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How to Properly Clean and Store Your Rifle After Hunting Season

Your rifle is your most important hunting tool, and knowing how to properly clean and store it when hunting season comes to a close is critical in keeping it in tip-top shape. Here’s a detailed look at each step of the process.

Mule Deer Marathon

Our man chases elusive mule deer through the wild weather and perilous wildlife of Wyoming’s high country.

Field Tested: Savage Impulse Mountain Hunter

Featuring a carbon-fiber-wrapped stainless-steel barrel and rugged polymer stock, the new straight-pull Impulse Mountain Hunter is lightweight, accurate and reliable.

4 Ways to Manage Buck Fever

These techniques will help you perform better when it matters most.

Head to Head: .22 Hornet vs. .218 Bee

Both cartridges are easy on the ears and have minimal recoil, yet are effective for any of the smaller species for which they are suited. Which is the better choice for the hunter? Contributor Philip Massaro examines the pros and cons of each.

Behind the Bullet: .340 Weatherby Magnum

If the .338 Winchester Magnum puts an exclamation point on the end of the hunting sentence, the .340 Weatherby Magnum highlights and italicizes the paragraph. After all, that’s what the Weatherby cartridges were designed to do, and the .340 Weatherby does it well.

How to Protect Taxidermy from Insect Infestation

Hunters preserve a lifetime of memories in taxidermy, so when those memories are threatened by insect infestation it’s cause for concern. Here’s what to do if you see little critters flying around your mounts.

The Tornado Buck

Sometimes it’s amazing what Mother Nature delivers, even after she delivers one of the worst natural disasters in a generation.

Why You Should Hunt Low-Odds Elk Units

Don’t ignore elk locales that offer low odds of success. You’ll find the hunting pressure in them is nil, and when you do find elk, you can usually kill them.

Hardware: Savage 110 Magpul Hunter

Savage Arms has teamed up with Magpul to pair a premium aftermarket stock with the Savage’s proven 110 action. The combination mates the company’s reputation for accuracy with Magpul’s renowned versatility to create a Model 110 that’s ideal for any hunter.

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