Big woods rifles are brute in performance and ballerina in design. The best rifles will fit like a shotgun so that you can shoot fast, using instinct as much as the sights. They are light and fit the ...

Dwelling within the heart of all dedicated deer hunters is the belief that the biggest bucks live in the deep woods. There’s no true definition for “deep woods.” It varies from coast to coast. It ...

Straight-wall deer rifles aren’t new, but recent regulation changes have created booming demand for them. For decades, if you were a Midwest or East Coast deer hunter living in a densely populated ...

Hunters from all over Wayne and Pike Counties are starting off the 2025 rifle deer season with a bang, harvesting impressive Big Bucks.

The author's Winchester Model 70 with a maple wood stock hanging from, fittingly, a maple tree. Let’s get this part out of the way first: I am not a Fudd. I own lots of rifles and shotguns with ...

The statewide archery and flintlock seasons open on Dec. 26 and run through Jan. 19. In Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) 2B, ...

Pennsylvania's 2025 deer rifle season is off to a terrific start locally as hunters in Wayne and Pike counties continue ...

Brian Gee started hunting in Wyoming in 1968 with a rifle he bought for $121 that year. Now nearly 82, Gee still hunts — and ...

As of Nov. 14, 2025, baiting deer was prohibited in 60 of Wisconsin's counties and legal in 12, according to the DNR. The ...

Air rifles could be legalized for big game hunting in Pennsylvania if new legislation proposed by a local state representative becomes law. House Bill 1538, introduced June 2 by state Rep. Gary Day, R ...

Pennsylvania Representative Gary W. Day may introduce legislation to allow the use of large caliber air rifles for hunting big game. Air rifles are currently legal for small game hunting in ...

Hunting is a longstanding tradition locally and Pennsylvania's rifle deer season continues to attract big numbers in search ...