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3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Dial Your Scope While Hunting

These days, it’s all the rage to see an animal, range it with a laser rangefinder, run some calculations on a smartphone ballistic app, and twirl the dial on the scope before shooting—but there’s good reason to avoid doing so.

Hardware: High-Velocity Upland Loads

Here are three new, high-velocity shotshell loads worth considering before you put a lead on your first pheasant this fall.

Know-How: Crossbow Hacks

Hunting with a crossbow? Here are a few tips that should help make your life a little easier.

How to Be a Better Long-Range Shooter

Long-range shooting is a very specific skill-set that takes a lot of hard work and a lot of burned powder to acquire. Start now to be ready for fall.

Review: Top New Trail Cameras for 2017

We put some of the industry's latest and greatest trail cameras to the test. Here's how they each fared.

Last-Minute Gift Ideas for Female Hunters

There's no way you've waited this long to start your Christmas shopping, right? Well, just in case, we've cooked up a few last-minute gift ideas for the lady hunter in your life.

Bowhunting: Know Your Arrow’s Flight Path

Every hunter who’s ever loosed an arrow knows it falls fast. Therefore when shooting at longer ranges, we must compensate for an arrow’s rainbow-like trajectory—called parabolic arc—by aiming higher. Lucky for us, sight pins make it simple.

Know-How: Field-Prep Your Crossbow

With more states opening archery seasons to crossbows, thousands of hunters are taking them afield for the first time. But without dad and grandpa there to give advice gleaned over generations—today’s crossbows are unlike any other hunting tool and are far more advanced than those of just a decade ago—techniques and tricks must be developed via experience. So instead of learning the hard way, simply get it here now.

Photo Essay: Big Beards in Cow Town

American Hunter Field Editor Jeff Johnston hoped to tag an Oklahoma tom that was befitting of the "Long Beard" name stamped on his shotgun shell of choice. Find out how he fared with this photo essay.

10 Do’s and Don’ts for Better Bow Practice

Don’t just fling arrows to fling arrows; make the most of your range time by practicing perfectly.

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