Here are a few life-saving and -improving components that should be considered for every hunter’s first-aid kit. It’s not something we like to think about, but hunting—and just being in the outdoors—does come with certain risk and discomfort. Although we do our best to avoid injury, it’s better to be prepared for as many eventualities
Modern sporting rifles aren’t just for three-gun competitions or long-range shooting, they’re fast becoming a preferred platform for hunters, too. As one of the most popular rifle platforms in American history, it was only a matter of time before the modern sporting rifle—a catchall term encompassing AR-pattern semi-automatic rifles—transcended the tactical and competitive shooting worlds
Feral hogs have proliferated much of the continental United States and, despite efforts to control their numbers, continue to populate and spread. Here’s what you can do about it. Feral hogs are descendants of domestic pigs, Eurasian wild boars, and hybrids of the two that have either escaped or been released into the wild and
Although the Bengal tiger is endangered today, back in the mid-1800s, it was considered premier dangerous game on the Indian subcontinent. Measuring up to 10 feet long and weighing as much as 400 pounds, these apex predators could summarily disembowel prey or its human pursuers with its four-inch-long canine teeth or retractable claws. The tiger’s
Want to turn a few heads on your next pheasant or grouse hunt? Dust off Grandpa’s side-by-side. But first, here are a few considerations to make sure that antique double works reliably and safely. Firearms were once works of art, individually handcrafted by master gunsmiths and lovingly passed down by their owners through generations. As
Big-game hunter John “Pondoro” Taylor developed a formula he claimed codified the “knockout” power of rifle cartridges. Is it a reliable measure of a round’s efficacy, or an antiquated theory with dubious origins? The study of ballistics has filled numerous textbooks through the ages and remains a contentious topic full of conflicting theories and mathematical
