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Gear

FX Maverick Review: Out-of-the-Box Precision

The FX Maverick has benchrest competiton accuracy in a hunting platform

Testing the LifeStraw water filter
Backcountry Hunting Gear

LifeStraw Review: We Put This Affordable Water Filter to the Test

The author role-played a disaster scenario to see how this go-to water filter stacked up

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Gear

The Best Black Friday Deals on Air Guns

Save on your new air rifle with these Black Friday deals

The Best Black Friday Deals on Guns
Gear

The Best Black Friday Deals on Guns

We found great deals on guns and ammo

Grizzly testing a bear can.
Backcountry Hunting Gear

How Are Bear Cans Tested? They’re Mauled, Stomped, and Chewed by Hungry Grizzlies

Experts say there's no such thing as bear-proof coolers, trash cans, and bear cans

Weatherby Mark V Hunter
Hunting Rifles

Weatherby Mark V Hunter Review

This is the most affordable Mark V on the market. Here's how it performed on the range

Power Up Your Holidays with Jackery

Power Up Your Holidays with Jackery

The best deals going on portable power, and the biggest giveaway that you won’t want to miss.

Remington Core-Lokt Tipped Group
Rifle Ammo

Remington Core-Lokt Tipped Ammunition Review

Big Green’s re-entry into the ammunition market promises to make its flagship load more accurate and deadly. Here’s how the new Remington Core-Lokt Tipped performed on the range

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Carp Fishing

Is This the Biggest “Goldfish” Ever Caught?

An angler from the UK caught the 67-pound, 4-ounce carp hybrid from a well-known private lake in France

duck lures and rat baits
Baits, Lures, & Flies

Are Duck, Rat, and Snake Lures Legit or Gimmicks?

Are all these trendy critter baits truly productive, or just for quacks?

6.8 western cartridge
Hunting Rifles

6.8 Western Cartridge Review

We've tested the 6.8 Western at the range and in the field over several big game hunts across the country. Here's how it stacks up

deer hunting opening day
Whitetail Deer Hunting

20 Deer Hunting Tips for Opening Day

Opening day is here. It's time to put the odds in your favor and transform your luck-based sit in the woods into a bona fide hunting plan

Wolves in New York
Wildlife Management

Wolves in New York? Here’s What a Comeback Might Look Like

The wolf killed in New York state last year got hunters, wildlife managers, and environmentalists talking

Two hunters kneel behind a large buck in the woods.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Where to Hunt Deer in the Big Woods

The big woods seem limitless. Deer are few and far between. There are, however, some ideal spots where you can ambush a big buck

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Animal Attacks

Hunter Impales Charging Brown Bear with an Ice Axe

"I just swung the ice axe as hard as I could, and I felt it sink in all the way to the handle"

The Winchester 1984 is one of the best .30-30 lever actions.
Hunting Rifles

A Lever Action .30-30 Winchester Is Still One of the Best Deer Hunting Rifles (and Here’s Why)

The .30-30 is still one of America's great whitetail deer hunting cartridges

Mathews Phase 4 Tested and Reviewed
Bow Hunting Gear

Mathews Phase 4 Tested and Reviewed

The Mathews Phase 4 has a new limb design that helps make it the nicest shooting compound bow we've ever reviewed

Lindell Richey's giant 200-inch Greene County, Georgia, buck.
Trophy Deer

Georgia Deer Hunter Accepts Last-Minute Hunt Club Invite, Shoots a Massive 200-Inch Buck

Lindell Richey normally deer hunts with his dogs, but agreed to sit in a treestand earlier this month

best tasting fish
Freshwater

The Best Tasting Fish Species You’ve Probably Never Eaten

We all love walleye and flounder, but it’s time to expand your palate

group of male hunters standing over a deer
Whitetail Deer Hunting

Bond of Brothers: Military Vets Find Healing in the Hunt

Our military veterans are still fighting old injuries, PTSD, and the drudgery of civilian life—all in the shadow of an opioid crisis. But in the deer woods of New England, some are finding a new way forward