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An angler's thumb on a baitcasting reel over a body of water
Fishing Reels

How to Cast a Baitcaster

Learn how to cast a baitcaster and avoid backlashes

Barebow archer
Bow Hunting Gear

Barebow Shooters are the Fun-Loving Outcasts of Competitive Archery. But Our Ranks Are Growing

Archers are ditching their sights—and the stodginess of competitive archery—to shoot barebow

moose hunting rifle
Hunting Rifles

The Best Moose Hunting Rifle? Sometimes It’s a Beater, Ruger M77 Guide Gun

New guns and cartridges are great, but sometimes it’s more fun to hunt with an old reliable

Using Bags and Tripods for Long-Range Shooting In Hunting and Competition
Shooting Gear

Using Bags and Tripods for Long-Range Shooting In Hunting and Competition

Practical skills to help you shoot more accurately in the field and in competition

A target pictured through a sight
Bow Hunting Gear

How to Sight in a Compound Bow

Learn how to get your multi-pin or single-pin sight dialed in

tweak a ballistic calculator
Competitive Shooting

How to Fine-Tune Your Dope for Long-Range Shooting

How to tweak a ballistic calculator for ultimate long-range accuracy

There are lots of advantages to a first focal-plane scope.
Rifle Scopes

The Benefits of First-Focal Plane Scopes

If you want to achieve long-range accuracy under field conditions, first-focal plane riflescopes rule

The differences between mils and MOA can be frustrating, but they're each useful in their own way.
Rifles

How to Use MOA and Mil Reticles for Long-Range Accuracy

These sophisticated reticles take time to master, but they’re powerful tools in the long-range shooter’s arsenal

A big, 800-pound Ontario black bear taken by this hunter.
Black Bear Hunting

An Ontario Bowhunter Needed His Backup Rifle to Take This 800-Pound Black Bear

A veteran black bear bowhunter shot this massive bruin with a .300 Win. Mag. after dropping his bow out of the treestand

The author holding a large albacore next to the ocean
Fishing Reels

Penn Clash II Reel Review

The Penn Clash II is the best spinning reel for taming false albacore and wind knots

The massive South Dakota Beadle buck, in the field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

South Dakota Bowhunter Tags a Giant 218-Inch Nontypical Buck

Michael Beadle has shot plenty of whitetails in his 30-years of bowhunting, but this massive deer is truly a special one

Hatsan FlashPup air rifle review and accuracy test.
Gear

Airgun Review: The Hatsan FlashPup QE

The Hatsan FlashPup: a compact bullpup that punches above its weight class

This 80-pound Arizona flathead catfish was cut up for a fish fry.
Catfish Fishing

Fishermen Catch Arizona’s Would-Be Record Flathead Catfish, Then Fry It

A family fishing trip turned into an unexpected state-record flathead, though the fish will never go down in the recordbooks

Airforce Texan hog hunt
Hunting Rifles

AirForce Texan: Big Bore Air Rifle Review

The AirForce Texan is an accurate big bore hunting airgun

Grayling caught from the eddies of Lake Creek river in Alaska.
Trout Fishing

Waters of Plenty: Rafting and Fishing Alaska’s Overlooked Lake Creek

In Alaska, even a seemingly unremarkable river can offer the fishing adventure of a lifetime

wolf in the snow
Wolf Hunting

Interior Department Suggests Wolves May Need Federal Protection

The agency says there should be a year-long review of wolf management policy in the Lower 48

Maven riflescope mounting
Rifle Scopes

An Expert Guide to Mounting a Precision Riflescope

How to avoid the common mistakes many people make (including gun store gurus) when attaching a scope to a rifle

Turkish shotguns are well made.
Shotguns

7 of the Best Modern Turkish-Made Shotguns for American Shooters

Turkey was once known for making shoddy shotguns. But the tide has turned, and there are some fine firearms being exported from this country to the U.S.

Maryland zebras are on the loose.
Wildlife Management

Five Zebras Are Running Loose in Maryland

Animal control is in hot pursuit of five zebras that have escaped from a rural farm

The new possible record Pennsylvania elk.
Elk Hunting

This 455-Inch Pennsylvania Elk Might Be the New State Record

Duane Kramer’s non-typical Keystone State bull might be recognized as the 6th largest ever taken by a hunter