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The Utah Wildlife Board approved a new 10-year Utah Statewide Elk Management Plan, which includes several changes to elk hunting along with a few other items, during Thursday's public meeting at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources’ Eccles Wildlife Education Center.

With respect to overall performance and ammunition availability, here are the five best all-around cartridges for North American big-game species.

Making plans for a stalk, deciding where to set a ground blind, keeping tabs on distant pastures or merely hauling game from the field are all made easier if two hunters are part of a pronghorn hunt.

Weighing in at 5.5 pounds, the ultralight Sauer 101 Highland XTC is a well-balanced, all-around rifle, featuring a hand-laid carbon fiber stock, fluted and factory threaded barrel, fluted bolt and all the standard S101 features that guarantee reliability and accuracy.

The M48 Mountain Carbon is perhaps the ultimate do-all rifle. Its carbon-fiber wrapped barrel and high-end carbon-fiber stock results in a sub-.75-inch rifle that handles like an ultralight yet shoots like a mid-weight.

This latest Member's Hunt comes from Gary Brown of Conklin, Mich.

The sights and sounds of Alaska alone are worth a cross-country trek. But a hunter should never forget there are bears aplenty in the 49th.

The .280 Ackley Improved has gained a loyal following among big-game hunters, especially those wanting to extend their maximum effective range. Here’s a look at the best factory loads on the market today.

It’s no secret that premium hunting bullets offer greater accuracy, higher ballistic coefficients and better terminal performance, but they’re typically about twice as expensive as standard bullets. Is the extra cost justified?