At my gun club’s range the other day, one of the other members let me shoot a couple of his straight-wall deer rifles . He told me that before he found the right bullets, he had lost a couple of ...

Shotguns vary greatly, but there is an ideal match for everyone. Here is what you need to know to identify it.

Mossberg’s sole hunting shotgun introduction at 2025 SHOT Shot was a bit of a surprise in this age of straightwall deer rifles. The company announced a trio of Model 500 Slugsters, including a ...

The shotgun has played an important role throughout the history of firearms. From matchlock and flintlock “fowlers” to today’s wide array, shotguns can be considered multitask tools because they can ...

Hunting deer with a shotgun is not the "hit or miss" thing it was a few years ago. There have been a lot of advancements in the technology of slug manufacturing which has resulted in increased ...

• Shotgun slugs -- which firearms deer hunters employ in southern Minnesota, but usually not in the north, where longer-shooting rifles are allowed -- usually travel 100 to 150 yards, so the round ...

Slug hunters have more options than simply dragging their turkey gun into the deer woods. Check out a few options built specifically for deer hunting. by Ralph M. Lermayer "Shotgun slugs are a fact of ...

4500 DEATHS. AND TODAY MARKS THE START OF SHOTGUN DEER HUNTING SEASON IN IOWA. SOME OF THEM PROBABLY ALREADY OUT THERE. IOWA DNR OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 100,000 DEER WILL BE HARVESTED THIS YEAR.