I must declare my bias up front. I love the .300 Winchester Magnum. It is accurate, shoots flat, and available on any gun store shelf. I’ve hunted with it for four or five seasons now and its effectiveness is something Read More
Thirty years ago, American shooters, for the most part, could care less about 6.5mm bullets or the cartridges which fired them. This reflected a situation which had existed since World War Two’s end in 1945. Other than the small cadre Read More
Elk are where you find them, the old saw goes. Every elk hunter wants to find those special areas elk frequent. Find elk habitat and you’ll find elk. Before the internet and public access satellite imagery, people found elk habitat Read More
Few game animals in this world will challenge a hunter more than North America’s pronghorn. A hold over from the last Ice Age, the pronghorn (Antilocapra Americana) inhabits the western U.S., central Canada, and northern Mexico. Considered an open prairie Read More
Okay, I admit it. I didn’t look forward to this assignment: write a few words about Remington’s famous Ultra Magnum rifle cartridges. These are, with little doubt, amongst my least favorite hunting rounds. I’ve always thought they went a bit Read More
There’s no middle ground when it comes to the 10mm Auto. Shooters either love it—some to rapture—or they deride it as overrated and unnecessary. For a long time the doubters almost prevailed. Introduced in 1983, the “Ten” drew little initial Read More
Every hunter is only as good as their cold bore shot. First shots count in hunting–you may not get another–so you better hit first time, every time. Rifle zero is important, too. Whether you are a long-range hunter or, like Read More
The .45 ACP pistol cartridge is popular in the United States. So popular, it could wear the title “America’s Cartridge.” It is synonymous with power and the all-American philosophy, “More is Better.” Like our muscle cars, it is big, hard Read More
Half frozen atop a ridge in the Rocky Mountains, something got my attention through the binoculars. Five-hundred yards away, across a thousand-foot deep gully, what I had waited three long, cold hours for grazed in an open patch on a Read More
Montana, “The Last Best Place,” is famous for its bears and hunting. It’s not easy, though. Montana is what is known as a “spot and stalk” state when it comes to black bear hunting. Hunters are not allowed to use Read More
