Throughout the Midwest and other parts of the country, deer hunters are swapping their slug guns and muzzleloaders for rifles chambered in straight-wall cartridges thanks to changes in legislation ...

Contrary to popular belief, black bears are not that hard to kill. On average, they go under 250 pounds. Shots are usually close, and the fact that many bruins are taken incidentally by deer hunters, ...

A lot of hunters think “overlooked” means obscure, like you need some weird boutique cartridge that only shows up in handloader forums. That’s not what I mean. The most overlooked rifle cartridges are ...

Hunting seasons have a way of turning “internet logic” into real-world lessons. In July, everybody’s calm, everybody’s building spreadsheets, and everybody’s convinced the newest hot cartridge is ...

Choosing a bullet for a lever-action rifle cartridge has long been no more complicated than selecting one toward the lighter end of the weight range for deer or one of greater weight when more ...