Hunting

I’m always happy to see a premium gunmaker move into a more affordable category. If I can get a rifle from a reputable company for a little less jingle, I’m here for it. That’s the idea behind the new line of Evoke rifles from Christensen Arms. The Utah-based rifle maker has built a reputation for...

Early on in my duck hunting journey, I lugged some wood duck decoys and a spinner deep into a chunk of public land in north-central Wisconsin. I’d stumbled across a pond in the parcel while scouting for whitetails, and figured it might pick up some wood duck and teal traffic on the opener. As soon...

If you’re anything like me, you’re already obsessing over this fall’s waterfowl season—and plotting where you’d like to hunt. One of my favorite aspects of chasing migratory waterfowl is that you don’t need to go to far-flung wilderness locations to hunt them, though you can definitely have success...

Cartridge development of the mid-20th century stressed speed above all else. Developed in large part by Roy Weatherby and P.O. Ackley, these magnum marvels screamed across the landscape at previously unheard of velocities. Many of these cartridges are still popular and useful today, but the last...

September is only a few days away, but we can already hear the bugles echoing off steep mountain slopes and the crash of antlers through the brush. To say we’re excited for elk season is an understatement. That’s why we want to see photos of the biggest and baddest bull elk you’ve captured on a...

It was one of those, just-soak-it-up moments in the outdoors. The mid-morning sun lit up the winter wheat field in front of me, and next to my jake decoy, I could see the feathers of a real jake blowing in the gathering breeze. Aesthetically, it was beautiful, and what made it even better was the...

Bowhunting requires more than just a good eye and a steady hand—it demands a body that can move well, stay strong, and recover fast. One of the most overlooked aspects of that equation is shoulder health, especially before and after shooting your bow. We’ve all heard it before: “You won’t get time...

Hunters have been trying to devise more efficient and effective ways to load gunpowder since Daniel Boone used a hollow animal horn to dump black powder down his muzzleloader. We’ve come a long way since those days, but the goal is still the same: load the correct amount of powder behind a bullet...

The Gnome was on a mission to find the biggest bighorn ram in the mountains. He spent the last months of summer in the craggiest peaks of the backcountry, scouting and glassing for the full-curl of his dreams. He spent weeks clambering through boulder fields and scurrying over massive slabs of...

I like weird guns. There are only so many bolt-action hunting rifles you can write about in a year, so when the GOAT-15 crossed my radar, I was intrigued. The GOAT-15 is (as far as I can tell) the lightest semi-automatic rifle in the world. It looks and feels like a miniature AR-15, complete with...

Practicing how I play has delivered great success in my life. It’s no different with archery. While flinging arrows at a target is fun just about any way you slice it, we like to make sure it serves our ultimate goal. You’re training for that one moment in the wild when you’re deep in the mountains...

In 1569, Spanish explorers saw pronghorn and simply recorded them as “goats” in their journal because it was not entirely clear to them what this odd animal was. Its similarity to African antelope eventually resulted in the widespread name “Pronghorn Antelope.” However, further evaluation revealed...