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They say the Merriam's turkey is the easiest to hunt of the four subspecies that make up the so-called grand slam. Yeah, well, 'they' say a lot of things. My [...]

Eric Umphenour looked down the back side of the mountain and nodded, almost as if to reassure himself. 'We'll just drop over the side here and work our way around [...]

In 1842, explorer John C. Fremont's westward-bound party, guided by famed trapper, mountain man and scout Christopher Houston 'Kit' Carson, stopped at a rocky glen along the Oregon Trail in [...]

These are the good ol' days of hunting in so many ways, not the least of which is the availability of a wide array of great factory centerfire ammo. Bullets [...]

I'll let you in on a little secret: For the most part, the writers who accepted this assignment did so with some reluctance. The ground rules? They had to pick [...]

We rode to camp through the pitch black forest, the ground invisible in the dark abyss beneath the horses' bellies, no sound save the occasional clack of hoof on rock [...]

The question was not if I was going to fall into the lake but rather how spectacularly. Perched precariously on two rocks several yards from shore--one foot on one rock [...]

Darren DeLuca's truck coasted to a stop. With a gesture, he cautioned us to be quiet as we got out. We pushed the doors shut against the frame with subtle [...]

They live among us, you know--hunters who wouldn't think of heading afield with anything other than a blackpowder rifle powered by percussion caps and a sidelock hammer striking a percussion [...]

It couldn't have been more perfect. We bounced down the road in an old, faded blue GMC Suburban, a pair of friendly, well-behaved Scottish terriers in the backseat with us--sometimes [...]

It's nice to be humored. When I hooked up with Doug Roth and Mike Schwiebert last spring for a turkey hunt in California's Central Coast region, they explained to me [...]

I'd guess a lot of people my age grew up watching National Geographic Africa specials on television. I watched my fair share, and from them my mental picture of the [...]

Killing a good buck often boils down to luck; sometimes you're just in the right place at the right time. That point was brought home to me on the second [...]

A big red ball of a sun hovered on the eastern horizon, illuminating the subtle green beauty of Texas Hill Country and promising another hot, sultry day. Steve Jones and [...]

In late May 1876, Gen. George Crook and his force of more than 1,300 soldiers and Indian scouts left Sheridan, Wyoming, and pushed north into Montana, following the Tongue River [...]

The area around Monticello, Utah, isn't exactly what most people picture when they think of classic mule deer country. The region is dominated by agriculture, and when I showed up [...]

They dropped me off at the tree stand on a chilly November morning. I climbed dutifully up the sturdy metal ladder, and Tom handed me my pack and unloaded rifle. [...]

The stars burned fiercely against the black velvet of the sky, and even though first light was still more than an hour off, I could see clearly that we had [...]

It all started with a 'Questions & Answers' item I answered in print a while back. A reader had asked which was better for deer--the .270, .280 or .25-06? I'm [...]

If you watch a lot of nature TV, you've probably seen footage showing untold numbers of caribou streaming across the tundra. There's a good chance such scenes were filmed in [...]

Field Test BELOPTIX TROPHY GLASSES Beloptix Trophy glasses are far more than a pair of shades. Patented photochromic coating allows the lenses to darken automatically when exposed to sunlight, and [...]

Coyotes began the serenade just as the first edge of pale morning intruded on the blue-black of a starlit night sky. First one, then two, then three joined in a [...]

Some time prior to the end of World War II, the U.S. Army began to look into a replacement for the .30-06 cartridge. The driving force behind this was the [...]

Late-season mulies in Montana's prairie/breaks country. Alzada, Montana, is a small border town on U.S. 212, about 30 miles northwest of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. A modern convenience store dominates [...]

Blackpowder fun for everyone. It's all my wife's fault. There I was, minding my own business and happily hunting deer with a centerfire rifle. It was so easy. Push a [...]

Louisiana's winter weather presents a challenge to waterfowlers. Predawn, high-speed runs across big marshes in a duck boat are chilly, and an early morning duck pit is cold and damp. [...]

You have to hand it to the anti-hunters: They make no secret of their desire to abolish our sport. The anti-gunners, on the other hand, are a lot more shifty. [...]

Free-ranging bluebulls provide one of North America's most unique hunts. There are times when the hunt goes too quickly, when hunt goes too quickly, when everything falls together at the [...]

NSSF'S HERITAGE FUND PUTS ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS. Hunters are a diverse lot, and that has always hurt us when it comes to winning political battles. We're deer [...]

Leica already makes one of the best laser rangefinders on the market, the Geovid, but it's big--in size and price. The new LRF 800 is neither; it represents excellent ranging [...]

Patriot Games A .30-CALIBER SHORT MAGNUM WITH LOTS OF SIZZLE. John Lazzeroni is a gun nut, and not your average, run-of-the-mill gun nut. He's cursed with a need for speed [...]

Hunters care about accuracy to varying degrees. Some guys and gals are satisfied, and rightly so, if their rifles can put three shots into two to three inches at 100 [...]

All you ever wanted to Know about rifles--and weren't afraid to ask. Choosing a rifle is serious business for hunters. With the myriad calibers and excellent production centerfires available today, [...]

Camping is one of the great American pastimes. From the days when we were kids and pitched tents in the backyard, outdoor adventure has been--and always will be--a hallmark of [...]

Personal two-way radios have proved to be a boon to hunters. They increase our safety, giving us a way to call for help if we re injured or lost. They [...]

Thank you, Tim Leatherman. That's right this popular multitool is named for a real person, a guy who one day decided he had a better idea for a utility instrument. [...]

I've always viewed the shotgun as a tool, a means to an end, while the rifle holds a distinct mystique. Maybe it's the daydreams of climbing above the clouds in [...]

Two top gobbler hunters discuss turkeys and how to kill them. Ray Eye and I sat quietly in the truck, listening to the steady drum of rain on the roof. [...]

Picture this. It's below 20 degrees, an icy Alberta wind is howling across wide open country, and you're on your back peeking out at bunch after bunch of Canada geese [...]

Last fall my mom turned 60. Coincidentally, her birthday fell on opening week of Pennsylvania's fall turkey season so, being the dutiful son that I am, I decided to fly [...]

My wife and I have be en cutting up our own deer for years, and it's become as much a part of our hunting as scouting and shooting. And while [...]

Hunters across the country were treated to an early Christmas present when the National Shooting Sports Foundation announced that hunting license sales made a big leap in 1999. For the [...]

The varmint shooter looking for an affordable piece of glass might want to consider the BSA Platinum 6-24x44mm riflescope. The one-inch-tube scope offers shooters the convenience of external turret windage [...]

When a buddy loans you a gun, you have to take good care of it. So when Guns & Ammo's Payton Miller let me borrow his Weatherby .22-250 for a [...]

A HANDY LEVER GUN IN A POWERFUL NEW CHAMBERING. There's just something about a lever-action rifle. Maybe it's Old West nostalgia, or perhaps it's the attraction of the gun's slender [...]

A SELF-GUIDED QUEST FOR BIG BULLS IN ALASKA'S WILD INTERIOR. Low clouds enveloped us in an impenetrable haze, and cold rain lashed our faces as we climbed, slowly, steadily up [...]

Imagine having terrain contour/road maps of the entire country at your fingertips. DeLorme, the people who produce those handy state road atlases that also show terrain features, have introduced the [...]

IF YOU PLAN AHEAD AND BRING THE RIGHT TOOLS. My family spent part of every summer on the road, camping in the great outdoors. And thanks to Mom, the great [...]