this provocative count down. We wanted to determine which elk cartridges were the greatest in history, and we succeeded. We applied several criteria to determine the best elk cartridges. …
Most rifle cartridges on the market today are unnecessary. There, I said it. I’ll get innumerable hate letters, but it’s the bald-faced truth. E-retail giant, Midway USA, for example, lists 174 centerfire rifle cartridges in its inventory. Throw in the…
Deer hunting. Everybody, and we mean everybody, has advice on how to hunt deer. Some are spot on, others qualify as deer UFO conspiracy theories. There are many ways to hunt deer, but you have to cover the basics, first. …
