Hunting
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Elk Hunting Basics for First-Timers in Montana
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks sold roughly 130,000 elk licenses last year, and by most estimates fewer than one in…
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.308 vs 6.5 Creedmoor: what actually matters afield
There’s a gun counter in a little shop off Route 9 outside my hometown where I’ve spent more Saturday mornings…
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Bowhunting vs rifle season: what to know
Opening morning of archery season in my county starts about six weeks before anyone’s allowed to carry a rifle into…
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Turkey calling for beginners: what actually works
Six-thirty on a cold morning off a logging road outside a friend’s lease in central Missouri, I called too much.…
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The Winchester lever gun’s real frontier legacy
There’s a Winchester Model 1892 hanging behind the counter at a little pawn shop off old Route 66 outside Kingman,…
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Best truck guns for ranch and farm work in 2025
Last spring I spent three days helping a buddy fix fence on his place outside Comanche County, Texas, and by…
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Field dressing a deer step by step
Last November, forty minutes before shooting light ran out, I dropped a doe about 200 yards off a two-track outside…
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Hog hunting in Texas: gear and tactics that work
A customer came into the shop last month with mud still on his boots, asking why the .223 load he’d…
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Bowhunting vs rifle season: what to know
Last October I sat in a stand off a logging road outside a friend’s property in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, watching…
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Best turkey hunting shotguns: seven guns I’d actually carry this spring
Opening morning last April, sitting against a white oak off a logging road outside a buddy’s place near Coshocton County,…
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