A young waterfowling friend recently got a German shorthair and asked me what kind of upland shotgun he should buy so he could take his dog hunting. I said, “That’s the wrong question. You’ve already ...

I love to squirrel hunt for the pure, low-brow fun of it. You get to see a lot of game, make a lot of stalks, and do a lot of shooting. That’s the Good Time Trifecta in my book. Plus, it’s cheap and ...

Mossberg’s sole hunting shotgun introduction at 2025 SHOT Shot was a bit of a surprise in this age of straightwall deer rifles. The company announced a trio of Model 500 Slugsters, including a ...

Saltwater striped bass aren’t very hard to catch. Many “Insta-famous” anglers and striped bass fishing influencers want you to think otherwise, but the reality is that the most difficult part of the ...

Glide bait fishing is more popular than ever. The technique leans into a simple idea: big bait equals big fish, and it has migrated from the West Coast across the country. Traditionally, the big-bait ...

Crankbaits typically consist of a hard body paired with treble hooks. These lures can mimic crawfish, shad, bluegill, or other prey. Crankbaits are also effective in a wide range of water depths from ...

Rifle cartridges are not the most effective mechanisms for producing high projectile speed. Other things work much better. The 120mm smoothbore main gun on the M-1 Abrams tank fires a depleted-uranium ...

A binocular harness is a useful piece of gear that most hunters overlook. And when you can’t find an accessible spot for your binos, rangefinder, or wind checker, you’ll be wishing you had a harness ...

It’s 1827. Jim Bowie, a frontiersman, illegal slave trader, and real-estate scammer, is in a fight to the death on an island in the Mississippi River. Several of his rivals have attacked him with cane ...

Next to the original 5.56mm NATO/223, the 300 AAC Blackout (BLK for short) is the most popular chambering for the AR-15 platform, and, as a result, manufacturers now pump out a wide variety of 300 ...

Heretofore hardly enough gun for butterflies, the .410 has became the hot new ­gobbler-“‹getter. And the credit for that goes to Tungsten Super Shot. Tight-patterning and dense enough that No. 9 shot ...

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