The Best Elk Hunting Cartridges in 2026
With more than a century of great elk cartridges to choose from, there's room for both the classics and modern options The post The Best Elk Hunting Cartridges in 2026 appeared first on Outdoor Life.
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Why You Keep Missing Doves and Ducks
Early-season wingshooting humbles experienced hunters as much as newcomers. Birds slip through untouched, the shells pile up, and frustration builds. The culprit is rarely bad luck. Most misses trace back to a handful of repeatable mistakes, and each one has a fix you can work on before you ever ...
Chasing Daytime Swordfish in St. Augustine
Swordfish have always been a fish I’ve only read about or seen a few steaks of behind the glass at the fish counter growing up. Something that I thought was only attainable through commercial means, or with long-range offshore trips that required great effort and some luck. Then in the 2000...
The Biggest Myths About Deer Rifles, Cartridges, and Shooting
OL’s shooting editor John B. Snow tackles some of the biggest myths about deer hunting rifles The post The Biggest Myths About Deer Rifles, Cartridges, and Shooting appeared first on Outdoor Life.
AO First Impressions – Alpacka Raft Aleutian Sea Kayak Packraft
This summer I got an afternoon on a mellow 5-mile river stretch with Alpacka’s new Aleutian, their take on a travel-friendly sea kayak in packraft form. I’m used to regular packrafts that feel more like floating couches than precise boats, so I was curious how this longer, more kayak-shaped d...
Alabama Homeowner Shoots and Kills 32-Year-Old Woman Who Kicked In His Back Door at 1 P.M. as Her Family Insists She Was Not a Threat
A Carbon Hill, AL homeowner shot and killed a woman he says kicked in his back door. Her family says she was no threat. I disagree. Read the original story: Alabama Homeowner Shoots and Kills 32-Year-Old Woman Who Kicked In His Back Door at 1 P.M. as Her Family Insists She Was Not a Threat
Memphis Boyfriend Ambushed at 3:30 A.M. Inside Girlfriend’s Home Returns Fire on Ex Accused of Stalking Her, Now Charged as Felon in Possession
Memphis man ambushed inside his girlfriend's home returned fire, hitting her ex several times. The ex is charged as a felon in possession. Read the original story: Memphis Boyfriend Ambushed at 3:30 A.M. Inside Girlfriend’s Home Returns Fire on Ex Accused of Stalking Her, Now Charged as Felon i...
Front Line Friday #37: EMS Gear on Patrol - What to Carry and Why
Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is medical gear an individual patrol officer can carry on the body to extend capability in the minutes before EMS arrives. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going e...
Bend Father With a Concealed Carry Permit Followed a 16-Year-Old Shooter Into His Daughters’ Elementary School and Killed Him Before Police Arrived; Wyden Answers With Call for ‘Common Sense Gun Laws’
A Bend father took a .40 pistol from his vehicle and followed a shotgun-armed 16-year-old into Silver Rail Elementary. Wyden wants gun laws. Read the original story: Bend Father With a Concealed Carry Permit Followed a 16-Year-Old Shooter Into His Daughters’ Elementary School and Killed Him Bef...
POTD: Out Past the Fence Line, Nothing Is Hiding Anymore
The darkness is a lie your eyes have been telling you for years. Out past the fence line, the hog trail, the dry wash and the ranch road carry on without you, until a thermal scope shows who has been watching whom. This is TFB's Photo of the Day, showing the new Trijicon REAP-IR-50 LRF . I d...