Here’s a great video on how to reload your own rifle cartridges. I do a few things different from what RCBS shows here. I work each case one at a time. First I clean them, then lube (I’ve been told…
There are many magnum hunting cartridges, but those which use .30 caliber bullets are by far the most popular. The “Fast Thirties,” as famed gun writer Craig Boddington calls them, have always captivated hunters. They combine flat trajectories with tremendous…
Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources announced on October 2nd, 2017, they have discovered another whitetail deer which they believe has Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD. A preliminary field test at a game check station indicated a high probability the deer,…
The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department sent us this great, easy to use guide to tree stand safety. Many hunters are injured, even killed, each season in falls from tree stands. Read this handy guide and don’t become a statistic. …
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed gray wolves have moved west of the Cascade Mountains and into Skagit County, Washington which is not far, by wolf standards, from Seattle. While it may take some time, it is possible…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks has begun the process to remove grizzly bears in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem from the endangered species list. Grizzlies in the Yellowstone system have already…
A bear attacked a hunter near Hungry Horse Reservoir in Montana on Sunday, September 24th, 2017, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. Details are sketchy. Neither the bear’s species or the hunter’s injuries are known at this time. The…
These days, ammunition is often scarce and expensive. Many gun owners limit their armories to weapons chambered for popular cartridges such as .308 Winchester, .30-06, and .300 Winchester Magnum. All good rounds, but this Darwinian process has pushed many others…
The latest in the ongoing friction between burgeoning grizzly bear populations and humans in Montana escalated the week of September 17, 2017. Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks reported a single grizzly killed ten–you read right–ten calves in a short time…
How much power do you need in a hunting rifle? The obvious answer: enough. So, how much is enough, and is there such a thing as too much? The first part is somewhat complex, with different factors important at different…
