Joe Pyburn with his Idaho Mule Deer - photo Travis Van Dam

Man Shoots Thru Tree, Gets Deer!

November 6, 2019

I had the good fortune of hunting mule deer in Idaho recently with some outdoorsman that I hold in high esteem. But after this they might actually walk on water, make the earth flat…you get it. When Joe Pyburn and Travis Van Dam arrived at our trucks back at the trailhead a few days into […]

Follow the X-Bolt – Journey into the Olympic Mountains

October 17, 2019

Normally I spend the Washington rifle deer opener in Okanogan County cruising the ridges in hopes of finding a mature muley. With mule deer trips on the calendar to Idaho, Montana, and Nevada in the coming weeks, however, I decided to do something a little different. With some intel from good friend Jason Brooks in […]

Want an Accurate Rifle? Build It!

August 7, 2019

Turn Your Rifle into a “Tack Driver” by Jason Brooks We all dream of a “tack driving” rifle that pierces the bullseye at long distances with regularity. When it comes to rifles there are some things we can do to increase their accuracy. Here are some starters on building yourself an accurate rifle.    New Barrel. […]

Tips for Better Accuracy

July 4, 2017

by Jason Brooks If you have been hunting for a few years or more then I am sure you have missed a time or two. We all would like to think that under pressure and when it counts that we will make the shot. And when we do miss oftentimes we start guessing at why […]

Deer Cartridges – A Trio at the Top

April 26, 2017

by Wayne Vanzwoll Name three fine deer cartridges? Easy! Name only three? Oh. That’s really, really hard! The deer was loping through Michigan poplars when a bullet from my $30 SMLE broke its neck. My first whitetail. The .303 British, now 130 years old, still works fine for deer. It has surely killed more Canadian […]

Setting Up My New Deer Rifle – Savage 7mm-08

October 18, 2014

I’m always looking for an excuse to purchase new toys to satisfy my hunting and fishing fix and this time it just so happened that I “needed” a new low-recoil rifle. I needed one because of a recent hunt for Sitka blacktails in Southeast Alaska and a daughter that just turned two. She seems a […]