“50 years”

Smart, quality gear can make your hunt safer, more successful and more enjoyable. Here’s our list of the top 10 pieces of hunting gear developed in the last 50 years.

We hope you are as proud as we are to celebrate a big birthday for the world’s largest and best hunting magazine.

Thanks to various technological advancements over the last 50 years, today’s hunting rifles, ammo and gear can make you a better hunter.

Its 50th anniversary gala celebrates a half century of giving back.

The Bear Man has pursued jumbo bruins for nearly 50 years and owns one of the most written about outfits in North America.

Gamo has introduced its Vapor 10X Multipump Pneumatic, calling it the first real advancement in multipumps in more than 50 years, thanks to its 1200fps muzzle velocity.

Studies show that while 79 percent of Americans support ethical hunting, the number of hunters in the United States today is about the same as 50 years ago when there were half as many people. Why don’t more people hunt?

When I was young (how I regret that phrase), the old guys used to bore me with stories of how much better the hunting was, how much better the guns were, how much better—and simpler—cars and trucks were or even how much prettier the girls were when they were young. Now that I am among the old guys I am sometimes tempted to wax similarly. But was it really better 20, 30, 40 or even 50 years ago?