Cold air, thin timber, one bull bugling in the dark: elk hunting has a way of stripping everything down to essentials. That is exactly why some hunters still choose a rifle that gives them only one ...

The Steyr Scout II is the latest version of the Steyr Scout Rifle, which the company designed with input from former Marine and Gunsite Academy founder Jeff Cooper. Intended as a general purpose rifle ...

With a heavier bullet and higher velocity downrange, the 6.5 Creedmoor Plus Peak is all the cartridge an elk hunter needs.

Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life's legendary former hunting editor, lays out his four-season guide to patterning big bulls.

When Outdoor Editor Jeanne Huff told me that she wanted me to write an article on “what’s the best big game rifle for newcomers to Idaho” my first thought was uh-oh, this could cause a civil war right ...

Deer season opens in Pa. Deer will not be among the species that can be hunted with semiautomatic rifles under action by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners. Dan Gleiter | ...

Semi-automatic rifles still can't be used to hunt big game, the Pennsylvania Game Commission decided today. Deer, bear, elk and turkey are excluded from semi-automatic rifle hunting, which is now ...

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Thousands of hunters this month will continue to have the chance to offer their views on whether Colorado Parks and Wildlife should place limits on over-the-counter rifle and archery elk licenses, ...