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Zuni Mountain Project Fuels Conservation and Communities
Located within the Cibola National Forest in New Mexico, the Zuni Mountains are home to the National Wild Turkey Federationâs…
Zumbo in Idaho: Stalking a Giant Bull in the Selway Wilderness
The night couldnât get much darker. I held my hand a few inches in front of my face, but couldnât…
Zumbo and Carmichel on Their Favorite Deer Rifles
This story first appeared in the October 1994 issue of Outdoor Life as âMy Favorite Deer Rifle IsâŚâ My Model…
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How a Kentucky Lineman Arrowed a 200-Inch Buck on Opening Day
Austin New, of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, had patterned a good buck from July of this year until the evening of the stateâs opening bow deer season on Sept. 5. Heâd located the buck in the same hayfield in Central Kentucky this summer as he had in 2025. âIt grew 45 inches…
The US Air Force Built Only 21 B-2 Spirits and They Cost About $2,000,000,000 Each. It Wants at Least 100 B-21 Raiders at Roughly $750,000,000 Apiece.
Summary and Key Points: The US Air Force built 21 B-2 Spirits, and each one cost about $2,000,000,000. That figure is the reason the B-21 Raider exists in the form it does. When the Pentagon set the Raiderâs requirements, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ordered the Air Force to treat…
Jessie Harrison Claims 2026 USPSA Ladies Open National Championship
Check-Mate-sponsored champion adds another national title to an already decorated competitive shooting career September 2026 â Thomasville, GA â Check-Mate Industries congratulates sponsored shooter Jessie Harrison on winning the 2026 USPSA Ladies Open National Championship, adding another prestigious national title to her remarkable competitive shooting career. Harrisonâs victory is particularly meaningful as she continues…
Deer Hunters Should Avoid These 7 Types of Rubs and ScrapesÂ
A buck tears into a cedar tree trunk, leaving shavings of bark all around its already scarred base. Another whitetail rips up the ground, sending leaves, sticks, and dirt flying from the community scrape. Both are laying down obvious deer sign thatâd fire up even the most even-keeled deer hunters.…
F-117 Nighthawks Flew 2 Percent of Desert Storm’s Sorties and Hit 40 Percent of the Targets â More Than 1,500 of Them in 43 Nights, Without a Single Loss. 8 Years Later a 1961 Soviet Missile Shot 1 Down.
Summary and Key Points: In Operation Desert Storm, the F-117 Nighthawk flew 2 percent of the combat sorties and struck 40 percent of the targets â more than 1,500 of them across 43 nights, without losing a single aircraft. Eight years later, on the night of 27 March 1999, three…
HAWKEÂŽ OPTICSâ NEW VANTAGE HD 8Ă34 NAMEDÂ BEST COMPACT BINOCULARÂ BYÂ OUTDOOR LIFE
âUltimate One-Hand Binocularâ Recognized in Outdoor Lifeâs 2026 Budget Optics Test FORT WAYNE, IN â HawkeÂŽ Optics, a global leader in precision sporting optics, is proud to announce its new Vantage HD 8×34 binoculars have taken the top spot for âBest Compact Binocularsâ in Outdoor Lifeâs 11 Best Budget Binoculars of 2026 comparison. This recognition highlights…
Best Hunting Suppressors of 2026, Expert Tested
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn moreIt wasnât all that long ago when only the gun geeks owned suppressors. You might have seen one on occasion at the range, but they werenât very popular. More than anything else, it…
A 207 7/8-Inch Whitetail Rack Was Hiding in a Basement for Decades. Now It’s Officially the Second Biggest Buck of All Time
On a late November afternoon in 1991, Sam Aiuppa climbed into a stand and dropped a slug into his Remington 870. He had spent most of the day hunting pheasants near his home in Lasalle County, Illinois, with that same shotgun, and he told Rack Magazine, âI wasnât that much…
Japan’s Electromagnetic Railgun Has Fired More Than 100 Shots Without Replacing Its Rails. The US Navy Spent About $500,000,000 on Its Own Railgun and Shut the Program Down in 2021.
Summary and Key Points: The US Navy spent about $500,000,000 on an electromagnetic railgun and effectively shut the program down in 2021. One of the reasons was that the weapon destroyed itself: every shot sent enormous current through two conductive rails, and the rails eroded fast enough that the barrel…
Season 19 of âAddicted to the Outdoorsâ Now Airing on Outdoor Channel
DENVER (September 10, 2026) â Addicted to the Outdoors returns to Outdoor Channel with new episodes every Sunday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. ET, and Season 19 of the fan-favorite program with Jon and Gina Brunson celebrates the next generation as daughter, Raven, who has been part of the popular program…