At my gun club’s range the other day, one of the other members let me shoot a couple of his straight-wall deer rifles . He told me that before he found the right bullets, he had lost a couple of ...

A man who tried using a metal detector to find a hidden gun has pled guilty to involvement in serious and organised crime in ...

Forcing Lehigh Valley deer hunters to use shotguns instead of rifles wouldn’t boost public safety, according to a state-sponsored study released Wednesday. The study, done in response to the November ...

Mossberg’s sole hunting shotgun introduction at 2025 SHOT Shot was a bit of a surprise in this age of straightwall deer rifles. The company announced a trio of Model 500 Slugsters, including a ...

Welcome to 2024! I had a question for a reader who had moved to Nebraska recently. He asked if slugs were allowed and effective for hunting deer. It did not say in his note where he was from, but ...

Pennsylvania's hunting regulators this week gave preliminary approval to the use of semiautomatic shotguns for deer, bear and elk. Final approval is set for the the April 23-24 quarterly meeting of ...

The shotgun has played an important role throughout the history of firearms. From matchlock and flint “fowlers” to today’s wide array, shotguns can be considered multitask tools because they can ...

After a few thousand rounds and lots of shoulder pain, Randy Fritz might have come up with the next best thing in 20-gauge slug ammo. Randy Fritz told me the other day that he’s weeks away from ...

Slug hunters have more options than simply dragging their turkey gun into the deer woods. Check out a few options built specifically for deer hunting. by Ralph M. Lermayer "Shotgun slugs are a fact of ...

When Teresa Head was preparing for her first-ever deer hunt in 2016 she made a decision that didn't seem remarkable to her at the time. Head used ammunition with non-toxic, copper bullets instead of ...

Minnesota would do away with shotgun-only zones for deer hunting if the Legislature this year takes up a bill that recognizes changes in firearms technology and usage. Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point ...

During New York’s Special Youth Big Game Firearm Hunt over the Columbus Day weekend, one young hunter achieved what many ...