Low-Recoil Practice Loads
To make lots of practice comfortable and positive, the wise shotgunner uses low-recoil practice loads.
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Reader Photo Contest
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Conservation: Grouse & West Nile Virus
The alarming effects of West Nile Virus in ruffed grouse populations and what hunters can do for conservation.
Driven to Birds
Appreciating the art of driving game
The Nebraska Sandhills
Prairie grouse and more in Nebraska’s Sandhills
TriStar Arms Hunter EX 28-Gauge
We wanted to check out this 28-gauge from the company’s range of Turkish-made over/unders, to learn what a $669 (MSRP) shotgun looks and feels like.
Ne Pee Nauk
Ducks Unlimited has released the first film from the 2018 season of its acclaimed online series: DU Films.
A Question of Chokes
Whenever I give clays competitors lessons, it’s guaranteed that they will have questions about chokes and cartridges. There seems to be a widely held belief that there is a magic formula—some combination of the two—that can fix gaps in their skills and guarantee a step up in class or even help win tournaments.
Searching for Sheds
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t get at least a little excited about finding a dropped deer antler. So it’s little wonder that using bird dogs to search for shed antlers has grown into a remarkably popular pastime.
Fausti XF4 Sport
Since 2009 I have reviewed Fausti shotguns five times and never been disappointed. The new Fausti XF4 Sport is just such a target gun. It is said to be a multi-discipline gun suitable for trap, skeet, sporting clays and FITASC.
Flying with Grouse
Ruinously expensive, almost preposterously élitist, leading to giddy highs and suicidal lows, driven-grouse shooting is one of those sporting challenges that exceeds.