When I plucked the September-October issue of Smithsonian magazine out of my P.O. Box, the first article I turned to was “The Secret Life of Cormac McCarthy” by Richard Grant. As I skimmed it, a pull-quote leaped out at me: “He never left the house without a book. He never left the house wi...
These are the hottest new cartridges in the whitetail woods, plus some old classics The post The Best Deer Hunting Cartridges of 2026 appeared first on Outdoor Life.
WEST FORK, Ark., Sept. 15, 2026 — Xtremis announced that its spectrumOS platform was selected as the winner of the Spectrum Strike Prize Challenge, a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) competition to modernize how the U.S. military plans, coordinates, and authorizes use of the electromagnetic sp...
In 1969, an armed citizen named Richard Davis shot it out with a trio of armed robbers and survived — but was hit a couple of times during the melee. Deciding that there had to be something better to stop bullets with than one’s own flesh, he conceived soft, concealable body armor and became ...
Between 1870 and 1900, railroads and repeating rifles opened the West to ordinary hunters — and pushed its game to the brink The post The Golden Age of Big-Game Hunting in America appeared first on Outdoor Life.
There are plenty of crossbows on the market today that can be called compact or streamlined. However, when it comes to taking the top prize in this category, the BAT crossbow from Ballista (Ballista.co) is the ultimate winner. This pistol-style crossbow is ingenuity at its best. From it’s backp...
The Lee-Metford’s service life was comparatively brief, but its fast bolt action, detachable magazine, and .303 British chambering established the foundation for the Lee-Enfield rifle family.
For much of the last century, the alligator gar carried a reputation that got it killed on sight. Anglers across its range treated the armor-plated, toothy giant as a nuisance that ate bass, crappie, and every other fish worth catching. That view has flipped. The species now has a cult following ...
Range USA continues to make big moves across the US as they expand their retail store locations and remodel/update all of their current stores at the same time. Most recently, they are celebrating a grand opening in Monroeville, Pennsylvania as well as store updates across the country.
‘Tis the season for hunting, and there’s nothing better than being able to fill your family’s freezer with fresh meat. Venison, elk, and other wild game doesn’t always cook as easily as your standard beef ribeye, however, and sometimes taking your prized meat from field to table isn’t a...