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Choosing a system to mount a scope to your new rifle can be more confusing than actually deciding on a new rifle.

All I want a trail camera to do for me is take a decent picture of critters that walk in front of it. I want to know when they came by, and don’t really care about video. If it tells me the barometric pressure and moon phase that’s cool, but not essential. I want it to be reliable and, after working with cameras for a while, I know I prefer an infrared camera over those with a white flash because the flash will scare the dickens out of any self-respecting mature buck.

If you are a gun guy, you always have to deal with screws. Depending upon how many different guns you’re messing with, you have to remove and replace a lot of screws. Some require a thread-locking compound to prevent screws from backing out during service.

Of all the accessories a person can add to a compound bow, none are as important as the arrow rest. I am always amazed at how many guys I spot in deer camps every fall with a very expensive, late-model compound bow sporting a cheap arrow rest. That’s like buying a Ferrari and putting a set of cheap tires on it.

Fixed-blades, mechanicals, cut-on-contacts—here’s how to select the best arrow point for the job.

Bear Archery's Anarchy compound bow features the longest axle-to-axle measurement of any of the company's other bows.

New from Primos is the Truth Cam Blackout, providing complete surveillance to hunters and designed to be undetectable to animals.

Here's the next installment of our two-part series on the best new crossbows for 2012.