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The grounds of the 33,000-acre NRA Whittington Center exploded during the last week in July when more than 250 youths and their adult coaches and parents traveled from all parts of the country to participate in the 2015 International Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC), held in Raton, N.M.

Army veteran says: “I’d be dead without my military experience.”

Army veteran Matt Nellessen tells his story to AH because, “if I’m getting ahold of anybody it’s gonna be the NRA.”

For 2015, Weatherby is testing the waters of the over/under market once again, this time turning to the Turks in an effort to hit that thin line where affordability and quality meet. There are a lot of great gunmakers in Turkey, and Weatherby has obviously found one in ATA Weapons Industries, as the Orion I exhibits the kind of quality rarely found on a double gun with a street price that will likely fall under a thousand dollars.

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.

The success of the author’s first elk hunt depended on skill, his guide, a second chance and one lucky break—literally.

Though not the top of the ticket, there’s some quality eats and some hidden gems to be found at the Great American Outdoor Show if know where to look. Let Associate Editor Jon Draper's taste buds be your guide.

It’s natural to wonder where the new V3 Field Sport shotgun fits in Remington’s storied semi-automatic lineage. Officials at Big Green are quick to tell you it’s not a baby Versa Max, though it shares a lot of that gun’s technology.

While it may lack the speed and shapely beauty of modern contenders, this nearly 150-year-old cartridge continues to prove itself in the field. Whoever said nothing lasts forever obviously never met the .45-70 Gov’t.