.308 Winchester vs 5.56 NATO

The .308 and 5.56mm/.223 are both extremely popular service and sporting cartridges. Tyler Freel We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Both the .308 Winchester and 5.56 NATO cartridges have colorful histories and are among the most popular centerfire cartridges of all-time. Yet, …

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Scout 281 XSS

With a Verado 400, the 281 XSS topped 55 mph. It cruised at 34 mph, achieving 2.6 mpg for a range of nearly 300 miles. Courtesy Scout Boats Visit Scout Build Your Scout Find a Scout Dealer Limited-time offer: Subscribe and save with our Labor Day sale! One-year subscriptions to Boating, Cruising World, Marlin, Sailing …

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Hunters Face Jail Time for Bringing Home a CWD-Infected Buck from Kansas

South Carolina strictly prohibits the transportation of intact deer carcasses from states with CWD. Natalie Krebs Three hunters from South Carolina face federal charges for bringing home a CWD-infected buck from Kansas. A laboratory confirmed the test results in 2019, The State reports, marking the first and only time the disease has been verified in …

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You Don’t Fish As Often As You Think

Port samplers intercept anglers on piers, head boats, and marinas to help determine catch rates. Adobe Stock Limited-time offer: Subscribe and save with our Labor Day sale! One-year subscriptions to Boating, Cruising World, Marlin, Sailing World, Salt Water Sportsman, and Yachting available for $10 each through Monday, September 4. Statistical analysis seems straight forward. Ask …

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Valhalla V-55

Four Mercury Verado V-12 600 outboards with pairs of 31DP and 33DP four- and three-blade propellers powered our Valhalla V-55. Courtesy Valhalla Boatworks Visit Valhalla Build Your Valhalla Find a Valhalla Dealer Limited-time offer: Subscribe and save with our Labor Day sale! One-year subscriptions to Boating, Cruising World, Marlin, Sailing World, Salt Water Sportsman, and …

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The New Pathfinder 2200 TRS

How do you improve on the most popular bay boat model ever? You make it run even better in open water, add interior space, enhance the seating comfort, and build on an unmatched family-friendly, fishing legacy. See the versatility of the new Pathfinder 2200 TRS in action. The post The New Pathfinder 2200 TRS appeared …

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Tarpon Caught on Cape Cod

Hans Brings had a night to remember when he pulled a tarpon from the Cape Cod surf. Courtesy Hans Brings Limited-time offer: Subscribe and save with our Labor Day sale! One-year subscriptions to Boating, Cruising World, Marlin, Sailing World, Salt Water Sportsman, and Yachting available for $10 each through Monday, September 4. Hans Brings is …

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Michael Jordan’s Team Places Third in Jersey-Based Marlin Fishing Tournament

Fishing aboard his iconic 80-foot Viking, Michael Jordan’s team placed near the top of the field. MidAtlantic Fishing Tournament Michael Jordan might be retired from mainstream competitive sports, but he’s still playing for keeps in the world of competitive saltwater fishing. In late August, Jordan’s team participated in the 32nd annual MidAtlantic Fishing Tournament based …

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How to Shoot a Spinning Target

Shooting spinner targets sharpens your target transitions, mental focus, and recoil management. Tanner Denton We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › If there was ever a target that could haunt a shooter, it would be the spinning or “spinner” target. It’s likely that …

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Mississippi Hunters Land 14-Foot, State-Record Gator After 7-Hour Fight

From left: Tanner White, Donald Woods, Will Thomas, and Joey Clark with the Mississippi State record alligator. Donald Woods, via Facebook Donald Woods and his buddies were determined to catch a big gator on the opening night of Mississippi’s alligator hunting season. By early the next morning they had done just that. In fact, Woods and …

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How the “Biden Administration Defunds Hunter Education” Non-Story Became a Massive Story

In a normal year of programming, NASP trains 1.3 million kids in archery at nearly 9,000 schools nationwide. NASP We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Back in March, an administrator of public education funds in Alaska asked a routine question that has …

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Cabela’s Hunting Classic: Save $400 on Leica Geovid Binoculars

Leica We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Cabela’s is currently running their biggest hunting sale of the year until August 30, 2023. Right now there is a Cabela’s Hunting Classic Leica Geovid deal on 10×42 3200.COM Bluetooth Rangefinder Binoculars. Leica merged accurate …

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Down vs Synthetic Sleeping Bags

Laura Lancaster We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › If you’re new to the great debate between down vs synthetic sleeping bags, allow me to clue you in. In one corner, we have sleeping bags filled with fluffy down feathers. Their defenders say …

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Dabblers Down, Divers Up: North Dakota Duck Survey Shows 80 Percent Boost in Broods

A blue-winged teal and her brood. Sandra Uecker / USFWS North Dakota’s 58th annual duck brood survey produced a mixed bag of results headlined by a 79 percent jump in brood numbers over 2021 and an 88 percent jump over the long-term average. But, like with most waterfowl survey results, there’s more going on than …

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The Best Glock Sights of 2023

Matt Foster We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Best Overall Ameriglo Spartan SEE IT Best Express XS DXT2 Big Dot SEE IT Best Day Night HiViz Litewave H3 Tritium/Litepipe SEE IT I like optics on my Glocks. They make it easier to …

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The 5 Hardest Fish to Hook

Sheepshead, with rows of human-like teeth protecting the palate, are notoriously difficult to hook. Joe Cermele Fishing can be easy and relaxing. It can also be very technical and challenging. Where it falls for you depends largely on what you want to catch. Species like bass, pike, panfish, and trout can be fooled with a …

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Best Long Range Rifle Scopes of 2022

Two top long range scopes: Zeiss LRP S5 5-25×56 and Arken EP5 5-25×56. Bill Buckley We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Thankfully, the cookie-cutter precision rifle scope has been replaced with models that have various magnification ranges, tube sizes, reticle configurations, and …

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What Do Wolves Eat?

In the Midwest, wolves rely on big whitetail deer populations for part of their diets. geoffkuchera / Adobe Stock With wolf populations on the rise in places like the Upper Midwest and the Mountain West, hunters, ranchers, and other outdoorsmen and women might be curious: what do wolves eat? Maybe you have direct experience with …

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One Bad Mother Puffer: Why Are Anglers Catching Toxic Pufferfish in Rhode Island?

A fisherman handles a northern puffer, which is native to the Northeast and safe to handle—and eat. Margaret Enloe / Chesapeake Bay Program According to a story on Patch.com, Rhode Island anglers fishing inshore waters this summer are catching something deadly—toxic smooth pufferfish. If you’ve been paying attention to other news reports, you may have …

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The Best Survival Gear of 2023

Phone Skope We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Best First Aid Kit NOLS Med Kit 4.0  SEE IT Best Satellite Messenger Garmin inReach Mini 2 SEE IT Best Water Filter MSR Guardian SEE IT Whether you’re kitting out your car to handle …

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After Wolf “Group” Consistently Kills Livestock in Northwest, Officials Consider Lethal Removal

Wolves from the WA139 group traveled back and forth between Washington and Oregon in early 2023. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife / Flickr A group of gray wolves traveling through southeastern Washington into northeastern Oregon is causing a stir among ranchers, a handful of whom have already lost livestock to the wolves, the Washington …

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The Best Hiking Shorts of 2023

Em Daugherty We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Best Quick Dry Free Fly Latitude Short SEE IT Best Lightweight Mountain Hardwear Trail Sender Short SEE IT Most Versatile Cotopaxi Brinco Short SEE IT The clothes you wear while hiking are pretty important. …

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Good News for Duck Hunters: Mallard Limit in the Atlantic Flyway Returns to Four

Although mallard numbers are still down overall, managers noticed a slight bump in eastern mallard populations during the 2022 waterfowl survey. USFWS The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published its final rule setting frameworks for the 2023-24 migratory bird hunting season late last week. The announcement followed months of public comment and consultation with the …

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Best Shotguns of 2023

Bill Buckley We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Great Buy Retay Gordion Extra Black SEE IT Best Overall Benelli SBE 3 28 Gauge SEE IT Great Buy Mossberg Gold Reserve Black SEE IT My uncle quit working as a maritime engineer in …

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2023 Waterfowl Survey Results Show Sliding Mallard Numbers, Resurgence of Pintails

Despite declines, mallards remain the most populous duck species on the continent. R. Jeff Huth Ducks Unlimited announced the results of the 2023 Waterfowl Population Survey on Friday, and the outlook was grimmer than scientists had hoped. The total count of 32.3 million ducks was down 7 percent from 2022, and 9 percent from the …

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How to Cook Trout Outside

Two handy tools for cooking trout outside are a cast iron skillet and a grill grate. Craig A Walker / Adobe stock If you want to know how to cook trout, you can find a recipe just about anywhere. There are a hundred different ways to bake, broil, and sauté these fish. You could even …

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Famous YouTuber Who Left NYC for Bozeman Embodies Everything That’s Wrong with Big Sky Country

Lester moved to Bozeman from New York City in June 2020. Rommel Demano / Getty Images, Jacob / Adobe Stock A recent Business Insider article written from the perspective of a wealthy celebrity news and social media personality who moved to Bozeman in 2020 has Montanans feeling like they’re living in the twilight zone. (Yes, …

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The Best Hunting Binoculars of 2022

Andrew McKean Most optics brands are busy not reinventing their binocular designs. Instead, they are filling out their product lines to include 15-power models or maybe a slimmed down 32mm, while putting most of their manufacturing and marketing horsepower into riflescopes and electro-optics, the integration of traditional glass with lasers and computational software. In fact, …

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How to Cook Duck

We dug up some of the best tips and tricks for turning a limit of waterfowl into a variety of delicious meals. Tatyana Pinkasevich / Adobe Stock If you’re a passionate waterfowl hunter, you might think you know how to cook duck. But do you really?  If your family hesitates to eat the duck dishes …

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A Coveted Moose Tag Reveals the Complicated Reality of Western Big-Game Hunting

The author takes aim at a Shiras moose moments before the shot. Bill Buckley I WAS STANDING in a long line that snaked through a maze formed by Tensa-barrier stanchions, those portable stands with retractable webbing used by the TSA, concert stadiums, motor vehicle departments, and other venues that want to funnel large groups of …

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Poacher Who Entered 200-Inch Buck in Contest Gets 3-Year Hunting Ban

The trophy-sized whitetail buck scored 218 inches. Courtesy of Wisconsin DNR An investigation into the illegal harvest of a trophy whitetail buck in November 2021 has resulted in a man losing his hunting and fishing privileges for three years, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced on August 14. While wardens are celebrating the bust, …

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Salmon Shark Found Along River in Idaho Was Planted as a Prank, Officials Conclude

The Idaho Fish and Game Department confirmed the alarming discovery on Tuesday, Aug. 15. Idaho Department of Fish and Game Wildlife officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game received a series of alarming reports about a dead shark that was found on the banks of the Lower Salmon River near Riggins on Tuesday. …

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What Is Thru-Hiking Really?

Laura Lancaster We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › It wasn’t that long ago that aspiring thru-hikers had to explain what, exactly, they were doing planning to hike something like the Appalachian Trail or Pacific Crest Trail. The kinds of distances involved (thousands …

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Tracking Wolf 258, the Lone Male That Traveled 3,000 Miles in Six Months

Wolves wearing GPS collars provide researchers with ample information about their movement patterns and habitat selection. Courtesy of Tom Walker Biologist John Burch was tracking a collared female wolf by helicopter in Alaska’s Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve on Nov. 5, 2010. Burch had captured her three years prior and designated her Wolf 227. She was …

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Marlin Anglers Win $6 Million in Largest Fishing Tournament Payout of All Time

The tournament-winning blue marlin was brought in for the final weigh-in on Friday. White Marlin Open / via Facebook Friday, Aug. 11, marked the final day of the 50th annual White Marlin Open, a storied billfishing tournament based in Ocean City, Maryland. But it was a blue marlin that made history that evening. The tournament-winning …

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3 Hog Hunters Die Trying to Rescue Their Dog from a Gas-Filled Cistern

The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office released photos of two of the three victims: Denise Martinez (left) and Vigil-Benitez (right). It is unclear if the dog in the photo was the dog that died during the incident. Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office / Facebook A devastating accident involving a runaway hunting dog and an uncovered cistern containing …

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Novice Angler Catches Pending World-Record Moonfish on a Rental Rod

The strange-looking fish outweighed the standing world record by more than seven pounds. Courtesy Horizon Charters / via Instagram In an impressive display of beginner’s luck, a novice angler caught a pending world-record (and exceedingly rare) fish during his first-ever trip out. On August 8, Beau Leaman was with friends on an overnight charter trip …

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The Best Tire Repair Kits of 2023

Scott Murdock We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › Best Overall Rhino USA 86-Piece Tire Repair Kit SEE IT Best Compact Boulder Tools Tire Repair Kit SEE IT Best Permanent Fix Tech Tire Repair Products SEE IT Flat tires can be extremely frustrating; …

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The Best Spotting Scopes of 2022

The best spotting scopes of 2022. Andrew McKean We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › This is not a particularly exciting year for spotting scopes. Only a few optics brands have new models, and those that are new for the year are product-line …

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How Big Is a Moose?

A large Alaskan bull moose is one of the most impressive animals in North America. Patrick J. Endres, Getty Images All moose are big. They are the largest remaining members of the deer family Cervidae. They’re also the second largest land mammal in North America, behind only the bison. But if you really want to …

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Audubon Sues Kansas Over Water Rights at Popular Duck Hunting and Birding Refuge

Clouds of migratory birds circle a large pond in Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. Katie Hill Audubon of Kansas is suing the Kansas Department of Agriculture in state court in hopes of restoring Quivira National Wildlife Refuge’s water rights, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. Quivira is a 22,135-acre refuge and relies on large, open ponds and impoundments …

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