Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has already devastated deer and elk herds across the American west, mid-west, and south-east. Montana had, up to now, been spared its ravages. The state confirmed its first cases in 2017, and has moved with speed…
Prvi Partizan is a Serbian munitions maker established in 1928. Sold in the United States under the PPU brand, their ammunition is among the lowest priced available. With its no frills packaging and understated marketing, many American shooters believe it…
The year is 1962. American shooters and hunters are gripped by a mighty force—Magnum Fever. This syndrome, characterized by a never satisfied desire for greater and greater bullet velocity, stalked the land since 1956 when Winchester introduced the .458 Winchester…
The 6.5mm cartridges are the hot ticket, right now. With all the hyperbole about the 6.5 Creedmoor, and others, it’s high time the 6.5 family’s great scion got some attention. I refer to none other than the wonderful, 6.5x55mm Swedish.…
What’s the most popular, yet least glamorous, hunting rifle cartridge? The .308 Winchester. Developed for the U.S. military to replace the time-tested .30-06, this wonderful, flexible round traces its DNA back to the .300 Savage. Based on lessons learned from…
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. …
Right now, 6.5mm rifles are hotter than illicit yellow cake Uranium on a Phoenix sidewalk in July. Driven by the long-range shooting cult, American hunters have discovered there are indeed other bore sizes beyond .30 caliber. Never mind European shooters…
Few things will get your adrenaline up as spot and stalk deer hunting in heavy cover. It’s just you and the deer, up close and personal; predator and prey in the ancient dance. If you can become one with the…
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…
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…