Last week I had to get a rifle scope sighted in at the last minute before a trip, so I had no time for a leisurely morning or afternoon at the range. Range time to me is supposed to be fun. Sure, there’s a purpose — improving skills, getting a gun-scope combo ready to...
Ground blind hunting is one of the coolest things to do for a couple of reasons, one of them being that you’re pretty much on eye level with the deer and other wildlife. Hunting in treestands is common in much of the Southeast and Midwest, of course. Nothing wrong with that at all. Getting...
Double your effective range this gun-hunting season with these simple-to-learn shooting techniques. They will improve your shooting skills whether you hunt with a slug gun, rifle or muzzleloader. Also learn about a new bullet design that will drop deer with bone-crushing penetration. Brian Delcollo is a a professional guide and expert rifleman from Oregon...
If you’re still gearing up for the gun season in your deer hunting zone or state, there’s enough time to get to the range and get your scope zeroed in perfectly for the best accuracy. It’s fun to go shoot at the range. I’ve never heard anyone say they hated it, even the guys...
NUGEBLOG#60, October 23, 2014?!? Really? #60! Are you kidding me? I’ve written 60 of these little ditties! Seriously? Oh the humanity of it all! So what we have here is the old addicted backstrapper that hunts every day all season long actually has time to write a deeranddeerhunting.com NUGEBLOG every week? Wow, that’s truly...
As the all-time high interest in reloading continues, Gun Digest has teamed up with handloading expert Phillip P. Massaro to publish the new Gun Digest Shooter’s Guide to Reloading. For shooters who are new to reloading and want to take advantage of reloading’s many benefits – cost savings, improved accuracy and combating future ammunition shortages,...
For years, deer hunters in some states have been required to use archery equipment, slug guns or muzzleloaders because state officials deemed centerfire rifles a problem and prohibited them. The potential distance of a centerfire rifle bullet was cause for concern yet, in more populated Southeast states the rifles were the accepted hunting weapon....
Rifle shooters looking to perfect their long-range game need look no further than the new edition of Gun Digest Book of Long-Range Shooting, which includes information on the best technology, techniques and guns developed for both formal and informal shooting sports. Seasoned firearms writer L.P. Brezny has completely updated his popular, original book on long-range...
I first met Drew Musso a few years ago here in Alabama on a dove hunt, and he recently emailed with a tale about his big deer hunting trip last season. Drew was a crack shot in the dove field and a fine young man, and there’s no doubt his shooting skills haven’t diminished...
Have you started making plans for the upcoming deer hunting season and are missing a few items that could help you kill a big buck or two? Maybe some of your hunting gear is worn out and needs to be replaced. Or the stack of old videos at deer camp has finally found their...
