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Corey Richmond with his first buck, a 224 3/8-inch Ohio whitetail. (Corey Richmond/) On Oct. 16, Corey Richmond was hunting a local farm in Adams County, Ohio, with one of his two brothers-in-law. It was a month into deer season and Richmond had been waiting for the perfect evening—a cold snap with a north wind—to sit this stand. All summer, he had

A hunter takes aim with a Traditions NitroFire muzzleloader. (Bill Buckley/) Probably the first great leap forward in muzzle­loader technology occurred in the 1700s, when Pennsylvania gunmaker Martin Meylin added rifling to his barrels, creating the first long rifles (known as Pennsylvania or Kentucky long rifles). Those spiral grooves stabilized p

Whenever I hunt, I carry a pair of shooting sticks; when all else fails, they can help you make a good shot. A bipod doesn’t do you any good if you can’t set up high enough to elevate your muzzle above the surrounding vegetation. And even my go-to shooting support, a Game Changer bag stuffed with lightweight fill, needs something to rest on that gi

A hunting hawk perched over a recent kill. (Nick Kelley/) As soon as Hashbrown launches from his arm, Tyler Sladen starts running. I follow, sprinting through the soft New Mexican sand, dodging cholla cactus and piles of trash, and trying not to lose sight of hawk or hunter. I can mostly keep up with Sladen, a 27-year-old Army veteran accustomed to

A fox squirrel freezes on the trunk of a shagbark hickory tree. (skip moody/dembinsky photo/alamy/) As with so many hunters, my baptism was by squirrel blood. A fat fox squirrel that thought it was hidden high in a post oak behind my grandmother’s house fell to a load of No. 6s from my H&R 12-gauge after several frustrating rounds of hide-and-seek.

Hunters have a lot of options at their disposal to help steady a shot in the field. Shooting slings, bipods, and shooting sticks all have their place in a hunter’s bag of tricks. But for me, the most versatile and useful shooting aid is a fabric bag that contains a lightweight fill. The one I’ve used more than any other is Armageddon Gear’s Game Ch

A petroglyph depicting a hunt, near Moab, Utah. (design pics inc/alamy/) It’s November, opening morning of firearms deer season in Wisconsin. I’m in my treestand just inside the woods, above a well-worn escape route from open land I can’t hunt that’s used by the year-round-resident whitetails. I see six does with a 10-point buck in the open land. A

The author relied on the tutelage of a seasoned hunter to take this Wyoming pronghorn. (Joe Genzel/) I grew up in Illinois, where there wasn’t much reason to learn to shoot a rifle. Apart from coyotes, you can’t shoot any wild game animal with a centerfire here. The only time a bolt gun was ever placed in my hands as a kid was at my grandparents' h

There are valid reasons to use both 3- and 5-shot protocols, so I wouldn’t say that one is better than the other without know what the shooter is hoping to accomplish. (Bill Buckley/) “My rifle is a half-inch gun.” I hear and read statements like this frequently. Hunters and shooters like to boast about how well their new guns shoot. Or they want t

A massive old buck heading for security cover. (John Hafner/) One of the themes that’s developed around our upcoming presidential election is that there seems to be very few “undecided” voters. Most folks have chosen their camp and intend to stay there. I find that kind of sad. Changing your mind is one of the pinnacles of freedom. I change mine of

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Setting up a standard variable-power scope with a duplex cross-hair reticle with a point-blank zero is a smart choice for hunters. (Bill Buckley /) Modern precision rifle scopes are powerful tools that can be quite effective for hunters who take the time to master them. Exposed elevation turrets combined with reticles that have reference marks for

Idaho wolf hunter Ryan Williams howls from a ridge near Lolo Pass. (Matt Arkins/) Ryan Williams wants to be clear. He’s not a wolf-­hunting expert. Though he spends the majority of the year around wolves and hunts them nearly all winter out of his family’s lodge in the remote Idaho wilderness, he says he’s more a perpetual student than a knowledgea

An avid day hiker when he’s not hunting, the author prefers specialized concealed carry packs like this model from Gun Gear. He further camouflages the packs by adding a Grizzly insulated water bottle holder. (Mike Dickerson/) Hiking, running, and cycling may be great for your health, but these pursuits can also put you at risk for encountering pre

Make sure your rifle is prepared to handle whatever hunting season throws at you, including inclement weather. (Bill Buckley /) Years ago, I was hiking in the breaks in eastern Montana looking for a late-season mule deer when I lost my footing and drove the barrel of my .260 Remington into the soggy ground. I spent what felt like the better part of