We expect our gear to do what it was made to do, to hold up to the beating we give it, time and time again. Be it chasing pheasants or greenheads, giant elk or bushy-tails, quality gear keeps us out longer, lets us hunt harder and allows our minds to focus on more important things ... like hunting. Here are our 2015 big game selections.
Digital Managing Editor Shawn Skipper recently had the opportunity to join Hornady and Howa on a prairie dog hunt in Wyoming. You can get an inside look at the trip with the photos embedded here.
Sporting threaded-and-capped barrels in 1/2-28 TPI for all blued calibers, as well as stainless offerings in .308 Winchester and 6.5 Creedmoor, the Howa 1500 Gen. 2 GamePro offers a setup for any shooter.
It's never a bad time to buy a new firearm. With that in mind, we came up with a list of four rifles, all available in an optics-included package, which will have you hunting whitetail this fall nearly right out of the box.