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Plains Game on the Buffalo Trail

On safari in South Africa, the author’s plan for plains game—to have no plan at all—couldn’t have worked better. The plan for Cape buffalo, well, that’s another story.

Range Tested: Determinator Target System

Ever been curious what your true effective range is on various game animals? The Determinator target system offers a great way to figure your precision potential before you ever take to the field.

Members' Best 2022

Be it a bucket list hunt in a land of giants, an anniversary escape with a loved one, a quick scouting trip turned big-buck showdown or the culmination of a trophy slam, American Hunter readers searched for and found opportunity near and far this past year.

Hardware: Kimber Hunter Pro Desolve Blak

If you’re looking for a dependable, accurate and all-around incredible big-game rifle, the Kimber Hunter Pro is it.

How to Build Killer Confidence Behind Your Rifle

Before fall big-game seasons begin, it’s important to build confidence in your rifle, ammo and optics—and how you perform with them in hand. To do so, it pays to put in practical range time, shooting not only from field positions but also building skill at quick, accurate follow-up shots.

Hunting African Plains Game: How and Where to Place Your Shot

While shot-placement may seem universal, it is actually oddly specific not just to individual game, but to game of specific geographic localities. Read on for some tips on where to place that shot when hunting African plains game.

Review: Sako Model 85 Bavarian

The Sako 85 Bavarian is a fine, accurate rifle made for people who want a gun capable of hunting as much as they do.

Know-How: Enhance Your Killer Instinct

Having trouble making effective shots on moving game? What you need to do is leave the traditional range and shoot in more hunting-realistic scenarios.

Chances on the Cuando

To hunt the rivers and floodplains of Namibia’s Caprivi Strip, even for antelope like red lechwe, you must accept a simultaneous status as prey.

Loaded for Leopard

Will Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller's practice pay off as he hunts leopard in Namibia?

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