“close quarters”

In Alberta, hunters like to hold out for big bears. It’s another thing entirely to hold out for a color-phase bear when coal-black, record-book bruins climb into your lap.

TruGlo’s new IGNiTE series of affordable red-dot sights provide users with a robust, reliable red-dot optic for fast target acquisition in close quarters.

Over the decades, several cartridges have proved themselves as worthy against charging bears in North America. Here’s a look at the best bear defense cartridges ever made.

The big island is home to an abundance of game including Sitka blacktail, ducks, and fox … and of course, very large brown bears. If you’re looking for adventure, Kodiak is calling. Just be warned: getting there may be the easiest part.

Editorial Director John Zent shares the gear he used on his recent Alaska brown bear hunt.

Nothing kills daytime elk activity like hot weather. But if you use the right tactics, a heat wave can be a fiery time to bag a bull.

Digital Managing Editor Shawn Skipper discusses the Springfield Armory M1A SOCOM 16 CQB, the latest addition to our #SundayGunday series.

With its new 3-inch, 20-gauge 3rd Degree turkey load, Federal Premium ups the ante on 20-gauge performance.

Perhaps there is no greater spectacle in nature than the one elk hunters across America observe every fall as they pursue our continent’s greatest ungulate.