Gear Review: The TOPS Knives Tom Brown Tracker #1 Fixed Blade Knife
I do a little work in Idaho and a whole lot of hunting there, too. About a year ago I stopped by Tops Knives to pick their brains, and pick up a Tom Brown Tracker….
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Fall Hunting Safety Tip: Feral Hogs and Other Wild Game Animals Can Carry Disease…Act Accordingly
Deer, pigs, elk and other game animals can carry brucellosis. Know how to protect yourself this fall. Hunting feral hogs is big business here in Texas and other states. The critters are widespread throughout the…
Never Enough: California Anti-Hunting Groups Still Targeting Lead Ammo 2 Years After It Was Banned
By Larry Keane California banned the use of traditional ammunition statewide in 2019, but anti-hunting activists continue to blame traditional ammunition made with lead components for the deaths of the scavengers. Mike Stake, a wildlife…
Why Did Erie County, New York’s Mark Poloncarz Veto an Expansion of Youth Hunting?
By Larry Keane New York’s 2021 budget allowed counties to lower the youth hunting minimum age and fall more in line with the rest of the country. All but one county adopted the lowered age….
September Adjusted Background Checks Second Highest Ever On News of Higher Violent Crime, Start of Hunting Season
Try not to yawn at news of yet another huge gun sales month. September saw another 1,350,754 adjusted background checks, a good measure of gun sales activity. That’s far less than a year ago during…
A New Father Dreams of the Hunts to Come With His Son
By Matt Manda As a brand-new father, to say I’m excited about it would be like saying Tom Brady has won some football games. A proud dad to a three-week old son, I can’t wait…
Gun Review: M48 Nosler Custom Handgun in 7mm-08 Remington
Welcome to the retro-future. The single shot, bolt action M48 Nosler Custom Handgun reaches back into shooting history to create one of the coolest, most effective hunting pistols of the future. The M48 Nosler Custom…
Credit Where It’s Due: Gun Owners Are a Big Part of America’s Conservation Success Stories
By Larry Keane Some journalists can’t help but shame the very benefactors driving the rebound of America’s bald eagle and other wildlife. They somehow get it backwards and report on the remarkable conservation successes of…
Shoot a Hog, Save the Planet
By Mark Oliva Celebrating National Shooting Sports Month doesn’t have to be just a range activity. Hunters can get into the game too and while they’re at it, lend a helping hand to conservation and…
Two Anti-Hunting Groups Use Covid to Try to Radically Limit Hunting Across the United States
By Lawrence G. Keane Two anti-hunting groups are making a move to kill hunting. They’re looking to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and Department of the Interior (DOI) to publish a rule that…