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The progressively refined Ruger Mark I, II, and III line of .22 semi-automatic pistols have been staples of the Ruger portfolio since their introduction, and they are without question the most popular .22LR semi-auto pistols in history.

North America is loaded with great and diverse summer fishing opportunities. From Ozark Mountain rivers to Rocky Mountain lakes; from sprawling bass-filled reservoirs to fish-filled salt marshes – every region in America has a healthy variety of waters ideal for every angler.

Magnified optical sights are awesome. They make aiming more accurate, faster and easier. Unfortunately, magnification is also reduces angle of view, and higher power scopes can’t focus very close. Since zoom optics which start at 1 power (no magnification) tend to be quite heavy and expensive, a secondary sighting system is often used as a work-around for close-in self-defense. The secondary can be a small red dot, or rudimentary iron sights built into the top of the scope, or a full set of iron sights set up to go around the main optic.

As a martial arts/firearms’ instructor, I’m often asked what constitutes the “best” gun for a survival situation. My stock answer is; “a good .357 Magnum stainless steel revolver with a 4-inch barrel” However, when asked this question, at other times, I’ll simply tell the person, that the gun they are carrying is the “best”, because it’s what they are carrying at the time they might need it.

The easy bend in the rod suddenly doubled. Leaning forward to lessen the line pressure, I envisioned a striped bass, down below in the current, working its gills and mouth to totally engulf the bait. After a few seconds, as the pull on the line escalated to a self-hooking level, I pulled back on the rod. My pull was a hard, quick sweep and a hold at the height to set the hook. If you try a quick jerk, the monofilament stretches and then bounces back without the hook penetrating – a miss.

Spyderco’s releases over the past few years, basically since they finished the “Tenacious line” of value folders, has focused on the high end of the production folder market.  The number of new knives under $100 has diminished each year.  And some of those knives, like the Spyderco Cat, have been underwhelming both in terms of their materials and in terms of their innovation.

It had been a great few days of summer smallmouth bass and walleye fishing out of Pelee Island, Ontario, located on sprawling Lake Erie. Friend D’Arcy Egan and I had caught more fish than we could count, and now it was time to fly back to the U.S., heading for Sandusky, Ohio via what may be the shortest scheduled airline hop in America.

David was a proud new landowner. He bought his 640-acre place in the rural South and started fixing up the old farm house, working with his wife and kids getting everything a country family needed and wanted.

When you are tuning a bow, the arrow will tell you what to do. It all comes down to how it comes out of the bow — straight or crooked. Within the troubleshooting process we call paper tuning, five problems frustrated me for many years. Finally, I overcame them through much heartburn and trial and error. There is no reason my mistakes should also be your mistakes. I hope what I’ve learned will help you get past these snags with minimal hair loss.

If you are a hardcore hunter, summer is the one time you get a slight break. From the close of turkey season until the first day of early archery, there is a brief three-month lull where you can reacquaint with the family, get the house in shape and the yard mowed.

It seems like every time someone is lucky enough to get a turkey they try to age the bird right away. I’ve seen hunters at registration numbers come up with some pretty funny formulas for declaring the age of their bird. One thing is for sure. It is not an exact science. However, there are a few variables that can help narrow down the age of a spring gobbler.

It seems like every year a photo of two or even three giant bucks locked together and found dead is circulated across the internet. Whitetails battle for dominance every fall. The prize is first choice among does in estrus. Turkeys do the same thing but the fight doesn’t end in death. Turkeys obviously don’t have antlers that can get locked together. Gobblers will beat each other with their wings and hook each other with their spurs. They’re also often spotted locking their necks together. These sparring matches are just like the whitetails. They are meant to assert dominance within the herd or in a turkey’s case, the flock.

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This is part 2 of our series on fly fishing for trout. You can find part 1 here.

Every year hunters venture out into the woods hoping to fill their tags and freezers with wild game meat. To do so, more than 90% of hunters will be hunting from an elevated platform or some sort of tree stand. Hunting from an elevated platform offers numerous advantages but also presents certain associated risks. Tree stand accidents are the leading cause of serious hunting-related injuries, and almost all of them can be minimized or avoided.

People love sequels, but companies love them more.  From a profit perspective, sequels are 100% no-brainers–haul out the old thing, move some stuff around, and release it.  It’s why there are approximately 203 special editions of sports cars. Corvettes, Ferraris, and Bugattis all come in bazillions of different iterations because companies can sell the same thing to the same people twice, especially if there is a Z or an X or the word “Limited” in the name.

When I first heard the release of the Ruger Match Champion .357 magnum/.38 Special chambered GP100 and then handled it at SHOT, I was really excited because I am a huge GP100 fan. With the word “Match” in the name it must be even more awesome… right? As I sprinted through the Ruger booth I remember being impressed with the trigger and the features during the few minutes I had to handle the new revolver.

The art of fishing for catfish by grabbing them with your hands is known regionally as handgrabbing, grabbing, or noodling. Whatever you call the sport, it has really been gaining ground the past few years. Now groups of grabbers are forming teams to pull out heavy loads of cats from local rivers or lakes. This is done simply for sport, for the thrill of the experience. It also produces quite a lot of edible catfish for several big fish fry’s.

Just like in bowhunting, the proper gear depends on the quarry.

Few fish are more selective in their feeding than crappies. The wrong color, the wrong presentation, line too heavy or too much hardware is a sure turn-off to healthy slabs.