When a Buffalo Charges
Craig Boddington Nobody said it better than Robert Ruark when he wrote, “A buffalo looks at you like you owe him money.” It’s the eyes, dark, implacable, boring into you.…
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Hot Days, Hot Fishing, Big Bass
Submitted By: By USA Guest Columnist and Pro Angler Boyd Duckett Some people think that the summertime is not the best time to catch bass, much less big bass. The…
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Cowboy Action Shooting – Getting Started
M. D. Johnson Let’s be honest. At one time or another while watching your 1,005th episode of Gunsmoke, the thought ran through your mind that it would be cool to be the…
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Kitchen Table Custom: Tricking Out the Ruger 10/22
Paul Markel I had my eye on it for better than two months, the blue steel beauty with a hardwood walnut stock. Long before I was of legal age to…
DetailsDog Days Bass Patterns
Ken Cook When developing fishing patterns, I take into account every possible variable, especially latitude. Latitude is important in the spring months when bass in lower latitude regions like Florida…
DetailsSurveying Modern Big Game Bullets
Lee J. Hoots Does a bullet need to be so tough that it completely penetrates a deer or elk to perform at its maximum capabilities? Should it be designed to…
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The Power of the Curl
Craig Boddington Many years ago I invited my then boss to join me in one of my secret public land hotspots for wild hogs. I will never forget how he…
DetailsBass and Deep-Water Ledges
Ken Cook It’s not unusual for people to equate bass fishing with the shallow-water flipping and pitching that goes on so many places throughout the country. True, largemouth bass, when…
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Submitted By: By USA Guest Columnist and Pro Angler Jon Bondy Call me biased. It’s okay, really. I think Canada’s Lake St. Clair is one of the best smallmouth lakes…
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Weatherby SA-08 Autoloader
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…
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