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A grill topper can allow you to do things that would normally require a gridle or fryer. (Weber/) A gas grill need not be limited to its traditional uses for charring and searing over grates. A wide variety of grill-top accessories opens up an array of cooking styles to the outdoor chef. From experimenting with Japanese Teppanyaki cuisine (think bi

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A good rangefinder can make the difference between whether your next big game hunt is a successful one or you go home empty-handed. Truth is, many times hunters miss game animals with bows and guns because they miscalculated the range to the animal. Because of the phenomenon described by Sir Isaac Newton way back in 1687, the instant a projectile—a

Mike Hanback with a great Montana buck that he rattled in during the rut. (Michael Hanback/) It’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned in more than 30 years of studying and hunting whitetail deer across North America: Don’t overthink it. You don’t need a grand plan to kill a buck, especially when the rut is on in November. Just go out and have fun, hunt

Deer season is fleeting. Here's how to make it count. (John Hafner/) You don’t have to spend much time on social media (or sitting around a deer camp) to realize, there’s not much we hunters all agree on. But there is one universal truth amongst us: There’s never enough time to do all the things we want to do. This is a malady that seems compounded

The definition of poaching is to illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one’s own or in contravention of official protection. Another definition is to steal a public resource.  Well, someone in Montana stole an elk from all of us and we all need to get the word out so this poacher can be caught and brought to justice! According

Join Mike Eastman on of his favorite all-time mule deer hunts in the sagebrush of Wyoming. Get behind the scenes as Eastman and his sons recap the hunt highlights and their surprise at the this bucks’ impressive B&C score grossing 197 7/8 inches. The post Perfect Typical, 197″ Mulie – Wyoming Mule Deer Hunt with Mike Eastman appeared first on Eastm

A ranger with the Bureau of Land Management, which has received the bulk of the harassment (Bureau of Land Management/) Abuse and threats go hand-in-hand with being a forest or park ranger in 2019, according to a new report recently released by the Government Accounting Office. Rangers for the Forest Service, National Park Service and other land ma

Photo By: Mike Eastman As I’m writing this it’s the day before Halloween and the temperature outside is hitting a high that is 23 degrees below the Fahrenheit freezing point. This is October, not January and winter’s early chokehold on Wyoming doesn’t set a welcome stage for our wildlife. With antelope and elk seeking recovery from their rut, deep

The buck with antlers shaped like flames. (Alex Robinson/) My rangefinder was out of batteries, and I had forgotten to bring my water bottle, binoculars, and bow rope. It was 3:30 on a late-October afternoon, and I was hustling to get to a stand that was hung in the south corner of a drying cornfield that was ringed with beans. I’d pulled the trail

A Cooper Firearms .50 caliber Model 22ML with a nice buck taken at 223 yards, with a Harvester Muzzleloading saboted 300-grain polymer-tipped Scorpion PT Gold bullet. (Toby Bridges/) In November of 2016, after six days of hunting, I finally managed to catch up with a very good Montana 12-pointer. After a 100-yard crawl, I rested the forearm of my C

Hunter Brandon Mason shares his experience with the brand new RazorMax by Outdoor Edge. This new knife uses the same replaceable blade technology as to the Razor Lite series, but boasts the added strength of a fixed blade style. It features two blade styles a 3.5 inch and a new 5 inch fillet blade and makes this knife transition easily between meat

Three great, but quite different whitetail cartridges. The venerable, versatile, long-action .30-06 (middle) with the short-action. .30-30 (left) and the short-action .243 Winchester (right). The .30-30 wasn’t specifically designed as a member of the short-action group because that designation didn’t come into popular parlance until the .308 Win. s

The new Norma Bondstrike in 180-grain .308 Winchester. (Tyler Freel/) When someone tells you that they’ve “tested” a hunting bullet, you should take it with a bit of skepticism most of the time. Accuracy on the range and performance in ballistic gel testing are valuable indicators, but the real proof is in a heavy meat pole. Even then, repetition a

A stud largemouth that couldn’t resist a green-pumpkin colored soft-plastic. (David Brown/) There are only a handful of certainties in bass fishing. For example: When you ask someone if they can throw a baitcaster and hear: “You mean the one with the button?” That’s a hard “no.” Equally bankable is the likelihood that if I fail to retie my obviousl