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3 Ways to Zero Your Hunting Rifle

It’s extremely important to zero your scope or the sights on your rifle before going hunting. If your sights are not properly adjusted, the gun will not put the bullet where you are aiming and, trust me, that’s a bad thing.

Gearing Up for Merriam's Turkeys

Bryce Towsley breaks down the gear he used on his recent Merriam's turkey hunt.

Gearing Up for Big Bears

Bryce Towsley breaks down the gear he used on his Alaskan brown bear hunt.

Imposing Presence

If you can remain calm when an Alaska brown bear charges within feet of you, check your heart … and your sanity.

Tomfoolin’

Never discount the power of a decoy to lure tom turkeys close—real close.

Hardware: Ambush Firearms 6.8 SPCII

Most of the employees at Daniel Defense are hunters, and they convinced Marty there is a good market for ARs on the hunting side. As a result, he recently branched out and created Ambush Firearms, a company that makes AR-15 rifles for hunting. The guns have the same quality and attention to performance as the defense models, but in designs by hunters, for hunters.

Hardware: Smith & Wesson Model 69 Combat Magnum

A handgun does no good on a shelf back in camp. But the trouble is, handguns chambered for cartridges appropriate for wilderness protection and/or big-game hunting tend to be a bit heavy. It’s common enough to head into the hunt with good intentions, but after a few exhausting days when even your shoelaces become too heavy, you often find a reason to leave the handgun behind.

Hardware: Merkel RX Helix Explorer

European switch-barrel guns are engineering works of art, and are extremely well-designed and precisely executed. They are wonderful additions to any gun safe. One good example is the Merkel RX Helix.

Extreme-Weather Gun Care

Late-season hunting usually means extreme weather, and that can be rough on your rifle. Weather attacks generally come in two forms: temperature and moisture. Address these issues and you have most potential problems under control.

Hardware: Browning AB3 Composite Stalker

The hip and happening trend with bolt-action hunting rifles right now is to go cheap, but still go big on performance. It seems like every manufacturer has a low-end price-point rifle, and they all seem to shoot pretty well. Browning's hat in this ring is the new AB3 Composite Stalker.

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