Lee J. Hoots When I was a young California teenager just starting to get real serious about wingshooting, my father brought home a new gun one evening. “It’s my new…
Doug Howlett With summer quickly approaching, most sportsmen’s thoughts are turning toward family vacations, days spent fishing and maybe even a little time on the golf course. But if you…
David Draper Adam is the very model of a houndsman, with logging boots, flannel shirt and a trucker hat he’s been wearing long before trucker hats were cool. For the…
Doug Howlett While the hardcore among us won’t hesitate to set up camp at any time of the year and in any type of weather, for the most part, camping…
Craig Boddington The .375 Ruger is a very good cartridge, and in several different ways. It performs a bit better than the great old .375 H&H, but it uses a…
Tony Kinton Recreational vehicles (RVs) have become extremely popular across the U.S. in recent years. Go just about anywhere and the roads are sprinkled with travel trailers and motor homes.…
Lee J. Hoots It was in March 2006 that U.S. Repeating Arms turned off the lights, ushered every employee home and closed the doors indefinitely at its New Haven, Connecticut,…
Peter B. Mathiesen On the eve on my Missouri turkey hunt, I sat at the computer and turned my browser to The Weather Channel’s website, it forecasted 20 to 30…
J. Wayne Fears as seen on the Outdoor Wire Sighting in a new scope on a centerfire rifle can be an intimidating chore. You probably imagine yourself spending an afternoon…
Doug Howlett Turkey season is already grinding down to a close, and you’re either elated at the success you’ve enjoyed or feeling completely whipped and thinking it’s time to pick…
J. Wayne Fears as seen on the Outdoor Wire For many years like most spring hunters, I hunted every morning religiously but by late morning, if I hadn’t worked a…
J. Wayne Fears as seen on the Outdoor Wire It is one of the most often asked questions in survival schools and seminars. “What is the best survival knife?” My…
Doug Howlett Every year manufacturers introduce products deemed “new” that are really just a different twist to an existing product. Examples include when a gun manufacturer introduces an existing model…
Lee J. Hoots I missed out on Marlin’s first bolt-action centerfire rifle. Oh, I put a few rounds downrange with two or three of them during the course of my…
J. Wayne Fears as seen on the Outdoor Wire The big cottonmouth just would not leave well enough alone, every time I would take a stick and push him out…
J. Wayne Fears as seen on the Outdoor Wire When you mention hunting spring gobblers with a 20-gauge shotgun, many hunters are quick to voice an opinion that the 20-gauge…
M. D. Johnson Want to start an argument? Walk into the shotgun section of any sporting goods retailer and say in a loud voice, “the (fill in name of favorite…
Tony Kinton Tents are marvels. They have been in use for hundreds of years in various persuasions and have been employed as temporary and permanent shelters. Today’s anglers and hunters…
Tracy Breen Scouting cameras have changed the way hunters hunt big game animals. Before there were scouting cameras, most of us scouted deer and other big game animals by looking…
Tony Kinton If there is a true phenomenon in recent firearms development, the nod would have to go to the AR platform, commonly referred to as black guns. These units…
David Hart Roger Wells doesn’t pull any punches when he talks about the future of quail and quail hunting. A 34-year veteran of the wildlife profession, Wells, national habitat director…
M. D. Johnson Quick question: Are all wild turkeys the same? Before you say yes or no, allow me to answer for you; it’s both yes, and no. True, a…