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Top Shot Season 4 Debut: Motorcycle Sidecar Shootout
History Channel show Top Shot's Season 4 premiere introduced us to Michelle Viscusi, and sent 3 competitors home. By Russ Chastain
Don't Aim High, Hunters
When hunting deer, elk, and other big game, there is a tendency to over-estimate the range to the animal, and to aim higher than necessary. In many cases, this leads to a miss and a lost animal, and this has happened to at least two hunters that I know personally. Here are some reasons why you shouldn't aim high in most hunting situations.
Hunting Life After Death
I continued to hunt after my father died, and the next deer season was my most productive to date. Although tainted by his absence, my best worst hunting season is something I'm proud of, for more reasons than the venison in my freezer and the buck head on my wall. I faced a tough challenge and I made it through, with the help of God and good friends.
Best Guns for Home Defense
Defending one's home is a big deal. Whether you live alone or with your spouse, children, and/or grandchildren, you need to be able to defend your home against all comers. Firearms can be a great tool for defense, but what kind is best for you?
Maxims From a Life-Long Hunter
Over the years, I've learned a lot about hunting and shooting. Here are some of those lessons, condensed into quick tips for the hunter and shooter. Whether you hunt with rifle or bow, deer or small game, these should help you become better at what you do.
Rifle & Shotgun Scopes
Choosing a rifle scope is something that most hunters must do. This article will help you decide whether to scope your rifle, whether to choose a variable or fixed scope, how much is a reasonable cost for a good scope, and whether you need a large or adjustable objective for your hunting or target shooting.
Ron Paul for President
Ron Paul for President! This Texas congressman is pro-freedom, believes in protecting our borders, and has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership. He's as close to a perfect match with my beliefs as I have seen for many a year.
Shot Placement
Too often, deer hunters forget to aim, or take marginal shots when they should instead go for a high-percentage shot. Experience is a good teacher - perhaps the best. Here is what I've learned about shot placement over more than two decades of hunting deer.
First Blood on a New Hunting Lease
I'd worked on this hunting lease for more than six months before the season, just hoping that I'd have some great hunting. Up until this hunt, it hadn't been so good...
The Best of Time
The Best of Time - Time spent in the woods hunting is some of the best there is! Time flies, time drags... but it's all time well-spent. By Russ Chastain
Gun Stock Refinishing Tips
These are some tips and advice on gun stock finishing that should come in handy next time you refinish a shotgun or rifle stock.
The Savage 110 and Me
The Savage 110 Bolt Action Rifle. I have long respected Savage rifles, but it took some time for my admiration to ripen into love. Here's some insight into my history with the Savage Model 110 bolt-action rifle, and some of the reasons why I do love 'em.
Your Road to the Olympic Team - How to Become An Olympic Shooter
Your Road to the Olympic Team - How to Become An Olympic Shooter. Where to start, how to get there.
Trulock Shotgun Choke Tubes
Hunting and Shootng - Test and Review of Trulock Tool's Trulock Shotgun Choke Tubes, by Russ Chastain
Hunting for Beginners
How to get started hunting for beginners - simple tips to help beginner hunters get started. Knowing where to begin is often the hardest part, and this article takes beginner hunters through each step of the journey to actually getting out into the woods to hunt.
Deer Hunting is Good for the Soul
Deer Hunting is Good for the Soul - But what's so good about deer hunting anyway? Here are some pros and cons, from one deer hunter to another. Since when is it a good thing to freeze your tail off waiting for a deer? Just ask a deer hunter.
Frosty Morning Hunt
Frosty Morning Hunt - This deer hunt chilled me to the bone, and warmed me to the marrow. A tale of triumph in the November woods.
Tree Stand Safety
Some thoughts on staying safe when using tree stands.
The Bionic Buck
Once you read this deer hunting tale, you may agree that this whitetail earned the name I later gave him: The Bionic Buck. Taken one rainy morning in the woods of central Georgia, this critter required two rounds of 308 ammo to put him down for the count - and he got up and left after the second shot! Yes indeed, this is truly the tale of a buck that almost got away.
2009 SHOT Show Report - New & Nifty Stuff for Hunters & Shooters
A summary of some of the more interesting and eye-catching items I encountered at the 2009 SHOT Show in Orlando, Florida. From guns to glasses, tree stands to ozone-making equipment - and more.
Obama Gun Control - Lightning Assault on Freedom and Gun Owners
Obama Gun Control - Barack Hussein Obama's administration, in one short month, has begun tearing at the fabric of American freedom to a huge extent. What will the next 47 months bring? It surely appears as if it will not be good. The Stimulus Package contains anti-gun, anti-freedom measures, as does a Senate land bill, and on top of all that is the incredibly anti-gun HR 45, introduced by Obama's Fellow Chicago Democrat, Rep. Bobby Rush. Take action now, or lose your freedom.
What Does Hunting Mean to You?
Hunting is a very personal experience, and we don't all do it for the same reasons. Or maybe we do, and we don't always express it the same way. Anyhow, this is to be a collection of quotes from readers, telling what hunting means to them.
Good Things Come to Those Who Hunt
Once upon a time, some fellows went deer hunting in Georgia. The weather? Ugly. The brush? Thicker than it had been in previous years. The outcome? Absolutely wonderful.
CBS News Targets Remington M700
Hunting and Shooting - CBS News targets Remington Model 700 rifle as having a defective safety mechanism that can cause it to fire inadvertently
Ode to Climbing Stands
One man's love for climbing stands - what makes them the most versatile choice for deer hunters.