The late Bill Tarrant, who was once called the “poet laureate of dogdom,” had a soft place in his heart for the smaller breeds. He called them vest-pocket dogs and admired their lively spirit and work ...

This cartridge is a pure reflection of the modern centerfire rifle cartridge trend that combines a relatively compact and minimally tapered brass cartridge case that has a 30° shoulder with a ...

When the 300 Blackout was introduced in 2010, a lot of shooters simply yawned because its ballistics were not as impressive as the 7.62x39. But many soon realized that the real forte of the 300 ...

This story was done in partnership with Victorinox. If you're anything like me, the arrival of fall doesn't just mean cooler mornings and turning leaves. It means gear checks, long sits in treestands, ...

First came Last Call, an all-TSS waterfowl load. It is devastating to ducks and geese but pretty rough on budgets. Waterfowl hunting isn’t like turkey hunting, where a box of $10-apiece shells lasts a ...

Slab crappies are meat eaters—sure enough minnow munchers. They take artificials well at times, especially jigs—but big crappie will turn their noses at even the best of the best crappie lures.

Half of my garage is solely dedicated to duck decoys. I have dozens upon dozens of mallards, black ducks, pintails, wood ducks, wigeon, and gadwall floaters. Then there are the full bodies, ...

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If I were to flip you the bird left-handed, which I sometimes do to mix things up, you’d notice that my middle finger is crooked, with a bulged knuckle. Why does it look like that? Catfish noodling.