“rooster xr”

Web Managing Editor Shawn Skipper sought his first turkey on a trip to northwestern Kansas. He left the Sunflower State with a pair.

Winchester Ammunition and GoPro have announced the launch of a new contest, which will allow one lucky winner to join the aforementioned companies on a fall 2015 pheasant hunt at the legendary Kessler Canyon, an upland Mecca of sorts.

The American Hunter staff hunts. Plain and simple. And like all hunters, we put faith in the gear we use to get into the mountains, to hike all day and to venture into freezing waters and push through driving rain. We expect our gear to do what it was made to do, to hold up to the beating we give it, time and time again. This collection is a reflection of that. First up: the upland hunter.

The ammunition industry has fed the market with some fantastic upland loads that continue to move the ball forward when it comes to lethality. Let’s take a look at some of the most recent products to change the game.

NRA Publications will present its annual Golden Bullseye Awards and Golden Bullseye Pioneer Award at an invitation-only breakfast on Friday, May 20, during the 2016 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Louisville, Kentucky.

When American Hunter announced its 2016 Golden Bullseye honorees late last year, it did indeed name products in 10 categories that met or exceeded those standards. One of the standouts—and a seasonably relevant one, too—was the 2016 Ammo of the Year: Winchester’s Shot-Lok.

Meet our 2016 Ammunition Product of the Year, Winchester's Shot-Lok technology.

Winchester Ammunition has announced a 20-gauge load of its Long Beard XR turkey.