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Late-season bucks are simple to pattern. Spend your winter afternoons bundled up near a high-calorie food source, and you'll be piling them up in not time.

GPS tracking collars are revealing how bucks change their patterns when the hunting season starts.

By no means limited to just African hunting, the Nikon African series features a good design for any close and fast-shooting situation.

The tragic shootings in Tucson recently have refueled the debate over so-called “reasonable” gun control measures. Just as predictable, the hyperbole of gun banners is presented as fact by a collusionary media. Emotions run high on both sides of the argument. And while it might satisfy my emotions to counter each bit of the hyperbole, it certainly would not usher the argument to an acceptable conclusion. So, rather than engage in a defensive tit-for-tat that would lend credence to the other side’s exaggerations, I will explain why I almost always have a gun either on my body, or within arm’s reach.

Here are a few of the more common gun problems that can occur in the field and how to deal with them without ending your hunt.

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.

While BSA’s Contender series may not wow us with optical brilliance, they provide reliable shot placement and endurance at a great price.

We can win the hearts and minds of non-hunters by being outspoken and resourceful users of our country's renewable source of wild-game meat.

Last week was a bittersweet one. On the one hand I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jim Arness.