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CVA’s Chad Schearer talks about the Accura MR Nitride muzzleloader on the floor at SHOT Show 2014. Learn more about the nitride finish here.

Start with the board, consider the pieces, and then you’ll see the moves to make on Western bucks.

Real “experts” don’t let commonly held dogmas corral them. They’re out-of-the-box thinkers. They understand and utilize commonly held solutions, but they also know how and when to break these rules.

While Florida may no longer abound with the wild, jungly scenes once depicted in colorful tourism art, enlightened wildlife management has created a new era that’s good for hunters.

After deer, hogs are Florida’s next most popular big-game quarry, and compared to most other hog states, the wild porkers are a close second.

Joe Arterburn takes a closer look at the Bergara Premier Series Stalker.

Shooting a buck at the beginning of a hunt can be as good—or bad—as shooting one at the end.

The nicely balanced B-14 HMR (Hunting & Match Rifle), perhaps more than any other offering from Bergara, proves the company's considerable capabilities as a rifle maker. It isn’t too heavy or bulky for carrying through the foothills, and its adjustable stock, compatibility with AICS-pattern detachable box magazines and heavier-than-average barrel make it worthy of a precision rifle match, too.

Tactics that work for whitetails back East may not cut it for deer of the plains and mountains across the West.