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DIY Backcountry Hunting Tactics and Gear

Considering a DIY backcountry hunt? Here’s a comprehensive gear list, along with tips and tactics to help you be successful.

Recipe: Smoked Elk Shank Baked Beans

This flavorful baked bean recipe is sure to entice more hunters to covet the shanks from their next harvest.

3 Tips for Locating Coyotes

To call coyotes successfully, you have to hunt where they hang out. Follow these tips to find more of them.

Gear Guide 2017: Element Busters

It’s the late season. In some areas it’s beyond cold, in others, just beyond nasty. You need clothing that will fight for your right to stay in the field because you know regrets are made the second you give up the frost for a warm cup of coffee.

Rifles for the Backpack Hunter

Need a rifle for your backpack hunt? Here are a few worth considering.

2017 Optic of the Year: Leupold VX-3i

Ron Spomer called the VX-3i an "ideal, do-anything scope." That's just part of the reason it's our 2017 "Optic of the Year."

Know-How: Rabbits on the Run

Sure, there are many other things for a hunter to do at this time of year, but if someone invites you along to run their beagles, go. Keep these things in mind.

Must-Have Cold Weather Gear

Here's the gear that'll keep you warm as winter sets in.

Hardware: Webley & Scott Empire

There’s nothing gimmicky about the Webley & Scott Empire; it is simply a traditional sporter and a solid performer chambered in well-established cartridges that get the job done with minimal drama.

Hardware: Leupold VX-3i 3.5X-10X-40mm

Riflescopes with parallax adjustments, illuminated reticles, 8X zoom ranges and turrets dialing past 1,500 yards are impressive, but do we really need that to still-hunt whitetails in Ohio farmland or chase elk at 8,000 feet in Idaho? An optic like Leupold’s new VX-3i 3.5X-10X-40mm with the Boone & Crockett ballistic reticle is likely better suited for most hunters’ needs. This 12.6-ounce scope, a reengineered upgrade from the previous VX-3, is bright, sharp, slim and extremely reliable.

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