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Cerca™: The Latest Innovation from First Lite is Now Available!
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First Lite has created the ultimate disruptive camouflage pattern for the dedicated western big game hunter: Cerca™. Cerca™ does not make the wearer look like a tree or rock—it makes them look like nothing at all. With stark colors found in arid and rocky environments, Cerca™ is at home in the...
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Montana application deadlines are right around the corner. Many of you have probably already applied, but if you’re like me, you’ll be sweating at the deadline, hoping the internet connection stays strong. It is this second group of applicants I’d like to appeal to. When applying here in my home...
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We’re happy to announce that MeatEater’s Auction House of Oddities is up and running once again! After careful consideration, we’ve decided that proceeds from the spring Auction House of Oddities and the 2024 Land Access Initiative (LAI) will fund the ongoing legal fees of the Wyoming corner...
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New Details Emerge in Deadly Lion Attack on California Brothers
Jordan Sillars
A California hunter and angler saved his brother from a mountain lion last week only to have the cat turn and kill him, according to the family of the two young men. The tragic story of a deadly lion attack rocketed around social media over the weekend, but few details were immediately available...
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How to Catch Fish Right After Ice Out
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True anglers can catch fish all year long. Whether you’re out slinging long casts in the glittering summer sun or drilling holes through the ice during the cold gray of the winter, there are very few times that true fishing fanatics can’t land a big one. Yet, if there’s one time of the year that...
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Is TSS Really the Best Turkey Load?
Joe Genzel
A generation ago, a turkey gun was simply the best gun you owned, and turkey loads were the same lead shotshells used during pheasant season. Specialized turkey shotguns, featuring shorter barrels and stocks with Picatinny rails for mounting red dots, didn’t exist at the time. Nor did production...
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How to Change the Stock on a Rifle
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Upgrading the stock on your rifle is one of the quickest ways to increase functionality and, hopefully, improve accuracy. And while gun owners have always enjoyed tinkering with rifle stocks, modern manufacturing has made it easier than ever to swap stocks in your shop and get back in the field. Why...
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On a brisk weekend in October, I had an epiphany. After three seasons of shivering, sweating, waiting, watching, and throwing the occasional hissyfit—I was standing over a mature, nine-point deer. Was it a record-breaker? No. Did it come at a high price? Yes and no. This particular instance worked...
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A turkey’s best line of defense is its vision, which makes open-country habitats very advantageous for the wild turkey. As difficult as it can be to beat the eyes of a wary turkey, targeting open-country birds can be a very productive strategy. If you’re fortunate enough to hunt midwest or western...
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About a year ago, on April 17, 2023, Dave’s Sushi in Bozeman, Montana, featured a special sushi roll comprised of morel mushrooms and salmon. The morels in that roll, according to a recently released CDC report, resulted in a foodborne illness that affected 51 customers, hospitalized three, and left...
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5 Best Hog Hunting Cartridges
Jordan Sillars
Name an invasive species besides feral hogs that causes over $1.5 billion a year in damage in the U.S. and still has festivals held in its honor. I’ll wait. It’s safe to say that wild hogs are a contradiction. On one hand, they’re a pest. On the other hand, they’re a beloved game animal, and they...
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New Details Emerge in Gruesome Lion Attack on Cyclists
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New details and images have emerged about a recent cougar attack in Washington State involving five cyclists who fought off the cat with a rock and a Leatherman and then used a mountain bike to pin it down. All survived, but one of the cyclists suffered a serious bite wound to her jaw. The five...
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Tony J. Peterson
It’s not uncommon to hear turkey hunters say, “Gobblers are meant to be shot in the face with a load of 5s.” The general sentiment there is that if you’re going to turkey hunt, a 12 gauge is a hell of a lot better of a choice than a bow. The truth is, that depends on what you want to get out of a...
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