More from Andrew McKean

Testing one of the best binoculars for the money.
Binoculars

The Best Binoculars for the Money, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Testing the best binocular harnesses in Montana.
Gear

Best Binocular Harnesses, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Testing the best spotting scopes side by side.
Gear

The Best Spotting Scopes of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

elk hunting
Big Game Hunting

The Ultimate Guide to Elk Hunting

By Jace Bauserman, Andrew McKean

The Best LPVO Scopes of 2024, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The Best LPVO Scopes of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

The author tests two of the best rangefinders for hunting.
Gear

The Best Rangefinders for Hunting of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Great scopes under $200
Gear

7 Great Scopes Under $250, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

The author tests the best hunting scopes.
Gear

The Best Hunting Scopes: 18 Modern and Versatile Options

By Andrew McKean

mountain lion
Conservation

Lion Hunting Ban Qualifies for Colorado’s November Ballot

By Andrew McKean

hunter education
Conservation

A Digital Revolution in Hunter Education

By Andrew McKean

Testing straight wall scopes
Big Game Hunting

The 4 Best Scopes for Straight-Wall Cartridges, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

An American flag flying above the front range ofColorado
Conservation

This Independence Day, Celebrate the Gift of Public Land

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in the snow looks at his phone.
Conservation

Hunting Regs Are Too Complicated. This New Hunting A.I. Is Trying to Fix That

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in blaze orange looks at a dead deer from a distance
Conservation

Public Approval for Hunting and Recreational Shooting Continues to Decline in the U.S.

By Andrew McKean

mountain lion
Conservation

Anti-Hunting Groups Are Running a Paid Signature Campaign to Ban Cougar Hunting in Colorado. Conservation Orgs Launch “Decline to Sign” Effort

By Andrew McKean

The Best Rimfire Scopes of 2024, Tested and Reviewed
Gear

The Best Rimfire Scopes of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

argentina red stag
Big Game Hunting

Hunting Wild Red Stag in Argentina During the Roar Is a Lot Like Elk Hunting the Rut — But Better

By Andrew McKean

infiray
Gear

State Department Alleges Yantai IRAY Provided Thermal Scopes to Russia. It’s Unclear If Sanctions Will Disrupt U.S. Thermal Market

By Andrew McKean

montana mule deer
Big Game Hunting

Montana Raises Record Funds for a Coveted Mule Deer Tag — Through a Public Raffle

By Andrew McKean

Mallards resting on an NWR
Conservation

Proposed Rule Could Curb Predator Control and Planting Grains for Waterfowl in Refuges. Hunting Orgs Now Wonder, Is USFWS Turning Against Duck Hunters?

By Andrew McKean

Pronghorn antelope in Wyoming.
Climate & Environment

Why Is the New BLM Rule So Controversial?

By Andrew McKean

Leupold RX-5000
Backcountry Hunting Gear

First Look: The New Leupold RX-5000 Laser Rangefinder

By Andrew McKean

hunting dog german wirehaired pointer lies in the grass
Hunting

Killing Cricket: Putting Down Your Dog Is Never Easy — Nor Easy to Explain

By Andrew McKean

A dark gray and white Wyoming wolf crosses a snowy road.
Hunting

Activists Are Defining Hunters by One Wyoming Man Who Tortured a Wolf. What Are Actual Hunters Doing About It?

By Andrew McKean

The Maven B.7 fit in the palm of your hand.
Binoculars

The Best Compact Binoculars of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

280 Ackley Improved
Ammo

The 280 Ackley Improved Is Still One of the Greatest Western Big Game Cartridges

By Andrew McKean

The Swarovski Visio smart binocular
Binoculars

Swarovski AX Visio Review: The Most Advanced, and Controversial, Birding Binocular

By Andrew McKean

A drop of blood on the tooth of a crocodile.
Big Game Hunting

Hunting the Nile Crocodile, the Very Picture of Death

By Andrew McKean

Gray Wolf pack howling taken in Yellowstone NP
Conservation

As Wolf Management Debate Reaches a Fever Pitch, the Interior Department Hires a National Mediator

By Andrew McKean

Next of Gen PLOP 10x50 binoculars with a digital private and public land display.
Opinion

Glassing with Permission Only: Next-Generation Binocular Will Make Users Pay to View Private Land

By Andrew McKean

thermal deer
Gear

Will Thermals Change the Way We Hunt?

By Andrew McKean

A nice buck in a field.
Conservation

Congress Killed Our Last Big Conservation Package Because It Was Too Expensive. This Politician Says His Bill Is Cheaper and Better

By Andrew McKean

A big trophy mule deer buck.
Big Game Hunting

Auction vs. Raffle Tags: Should States Stop Selling Big-Game Tags to the Highest Bidder?

By Andrew McKean

Hunter poses next to hog.
Gear

The Best Thermal Scopes of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Elk eating hay in Montana.
Big Game Hunting

States Want to Issue Lots of Transferrable Big-Game Tags to Landowners. Regular Hunters Want to Stop Them

By Andrew McKean

A survival instructor sips rainwater out of a rock. Photo by Benjamin Rasmussen
Adventure

This Survival Instructor’s Lesson? The Wilderness Isn’t Out to Get You

Story by Andrew McKean, Photographs by Benjamin Rasmussen

mil vs moa
Gear

MIL vs MOA: Here’s What Hunters and Shooters Need to Know

By Andrew McKean

A herd of elk in Nebraska
Conservation

Nebraska Politicians Are Jeopardizing $20M in Wildlife Funding, Partly Because a Senator Can’t Catch Fish

By Andrew McKean

trophy whitetail heads
Big Game Hunting

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

We tested the best long range rifle scopes.
Gear

The Best Long Range Rifle Scopes of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.
Big Game Hunting

Here’s What Top Chronic Wasting Disease Researchers Can’t Say on the Record

By Andrew McKean

Shooting off a hunting tripod.
Gear

The Best Hunting Tripods of 2024, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in camo secures a tag around the antlers of a nice elk.
Big Game Hunting

Why Everybody Loves to Hate Nonresident Elk Hunters

By Andrew McKean

We tested the Weatherby Orion SXS, an affordable side by side shotgun.
Double Barrel Shotguns

Weatherby Orion SxS Review

By Andrew McKean

The best new lefty rifles of 2024
Guns

Three New Lefty Rifles for Every Pursuit

By Andrew McKean

A fly angler in a blue shirt and blue hat holds up a small redfish caught on the fly.
Conservation

BHA Became a Powerful Public Lands Org Thanks to ‘Grassroots Badassery.’ Now It’s at a Tipping Point, and the New CEO Wants to Get Its Mojo Back

By Andrew McKean

A shooter lying prone behind a rifle with a pile of brass on the ground.
Conservation

Hunter Recruitment Efforts Are Falling Flat. Why Don’t We Concentrate on New Shooters Instead?

By Andrew McKean

A herd of winter elk feeding in a field at sunset.
Big Game Hunting

New ‘Elk Rent’ Program to Pay Ranchers Each Day Herds Are on Their Land

By Andrew McKean

A mallard hen sitting inside a manmade duck nesting house.
Conservation

Mallard Numbers Have Declined Nationally. New Hen House Bill Aims to Help

By Andrew McKean

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground
Big Game Hunting

Bowhunter Tags Surprise 210-Class Iowa Buck on Pressured Public Ground

By J.D. Vandenburg, as told to Andrew McKean

Bull elk following cows.
Conservation

Surprise Ballot Initiative Would Allow Montana Landowners to Hunt Big Game Without Permits

By Andrew McKean

nevada desert bighorn sheep
Conservation

Podcast: Here’s Why Hunters Need Help from Birders, Backpackers, and Dog-Walkers

By Andrew McKean

A man in a greenshirt and waders fly fishes in a shady river.
Conservation

This Bill Would Digitize Mapping Data for America’s Waterways

By Andrew McKean

black bear in washington state
Conservation

What Happens When Anti-Hunters Join a State Game Commission and Take Charge of Hunting Seasons

By Andrew McKean

A shooter works the action on a suppressed Marlin lever-action rifle against a blue sky.
Conservation

This New Bill Would Shorten the Suppressor Waiting Period to 90 Days

By Andrew McKean

hunter in western mountains
Conservation

Colorado Sportsmen Fight Back Against Proposed Mountain Lion and Bobcat Hunting Ban

By Andrew McKean

An illustration of a deer heart and a fixed blade knife.
Big Game Hunting

6 Wild-Game Rituals That Are About Much More Than the Meat

By Gerry Bethge, Josh Dahlke, Tyler Freel, David Karczynski, Ben Long, Andrew McKean

wolves
Conservation

Are Animal-Rights Activists Hijacking Our Wildlife Commissions?

By Andrew McKean

We tested the best long range rifle scopes.
Gear

FFP vs SFP: Understanding First-Focal Plane and Second-Focal Plane Riflescopes

By Andrew McKean

A bison looks into the camera withe elk on the hillside behind her.
Big Game Hunting

After More Than a Century of Conservation Efforts, Why Can’t We Recover America’s Buffalo?

By Andrew McKean

The best rifle scopes for deer hunting laid out on rocks.
Big Game Hunting

The Best Rifle Scopes for Deer Hunting of 2024

By Andrew McKean

infared review
Gear

Xinfrared T2 Pro Review and Field Test

By Andrew McKean

Hunter glasses a hillside.
Conservation

National Survey Shows Millions of New Hunters and Anglers in the U.S.

By Andrew McKean

Archery in the schools program funding has been restored.
Conservation

Biden Signs Bill to Restore Funding to Hunter Education, Archery in Schools

By Andrew McKean