Provided by Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation For elk hunters who’d like to be better elk callers, there are few mentors more qualified today than Joel Turner, reigning and two-time champion of…
By Bob Barteck, USA member and IAFF Local 425 Alumni An hour before daylight on a crisp November morning, the steam from our breath is illuminated by our head lamps…
Craig Boddington Leupold has a “Pigman” riflescope. Winchester has their new “Razorback” ammuntion… and I suspect this is just the tip of the iceberg. The wild hog is coming on…
Doug Howlett It’s hard to believe, but the first deer whitetail season in the country-in South Carolina’s Lowcountry-opens in just over a month with a number of states’ archery seasons…
Tim Herald By now, you have surely heard all the buzz in the hunting and shooting worlds about Thompson Center Arms’ new Dimension rifle platform. Since its introduction at the…
Mark Kayser Trail cameras have added to the success of deer hunting like unmanned drones have aided in the surveillance and destruction of America’s enemies abroad. Never before have hunters…
Babe Winkelman More and more hunters are coming out of the trees and pursuing their game from eye level. That’s because hunting from a blind has so many advantages over…
Michael L. Wojciechowski, IAM Local 49 Other than my U.S. Naval service after high school, I have lived in Chicago all my life. My father was a union machinist and…
Doug Howlett As a kid, vacation with the family meant you were going on a camping trip. From Pennsylvania Amish country down to the wild Smoky Mountains of North Carolina,…
Otis Technology Our partners at Otis Technology have developed six basic rules for cleaning a firearm properly. Check out these great tips below. Always clean from Breech-to-Muzzle® in the natural direction of…
Peter B. Mathiesen With the average wheeler totaling nine grand for a 500cc class machine, we know that driving around the dealer’s parking lot just won’t cut it when you’re…
By Josey White, Mossy Oak ProStaff Q: Can you give me a few general tips on how I can be more successful this spring? A: The best advice I can give…
Craig Boddington It was the middle of a dark, snowy night. We were hunting predators, not pigs, but it was late and we hadn’t seen much when a sounder burst…
Craig Boddington Just 30 years ago, the white or scimitar-horned oryx roamed the desert of northern Chad in thousands. His two buddies, the twist-horned addax and the large-bodied, short-horned dama…
Steve Felgenhauer As daylight illuminated the landscape, the sounds of my surroundings were foreign, and for good reason. I was hunting Mexico for the most elusive of all the turkey…
USA Staff With comfortable temperatures and longer days, spring is a great time to get our four-legged hunting companions back in the field to get in shape and train for…
Kate Cywinski Click here to go back to the Turkey Contest page Classification Name Score Eastern David Forbey Edward Heflin Butch Ramos Hunter James Denise Coakley David Sachse James Johnson 70.375…
Steve Felgenhauer If you were to ask 10 rifle owners to explain the term accurizing a rifle, chances are you would get 10 different answers. The reason? Accurizing is subjective.…
Mark Kayser Shed antler hunting is as intoxicating to me as estrus is to a rutting bull elk. At the moment I didn’t have time to think about the addiction,…
Bob Barteck, IAFF Local 425 Alumni As the sun breaks the distant horizon in a colorful display, the Ontario bush begins a new morning. This remote wilderness is full of…
Ken Barrett Spring snows used to mean just one thing – grabbing the shovel or firing up the snow blower. That’s not the case anymore, especially if you’re a waterfowl…
By David Rainer, As Seen on The Outdoor Wire With the bulk of the hunting season almost over, it’s time to think about storing your equipment. When it comes to putting…