“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.

Elk hunting is a lot like life. You need to realize when to run and when to walk to seize an opportunity.

The Taylor's & Co. Half-Pint Sharps carbine is an elegant rifle from bygone times; it's a scaled-down development of the massive Sharps rifles that once brought down American bison herds.

Contributor Bryce Towsley takes a look at the pros and cons of several zero options to help you decide which is best for your hunting style.

Here are a few drills to do now that will make you confident come fall when that buck of a lifetime is standing 350 yards away and the sun is fading fast.

Iowa and other states are opening shotgun-only deer seasons to straight-walled cartridges like the .45-70 Gov’t., .444 Marlin and .450 Bushmaster. Here’s how to wring the most performance from their rainbow-like trajectories.

In a push to “go long,” it’s easy to add too much complexity to the hunt with the use of laser rangefinders, anemometers, spinning turrets and Christmas tree reticles. But you don’t have to touch your scope to shoot game out to 300 yards. Zero your rifle for its maximum point-blank range and never fuss with a turret again.

Before fall big-game seasons begin, it’s important to build confidence in your rifle, ammo and optics—and how you perform with them in hand. To do so, it pays to put in practical range time, shooting not only from field positions but also building skill at quick, accurate follow-up shots.

The VX-3HD CDS-ZL gives you more than your money’s worth. If you’re an old-school (or at least older) hunter who’s settled in with your old scope, you might want to entertain a roving eye in the scope realm.