“drawing”

Every big-game hunt is a great opportunity, but not every hunt will turn out as you hope, because getting lucky in the draw is just the first hurdle.

If you have the ambition to launch your own bowhunt, the West offers the best in do-it-yourself adventure.

Whether you’re part of a traditional opening week dove shoot or shooting solo on a quiet afternoon, these four hot spots are where you’ll want to be sitting.

This recipe for beer-battered, fried dove breast is simple and requires ingredients you likely have on hand after a dove hunt—birds and beer.

Some guns are meant to be passed from one shooter to another. Sometimes sooner than we'd like.

A possible new archery world record desert bighorn sheep was taken recently in—of all places—southern California. On December 20, 2011, Brett Scott arrowed a ram that green scores 180 7/8 inches on the Pope and Young measurement system. The horns measure 35 1/2 and 37 inches in length with 16 1/2-inch bases. If, after the 60-day mandatory drying period, the horn shrinkage is less than an inch, Scott’s ram will be a new world record for archery desert bighorn.

Simple dishes like this one for fried turkey can sometimes be the most intoxicating.

Some people suggest crossbows are much more powerful, but are they really? And if so, how much more?