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Lesson No. 5: Post-Season Scouting

It’s time to take inventory and prepare for next year’s hunt.

The .30 TC

Alzada, MT—Thompson/Center’s first headstamped cartridge—the .30 TC—is hardly new. In fact, it was announced several years ago, along with T/C’s first repeater, the Icon.

Full Moon: Good or Bad?

Are you the kind of buck hunter who believes that the full moon absolutely destroys your chances of shooting a good deer?

CSI…Wyoming?

As most of you know, I love my rather bucolic state of residence. A lot of folks like to characterize us as backward and unsophisticated. But as if it were a scene from the CSI television series, some Wyoming game wardens were able to determine that a 185-inch 4x5 mule deer buck was taken in an area closed to hunting in 2010 because of the contents of the buck’s stomach.

Even More Dumb Poacher Stories

Poachers? Yeah, they're still not very smart. Catch up with some of the world's most disgraceful "hunters" in our latest dumb poacher recap.

It's Time to Plan for the Western Tag Draw

If you're a big-game hunter that dreams of taking a bull elk, mule deer or pronghorn out West, the time to start planning is now.

The Best of the WSMs

Which cartridge is the best of the WSMs? Dave Campbell has his answer.

Answers in Aoudad Country

A search for a trophy ram in the Davis Mountains of West Texas leads the author to question his skills as a rifleman.

Bumped

Every hunter should know exactly where the point of impact is at 25 yards after he has sighted in his rifle. Need a first-hand account as to why? Let Dave Campbell explain.

Alberta Whitetails & Friends

Unlike many Midwest whitetail hunters, Field Editor Ron Spomer was not surprised to see "America's" favorite deer on the cold, windy, barren plains of eastern Alberta. But he was pleasantly surprised to see the size of their antlers.

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