Smartphones have become an important hunting tool
There are a number of apps available now for your smartphone that are extremely helpful for navigating in the backcountry while you’re hunting. I’m a fairly traditional [...]
The Great Outdoors
Get involved and help keep our hunting traditions going
Hunting is a major component of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. It is necessary to keep the populations of game animals in check. But it also ensures those [...]
I’m no Pat McManus, but I hope to make you laugh
I used to dream of someday taking Pat McManus’ place, writing those hilarious stories in Outdoor Life. But McManus had a unique genius that won’t ever be replaced. I have [...]
Picking a caliber is one of life’s hardest decisions
I recently became a life member of the Muley Fanatic Foundation. That membership comes a rifle. Life members can choose from 15 different calibers for the Weatherby rifle [...]
Conservation groups do more than banquets
We should all be members of every conservation group you can think of – Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, Muley Fanatics Foundation and [...]
Consider life membership in a conservation organization
I think all wildlife conservation organizations have life membership options. And all those conservation groups do wonders for the wildlife and the habitat – and not just [...]
Yellowstone had an unexpected, rare sighting
Last month, biologists in Yellowstone got an early Christmas present. They have trail cameras set up to keep track of mountain lions for a study they’re doing on the big [...]
I’m giving myself a hunting trip for my birthday
Yeah, yeah, insert your favorite over-the-hill joke here. I’ve heard a ton of them over the last week or so. Even my kids are jumping in on it. I suppose I had it coming, [...]
Get a little recoil therapy to get over 2020
After a long year of things maybe not going quite the way you wanted them to, get out to the shooting range for a little bit of recoil therapy. Even if you weren’t [...]
Maybe COVID will cause more innovation in gear
More people made their way to the outdoors in 2020 than ever before. The pandemic caused a shift in recreation, and a record number of people went to state parks, national [...]