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Old Dogs, Old Tricks

Do something for most of your life and it’s easy to let the notion take hold that you’ve seen and done it all. Of course, that’s virtually always a false notion. “Old dogs and new tricks” aside, this old dog has learned an old trick. Case annealing can not only increase your case life, it can help you achieve your best accuracy.

How to Follow a Blood Trail After Dark

Bowhunt whitetails long enough and you’ll find yourself in a situation where you have to try and follow a blood trail after dark. After all, many good bucks do not make an appearance until it is almost too dark to see your sight pins. When you shoot them and they run off, you have to go find them. And while bloodtrailing is more art than science and each situation is unique unto itself, here are some rules that will help you quickly recover your deer.

West Texas Rules

The author comes slowly to an epiphany hunters can have only in the Lone Star State.

Essential Gear: December 2014

Looking for a last-minute holiday gift? Check out the "Essential Gear" featured in our December 2014 issue.

HLF Member Spotlight: John & Jillian Kamps

The Kamps are certainly in the NRA “camp” as active members of the NRA Ring of Freedom and the HLF.

Know-How: Your Very Own Public Cabin

A cabin is a lot like a boat or a horse in that it robs both time and money. So much time and money I haven’t bought or built my own cabin. Maybe you haven’t either. Well then, here’s how to get your own cabin in the Appalachians or the Rockies or Alaska for as little as $20 a night.

First Light: Going to Pot

Illegal marijuana ‘grows’ are sprouting up on public wildlands.

Endless New Products Flood the 2016 ATA Show

The 2016 ATA Show features a little bit of everything when it comes to new products.

Hunter, Prepper, Survivor

Can you cope amid disaster that breeds panic and perhaps dangerous situations? Most hunters possess the tools, gear, skills and intelligence to do so. Call us crazy, but we’ll be ready when our neighbors are not.

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