The Avid Outdoorsman on MSN

The best rifles for still-hunting whitetail

Still-hunting whitetails demands a rifle that feels natural in your hands, moves quietly through the timber, and doesn’t ...
Not everyone wants—or needs—a shoulder-thumping rifle to tag a deer. If you’re recoil-sensitive, recovering from an injury, introducing someone... The post The best deer rifles for recoil-sensitive ...
If my thoughts offend, just attribute them to me being a grumpy old man and forgive me. I mentioned being at the farm the night before the deer‑season opener. In those days, sleep was impossible. I ...
The best deer hunts combine sitting and stalking. The wise hunter lets his circumstances and the terrain determine how to ...
A Wisconsin family’s hunting tradition continues in Missouri, linking generations and states through shared skills and ...
A Waupaca County deer camp brings three generations of family and friends together to sustain connections, build on ...
This story, “The Trophy Trap,” was originally published in the November 2006 issue of Outdoor Life. It was almost 40 years ago that the first whitetail came into my life. I dropped him on a granite ...
Three days before the opening of modern gun deer season, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Fiocchi shooting range at Mayflower was busy.
From youth deer season through the opening week of modern gun deer season, hunters have taken some magnificent bucks.
As this year's gun deer hunt begins Saturday, Nov. 22 and runs through Nov. 30, here is a by the numbers look at gun deer ...
Shoulder to shoulder with my dad and brothers, I nestled into the hollow we had created at the base of a big tree. Paper-thin beech leaves rattled above us. That was how I shot my first deer, and many ...
Michigan hunters can still get a deer hunting license before the start of firearm season, but they'll need to purchase it in person; licenses purchased online will not arrive in time for Saturday's ...