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Muzzle Brakes vs. Suppressors: What’s Best for Taming Recoil of Your Magnum Rifle?
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (346+ words) Published Sep 8, 2026 1:45 PM EDT Recoil is often talked about as a reason to avoid larger cartridges and embraced as a token of manhood. But before getting into how much modern muzzle devices can cut down the punishment your magnum dishes…...
Boss Copper Shotshells Tested In Ballistic Gel: A New Top Duck Load or Marketing Gimmick?
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (414+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 5:43 PM EDT If you’ve shopped for denser-than-steel duck hunting ammo recently, you noticed that bismuth and tungsten-based loads are both more expensive and harder to find on store shelves. That’s because these materials are largely imported from China…...
Deer Hunters Should Avoid These 7 Types of Rubs and Scrapes
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (589+ words) Published Sep 10, 2026 10:52 AM EDT Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. A buck tears into a cedar tree trunk, leaving shavings of bark all around its already scarred base. Another whitetail…...
Here’s Why Big-Bore Rifles Got So Popular in the Late 90s
1+ week, 1+ day ago (246+ words) Published Sep 6, 2026 10:00 AM EDT This story was originally published in the October 2002 issue of Outdoor Life and it reflected shooting trends at the time. Marlin’s Guide Gun is typical of the offerings fueled by the demand for big-bore cartridges. Chambered…...
Use Traditional Bug Baits to Catch More Bass This Fall
2+ week, 20+ hour ago (625+ words) By Colin Moore, Jerry Gibbs Published Aug 30, 2026 4:00 PM EDT Bass will take just about anything that suggests food to them, but it has to have a natural look, smell or move. If an angler can satisfy any of those requirements…...
Old-School Squirrel Hunting Tricks That Still Work
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1866+ words) Published Aug 29, 2026 10:00 AM EDT EVERYTHING WAS STILL and dry, and the forest floor crackled underfoot as I tried to move quietly along its edge. It was mid-October, and the last day of the Ohio squirrel season. I followed an old…...
The Truth About Rope Scrapes, One of the Most Useful Tactics in Whitetail Hunting
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (1437+ words) Published Aug 24, 2026 10:47 AM EDT Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. Imagine you’ve got two deer properties. Each has a mock scrape on it, which looks like most scrapes — except for…...
Do Hunters Really Need to Wear Camouflage? Here Are the Colors Deer Can See
3+ week, 2+ day ago (900+ words) Published Aug 22, 2026 9:57 AM EDT Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. Many hunters spend a lot of time obsessing about camo patterns without truly understanding how deer see. If you want…...
Deer Hunters Should Be Making Mock Scrapes Right Now. Here's How to Do It
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1066+ words) Published Aug 20, 2026 2:27 PM EDT Get everything from whitetail news and opinion pieces, to advanced hunting tactics and cutting-edge gear reviews. “I don’t mess with mock scrapes,” he says. “I know some guys use them with trail cameras. I try to…...
The Ultimate Hunting Bucket List: 10 North American Hunts to Do Before You Die
3+ week, 4+ day ago (724+ words) Published Aug 19, 2026 4:40 PM EDT Note that these aren’t ranked in any particular order—that’s for you to decide. The ultimate elk hunt comes during the September rut. Bugling bulls add a spine tingling note to the adventure, and if you…...