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Double Barrel Shotguns

Types of Shotguns: A Guide to Actions, Gauges, and Designs

Here's your introduction to the diverse world of shotguns

A black lab retrieves a duck in water.
Duck Hunting

How to Train a Duck Dog Throughout His First Hunting Season

Your pup’s first few seasons can make or break a decade of hunting together. Don't screw this up

Perfectly cooked wild game venison steaks in a cast iron skillet.
Wild Game Recipes

How to Cook Venison

Knowing how to cook venison can be the difference between boot leather on a dinner plate and a meal worthy of a James Beard award

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Hunting Dogs

The Best Hunting Dog Names

Picking a name for your new hunting dog isn’t as easy as it sounds, so we compiled lists for you based on advice from trainers and our hunting buddies

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Shotguns

The 10 Gauge: Everything Hunters Need to Know

Browning has ended its production of the 10-gauge BPS and Gold Light shotguns. But here's why you shouldn't count this big bore out just yet

Why You Need a Red-Dot Sight On Your Turkey Shotgun

Why You Need a Red-Dot Sight On Your Turkey Shotgun

Low-profile optics elevate versatility, adaptability, and utility.

We tested the Sig Sauer scope.
Hunting Gear

Optics on Sale at Cabela’s: Sig, Leupold, and Thermal Scopes

Save money on our favorite scopes, sights, binos, and more

A whitetail deer's head peeking over tall grass in a field.
Whitetail Deer Hunting

How to Find an Affordable Deer Hunting Lease

Finding a small, affordable deer lease might sound impossible these days, but it's not

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Camping

A Beginner’s Guide to Camping in the Wilderness

Leave the noisy, crowded campgrounds behind. Here's what you need to know about finding great campsites off the beaten path

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Hunting Rifles

Great Rifles for Mountain Hunting

Hunting for a light, accurate, and dependable rifle to take into the mountains? Look no further

A Massachusetts teenager holds up a state-record bass.
Freshwater

‘That Ain’t No Crappie.’ Watch This 13-Year-Old Catch a State-Record Largemouth Bass Through the Ice

After logging 300 days on the water with his brother in the last 12 months, Kyler Leslie was better prepared than most adults to land the bass of a lifetime

Henry Lever Action Supreme on the ground
Hunting Rifles

Henry Lever Action Supreme: A Smooth Operator in 223/5.56 and 300 Blackout

This innovative lever action is a smooth, accurate carbine that feeds from AR-style magazines

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Turkey Hunting

What Do Wild Turkeys Eat?

Gobblers gotta eat. Every hunter should understand what kinds of food sources wild turkeys prefer at certain times of year

Most accurate 6.5 creedmoor ammo.
Rifle Ammo

Most Accurate 6.5 Creedmoor Ammo, Tested

We've been testing and shooting the best 6.5 Creedmoor ammo on the market, here's how their accuracy stacks up.

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Hunting Gear

The Best Rifle Slings of 2025

Here’s a look at some of the best slings for every type of rifle

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Crappie Fishing

How to Read a Fish Finder

Learn the basics of reading down imaging, side scan, and forward facing sonar

A pod of hippos in a river in Colombia.
Wildlife Management

Hundreds of ‘Cocaine Hippos’ Are Terrorizing Colombia. This Biologist Has Agreed to Help Track Them Down

Cartel kingpin Pablo Escobar's world-famous hippos have multiplied and spread across Colombia since the 1990s. Now government officials are trying to reign in the rampaging critters by capturing and sterilizing as many as they can

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Fishing Reels

How to Cast a Spinning Reel

Step-by-step instructions on how to cast a spinning reel

A black and white dog poses with a yellow Halo invisible fence collar.
Gear

The Best Invisible Dog Fences of 2025

We review everything from classic in-ground fences to the latest in GPS fencing

A polar bear stalks a man
Animal Attacks

I Canoed the Northwest Passage Solo. The Arctic Nearly Killed Me — Twice

It took 10 summers and two close brushes with death, but I became the first man to canoe 3,200 miles across the north coast of Alaska and Canada