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ATV Review: 2014 Yamaha Grizzly 700 in Tactical Black
Yamaha has made significant changes to the Grizzly 700 for model year 2014 and beyond. While keeping the dependable 4x4 on the cutting edge of all markets with performance and handling, Yamaha has introduced the Tactical Black Special Edition.
Best New Rods and Reels: Fishing Tackle Test 2014
Gear up for your best fishing season ever
Back Country Adventures
Hunting in the wilderness is never easy, but that’s exactly the point. These sacred places are hard to reach—and even harder to leave.
Boot Test 2014: OL Ranks and Reviews 19 Pairs of the Newest Hunting Footwear
In order to help you find the best boot for your style of hunting, this year’s test involved 19 pairs across a wide spectrum of designs and intended uses. Here’s what we found.
Outdoor Life’s 2014 National Whitetail Survey
Even while America's whitetail population is at its highest, there are critical issues facing the country's deer and deer hunters. Disease, winter kill, predation, and poor land management all have the potential to flip your next deer season on its head. But before we can tackle the problems at hand, we need to figure out which issues are most important to us, America's deer hunters. That's why we've put together our first national deer survey.
DIY Cabin: How to Build a Cabin for Less Than $2,000
Find out how to build a cabin on your own
Extraterrestrials: 12 Best Terrestrial Flies for Trout Fishing
Given these advantages, let’s explore what a modern-day terrestrial fly box might hold. Some of these patterns are hot off the vise, others are more venerable. All will consistently put a sharp bend in your rod.
Mil-Dot Reticles: Use Mils to Estimate Range
The "mils" in a mil-dot scope refer to milliradians, which is a measurement of angle. If you picture a mil as an ice cream cone, with the tip originating at the shooter's eye and an open end that gets ever wider the farther out it goes, you get the idea. So if the mouth of our imaginary cone is 1 mil in diameter, making it 3.6 inches across at 100 yards, it would grow to 36 inches at 1,000 yards.
50 Great Hunting Tips
We bet good money you'll learn at least one new tip from this collection
Gobbler Guns and Skills: Fine-Tune Your Turkey Gear this Spring
What defines a turkey gun? Well, by one school of thought, any shotgun that will kill a turkey is a turkey gun. That might even include a .410 revolver under some conditions. But there are some characteristics that make for a more effective turkey-hunting shotgun.
Reduce Felt Recoil with These 4 Shotgun Tips
I used to like a shotgun with a little thump to it. Then I started shooting skeet and realized that recoil offers no positive gains. Recoil is only a negative. It's not a comfort issue, but a performance issue.
The Undercuts: How to Cook the Most Underrated Cuts of Venison
Six creative recipes show hunters how to prepare the most ignored yet delicious pieces of wild venison
I Took My Mother-in-Law to a Gun Range for Mother’s Day, and Lived to Write This Story
As experienced shooters, it’s up to us to provide more opportunities for those who want to learn to shoot…even if they’re our in-laws
The Hunt for the New World-Record Archery Elk
Modest Alberta farmer and accomplished bowhunter Shawn O'Shea takes the largest archery-killed elk to date
The New World Record Non-Typical Archery Elk
Shawn O’Shea’s 449-inch bull was officially declared the new world record non-typical