Posts Tagged ‘shooting’

By:  Mike Price It was so cold that day in the swamp about 30 minutes south of Baton Rouge.  The temperature plunged to 19 degrees during the early morning hours, and the humidity was 80%, making the experience much worse than it actually was. The cold went right through our clothing and felt like it [...]

By: Jim Kinsey Suddenly stopping mid-stride, I slowly turned to Jana and whispered, “You’re going to kill this bear!” Not far below us a nice, fat, black bear stood, its hide glistening in the evening light. Quietly dropping our packs we both knelt down trying to make the least amount of noise possible. The slightest [...]

Written By: Justin Moore Last year I got lucky enough to draw a mule deer tag for the unit in Eastern Oregon where I grew up hunting with my family and friends. There really is nothing like hunting with family in the same area where you first learned to hunt, fish and enjoy nature. The [...]

Written By: Rob Dunham When my partner James Brion, the president of Magnum Hunt Club, told me we should film a moose hunt in the Yukon Territory, I was all ears. We needed content for Nosler’s Magnum TV, and moose hunts always make for a great show. Thinking about where to go for a trophy [...]

A reloading manual is the most important piece of equipment on the loading bench. Reloading cartridges without the guidance of a manual is simply asking for a disaster to happen. Reloading is a highly technical endeavor where seemingly small mistakes can have potentially life threatening implications. That isn’t to say reloading is dangerous, because it [...]

The type of reloading equipment you choose to invest in will be determined by the type of reloading that you plan to do. While almost any press can load just about every caliber for which dies are made, different types of presses are designed for different types of reloading. Reloading rifle cartridges is typically not [...]

This is the equipment that makes the difference between going hunting and going for a hike. Adding this hunting specific equipment to the clothing and survival gear from part I and II will complete the gear ensemble that you need to be an effective and efficient hunter. Rifle You wouldn’t be hunting if you didn’t [...]

Shot placement, shot placement, shot placement. More important than caliber, bullet weight, velocity, or energy, shot placement is the most important consideration if you seek to quickly and humanely take deer. Proper shot placement will always guarantee quick, clean, one-shot kills. Knowing where to place your shot requires you to know which organs to target, [...]

Shooting a deer in the field is much different than shooting targets at the range. In the field, the distance to the target isn’t at exact intervals, the deer won’t hold still for long, and there are no benches. The basic fundamentals of marksmanship still apply just as they do on the range, but it [...]

Shooting a deer is an exciting moment that is the product of practice, planning and preparation. While the shot is the ultimate climax of any hunt, success hasn’t really been achieved until you have recovered your deer. The moments immediately following the shot are some of the most important in the recovery process. By observing [...]