Trijicon AccuPoint 1-8x24 Gets Battery-Free Green Duplex Reticle

Not everyone wants a tree. Trijicon has added a Standard Green Duplex reticle option to the AccuPoint 1-8x24, aimed at hunters and shooters who want a familiar, uncluttered sight picture with nothing in the way of the target. It joins the Red Triangle Post version in a lineup that now offers two ...

By Eric B •

A Five-Day Pack Trip That Went Sideways in Alberta

A long horseback trip into the Alberta backcountry started as a rodeo of half-broke horses and unfamiliar stock. Then it opened into grizzly, moose, and a mess of mountain goats for two couples who had driven a long way to get there. What follows is the story of how that trip went wrong at the [&...

By James Chen •

Why Hunted Bears Fear People: Connecticut’s Conflict Gap

Connecticut does not allow bear hunting, and its bear-conflict numbers stand apart from every neighboring state. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection reported over 3,000 conflicts between residents and bears in 2024, including 67 incidents of bears breaking into homes. Of the ten...

By James Chen •

TFB Review: Schmidt & Bender 3-18x42 META FFP SBX Reticle

The Schmidt & Bender 3-18x42 Meta FFP with the SBX reticle is a compact first focal plane riflescope for hunters and practical precision shooters. After about a year of testing, training and timed DMR-style matches, my verdict is simple: it handles like a small scope, performs optically like ...

By Eric B •

POTD: Grendel SRT-20F – Kellgren’s Only Bolt Gun

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a rifle from a name most folks know for pocket pistols. This is a Grendel SRT-20F, and it’s the only bolt action George Kellgren ever designed. Kellgren founded Grendel in 1983. The company’s first product was a ballistic knife, ...

By Sam.S •

ZEISS Conquest Apia Adds 85mm and Straight Spotting Scopes

ZEISS Outdoor has expanded its Conquest Apia spotting scope line with a larger 85mm objective and straight-eyepiece configurations. What’s new The Conquest Apia 85 steps up to a 24-60x magnification range and an 85mm objective lens. It comes in both angled (85A) and straight (85S) configura...

By James Chen •

Best Ammo for Deer Hunting, Tested for Accuracy

I shot six different types of whitetail hunting ammo through two rifles to see which performed best in terms of precision, consistency, and value The post Best Ammo for Deer Hunting, Tested for Accuracy appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By John B. Snow •

Why Mrrping to Stop a Buck Might Cost You the Shot

Stopping a walking buck with a mouth bleat or a “mrrp” before you shoot has become one of the most widely repeated moves in whitetail hunting. You’ve seen it on every hunting show: a buck walks the edge of a food plot, the hunter makes a soft sound, the deer freezes broadside, a...

By James Chen •

One-Man Bear War: Ab Carter’s 182-Bear Hunt in the Big Thicket

The story of Ab Carter is a reminder that in frontier Texas, bear hunting was livelihood and warfare as much as sport. In the dense swampy forest of the Big Thicket, a man who had hunted bears from boyhood set out to clear his country of them entirely, and the record he compiled stands as [&#8230...

By James Chen •
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