Shot Placement: Women Who Hunt (and Shoot)

Yesterday I found myself caught in a conversation I’ve had countless times over the years. A volunteer RSO at my local sportsmen’s club had shown up while I was running a few guns for work and he was more interested in talking than shooting. After awhile – I would shoot a mag, he would start … Read more

Wild Turkeys: Proof That the North American Wildlife Conservation Model Works

Despite the recent weather in the upper midwest this week, spring has officially sprung, and with it spring turkey season. It’s the time of year that tens of thousands of people take to the woods with the goal of getting themselves a gobbler. But besides those birds, something they probably don’t think as much about … Read more

Spring Turkey Season: Bring Plenty of Patience (And Remember Your Ammo)

Hunting the Eastern Tom in Alabama is one of the biggest hunting challenges I’ve ever had. I’ve hunted these birds for years, but if you haven’t hunted pursued wild turkey, you will quickly learn just how difficult killing an Eastern in Alabama really is. There isn’t a morning spent in the woods that I don’t … Read more

Wild Turkeys: The Bird You Love to Hate

I’ve been turkey hunting for many years. I’ve chased them across the hills of Kansas all the way through the cactus and brush of Junction, Texas. More than a few times I’ve been outsmarted by these clever yet goofy birds. Turkeys have keen eyesight and bionic hearing. It’s often said they’d be impossible to hunt if they … Read more

TTAG Daily Digest: FBI Hobbles NICS, California DOJ Stealth Anti-Gun Move and Bloomberg’s Pocket Change

Tell us again how we need to expand the NICS system to include even private gun sales . . . Tens of thousands with outstanding warrants purged from background check database for gun purchases Tens of thousands of people wanted by law enforcement officials have been removed this year from the FBI criminal background check … Read more