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How Hunting Rifles and Gear Have Evolved Over the Last 50 Years

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

.300 AAC Blackout for Deer?

Is .300 AAC Blackout the perfect deer cartridge? No, probably not. But don't hesitate to use it afield.

Bullets for African Plains Game

You’ve probably heard that African dangerous game can absorb five hits from an Abrams tank and keep on charging. You’ve probably heard that kudu, eland, wildebeest and even impala are so tough from evading lions and leopards they’ll soak up bullets that would floor a North American brown bear. Nonsense.

Where Hunters Learn To Shoot on the Run

Shooting and hitting running game can be easy—if you learn how! The American Sportsman Shooting Center is the place to do that.

Build Your Skills: The Fast Follow-Up Shot

Making that second shot count requires more than speed—it requires proper gun handling and plenty of practice.

Turkey Ethics: On the Fly

Is shooting a turkey in flight—assuming it's legal where you're hunting—ethical?

Weatherby Reloads: Introducing the 6.5-300 Wby. Mag.

Weatherby will deliver its first new cartridge in nearly 20 years in 2016, with the introduction of the new 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum. The impending release is already being hailed as the fastest 6.5mm production cartridge in the world.

Wounded and Lost

We don’t like to talk about our misses, or worse, our bad hits—but they happen. If it hasn’t happened to you, you probably haven’t hunted much. What does it feel like? Keith Wood explains.

The Long Shot

As a general rule it seems that the less field experience a given pundit has, the more he is in favor of taking pokes at critters nearly a mile away.

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