Beginner’s Guide to Air Rifle Calibers – Size, Efficacy, and Use in the Field
With the right power and pellets, an air rifle can provide some seriously impressive – and lethal – performance: Up to 1,500 ft. lbs. of muzzle energy. More than enough to take down American game, and...
View ArticleThe Hornady ELD-X
One of the goals in developing the ELD-X bullet was that it featured a plastic tip. One of the more puzzling items discovered with Doppler radar was the changing (or decreasing) BC at longer distances....
View ArticleGood grief. More Hunting regs.
Biden admin takes aim at hunters in latest regulation: 'Preventing Americans from hunting' The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced new prohibitions on lead ammunition and lead tackle usage across...
View ArticleSaint .308 Strikes again
Son and I went out for a fathers day hog hunt. He has claimed the Saint Victor .308 as his primary gun. Its equipped with a Pulsar Trail thermal and is a deadly combination. I was using a 6.5 grendel ....
View ArticleBear Aware: How to Safely Handle a Bear Encounter in the Great Outdoors
With fall hunting here for some, and fall also starts the hyperphagia season for bears. Here's some reminders for those that live, or plan to come west to hunt in griz country, where bears are. Bear...
View ArticleHunt safe with these 10 survival tips when hunting big game
Hunters can take precautions and prepare for an unexpected situations in the woods. Every hunting season, hunters get lost in the woods, and while most escape no worse than tired, chilled and hungry,...
View Article.257 Roberts: Is It Time To Bury Ol’ Bob?
Performance-wise, .257 Roberts can keep up with the best of them, so why is this cartridge so overlooked? .257 Roberts: Is It Time To Bury Ol' Bob? On paper, .257 Roberts has a lot going for it, so...
View ArticleGame cam pics
Put my camera out across the street from me, not much on it yet. last year i had several nice bucks.
View ArticleLife is good- Big boar down
Opening week end of Texas rifle deer season. This boar had been a pest far too long. He made a big mistake and came back around… Took a winch to drag him out of the woods .. close to 200lb+ Now to get...
View ArticleAnd so it begins...
So...this past Saturday we went up north (northern MN, close to International Falls). The mister's cousin owns a couple sections which he logs, and the family hunts on it every year. Well, I must say...
View ArticleNew Research on Hunting with AR-Platform Rifles
New research from Outdoor Stewards of Conservation Foundation (OSCF) sheds light on what type of firearms hunters prefer, and provides detailed insights into hunting with AR-Platform rifles New...
View ArticleNo joy
Well, it seems like the days of two or three bucks taken on the first weekend of the season (by our bunch anyway) are gone. The past couple of years have been unseasonably warm. Also, timber wolves...
View ArticleTools of this hunt
These will be tasked with providing freezer fodder this year. If I even decide to load them, the older I get the less I want my enjoyment of the woods interrupted by shooting.
View ArticleQuietKat Apex Pro Review — A Hunting E-Bike
Hello all, here is today's article posted on TheArmoryLife.com. It is titled “QuietKat Apex Pro Review — A Hunting E-Bike” and can be found at...
View ArticleTree Rat recipes
Anyone mind sharing some recipes for cooking tree rat? I've never had it let alone cooked it and I'm going hunting tomorrow for the first time so I'm being optimistic. I'm hoping to get bag limit which...
View ArticleLone hunting
Solo Camp Opening weekend of deer hunting came — and went — with nary a shot fired from my rifle, a Savage American Classic in .308 Winchester, or either of my handguns, a vintage Model 57 S&W in...
View ArticleBuilt deadfall blind
Found three dead falls that landed in sonething of a triangleon each other right by the swamp. Huge rubs and scrapes on the edge of the swamp so I built a blind on second day in the deadfall, nice and...
View ArticleSights how zero your rifle/handgun
Shooting 101: How to Zero Your Rifle or Handgun Sights - The Shooter's Log Regardless the type of firearm used, or the model of the sight on it, the sight must be adjusted. Here's how to zero your...
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