“Tag: Big Game Hunting”

An ideal optics setup for Western big-game hunting includes a binocular, spotting scope, rangefinder and riflescope. Here’s how to choose the best of each for your needs.  

Application deadlines, research into the best game units, bonus points: Any hunter who has never navigated Western states’ big-game draws has a lot to learn. Here’s how to approach “tag season” for your best chance at success.

With respect to overall performance and ammunition availability, here are the five best all-around cartridges for North American big-game species.

If you’ve never tried spotting and stalking, you owe it to yourself to give it a go. Here are a few tips and tactics to help you be successful.

In the last 10 years, ammunition manufacturers have delivered newly designed cartridges that are more consistent, more efficient and more precise than ever before. Will the century-plus-old .30-06 Springfield have to gracefully hand the “most popular” position to a new leader?

That new hunter you've been tutoring may be in love with a lever-action rifle. Alternately, he may think he absolutely needs a .30-caliber magnum to "cover all the bases." But it's up to you to talk him into making a reasonable purchase when it comes to his first big-game rig.

Browning Ammunition has announced its Long Range Pro ammunition is now available in 28 Nosler at a number of outdoor retailers. Soon, Browning will also be shipping its BXS Copper and BXC Controlled Expansion in 28 Nosler.

There’s no shortage of over-the-counter opportunities throughout the West that you can enjoy every year. Here are five of our favorites.

Trekking deep woods, open plains and high mountains for freezer-filling protein requires gear that will go to the brink along with you. Here’s a look at some of the most innovative new products for him and her.