What the devil happened, I wondered? Two good shoots, either one of which should have anchored the elk, yet it was gone! Let’s examine what a hunter should do to ensure similar situations end positively - regarding the art and science on tracking wounded big game animals. It’s only a matter of time before every hunter has to own up to this eventuality-it happens to even the best of marksmen.
While most of the wild game meat that we harvest gets packaged up and put into the freezer, I love...
With recent times plaguing the factory ammunition supply and a surge in new gun owners, many have turned to handloading...
My initial love of hunting stems from a connection to small-game hunting. Thanks to my dad, grouse hunting was my...
Most of us remember our first rifle. Like many women I know, most were probably gifted an old faithful style...
While it may seem straight forward, mounting the scope to the rifle is one of the most crucial procedures to ensure success. Many rifles today are produced off of CNC machines and one would think that all the actions would have the same dimensions. This would mean mounting a scope...
The air feels a bit colder in the lingering morning darkness, heavy fog clings low to the earth before the...
The topics of maintaining and keeping older firearms safe and functional are covered on a fairly regular basis, so I’m...
When it comes to archery, is more speed the best option? When I started bow hunting I had the newest technology and my bow spit out arrows at a little over 200 fps, which would seem completely inadequate by today’s standards. Today, archers get caught up in the marketing of...
The last couple hunting seasons have been a significant change from the near decade-long drought that it felt like we...









