January 19, 2016

Choosing a Tow Vehicle? A Few Things to Keep in Mind

If you regularly tow a boat, sooner or later you’ll be faced with choosing a new tow vehicle. Recently I had the chance to park my truck for a week, and tow a number of different […]

January 18, 2016

Video: 102-year-old Hunter Credits Long Life to God, Hard Work

Will you still be able to climb into your tree stand at 102? Clyde Roberts has no problem doing that, and just this season, he harvested both a buck and a doe. The Virginia Department of […]

January 16, 2016

The Universal Suppressor – Griffin Armament Optimus Review

Before now, if you wanted to suppress your .22LR, 9mm, .300BLK, .223/5.56, .308 and .300 WM firearms you would need to purchase at least 4 different suppressors. That’s $800 just in infringement taxes for the ATF […]

January 15, 2016

The Beginner’s Guide to Choosing a Deer Hunt Away from Home

Eventually, most deer hunters tire of hunting locally and something within them spurs them to go on a hunt away from home—a deer hunting “road trip” if you will. If you fall into that category, there […]

January 14, 2016

No Vension? 5 Other Wild Game and Fish Jerkies You Should Try

There’s nothing like a good strip of venison jerky, but sometimes you have to broaden your horizons. Members of the deer family—deer, elk, moose, and so on—arguably make for some of the best jerkies, but there […]

January 14, 2016

Suicidal deer …

The people of Button Township, a rural area just outside Paxton, Ill., are sick and tired of hitting deer with their cars. As a novel way to get drivers’ attention, the town is installing new “suicidal […]

January 12, 2016

High water on the Sabine moving wildlife around

National Weather Service Meteorologist Brandi Hughes said Lake Fork was releasing 1,900 cubic feet per second from its dam at the end of last week. “Tawakoni is still running over the spillway,” she said, reporting 2,500 […]

January 12, 2016

Kicking the Off-season Blues

It’s finally here. The day you hoped wouldn’t ever come—the off-season has begun. One day you’re hunting, shooting, or fishing, and the next, you’re not. The season is closed, the weather has changed. It can be […]

January 12, 2016

Teeth are in the wrong place!

A mountain lion with a rare physical abnormality has wildlife officials in Southeast Idaho stumped. The yearling cougar, which was harvested near Weston last week by an unidentified hunter, had a separate set of teeth growing […]

January 12, 2016

Small Outboards: What to Look for in 25 HP and Under

Small outboard motors are not all created equally—not by a long shot—and if you’re going to spend thousands of dollars on a new one, you want to choose carefully. So, what makes for a good outboard […]

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