Category hunting

Magan Hebert, 15, poses with the young buck, or “spike,” that she shot in Waynesboro, Miss., in November. Magan has been hunting since she was in the fourth grade. ** Photo courtesy of NPR

Recently on an ordinary day running errands and listening to NPR, my husband and I heard a story on the radio that stopped us in our tracks.  The story was part of a series called “The Hidden Life of Girls” and hosted by none other than Tina Fey (don’t you love her?!?) 

During the episode, we heard stories from girls and women across the world on several different topics and then the interview started with 15-year old Magan Hebert.  Magan lives in Mississippi and sounds like a typical high school student – she loves cheerleading, pop music, texting and school...

 Survey results are in and Southwick has announced the top selling hunting and shooting brands for 2014. Did your favorite brands make the list?

• Top handgun brand: Smith & Wesson
• Top traditional rifle brand:  Remington / Ruger (Sturm, Ruger)
• Top rifle ammunition brand:  ATK
• Top handgun ammunition brand:  ATK
• Top boots brand:  Cabelas
• Top scopes:  Bushnell
• Top binoculars brand:  Bushnell
• Top game feeder brand:  Moultrie
• Top trail camera brand:  Moultrie
• Top tree stand brand: Big Game
• Top muzzleloader: Thompson Center / CVA
• Top crossbow:  Barnett
• Top shotgun ammunition brand:  Winchester
• Top blackpowder brand: Pyrodex
• Top arrow brand: Easton / Carbon Express
• Top broadhead brand:  Rage
• Top bow case brand:  Plano
• Top archery sight brand:  Trophy Ridge
• Top game call brand: Primos
• Top reloading...

Camo is the New Black’s Co-Founder Whitney was beyond excited to learn about Syren shotguns for women at this year’s SHOT Show.  And when we saw this review from Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s Vice President of Marketing Bob St. Pierre we had to share it.  Do any of you use a Syren?  We wonder how these guns field test and would love to know what you think!

** Originally published on the Pheasants Forever Blog and reposted here with permission from the author.

Most of us have been there before, in the field with a girlfriend, wife or mom who has shown an interest in watching the family bird dog work and experiencing the “rush of the flush.” With good intentions all around, we hand over our shotgun for the day...

By Richard Grant

Originally published on RichardGrant.US and reposted here with permission from the author.

THORNTON, Miss. — Cadi Thompson saw the deer first, but she wanted to give her friend Amber the chance to kill it. It was a frozen winter dawn on the Thompson family farm and hunting property. The two nursing students were concealed in a box stand, a simple wooden structure with openings to shoot through. The deer was a brown smudge on the tree line 200 yards away.

Cadi, a fresh-faced, confident 25-year-old, has been hunting white-tailed deer since she was 7. She lifted up her rifle and checked the animal through the telescopic sights. “It’s an eight-point,” she said, meaning it was a mature buck with eight tines on his antlers and a good deer to shoot...

Some days are too good not to share, President’s Day proved to be one of them.  Check out this video from co-founder Whitney’s snow goose hunt with Tundra South Outfitters:

Our total toll was 33 birds.  What an experience!! Even in 7 degrees!!!

Are you in the DC/VA/MD area and interested in a snow goose hunt?  Check out Tundra South Outfitters on the web and Facebook for more information.  Robbie Boyles and Tyler Williams head the operation and know how to bring down the birds!

*** This video was filmed by Ethan Parks.