If the person at the top of your Christmas shopping list is a waterfowler, you’re in luck. Of all the hunting pursuits, waterfowl hunting is the most gear intensive…
Original author: Jarrod Spilger, Alex Robinson
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Our favorite hunting gear for female hunters
Gear up for gift-giving during the greatest season of the year—hunting season—with these women’s gear picks. Most are well-suited for cold weather hunts, though a few…
Original author: Natalie Krebs
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New rods, reels, lures, and more gear that will make your favorite angler smile
Because it's so hard to find a present for the bass fisherman that has everything, we've combed through the latest rods, reels, lures, and accessories unveiled in 2018…
Original author: Mark Modoski
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Good gear to help you enjoy a night (or more) under the stars
Good gear to help you enjoy a night (or more) under the stars.
Original author: Gerry Bethge, Ben Romans
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You can pay thousands for best-in-class sports optics, but don’t overlook some excellent values at the other end of the price spectrum this holiday season
You can pay thousands for best-in-class sports optics, but don’t overlook some excellent values at the other end of the price spectrum this holiday season.
Original author: Andrew McKean
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It doesn’t matter how much time you spent shooting and tuning your bow before bow season started. How your bow was shooting may or may not be how it's shooting now. And…
Original author: Tony Hansen
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Plus: GOP-Controlled Congress, State Legislatures—Not Kavanaugh, Courts—Best Way to Protect Gun Rights
Unless Republicans can retain control of Congress and a significant majority of state legislatures in the upcoming mid-term elections, as well as the presidency in the…
Original author: John Haughey
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It’s time to bust some of the most prevalent mistruths about big deer
It’s time to bust some of the most prevalent mistruths about big deer. The is knocking on the door. The time is near. Bucks will run willy nilly across the landscape and…
Original author: Tony Hansen
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10 tips to help you find the sharpest, strongest and most dependable blade
Not all survival knives are the same, and you are likely better off sacrificing a knife that looks "cool" or tries to serve multiple functions a blade that's stronger,…
Original author: Tim MacWelch
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How to find and fool one of the greatest freshwater game fish this fall
When water temperatures begin to drop in the fall, big muskie begin following large schools of bait and feeding hard to prepare for winter, making it the perfect time…
Original author: Mark Modoski
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LabRadar is an easy-to-use, but (slightly) finicky, chronograph
LabRadar is a powerful tool for the technically minded shooter who wants to amass lots of good ballistic data with minimal fuss.
Original author: John B. Snow
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Two hunters survive a wild hog stampede
This Happened to Me has been a fixture of Outdoor Life since it first appeared in 1940.
Original author: chillman
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Experts from Park Falls, Wisconsin—the Ruffed Grouse Capital of the World—share their secrets for the great North Woods game bird
Guides and other experts from Wisconsin's Ruffed Grouse Capital of the World offer advice on where, when, and how to gain an edge on hunting one of North America's most…
Original author: Paul Nicolaus
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Learning a style of hunting that was once second nature for American sportsmen
Shooting at running game used to be a standard part of the American hunter's skill set. The guns they carried excelled at this task. While we live in a different world…
Original author: John B. Snow
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Make the first shot from your rifle count
Several factors determine if the initial bullet you fire from a cold gun will follow your aim, but bore conditions is perhaps most important because cleaning solvent,…
Original author: John Haviland
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After decades of seemingly limitless abundance, Quebec's caribou herd is in decline, and hunting has been stopped. Out on the tundra, the author waited for a migration that never came
After decades of seemingly limitless abundance, Quebec's caribou herd is in decline, and hunting has been stopped. Out on the tundra, the author waited for a migration…
Original author: Andrew McKean
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These revolvers are some of the first and finest in America
Long before semi-auto handguns stole the hearts of the brave, the blusterous, and the fearful, six-shooters reigned supreme as the finest sidearm available. Wyatt Earp,…
Original author: Aram von Benedikt
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Brining and smoking venison into ham is easier than you might think
Wild game chef Jamie Carlson explains all you need to know to turn a venison roast into a ham you can use for for salads, soups or sandwiches.
Original author: Jamie Carlson
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All the gear you need to round up for the backcountry adventure of a lifetime
Alaska is incredible—but it can also be deadly. Good gear will help you weather the weather, be it snow, rain, wind, or shine. It’ll help you sleep at night, keep you…
Original author: Aram von Benedikt
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Here’s how getting lost can happen to the best of us
Between the years of 1992 and 2007, our national parks were the site of 65,439 search and rescue (SAR) incidents. In this day of technology, how does that still happen?
Original author: Tim MacWelch
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