“penetration”

Many of you will be hunting black bear this spring, some with a bow for the first time. One question I am asked a lot about bowhunting bears is, “How much kinetic energy (K.E.) do I really need to kill a black bear?

Looking for a new arrow? Here are five of the best that 2012 has to offer.

Newly formed Norma-USA is bringing top-shelf performance to American hunters at a very competitive price.

Winchester’s Varmint HE .22 ammo features 3/1 segmenting expansion, causing three individual wound channels on small game.

The new Forbes Rifle delivers a performance that's on par with far pricier custom rifles and comes with 27 years of proven reliability and customer satisfaction.

There is a lot of debate on whether mechanical broadheads can do the job of fixed blades. Doug Howlett put one of the most popular to the test.

Recently I spent some time with Jay Robert, a man who has a spent a lifetime hunting in the steep mountains and been a pack designer for a lot of years. He currently designs packs for Tenzing, a company that incorporates latest high-tech materials and design features for mountaineering. As someone who has hunted out of a backpack a lot, believe me when I tell you these new bags are worth a look.

The choices hunters face when hunting whitetails where rifles are not an option can be confounding.

The equipment wielded by bowhunters has evolved substantially in the last three decades. Has that changed the rules behind shot selection? Bill Winke investigates.