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MOA vs. MRAD - How to Choose the Best Scope Reticle for Your Rifle


MOA vs. MRAD - How to Choose the Best Scope Reticle for Your Rifle

  If you are looking to choose a reticle for your new rifle scope, this article should help you understand the difference between MOA and MRAD. A big part of being an outdoorsman is knowing your gear. Do you shoot a black powder, lever action, or bolt action? Do you buy factory loads or do you hand load all of...


How to Choose a Hunting Knife


How to Choose a Hunting Knife

     Although some hunters find the task somewhat unpleasant, the fact is that field dressing a game animal and later removing the hide and then butchering the meat is every bit as much an integral part of hunting as scouting, sitting in a tree stand, and taking the shot to harvest the game. Therefore, for many avid hunters, a good...


Compound Bows vs. Crossbows: Which one is right for you?


Compound Bows vs. Crossbows: Which one is right for you?

     Although crossbows are every bit as ancient in design as both long bows and recurve bows are, compound bows are a relatively modern invention. However, while modern compound bows and crossbows are based on ancient weapons technology, both bear only passing resemblance to their ancient counterparts due to the fact that both designs feature composite limbs made of modern...


Tree Stands vs. Climbing Stands vs Ground Blinds - How to Choose the Best Perch for Hunting


Tree Stands vs. Climbing Stands vs Ground Blinds - How to Choose the Best Perch for Hunting

     Over the last fifty years or so, tree stands have evolved from an obscure hunting accessory to the single most popular method of hunting large game. However, not everyone is comfortable carrying around such an ungainly contraption and thus, some hunters prefer ground blinds over tree stands. Then, there is the issue of assembling and attaching a tree stand...


Hunting Is Conservation and Here Are the 3 Reasons Why


Hunting Is Conservation and Here Are the 3 Reasons Why

Here are 3 reasons why hunting is conservation. In today’s highly polarized world there are very few things on which people can agree, and even a casual conversation can turn into a verbal brawl fit for TV. The topic of hunting is no different. Now, when I say hunting I’m referring to the deliberate culling of animals from their natural habitat. Encapsulated...


How to Use Deer Decoys to Attract Deer


How to Use Deer Decoys to Attract Deer

     Although the concept of using decoys for hunting various species of game birds is a long established and widely accepted practice, the idea of using them to attract deer is still a new concept to most avid deer hunters. However, the fact is that when a buck follows a scent trail laid down by a hunter or, follows the...