Tripod for Your Binoculars – Must-Have!
Binoculars on a Stick? I’ve gone from being that hunter who doesn’t own binoculars to one who obsesses about optics. This transformation has taken about 34 years to transpire, and I’m not going to...
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270 Winchester: As Good as Ever
My Thesis – The 270 Winchester If you hunt out west and don’t own a 270 Winchester, your hunting buddy or family member does. In my family, five of us own .270s and they...
Recoil and Your First Hunting Rifle
Recoil Front and Center Do you remember the first time you shot a rifle? How old were you? I don’t know exactly how I knew it, but when I was seven years old, I...
6.5 Creedmoor as Elk Medicine?
To Kill an Elk There is absolutely no denying it. Elk are tough critters. They are legendary as survivors of gunshot wounds and revered as hard to knock down. I’ve heard the advice and...
Long-Range Expert…Or Poser?
To Shoot or Not to Shoot? I am a hunter. As a hunter, I’ve learned to understand when a shot is solid or ill-advised and whether to attempt it. Whether using a recurve, compound...
Time for a New Recurve Bow?
Recurve: Stick and String? Something funny happened to me this winter. As my wife and I were exploring a new compound bow for her, I stumbled upon a latent desire of my own. One...
Long Range Hunting : One-Shot Cold Barrel Challenge!
Long Range Redux I cannot set up and take a 700 yard cross-canyon sheep, elk, or deer kill shot confidently. Simply, I haven’t taken the time to prove to myself that I can execute...
Should I be Shooting Lead Bullets?
My Lead Bullet Awakening My wife stopped to take a picture of the beautiful hawk on the falconer’s wrist, while I waited patiently. As she did, I listened to the Cliff Claven-type factoids from...
7mm Remington Magnum – Plenty of Power
Good Ol’ Days When I was a boy, I only knew the 7mm Remington Magnum as a man’s rifle. Conversation around the 7mm magnum always seemed to turn to bloody eyebrows or pain from...
Swarovski 15×56 SLCs In the Field
A Need My existing hunting glass consists of Swarovski 20-60x80HD and Vortex Razor 11-33×50 spotting scopes, 10×42 Vortex Viper binoculars, and three tripods. My wife has a wicked pair of Cabelas/Meopta 10x42HD binoculars. That...
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