There’s an old saw about flying: it’s ninety-nine percent boredom interspersed with one percent stark terror. Kinda like goose hunting, as these Pennsylvania hunters found out. If you haven’t done much bird hunting, or water fowling, you should. Game birds…
Legend has it there are three seasons in Colorado: football, skiing, and elk. Colorado has spectacular, challenging terrain and abundant big game animals. The Centennial State is home to mule deer, elk, moose, black bear, pronghorn, big horn sheep, and…
Here at the LocaCarnivore, we are bonkers for pronghorn. They are the tastiest beast you’ll find anywhere and few hunts will challenge you as much as a speed goat hunt. If you’ve never hunted pronghorn, or hunted in the western…
The .270 Winchester is perhaps the most storied big game hunting cartridge. While the .30-06 Springfield enjoys praise for both the contribution it made to the United States’ military efforts and as a hunting cartridge, the .270, on the other…
It’s a fact, Feral hogs are a plague upon the land in many southern and mid-western states. Every year they invade new territory. Hogs have spread as far east as Ohio and as north as Michigan. At their present growth…
Montana, “The Last Best Place,” as termed by artist Charlie Russell, is the fourth largest state. It is home to many different game species: elk, moose, bison, black bear, pronghorn antelope, mountain lion, wolf, big horn sheep, mountain goat, upland…
A worrisome thought occurred to me as I pulled the last .300 Winchester Magnum cartridge from my rifle’s magazine after a successful whitetail hunt in Montana. The rounds looked odd, not right in the least. Good news–bad news. Good news,…
The idea some cartridges can bust their way through thick brush has been around since guns have been used for hunting. Are some better suited to the task than others? Cartridges with a brush buster reputation have common characteristics. They…
I admit it. I’m not a Ninja, or a Navy SEAL, or any other such clandestine operative. So what do I know about sneaking up on anything, let alone hyper-alert game animals? Turns out, plenty. Why? Because I watch the…
Sometimes, you just have to let your hair down. Sit back, relax, and watch some pumpkin and watermelon mayhem with Winchester’s mighty .458 Magnum. Other helpful stories you’ll like: Use Enough Gun: Why You Should Bring a Big-Bore…