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How to Can Venison

Once freezers became a fixture in the modern household the old ways of preserving food started to fade. It’s so much easier to just wrap up our venison and put it in a freezer. The thing is, some of those old ways had a lot of good things going for them.

Hardware: SIG Sauer Elite Performance Ammunition

In 2014 SIG Sauer launched its Elite Performance Ammunition line. Initially made up of a few loads for defensive handguns, the line continues to expand. It now contains JHP loads for 13 handgun cartridges and FMJ loads for eight handgun cartridges, as well as hunting and match loads for the .300 AAC Blackout. Two of the latest JHP loads for the .357 Mag. and .44 Mag. stand out for hunting.

Hardware: SRC .25-45 Sharps Rifle

The Sharps Rifle Company (SRC) developed the .25-45 Sharps cartridge and introduced it in 2012. Not to be confused with Shiloh Sharps—a company that makes historically correct blackpowder cartridge rifles—SRC is for all practical purposes built around this one cartridge, which is designed to replicate .250 Savage ballistics in an AR-15. Four years after its introduction, most hunters have never heard of the .25-45 Sharps. That’s about to change.

Making Tracks: 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Diesel

Since Ram was the first truck maker to debut a diesel engine in a half-ton pickup truck, Chevy went one better and put a diesel engine in a midsize pickup.

RCBS Releases Multiple New Reloading Tools

Several new reloading tools have been unveiled by RCBS that will make quicker work of the reloading process.

Member's Hunt: Graduating to Alberta Bears

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Peyton Spencer of Bradenton, Fla.

Hardware: Weatherby New Mark V Rifle

The Weatherby New Mark V is an aspirational gun designed to be longed for and, once owned, used ably and proudly for generations—same as Roy Weatherby always intended.

Learn Your Maximum Point-Blank Range

No rangefinder? No math skills? No problem. A maximum point-blank range has been used by legendary hunters for generations. Here’s how it’s done.

Rifles for the Backpack Hunter

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

Coffee, Classic Country And Colorado Mule Deer

In the northwest corner of the Centennial State, the deer of the West migrates from the high country to winter on lower ground. Every day new critters enter the mix. Sometimes, success is measured by merely being in the right place at the right time.

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