Last week, former NFL defensive lineman and Super Bowl 50 champion Derek Wolfe killed his first-ever mountain lion with his bow and some help from a buddy’s hounds — and the cat is absolutely massive. The photo Wolfe posted to Instagram garnered ...
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New Knives From the 2023 SHOT Show
SHOT Show isn't just about guns and ammo, it's also one of the biggest venues for new knives and knife companies every year. Almost every major knifemaker shows up as do a whole lot of small bladesmith shops that always have something exciting and ...
New Optics From the 2023 SHOT Show
This week, an estimated 60,000 people will gather in the Glitter Gultch (aka Las Vegas) for the 2023 SHOT Show. With over 2,500 vendors spread across 18 acres of floor space, there’s a ton to see, and that includes a wide array of new optics. With ...
Polar Bear Attacks Remote Alaskan Village — Kills Woman, Toddler
Update Jan. 19, 2023: The victims of the fatal polar bear mauling in the tiny village of Wales, Alaska have been identified by authorities as Summer Myomick of Saint Michael and her 1-year-old son, Clyde Ongtowasruk. In a rare and tragic animal ...
Bob Hodgdon of Hodgdon Powder Company Dies at 84
Bob Hodgdon, a cofounder of Hodgdon Powder Company, died Jan.13, 2023; he was 84. Hodgdon was a businessman, hunting and shooting enthusiast, and active leader in his community. Hodgdon’s parents created the Hodgdon Powder Company in 1947. After ...
NASCAR Legend Richard Childress Wins Hunting Heritage Award
Last month, the Dallas Safari Club awarded NASCAR Hall-of-Famer Richard Childress the 2023 Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award, the club's top conservation and service award. The Capstick Award is named after Peter Hathaway Capstick, a ...
Colorado Mountain Lions Kill at Least 15 Dogs Near Small Town
It’s a cat-eat-dog world in Nederland, Colorado. The small town is facing a big cat problem as Colorado mountain lions seem to have developed a taste for the local canines. Lions have been accused of killing and injuring more than 15 dogs in the area ...
Chasing the Lame Buffalo: From Hunting Men To Hunting Game
The weight of the rifle hung like a pendulum from my left arm. Sweat running down my forearm and through the holes in my Nomex flight glove mixed with the rich Afghan mountain dirt to form a gritty paste. The chalky feeling was like a pebble, a ...
Man Kills Kodiak Bear Inside Neighbor’s House with a 12-Gauge
For many serious big-game hunters, killing a Kodiak bear — the largest brown bear on Earth — is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Hunters often save for years and travel thousands of miles to check off this bucket-list experience. Retired ...
The Free Range American 2022 Holiday Gear Guide
Below, you will find our staff picks from some of the hot new BRCC gear that just dropped for the holiday season. Below those you’ll find outdoor gear selections from our motley crew of staff members and contributors — all hunters, anglers, ...
8.6 Blackout: A Subsonic Cartridge With Supersonic Capabilities
If you ask Kevin Brittingham why he created the 8.6 Blackout cartridge, he’ll describe a scenario in which the stars aligned. He’ll say that gun and ammo companies and the commercial market were all heading in that direction; they wanted to see a ...
Jonathon Blank’s Epic Mountain Goat Hunt on Kodiak Island
Jonathon Blank slowly squeezed his rifle’s trigger. At more than 300 yards, his 7mm WSM bullet found its mark — a Kodiak Island mountain goat. It hit a touch behind the animal’s vitals. Within 3 seconds, Blank cycled the bolt and fired a follow-up ...
Coyote Attack Roundup: 8 More Reasons to Hate On Yotes
Everybody loves to hate coyotes. Since Lewis and Clark first “discovered” Canis latrans on their trailblazing exploration of the frontier, Americans have had a high-key beef with the animal the explorers dubbed a “prairie wolf.” That beef continues ...
New Mossberg Turkey Guns: Red-Dot Ready M500s, 835 Ulti-Mag
New Mossberg Turkey Guns: Compatible with Shield RMSc baseplate red dotsTop-mounted ambidextrous safetyMossy Oak Greenleaf camo Mossberg is expanding its hunting lineup to include three new turkey shotguns from the pump-action 835 Ulti-Mag and ...
Ballsy Indiana Duck Hunters Set Up Near Downtown Riverfront
Two gutsy Indiana duck hunters apparently gave zero fucks about pissing off riverfront dog walkers. In a serious case of thinking outside the typical duck blind, the hunters trolled along the Jeffersonville, Indiana, waterfront and anchored up to ...
10 Gauge Shotgun: Is There a Reason for it to Still Exist?
There are definitely a few reasons to get a 10 gauge shotgun before they're all gone, and yes, they truly are vanishing from the shotgun landscape like an endangered species. That's not to say every hunter should get one. Let's break that down a ...
Rich Landowner Bullies WY Elk Hunters in Corner Crossing Case
Brad Cape, John Slowensky, Zach Smith, and Phil Yeomans are four elk hunters from Missouri who planned a Wyoming elk hunt in 2021. They mapped out a route to public land using the onX Hunt app, a real-time GPS tracker that shows property lines that ...
Deer Calls: Learning to Speak the Language of Whitetails
Whitetail deer are elusive creatures, and getting within shooting range of one isn’t nearly as easy as the Outdoor Channel often makes it look. Deer calls are one tactic hunters can use to swing the odds in their favor. Even when used ...
New Jersey Hunting Season for Black Bears Is Back On!
UPDATE Dec. 7, 2022: The New Jersey hunting season for black bears is back after a brief delay. On Tuesday, Dec. 6 (a day after the season was originally scheduled to begin), the New Jersey Appellate Court dissolved a temporary stay on the ...
Montana Wolf Hunting Is Back On, District Judge Says
In a major win for Montana wolf hunting, a district court judge declined to extend a temporary restraining order that restricted bag limits within the state in a decision handed down on Nov. 29, ruling that the hunting season would not permanently ...
‘Cocaine Bear’: The Kinda True Story of a Bear Eating Tons of Blow
Bears have been walking this planet for about 5 million years. There’s no way of knowing how many have lived and died in that unfathomable amount of time. But one thing’s for sure: No bear in all those millennia ever died the way one 175-pound ...
Youth Hunter with Down Syndrome Slays Huge 17-Point Ohio Buck
Few deer hunters ever get a shot at a 180-class whitetail. But Ashton Copas, 12, took a perfect 70-yard shot on such an Ohio buck on the opening day of the state’s two-day special youth hunting season. Although a massive accomplishment for a hunter ...
Can Deer See Orange? – Know Your Game
A wave of blaze orange sweeps the country every hunting season as some 11.4 million deer hunters hit the woods. Hunters invest tons of time, energy, money, and more than a few prayers into the sport, hoping to fill their tags. Many worry their ...
Deer Hunting Gear: What You Need to Get Started
Because chasing whitetails is a popular pursuit, deer hunting has become a big business. Hunters spend $6.4 billion on hunting gear yearly, not counting trip expenses, guide fees, tags, or licenses. Manufacturers understandably clamor to grab a ...
Colorado Seeks Sharpshooters to Manage Booming Elk Herd
Do you love elk hunting and have some badass marksmanship skills? Colorado Parks and Wildlife could use your help. For the second year in a row, the agency is searching for sharpshooters to help manage the elk herd within the Great Sand Dunes ...
Deer Hunting With Dogs: An Old and Controversial Tradition
People have used canine hunting companions since the first wolf nervously took a slice of meat from an ancient human hand. Deer hunting with dogs is a natural extension of that aboriginal relationship. Still, modern hunters have mixed feelings ...
Know Your Game: How Long Do Whitetail Deer Live?
If you spend enough early-morning hours sitting still and quiet in a treestand, you start to ponder deep and vital questions: “What will I do when I run out of snacks? How long can I sit in this stand without using the bathroom? How long do whitetail ...
Hunting Accident Roundup: Hunter Falls, Left Hanging by Boot
On Halloween night, a Texas bowhunter survived one of the most terrifying things that can happen to a hunter — he fell almost 20 feet from a treestand and wound up hanging upside down by his boot. It was a hunting accident that could easily have been ...
2 Racks, 1 Buck: Hunter Kills Whitetail With Deer Skull Hooked in Antlers
On Oct. 30, Mike Lewis, 52, shot a once-in-a-lifetime buck. It was a head-turner, not necessarily for his own rack, but because the buck was toting around some seriously hardcore headgear: Another buck’s antlers, with a decaying hunk of deer skull ...
The Hunting Ghillie Suit Came First and Was Adopted by Snipers
Getting close, quietly, and undetected: It’s what hunters do. So, in the pursuit of success, hunters are almost always looking for an extra edge to outwit their quarry. Scent eradication products, calls, specialized apparel to combat the elements, ...
