It was during my first week in Montana. I was hiking in Yellowstone with a buddy when I spotted a great cloud of dust in the distance. “What the hell is that?” I asked, staring off at what looked like a pack of bouncing orbs vanishing over the horizon. “Antelope,” my buddy said, handing me
Despite all the confusion surrounding where to aim when shooting at a steep angle, once you know the principles involved, hitting the mark is really quite simple. “Shoot high.” “Aim low.” “It doesn’t matter, just aim for the middle.” If you went to a typical hunting camp and took a poll on where to aim
There’s something mystical about mountains. Formed from the very pulse of the earth over millions of years, these great towers of rock standing snow-capped against the horizon have drawn man’s gaze since time immemorial. We find a natural impulse to climb them, to explore them, to test ourselves by facing them, finding our way to
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
When layout blinds first came on the scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s, they were a revolutionary product for field-hunting waterfowl. The first, highly commercialized iterations of the modern layout blinds were Kelley Powers’ “Power Hunter” and Fred Zink’s “Finisher.” Both blinds offered distinct advantages and drawbacks. Now the market has expanded to
Some people find wild game off-putting. I’ve never understood that. Being the savage caveman I am, I’m perfectly content cutting a chunk of meat off an animal in the field and roasting it over an open fire, but not everyone is like me. So I’ve played around with numerous ways to help those who are
