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How to Purify Drinking Water

Anytime you head afield it’s a good idea to plan how you will drink water, and from where it will be drawn should you need more while afoot. Follow these tips on filters, chemical treatments and ultraviolet treatments to determine what’s best for you.

NSSF Condemns USFWS Proposed Ammo Ban

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has condemned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Proposed Rule that would ban lead ammunition on 48 new distinct hunting opportunities across approximately 3,000 acres of National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs). 

First Look: Throom BounceBack Series Varmint Targets

Looking for a way to stay sharp when you can't take to the field? Check out the Varmint BounceBack Series of targets from Throom.

Boone and Crockett Generation Next Youth Awards: Young Hunters Show Us How It’s Done

The Boone & Crockett Club’s Generation Next Youth Awards, amid the organization’s 31st Big Game Awards, included a remarkable 132 great animals entered. Among the black bears, pronghorns, mountain goats and mule deer were eight typical and eight non-typical whitetails taken in nine different states.

Non-Toxic Shot Roundup

Contributor Mike Roux discusses the ins and outs of non-toxic shot with his audience.

The Umpqua Basin Bonus

In Oregon’s Coast Range last year, the author pursued the state’s rarest deer: the Columbian whitetail. The hunt marked a rare double bonus, as far as he was concerned: a chance to hunt a species he’d never hunted in a state he’d never hunted.

Head to Head: .35 Whelen vs. .375 H&H Magnum

Both the .35 Whelen and .375 H&H Magnum are classic cartridges that have the horsepower to take larger game species. Which is the better choice for the hunter? Contributor Philip Massaro takes a closer look at the pros and cons of each.

EHD Has Hit Your Deer Camp: Now What?

If you hunt deer long enough you will eventually bump up against epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD). The scourge can ruin a deer season and devastate deer populations. The author encountered EHD last year in South Dakota; here’s what happened.

Top 6 Low-Recoil Hunting Cartridges

Your hunting rifle doesn’t need to produce painful recoil to get the job done. Here are six centerfire hunting cartridges that are easy on the shoulder yet effective on big game.

The Ones That Got Away: Bucks That Haunt My Dreams

Do you toss and turn late at night over memories of bucks that got away? Our man does, too. Here are a handful of sleep-robbing tales of bucks that never even gave him a shot.

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