For generations, a lot of states have allowed deer hunters to use only shotguns with slugs or maybe a muzzleloader during gun season. Then somebody figured out that straight-walled rifle cartridges ...

In the era of synthetic stocks and carbon barrels, there’s still a place for beautiful, traditional-looking rifles in deer camp. And there are a handful of excellent new guns to choose from ...

Arkansas' modern gun deer hunting season officially kicks off tomorrow, and hunters across the state are gearing up for one ...

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MANKATO — Deer hunters in Southern Minnesota have always been in the “shotgun” zone, where they are limited to shotguns with slug ammunition. Those in the heavily wooded northern part of the state can ...

ASHEVILLE – As fall hits its second gear, families who take to the woods need to take extra precautions to stay safe as deer hunting season has begun in the mountains. Deer hunting with guns season ...

Just start a conversation about deer rifles and state emphatically that your opinion on which caliber and which make is the best. Other hunters will willingly oblige you. Most everyone who reads this ...

This story, “Classic Deer Rifles,” first appeared in the September 1997 issue of Outdoor Life. What is classic? Mainly it’s a description we apply to just about anything we happen to like. Which is ...

When a Pennsylvania hunter inherited his father’s old deer hunting rifle, little did he know he also received a hidden time capsule dating back to World War II. Bob Olson, 67, of northern Jefferson ...

This column, “Rebirth of the .45/70,” appeared in the September 1972 issue of Outdoor Life. The life span of rifle cartridges is hard to predict because shooters have the fickle habit of tossing them ...