Asking which is better, a four weight, or a five weight fly rod is akin to asking whether a .22 rimfire is better than a .30-06 centerfire rifle. The answer is always yes, and no. It’s not exactly apples and oranges, but a four weight fly rod has benefits a five weight rod does not, …
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Veteran dove hunters realize the return on investment is perhaps the least in any hunting or fishing venue. You may have heard it said that dove meat is the most expensive wild game you can eat. When you consider the cost of gasoline, shotgun shells, licenses, clothing, shoes, accessories, and time, that statement is accurate. …
No till, or minimal intrusive drilling has been a recent addition to the world of agriculture. The prevalent wisdom for eons was to plow under the cover crop each year, turning the surface growth into fertilizer in the process and creating a weed free, or at least, weed reduced growing area. In light of soil …
If you’re lucky enough, there isn’t anything in the wild that connects you to the primordial existence we once all took for granted than a flock of turkeys roosting in a bare oak or cottonwood tree in the fading twilight. You might wonder if they spend their entire day in that tree by the volume …
For elk hunting, it might be the best cartridge you’ve ever heard of. The 7mm-08 is a sort of “Frankenstein Round” an adaptation of the wildly popular .308 cartridge that entered the market, and the also popular 7mm. Mix the best of these two together, and you don’t get the Frankenstein monster, but rather a …
Look at what is good for the deer to eat and maybe better than corn and look at what attracts deer better than corn Those little pellets in the backyard in many towns, and the same little piles around haystacks, gardens, and alfalfa fields in the country let us know that deer have been feeding, …
In a comparison of the 300 RUM (Remington Ultra Magnum) and the 300 PRC (Precision Rifle Cartridge), it should be noted first that these two very popular cartridges were developed for a very different purpose. While you can shoot a very long way with a 300 RUM, the 300 PRC is a round designed specifically …
The .45-70 and the .30-06 were originally designed as weapons of war. The .45-70 is the older of the two, originally introduced in 1873 for the United States Army and used by some units until the Spanish American War where it was outperformed by Spanish troops armed with 7mm Mauser bolt-action rifles. It was the …
The 8 mm Mauser, is perhaps the least known hunting cartridge in America while being having the most notoriety in Europe. The 8 mm Mauser, really a 7.92 mm Mauser, was the principal cartridge of the German Army in both World War I and World War II. As a result, it was mass produced in …
It’s a term most of us take for granted. A long gun is a rifle. If that were the only instance of its usage, wouldn’t a pistol or revolver be considered a short gun? We don’t refer to handguns as short guns, but we sure call rifles and shotguns “long guns.” We get the term …