Right Caliber, Right Purpose: A Complete Guide Choosing the right caliber isn’t just about hype—it’s about purpose. Whether you’re building your first DIY rifle, gearing up for hunting season, or searching for the ideal home defense round, this guide breaks…
10 Whitetail Deer Hunting Tips That Actually Work Sharpen your edge this season and outwit the smartest ungulates in the woods. Whitetail deer aren’t just common—they’re cunning, elusive, and frustratingly good at dodging hunters who take them for granted. Whether…
If you’re looking at low budget hunting guns, watch this before you buy one. Low budget hunting guns come with fewer features than more expensive hunting guns. In this terrific video we explain the differences and what you give up…
Half frozen atop a ridge 10,000 feet above sea level 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…
Are you making these deer hunting mistakes when you ground hunt? Successful deer hunting is difficult. Hunting deer on the ground is even more difficult. Unsuccessful hunters tend to make the same mistakes over and over. The more they make…
What’s the best way to stalk and kill whitetail and mule deer? The simple answer is whichever way works. Trouble is, which ones are those? Here are five great ways to put the sneak on your dinner. Deer, to the…
The United States in 1934 stood at the abyss. The Great Depression had ruined countless lives. Families lived in shanty towns and drifted across the Great Plains toward California or any place which held the slightest hope they could reverse…
Crossbows. How can something so simple generate so much controversy? Crossbows are, at present, displacing standard bows, whether recurve or compound, from the market. In other words, more hunters are buying crossbows than standard bows each year. Many crossbow buyers…
A bright, blood-orange sun dipped below a fir and ponderosa mantled ridge in Montana’s Blackfoot River country. A tedious, yet picturesque afternoon-long wait had come down to this; fifteen minutes before last legal hunting light and still no deer had…
It’s on. The whitetail deer rut starts in October and runs into November. Hunters across the U.S. spend time and money to get the inside track on when the rut occurs in their area, and with good reason. The rut…