All Outdoor

Sometimes a topic seems so simple and like a no brainer that we laugh at the title. This could be one of those ideas. I mean a rifle sling is a rifle sling, right? All they were designed to do is tote a rifle over the shoulder. What could be so complicated about that?

If you have tools and a kid then you will soon find out that kids love tools.  They love mimicking you.  They love exploring the world with their tools.  They love poking and prodding and sawing (yes, sawing…ah….helicopter parents need not read the rest of this review–I let my son use a tool).  But most tools are too big for little hands.  Additionally, while there are a bevy of toy tools out there, there is something dissatisfying for kids in having a tool that doesn’t work.  So to fill this gap gap Leatherman released the Leap, the first multitool designed for little hands.

One may ask just how much a product review writer could say about a simple device like a neoprene scope cover, but that’s hardly the point. If you have a hunting rifle of any kind with a scope mounted on it, then you need a high quality scope cover to protect it, and the ScopeShield is absolutely the best one I have used.

A Michigan School district plans to call police and put schools into “lockdown” mode whenever anyone legally open carries a handgun into school property.

Mick Jagger once sang, “Time is on my side.” That may have been the case in 1964, but nowadays it seems to be in short supply. Hunters need to make the most of their free time, and they can do that by hunting the prime times. Certain times of the day, days of the week, and weeks of the month and of the season overall offer better chances of success. Taking several variables into consideration, here’s how to know precisely when to be in your treestand.

Millions of people take to the woods in pursuit of whitetails each year in North America, but what is it that they are truly hunting for?

In this film, you’ll join a trophy hunting bowhunter, Dustin Lutt from Nebraska, and Aaron Hitchins, a traditional party-hunting rifleman from Ontario in their first deer season spent in Kansas, the nation’s whitetail capital. With polar opposite perspectives on the sport, you’ll see how a season in the heartland affects their views on this Game of Inches.

This film is about more than bowhunting, more than deer. It is about creating an understanding between all of the parties who share our love for the hunt, and reminding them that regardless the specifics of their pursuit of choice, to evaluate what it is we are truly hunting for.

Every so often a product comes along that makes one wonder what took them so long. Caldwell Shooting Supplies, part of the Battenfeld Technologies, Inc. group out of Columbia, Missouri, makes some great products for shooters, gunsmiths, gun enthusiasts, and hunters. You have to shop their web site sometime to see all the products they have available. You will quickly recognize some of the top brand names in the shooting accessory industry.

If you’re a regular reader you’re probably aware that I have a few firearms. My official statement is that “I have a reasonable and appropriate amount of firearms and ammunition.” But if push comes to shove and I had to suddenly flush every gun but two defensive guns, what would they be. I recently got a chance to answer that question for myself yet again, when at night I heard the sounds of people trying doors as the doberman wonder twins came totally freaking unglued.

So far in our series, we’ve covered four lessons that I’ve learned in exploring the world of big choppers and hatchets.  I’ve saved the biggest lesson for the end–handles are the absolute most important part of either a chopper and a hatchet.

You’ve just killed the buck of a lifetime and now you’ve got the chance to capture the moment for all of your friends and family to see. Don’t blow it with amateur photography. Follow these tips to take better field photos.

Although most rabbit hunters bag a few cottontails or swamp rabbits on each trip afield, certain techniques can bolster your success. These tips should help you better enjoy the experience of rabbit hunting this season.

As voters turn out for the mid-term elections today pro-gun voters are showing their solidarity by posting photos of their “I voted” stickers on their firearms and holsters on a variety of social media sites.

Once upon a time, a long while ago, there was a single man standing at a grinder spitting out ones and twos of brilliantly design One Piece Multitools (OPMTs).  They were perfect for popping a brew or as an ad hoc screwdriver.  They were made of premium materials with wonderful, hand crafted touches.  That man was Peter Atwood and his tools, Atwoods, have become catnip to a certain group of people.

In the first part of this series, I laid out why I’m comparing these two items and went through what to avoid. And the Lesson #1 was that whatever tool you choose, it’s all about your skills.  Now we get to the meat of the debate–the big things to look out for and be aware of when comparing a chopper and a hatchet.

We can predict the arrival of the rut nearly to the day. We can forecast the specific path of a ferocious storm. We can predict with some accuracy how many people will get sick in this year’s flu season.

On your way to meet a buddy, you see a big buck hauling tail across a field. Here’s what you’d likely say upon arrival: “I just saw a hoss! He’d easily top 150.” Interpretation: A “hoss” is a big deer. That’s pretty straightforward. And “easily top 150”? That means the buck sports antlers that carry 150 inches of mass (or more likely 140 inches, since we hunters routinely overestimate headgear dimensions). But does that mean the buck would gross 150 inches? Or that he’d net 150?

All bowhunters have an effective range, or more appropriately put, a maximum shooting distance that lies within their comfort zone. For some, it’s 30 yards; for others, 60 yards. Compound bows have an effective range too—the distance at which the bow is capable of lethally delivering an arrow.

As with any other lure, I’d be willing to bet that the main criteria you use when choosing a soft plastic is color and action. It makes sense, but how often do you factor in bottom content when rifling through your box for something rubber? You don’t need me to tell you that the different types of bottom a bass angler encounters varies from hard as a rock (literally) to as soft as bowl of pudding. Then you have to throw variables like density, consistency, and aquatic vegetation into the mix.

Well, summer’s gone and ‘tis the season to sit back and watch some football or baseball playoffs. When I’m doing that, I’m usually tying up some jigs at the same time, because these baits are very potent in the fall (and you can never have enough). Of course, there are both positives and negatives to making your own jigs. In the long run it’s often cheaper than buying a bunch over the counter, but it takes time, and time is money. That said, I wouldn’t waste the effort making a bunch of run-of-the-mill jigs if a similar store-bought model will work just as well. I tie my own jigs because it allows me to fine-tune them to specs I believe make them more effective than those I find on tackle shop shelves.

When the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks permitted the use of centerfire, single shot rifles for the primitive weapons deer season, the whole face of deer hunting changed in Mississippi.