Why 70% of Deer Hunters Never Fill a Doe Tag

The U.S. buck harvest sits near record levels, and the share of mature bucks in that harvest is the highest it has been in more than a century. The part of deer management that keeps herds healthy, though, is antlerless harvest. Deer numbers are climbing across much of whitetail range, and while ...

By James Chen •

Gun Reviewer James Reeves Subpoenaed in S&W Suit

Firearms reviewer and attorney James Reeves says he has been served with a subpoena in the lawsuit seeking to hold Smith & Wesson liable for the 2022 Highland Park parade shooting, a move that pulls independent gun media into the litigation and treats even unpaid reviews as corporate advertis...

By James Chen •

Combat Index: Dots, Irons or Point Shooting?

The world of defensive-style shooting has long been filled with controversy and differences of opinion. One point we might all agree on is that the road to success involves putting decisive hits on an adversary in the shortest possible time. But how we achieve this has been open to debate for yea...

By Mike Boyle •

Jim Carmichel’s ‘Favorite’ Deer Rifles

OL's former shooting editor maintains you don't have to pick a single favorite rifle for hunting deer. Here are his top picks, and the stories behind each The post Jim Carmichel’s ‘Favorite’ Deer Rifles appeared first on Outdoor Life.

By Jim Carmichel •

Ayoob: The Pin Shoot Grand Finale

In 1969, an armed citizen named Richard Davis shot it out with a trio of armed robbers and survived — but was hit a couple of times during the melee. Deciding that there had to be something better to stop bullets with than one’s own flesh, he conceived soft, concealable body armor and became ...

By Massad Ayoob •

POTD: The Turnbull TAR-40 – Case Colors on a Black Rifle

Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have an AR that looks like it wandered in from 1890. Doug Turnbull built his name up in Bloomfield, New York, doing bone charcoal color case hardening and period correct restoration work on Colts, Winchesters, Parkers and Foxes. The TAR-40 is wh...

By Sam.S •

Killing the Buck of a Lifetime in the Swamp

The mature buck that vanishes into a cattail marsh every day is not random about where he beds, and that predictability is the whole reason you can kill him. To hunt swamp bucks, you need to identify the dry, secure ground where an old deer feels safe, map the trails he uses to move between [&#82...

By James Chen •
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