“shooting skills”

When honing your shooting skills, the next best thing to the real thing is a 3-D life-size version of it!

July is prime time to hone your bow-shooting skills and experiment with new equipment. This means 3-D shooting, betting your buddies on shots and seeing if you can hit the bullseye clear across the yard. It’s all good fun and great practice—provided you keep it applicable to bowhunting.

Field Editor Brian McCombie wanted to see just what it was like to bag a few hogs from the air, Texas style. Get an inside look at this hunt with the story and video provided here.

When hunting discussions evolve into conversations about ethics, most of us jump into the fray willingly, espousing our own viewpoints to whoever’s listening, often with a sense of moral superiority. But do we really walk the talk when it comes to our decisions in the field?

Here's what hunters across the country should be focusing on after the ball drops and leaves 2015 in the rear view mirror.

Man, how do you possibly rank the top ten African game animals? Contributor Philip Massaro is going to try.

Ammunition companies have been trying for decades to build a better bullet, especially the tipped variety. There are plenty of options on shelves, and for most hunters there’s no reason to upgrade. But wait. What about those seeking perfection and wanting to push the envelope to 600 yards or beyond? That’s the trend today.

Contributor Dick Williams wanted to hunt hogs with his favorite pistol, the venerable M1911. Here's how he turned the classic design into the perfect hunting rig.

Shooting and hitting running game can be easy—if you learn how! The American Sportsman Shooting Center is the place to do that.