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Wyoming’s One Stop Shop

Wyoming’s One Stop Shop

By Mike Deming As I made my 23rd stalk with my bow in hand in just 3 days, I knew that I was experiencing something special.  I was on a 10,000 acre private ranch hunting antelope with A Double J Outfitters. I was experiencing exactly what owners Rusty and Chris Bogers said I would when [...]

Shedding the Bad Luck

Shedding the Bad Luck

Cover photo by Burke Williams: Jesse Peterson 66”, Ryan Wheeler 70 1/2”, Jaimie Kassman 65 1/2” By Mike Deming I have talked to many people who have made the trek to Alaska for brown bear and heard their wonderful stories about those successful hunts on Kodiak Island or the peninsula with monster bears everywhere which [...]

California Blacktails

California Blacktails

Cover Photo Caption: Parke Berolzheimer with his 148-inch “Mendicino Monster” blacktail. By Michael Deming The blacktail deer is considered to be a subspecies of the mule deer by many.  It was originally considered that the blacktail bucks had bred whitetail does creating what we call the mule deer of today.  However with the evolution of [...]

Colorado Urban Goose Hunting

Colorado Urban Goose Hunting

By Collin Dalley We arrived Monday evening in Ft. Collins, Colorado to start our three day hunt with Stillwater Outfitters.  Stillwater Outfitters has been around for 26 years, but Travis Teinninger and Chris Guccione have been hunting geese their whole lives.  They have a total of 32 private areas throughout the Ft. Collins and Denver [...]

Southeast Alaska’s Best Kept Secret

Southeast Alaska’s Best Kept Secret

By Kent Danjanovich Senior Editor The Laughing Raven Lodge is nestled quaintly among the salmon berry bushes, ferns and beautiful Sitka spruce in the small fishing village of Port Alexander, Alaska, perched on the tip of Baranof Island.  This special part of Alaska truly has to be one of the most picturesque places in the [...]

Binos Under Five Hundred Bucks

Binos Under Five Hundred Bucks

By Michael Deming Everyone has probably heard the saying, “buy the best optics you can afford.”  This is a philosophy that I learned long ago and there is a box of binoculars in my arsenal showing the years of my business success and optics upgrades over the years.   I started buying optics over 20 years [...]

Camp Chef Products Available at Sportsman’s Warehouse

Camp Chef Products Available at Sportsman’s Warehouse

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Sitka Gear Available at Sportsman’s Warehouse

Sitka Gear Available at Sportsman’s Warehouse

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Natural Gear Products at Sportsman’s Warehouse.

Natural Gear Products at Sportsman’s Warehouse.

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Vortex Viper Available at Sportsman’s Warehouse

Vortex Viper Available at Sportsman’s Warehouse

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SNTV 2011 v1 Trailer

SNTV 2011 v1 Trailer

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2012 Shot Show

2012 Shot Show

23 January 2012

The 2012 Shot Show was another great success.  The Las Vegas Sands Expo Center hosted the big event with over 60,000 vendors, suppliers, retailers and the media stolling the the floors in search of the newest innovations for the coming year.  Watch for our March issue that will feature some of the newest products to [...]

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SHOT Show Showcase – Red Jacket Firearms

SHOT Show Showcase – Red Jacket Firearms

20 January 2012

Here is the video you have been waiting for. We caught up with Red Jacket Firearms owner Will Hayden at the SHOT Show and got a brief interview with him. Sorry about the sound quality, but the camera lacked an external microphone. I will be heading to Baton Rouge in February to get a better [...]

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SHOT Show Showcase- Ruger SR22

SHOT Show Showcase- Ruger SR22

16 January 2012

Today at the Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show, media were given the chance to test fire some of the newest guns introduced by manufacturers. One stand out was the newest small pistol by Ruger chambered in .22 LR. The SR22 is a double action semi-automatic pistol. It has a small frame, great double action [...]

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Columbus Ohio Archery Trade Show Excitement

Columbus Ohio Archery Trade Show Excitement

12 January 2012

I have spent the last couple of days on the show floor of the annual Archery Trade Association show (AKA. ATA) in downtown Columbus, Ohio. This is an absolutely awesome show to see all the new gear hitting the archery market. Many years ago the bow manufactures started rolling out the next year’s model of [...]

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ATA, SHOT Show and Outdoor Retailers Coverage

ATA, SHOT Show and Outdoor Retailers Coverage

11 January 2012

Do you wish you were going to the Archery Trade Association, Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show or the Outdoor Retailers Winter Market? Well, we are going and the staff of Sportsman’s News Magazine will be providing updates on new products, the latest gear, and anything we find interesting, right here in our blogs. Keep [...]

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Winner of the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 – Bomber

Winner of the Smith & Wesson M&P 15 – Bomber

02 January 2012

Congratulations to Bomber, the winner of the December Gun of the Month drawing for the M&P 15.  Bomber has has 736 posts, putting him in 4th place in the posting standings and giving him 30 entries in the drawing. Bomber, give me a call at the office at (435) 865-1680 so we can arrange to [...]

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The Bringhurst Orchard Monster

The Bringhurst Orchard Monster

01 January 2012

By Mike Deming “There’s a Monster Right There Dad” were the words that came out of my 8-year-old daughter Taylor’s mouth as we sat in our double bull blind opening morning of the Utah muzzleloader season.  I grabbed my CVA Accura and slowly pivoted to the right hoping to see the huge framed 180 class [...]

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Alaska’s Gone Fishin’ Lodge – Variety, Variety, Variety

Alaska’s Gone Fishin’ Lodge – Variety, Variety, Variety

01 January 2012

By Ralph Crystal Alaska!  The name alone triggers the imagination.  Who hasn’t dreamed of exploring the last frontier, the “Great Land”! If you cut Alaska in half, it would make Texas the third largest state.  It has 17 of the 20 highest mountains in the United States and 19 peaks over 14,000 feet, one of [...]

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Win The Hunt Of A Lifetime

Win The Hunt Of A Lifetime

01 January 2012

Glen Bradley climbed out of the Suburban and drew down on the big boar crossing the logging road.   The first shot connected and the big bear headed for thick cover.  Our guide closed the distance to where the bear went into the cover in seconds and found him climbing a big pine in hopes of [...]

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Train to Hunt: New Year Home Gym

Train to Hunt: New Year Home Gym

01 January 2012

I know, you do not have the luxury of spending hours in a gym. You don’t have much for home workout equipment and perhaps you’ve found it difficult to stay the course of an exercise program.  You’re not alone.  So check out the following home grown workout plan, all you need is to carve out [...]

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