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Riflescopes with parallax adjustments, illuminated reticles, 8X zoom ranges and turrets dialing past 1,500 yards are impressive, but do we really need that to still-hunt whitetails in Ohio farmland or chase elk at 8,000 feet in Idaho? An optic like Leupold’s new VX-3i 3.5X-10X-40mm with the Boone & Crockett ballistic reticle is likely better suited for most hunters’ needs. This 12.6-ounce scope, a reengineered upgrade from the previous VX-3, is bright, sharp, slim and extremely reliable.

Coyotes and feral hogs, beware. SIG Sauer rolled out its new ECHO1 Digital Thermal Imaging Reflex Sight at SHOT Show 2017, and we could have played with it on the range all day.

The Leupold LTO-Tracker thermal viewer will allow hunters and trackers to see game and recover animals that have run off or fallen out of sight.

YETI, recent recipient of an American Hunter Golden Bullseye Award for Gear of the Year, has announced that it will be debuting its new Hopper Two.

AmericanHunter.org contributor Keith Wood takes a look at some of 2017's top new riflescope offerings.

Leupold has introduced the latest in its line of Leupold Thermal Optics in the form of the handheld LTO-Quest.

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?

Leupold has doubled down on its thermal imaging devices with the release of the LTO-Quest. Here are four things you need to know.

It’s the late season. In some areas it’s beyond cold, in others, just beyond nasty. You need clothing that will fight for your right to stay in the field because you know regrets are made the second you give up the frost for a warm cup of coffee.