More from Andrew McKean (Page 3)

Four deer lit up with a thermal on a prairie.

Policy & Legislation

Survey: Idaho Big-Game Hunters Would Ban Drones and Thermals, But Keep Most Other Tech

By Andrew McKean

DVX Night Storm X1 Review: A Night Vision Binocular for Under $300 That Actually Works

By Andrew McKean

Three wolves stand together on the top of a snowy hill.

Wildlife Management

Podcast: Wolves Will Be Delisted, Public-Land Transfer Attempts Will Fail, and Other 2025 Predictions

By Andrew McKean

Snowy Alaska range

Policy & Legislation

Congress Passes Two Outdoor Bills That Include Better Shooting Range Access, Implications for Lead Tackle

By Andrew McKean

A blacktail buck in velvet.

Wildlife Management

The New Blacktail Deer Foundation Aims to Conserve These Underrated Deer Subspecies

By Andrew McKean

Boone and Crockett Club have declared javelina as a new trophy big game species.

Big Game Hunting

Boone and Crockett Accepts Javelina as the Continent’s Newest Trophy Species, the First Addition in Nearly 25 Years

By Andrew McKean

A monarch butterfly on thistle.

Policy & Legislation

Feds Propose Listing the Monarch Butterfly Under the Endangered Species Act

By Andrew McKean

A gray wolf stalks its prey in Europe.

Wildlife Management

European Union Relaxes Protections for Livestock-Killing Wolves as Shepherds, Others Demand Action

By Andrew McKean

A map of Montana showing checkerboarding and inaccessible state lands.

Public Lands & Waters

1.5 Million Acres of Montana State Trust Land Is Inaccessible, New Map Shows

By Andrew McKean

The author tested the new Zeiss V8 NA while hunting antelope and whitetails.

First Look at the New Zeiss V8 NA 2.8-20×56

By Andrew McKean

Two hunters sit and pose in the bed of a truck next to a mule deer.

Mule Deer Hunting

An Old-School Western Mule Deer Hunt, in Memory of Two Midwestern Dads

By Andrew McKean

We compared the Polaris Ranger and the General by testing them for months.

Polaris Ranger XD 1500 vs Polaris General XP 1000 Ultimate

By Andrew McKean

A dirty suppressor with its baffles out for cleaning.

Suppressor Bill Introduced in Congress Would Eliminate Legal Gray Area of Modular Cans, Cleaning Baffles

By Andrew McKean

The new Nikon Image Stabilized binocular

First Look: Nikon’s 12×25 Image Stabilized Binocular

By Andrew McKean

Climate & Environment

Here’s What a Second Donald Trump Presidential Term Could Mean for Outdoorsmen, Gun Owners, and Conservationists

By Andrew McKean

Climate & Environment

Here’s What a Harris-Walz Administration Might Mean for Outdoorsmen, Conservationists, and Gun Owners

By Andrew McKean

MANKATO, MN. - OCTOBER 2015: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr and U.S. House Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party First District Congressman Tim Walz posed for a group photo at the dedication of the newly enlarged O.A. Vee Memorial State Wildlife Management Area near Mankato, Minn., as part of the Governor's Pheasant Opener, Friday, October 10, 2015. (Photo by Glen Stubbe/Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Policy & Legislation

Harris-Walz Campaign Launches Coalition of Hunters and Anglers as It Tries to Appeal to Rural Men

By Andrew McKean

A buck pronghorn is an animal that would benefit from the National Grasslands Act.

Policy & Legislation

The Long-Awaited Grasslands Conservation Act Is Finally Introduced in Congress

By Andrew McKean

Bears Ears National Monument

Public Lands & Waters

Sportsmen’s Groups Will Challenge the Ban on Recreational Shooting at Bears Ears National Monument

By Andrew McKean

Bears Ears National Monument

Policy & Legislation

Final Bears Ears National Monument Plan Bans All Recreational Shooting on 1.3 Million Acres of Federal Land

By Andrew McKean

Cow elk jump over a barbed wire ranch fence.

Big Game Hunting

Film: Public-Land Elk Hunters and Ranchers Can Be Good Neighbors. Here’s How

By Andrew McKean

A bull elk raises his head near a feeding cow.

Big Game Hunting

Should Idaho Restrict Hi-Tech Hunting Gear? State Officials Want to Know

By Andrew McKean

A BLM usage sign in an OHV area.

Public Lands & Waters

The Largest and Least-Funded Public-Land Agency in America Is Finally Getting Backup

By Andrew McKean

The best overall budget rifle scope of 2023

The Best Rifle Scopes Under $500, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

The best scope rings for your rifle

The Best Scope Rings of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

We tested the Tract Toric UHD 1-8x24.

The Best Budget LPVOs of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Two of the best binoculars for hunting being tested

The Best Binoculars for Hunting, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Testing the best binoculars for bird watching

The 7 Best Binoculars for Bird Watching, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Bill McRae holds up a resolution wheel.

Remembering Bill McRae, the Godfather of Modern Sporting Optics

By Andrew McKean

conservation tax leakage

Bow Hunting Gear

Some Foreign Hunting and Fishing Gear Manufacturers Aren’t Paying Required Conservation Taxes

By Andrew McKean

Testing the best binocular harnesses in Montana.

The Best Binocular Harnesses of 2026, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

The author tests two of the best rangefinders for hunting.

The Best Rangefinders for Hunting, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Great scopes under $200

7 Great Scopes Under $250, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

Lion Hunting Ban Qualifies for Colorado’s November Ballot

By Andrew McKean

hunter education

Hunter Recruitment

A Digital Revolution in Hunter Education

By Andrew McKean

An American flag flying above the front range ofColorado

Public Lands & Waters

This Independence Day, Celebrate the Gift of Public Land

By Andrew McKean

A hunter in the snow looks at his phone.

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

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

By Andrew McKean

Wildlife Management

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

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

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

Wildlife Management

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

By Andrew McKean

Mallards resting on an NWR

Policy & Legislation

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

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.

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.

The Best Compact Binoculars, Tested and Reviewed

By Andrew McKean

280 Ackley Improved

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

By Andrew McKean

The Swarovski Visio smart binocular

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

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.

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

By Andrew McKean

Will Thermals Change the Way We Hunt?

By Andrew McKean

A nice buck in a field.

Policy & Legislation

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

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

Survival Skills

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

Story by Andrew McKean, Photographs by Benjamin Rasmussen

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

By Andrew McKean

trophy whitetail heads

The Case Against Scoring Big-Game Animals

By Andrew McKean

High fence deer could hold the key to CWD resistance.

Wildlife Management

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

By Andrew McKean

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

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

Three New Lefty Rifles for Every Pursuit

By Andrew McKean

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