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The New 3X-9X And Other Optical Marvels

The latest tech driving hunting-scope development has given us unprecedented versatility, catlike night-vision, built-in ballistic solutions and, would you believe … plastic lenses?

Hunting Coues Deer Beyond the Border

Northern Mexico can be beautiful and fun, dangerous and ugly. A Coues deer hunt provides perspective on both sides.

Canyon Country Bulls and Bucks

A hunter’s first elk and a bogged-down stalk on a desert mule deer highlight hunts with new versions of Ruger’s M77 Hawkeye bolt actions.

Elk: Where Legend Meets Luck

The success of the author’s first elk hunt depended on skill, his guide, a second chance and one lucky break—literally.

An Accidental Elk

Finding a bull in the Centennial State shouldn’t be hard—not when Colorado boasts the largest elk herd in North America. But the elk don’t always cooperate.

.45-70 4-Life

While it may lack the speed and shapely beauty of modern contenders, this nearly 150-year-old cartridge continues to prove itself in the field. Whoever said nothing lasts forever obviously never met the .45-70 Gov’t.

A Pair to Draw 2

At the end of every rainbow there is said to be a pot of gold. Sometimes, that pot holds a pair of bang-bang bull elk.

Members' Best 2021

Read on for our Members' Best hunts of 2021.

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