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Zeiss is offering a free Terra ED binocular with purchase of select optics through Dec. 31.

In most areas they call them hurricane-force winds. On the edge of the Alaska Peninsula, sandwiched between the Pacific Ocean and the Bearing Sea, 50-70 mph gusts are just part of another ducky day.

All things considered, the Benelli SBE 3 is a well-planned evolution of not just the SBE platform, but semi-automatic shotguns in general. The dominance of the pump gun is over, never to return.

In no particular order, here are our picks for the best new shotguns of 2017.

Here are five things you need to know about Benelli's new Super Black Eagle 3.

The venerable Benelli Super Black Eagle turned 25 in 2016. Let Field Editor Jeff Johnston sing it a few praises.

Carl Zeiss Sports Optics has announced its "Fall Field Days" promotion, which will give hunters the chance to save cash on some of the company's most popular optics.

A lot of companies are celebrating anniversaries in 2016. Winchester us turning 150. Remington's now 200 years old. And Benelli's legendary Super Black Eagle? Well, it's only 25, but it's made for a memorable quarter century. To celebrate, Benelli is introducing a limited edition SBEII 25th Anniversary model of its most celebrated scattergun.

Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, an international leader in optics and optoelectronics, named American Hunter Senior Editor Karen Mehall Phillips its 2015 Outdoor Writer of the Year at the 2016 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Jan. 18.