“This was not the way it was supposed to happen. I hit the Cape buffalo squarely in the chest with a .375 Holland & Holland, a cartridge the size of a banana. Nyati was supposed to go down. He didn’t even flinch! In fact, the bull trotted off with his buddies.

Are you sic of new rifle cartridges? Wish they just make enough of the old ones? Well don’t hold your breath while you wait. Ammo designers have been cranking out new, redundant, and sometimes superfluous new cartridges for more than 150 years — and show no signs of stopping. Meet some of the forgotten rounds of yesteryear.

It was May, and there were small signs that spring was arriving in northern Quebec. The hardwoods had tiny buds and the pines no longer creaked in the winter winds. Small patches of snow were still visible, but they would soon disappear in the rays of the sun. But spring does not come easy to the north country of Quebec. The ice on Mistassini Lake was not surrendering. It was still thick. Elijah Awashish made his way along the shoreline of the vast lake, hunting and trying to find open water to fish for trout and walleyes. He had a family to feed. 

Many years ago, I used it to catch one of my biggest largemouth bass on Indian Lake in New Jersey. I now would never consider tying it to my line and casting it into a bed of lily pads. I also checked eBay and found the same Crazy Crawler for sale for $85. I would have to be destitute before parting with that lure.

Hunting with your spouse is like day-to-day living as a married couple with the added challenge of surviving unpredictable Nature as well as one another — while trying to NOT screw up each other’s hunt.

After slogging through a palmetto jungle for who knows how long, I looked at Steven and said, "I don't think there are any hogs here." 

Should sport hunting even be allowed? Let’s hope so because it’s restored and protected our wildlife and wild places against unfettered meat hunting for more than a century. Sport hunting means rules and regulations the limit killing while funding restoration and maintenance.

Is the 270 Win. big enough to take elk? And are the 7mm Remington Magnum and 300 Winchester Magnum significantly more effective? A look at ballistics and bull elk response to all three.

The 300 PRC doesn’t blow the 300 Winchester Magnum off the trajectory charts, but it’s concocted with secret dimensions that make it the extreme range accuracy winner.

The little know 338 Federal is a short-action, surprisingly powerful, flat-shooting cartridge suitable for deer, elk, moose, caribou, bear hunting.

The 223 Remington is the biggest selling cartridge in the USA. But what’s it good for? More than you might guess.