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Backcountry Survival: 3 Tools You Should Always Carry

Here’s a look at three tools you should always have with you in the backcountry and how you can put each to use in almost any outdoor circumstance.

Hardware: Weatherby 18i Waterfowler

Weatherby's new 18i Waterfowler is a very well-made shotgun in the Italian semi-auto tradition and should be trouble-free for many years of hard use.

Going Renegauge on Early-Season Ducks

Savage’s new high-performance shotgun earns its wings in the heart of pothole country.

Hunting Made Easy Archery Multi-Tool

Hunting Made Easy (HME) has developed a compact multi-tool for archers and bowhunters, designed as an in-the-field, do-it-all solution for equipment installation, adjustments and repairs.

6 Ways to Fine-Tune Your Hunting Rifle

If you strive to have the best rig possible, consider these budget-friendly updates that will drastically improve your rifle’s performance and make you a happier hunter.

Hardware: Riton X3 Primal 3X-15X-44mm

Built for accuracy and quick target acquisition in the most extreme environments, the X3 Primal 3X-15X-44mm is a 30mm main-tube, 5X zoom range scope covering magnifications for hunting anything short of lions and buffalo leaping out of the brush at 10 yards or less.

Hardware: Stoeger M3500 Predator/Turkey

The M3500 Predator/Turkey (P/T) is an inertia-operated, 7.5-pound, semi-auto shotgun with a 3½-inch chamber, 24-inch barrel and a pistol grip/hybrid buttstock. It’s dipped in Mossy Oak’s Overwatch camo, the official camo pattern of the NRA.

Hardware: Leupold VX-3i CDS-ZL

Leupold has upgraded four models in its popular VX-3i line to include the company’s CDS-ZL (Custom Dial System-ZeroLock) dial for the first time, a premium feature previously only offered on the VX-5HD and VX-6HD in Leupold’s “Gold Ring” riflescope lines.

First Look: Axeon NightVue

The NightVue, from Axeon, is a binocular-mounted green laser illuminator, which transforms a standard set of binoculars from being a daytime-only tool, to a round-the-clock optic.

Hardware: Escort FieldHunter Turkey

Available in 12-gauge, 20-gauge and .410-bore, this pump-action turkey gun boasts a 3-inch chamber, a synthetic stock and a sight upgrade you'd normally expect to find on guns with a much higher price tag.

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