New deer rifles are expensive, but you can often buy old store-brand rifles for almost nothing. You'll find them at estate ...

Every deer camp has a rifle or two that people love to grumble about—guns that struggled in their early years, wore the wrong optics, or got dragged through a few rough seasons without proper care.

Modern gun deer season starts Nov. 11, and many first-time deer hunters are looking to buy their first deer rifle. This is a great time to be a first-time gun buyer because rifles are more accurate ...

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 ...

In an age of raging inflation, it can be challenging to find deer hunting gear that is both effective and affordable. Luckily for you, I’ve been a diehard deer hunter for decades and I like to save ...

Just start a conversation about deer rifles and state emphatically that your opinion on which caliber and which make is the best. Other hunters will willingly oblige you. Most everyone who reads this ...

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 ...

One of the things I like best about deer hunting is that you can use just about any rifle you want. For half a century, a 30-30 lever-action was the definition of a deer gun. Pumps and semi-autos had ...

The whittling away at Ohio’s deer herd reached its peak for the year, as has been the custom, during the seven-day gun season that ended shortly after sunset last Sunday. The gun-week total of 71,932 ...