Hunting With a Beginner Can be Pretty Great

Hunting with a beginner is rewarding and fun. (Photo © Russ Chastain) Hunting with a beginner is not always easy, but it is usually the most rewarding thing any hunter…

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Review: LOWA Z-8S GTX Hiking/Hunting/Rappelling Boots

LOWA Z-8S GTX boots (Photo © Russ Chastain) I’ve been enjoying a pair of LOWA Z-8S GTX boots for several months, and it’s time to review them here. I’ll get…

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Dove Hunt 2020 — How Was Yours?

Each year, our group — meaning, the group of folks who co-own and manage 700+ acres of Georgia hunting land — holds a dove hunt. We till and fertilize fields,…

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Making Some Mock Rut Scrapes with “Sturgis Vines”

(Photo © Russ Chastain) I’ve been watching Jeff Sturgis’s deer hunting videos for a while now, and the guy seems to know his stuff. I mean, he gets tons of…

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Review of Birchwood Casey Gun Plumber Handgun Multi-Tool

(Photo © Birchwood Casey/GSM Outdoors) Birchwood Casey has long been a trusted name when it comes to gun care, so when a chance came up to try their Gun Plumber…

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So This Happened: Henry U.S. Survival AR-7

One of my uncles has a favorite saying, usually employed in a tongue-in-cheek manner when things are going rough: When you’re having fun, it’s hard to stop. Happily, it’s also…

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CCI’s 22 WMR VNT Ammo is Truly Impressive

I’ve long been fond of the 22 Magnum, or the 22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire (WMR) if you wish to get “proper.” It’s a fine cartridge that was introduced in 1959…

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Savage Sierra 308: My Favorite Hunting Rifle

As I often do between hunting seasons, I was recently thinking about some of my favorite rifles. After carrying a Ruger 44 Magnum carbine my first two decades of deer…

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Zastava M57/Tokarev Pistol Trigger Job

It’s about time for an update on the Zastava M57, that Serbian copy of the Russian Tokarev 7.62x25mm pistol that I’ve been “playing with” lately. Its trigger pull was heavy,…

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