A trip to the Texas Panhandle puts three models of EOTech sights through a series of dawn-to-dusk field tests for predators, turkeys and aoudad.
Baiting is a tactic that should be considered if dense cover defines your hunting environment. Luring coyotes from heavy cover with some tasty treats placed upwind of your hiding place makes sense, particularly when coyotes might have been exposed to excessive hunting pressure. Adding scents, such as coyote urine, to the bait area completes the hoax.
High-quality optics help squeeze every ounce of accuracy from today’s high-tech air rifles.
Built for long range and the long haul.
It might sound old school, but maps — paper, online and mobile apps — are great tools for helping to decipher exactly where you are in relation to where you were and where you want to be.
Turn a good gun into a great gun with these aftermarket goodies.
Getting the range right by using a laser rangefinder, or range-finding bino or riflescope, can pay huge fur dividends.
Electronic game callers turn novice predator hunters into pros with the push of a button — and give seasoned veterans an edge when mouth blown calls aren’t getting the job done.
What would you do to gain hunting access to prime coyote property? I’m sure I have my limitations, but I haven’t turned down anything, yet. I’ve run fence, done auto repair, moved a single mom’s furniture, including a couch. I’ve installed a hot water heater and have done landscaping.
Understanding social interaction among predators provides insight into how to more successfully hunt them.
Anti-hunters are self-loathing losers who are not “for” animals. They are merely “against” hunters and hunting. Truth is, they are anti-human.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife recently approved lethal action after four depredations in 14 days by Lookout Mt. pack in Baker County.
The AR-15 has sparked development of cartridges to fit its short action skinny bolt. The most logical are based on the 5.56x45mm for which the rifle was originally chambered.
Elections have consequences, and America has now experienced a hard turn to the left. The looming question: How will this affect hunting and gun ownership?
In most places it’s legal to hunt wild hogs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Why not take advantage?
An eight-year journey of pursuing a giant chocolate-phase black bear ends when the stars align and the hammer falls.
Pursuing predators is not average-sportsmen casual. It’s hunting past dark, celebrating poor weather with Super Bowl-win enthusiasm and abusing gear in military fashion — and it requires tough optics.
Big predator calling features in a small package.
Variety is the spice of life. And that’s why having a vast arsenal of various calls and sounds for every occasion — and knowing which ones to use and when — will help predators hunters put more fur in the truck.
