Climbing Tips, Tricks And Gear
10 Dutch Oven Recipes for Camping
On your next campout, impress your friends and family with these Dutch oven recipes for camping. If the Old West style of cooking over a fire in cast iron cookware ignites your imagination, Dutch oven cooking could be just what you need. Comfort food at a campout goes hand-in-hand like peanut butter and jelly, and […]
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Rimfire vs. Centerfire: The Main Differences, and What Each Is Best For
The rimfire came first and is still around, but it’s a lot less capable than centerfire ammo. The metallic cartridge was a huge innovation that changed the entire essence of what firearms are and how they operate. Before they came along in the form of rimfire ammunition, the only reliable repeater out there was a […]
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Prime Time?
It is still spring and the turkeys are still gobbling. Yes, I will get back on the water, soon, but please indulge me while I blog about spring turkey hunting again. . . . After writing my blog last week about The Casual Turkey Hunter, I got to thinking. I have seen a number of …
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Bow is Released at Full Draw and Just Hangs There in Midair
This 2017 PSE Evolve, with 68-pound draw and 90-percent let-off, is left untouched at full draw. Bow technology has made leaps and bounds in the last decade. The bows out there today are truly remarkable and advanced machines. One thing that stands out from old bows of the past is the difference in let-off. Some […]
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Origins of Damascus Steel
Though carefully crafted, Damascus barrels were held in deep skepticism by American shotgunners. Beautiful, yes, but never shoot it. Why not? About 1000 AD, crusading knights returning from the Holy Land brought back wild tales, algebra, oranges, hashish, harem girls and steel so special they named it after the city where they found it—Damascus. History…
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Origins of Damascus Steel
Though carefully crafted, Damascus barrels were held in deep skepticism by American shotgunners. Beautiful, yes, but never shoot it. Why not? About 1000 AD, crusading knights returning from the Holy Land brought back wild tales, algebra, oranges, hashish, harem girls and steel so special they named it after the city where they found it—Damascus. History…
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Quick Look: New Benchmade 535-3 Bugout EDC Knife
This new version of the popular folder is packed with upgraded components. When Benchmade knives introduced the Bugout knife family four years ago, it included the extremely popular Benchmade 535 Bugout and the Mini Bugout. The line soon began to dominate the everyday-carry pocket knife market. Benchmade recently gave the ultra-popular Bugout a few upgrades, resulting in […]
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Hollow-Point Bullets: What They Are, and The Best Uses
Hollow-point ammunition offers many advantages for both self-defense and hunting. The term “hollow-point” refers to ammunition that uses a hollowed-out bullet design, which allows for rapid expansion upon penetration. Both handgun and rifle ammunition, as well as shotgun slugs, are available in hollow-point offerings. While there a wide variety of hollow-point bullet designs, they all […]
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Straight-Wall Rifle Cartridges: What They Are and Why They’re So Popular Right Now
Why are straight-wall cartridges getting a second life? If you’ve been hearing a lot about straight-wall rifle cartridges in the past few years but don’t exactly know why people care so much, here’s a crash course. It’s really quite simple. In the Midwest, there are several states, like Iowa, Indiana and Ohio that changed their […]
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The Casual Turkey Hunter
I hesitate to post this blog. It may get me drummed out of the spring turkey hunting corps. You see, I seldom rise before dawn to hunt spring gobblers anymore. Over the years, I have gotten up early less and less. Sitting in the “woods” at dawn listening to a turkey gobble from his roost …
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Our Favorite Wild Turkey Meat Recipes to Try
If you bagged a spring gobbler, try one of these delicious wild turkey recipes. Cooking wild game can be tricky, and wild turkey is no exception. You’ve got to care for the meat correctly and find the perfect flavors that will combat gaminess and enhance flavor. These simple recipes don’t require hours of brining and […]
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Weathering Turkeys
Using the elements to your advantage With Mother’s Day being the target date to pursue lonely toms, you can find success at almost any turn if you’ve paid your dues scouting. However, even the best laid plans can go to waste if Mother Nature intervenes and makes your hunting, well, miserable. On more than one …
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Great Writers and Their Guns
If the thought that literary liberals once hungered for London doubles doesn’t fill you with doubt, then read on. Russian author Ivan Turgenev, whose efforts to free the serfs produced the Sportsman’s Sketches, bought a Joseph Lang gun. Ernest Hemingway acquired a Westley Richards while Isak Dinesen, famed for her farm in Africa, was gifted…
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Morphy’s Exceptional Firearms and Militaria Auction This Week
Morphy’s announces April 27-30 Exceptional Firearms & Militaria Auction with scores of rare and important productions seldom available to collectors. Expertly curated to the highest standard, the selection awaiting bidders at Morphy’s April 27-30 Extraordinary Firearms & Militaria Auction is a diverse offering that includes military and civilian productions rarely seen in the collector marketplace.…
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Catch Up Time
I get the same feeling every spring; so much to do, and so little time. The fist are biting, the turkeys are gobbling, spring keeps moving along. That feeling has hit me even more recently after spending a few days “under the weather”. Now, I feel like I have some catching up to do. One …
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Hunting Turkeys in Foul Weather
Nebraska weather. Don’t like it? Wait a short while. It’ll change, maybe. Reality is rarely so kind. The Cornhusker State’s spring wild turkey hunting seasons are in full swing amid the ever-changing, ever-fluctuating weather patterns here on the Great Plains. Nevertheless, should we wait to turkey hunt until we have those beautiful bluebird-like days with …
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Archer Tests the Effectiveness of a Compound Bow Underwater
How well can a compound bow operate completely submerged underwater? That is likely not a question you ever asked. We know we never did. At the same time, it is one of those questions that we never knew we needed to know the answer to either. When thinking logically, it seems like a compound bow […]
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The John Wayne Rifle: Winchester Model 92
John Wayne was a man of many westerns, but there was only one rifle for the Duke.
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