The Best Hunting Rangefinders: New High Tech Models to Choose From

Hunting Rangefinders | 2021 Editors’ Choice How to sort through the maze to find the right rangefinder for your hunting need. When it comes to hunting gear, you millennials and younger folk have no idea how good you have it. Compared to what we — Old Folks — started hunting with, modern equipment is flat-out... Read More

Outstanding Whitetail Deer Hunting Gear You Need to Know

Deer Hunting Gear That Survived a West Texas Field Test – A Gear Roundup Last year I had the opportunity to hunt with a small, family-owned and operated outfit in West Texas, Hargrove Hunts, which specializes in reasonably-priced, semi-guided whitetail hunts near Raton, TX. This November found me right back there again — field testing... Read More

How to Find Late-Season Elk in a Honey Hole

In late-season, knowing where elk herds go as the weather shifts is key to punching your tag. Hunting elk during the late season – when a large portion of rifle seasons are held – has little in common with hunting the bugling bulls of September and early October. When late October arrives, three changes occur... Read More

The Best Rifles for Hunting Whitetail or the West

When it comes to selecting the best rifles for hunting — factory rifles included — today’s hunters never had it so good. My first “real” deer rifle was an old pre-’64 Winchester Model 70 chambered in .270 that was my dad’s pride and joy. He bought it when he got out of the navy after... Read More

For Better Bowhunting, Learn How to Avoid 10 Top Blunders

The bedrock of successful bowhunting is not your skills as a woodsman – though they are foundational, no? – but your ability to place a broadhead-tipped arrow on target, every time. Doing so requires an archer to do those things that maximize accuracy, as well as avoid other things that will doom your bowhunt from... Read More

Unlock a Predictive Model for Hunting Success With the HuntStand App

Using HuntStand’s Scouting Camera Imaging Tool can help create a predictive model to guide upcoming hunting strategies, and increase hunting success dramatically. In hunting, as in life, there is often a difference between a perception of reality, and reality itself. People have a tendency to believe what they want to believe, rather than base decisions... Read More

Plan an Exciting Western Hunt Empowered by HuntStand Tech

A few thoughts on last minute e-scouting for Western deer hunts. Throughout history, military campaigns have succeeded – or failed – in no small part due to the quality of the intelligence gathered before the battle ever begins. The side with the most accurate current information always has a distinct advantage. Information is a critical... Read More

The Best Killer Broadheads, Fixed-Blade and Expandable

People often ask me which broadheads, fixed-blade or expandable are best for big game hunting, and my answer is that the choice is simply complex. If you keep in mind that a broadhead has only one function — to cut a hole through hair, hide, muscle, and internal organs — and that to do so... Read More

California Deer Hunting, Go on an Authentic Golden State Adventure

I grew up in the Golden State, and during that time — the 1950s through the 1970s — deer hunting in California was decent. However, it never approached the Fantasy Land hunting found in states like Colorado and Utah. Today, the truth is that California deer hunting is a tale of two worlds — public... Read More

West Texas Deer Hunts: Affordable, Awesome, Thrilling

West Texas Deer: No tags to draw, reasonable cost, 100 percent success on free-range whitetails; what’s not to love? One frustrating thing about hunting the West has been my inability to consistently draw tags. So, I am always on the lookout for relatively inexpensive options that allow me to hunt annually. Enter Texas, this year,... Read More

Mechanical Broadheads

Mechanical Broadheads | Bob Robb Mechanical Broadheads by Bob Robb NAP Killzone: “The Killzone® is a 2 blade rear-deploying mechanical broadhead that packs a devastating 2″ cutting diameter. The field-point accurate Killzone® uses NAP’s unique spring-clip design which ensures your blades won’t open in flight or in your quiver. There are no o-rings or rubber... Read More

Best Fixed Blade Broadheads – 2019

Best Fixed Blade Broadheads – 2019 | Bob Robb Best Fixed-Blade Broadheads – 2019 by Bob Robb While mechanical broadheads have become the rage these days, tried-and-true fixed-blade broadheads (replaceable-blade) remain extremely popular for good reason – they’ve been cleanly killing everything from groundhogs to grizzly bears for more than half a century. So, how... Read More

Gift Guide | Replaceable-Fixed-Blade Broadheads

Gift Guide | Replaceable-Fixed-Blade Broadheads | Bob Robb Gift Guide | Replaceable-Fixed-Blade Broadheads by Bob Robb G5 Striker V2: The Striker V2 is an upgrade from the original G5 Striker. With a bigger cutting diameter (1 ¼-inches), super sharp Lutz blades, Anix blade locking system, and a machine steel ferrule, the Striker V2 is stronger... Read More

Best Mechanical Broadheads – 2019

Best Mechanical Broadheads – 2019 | Bob Robb Best Mechanical Broadheads – 2019 by Bob Robb Bowhunters under 40 years of age don’t remember the evolution of the mechanical broadhead. Innovative archers had experimented with the idea of expandable broadhead designs for decades, including the 1956 Mohawk, 1959 Geronimo, 1972 Pioneer Game Tamer and 1983... Read More

Poaching, Its Consequences

Poaching, Its Consequences | Bob Robb Poaching, Its Consequences by Bob Robb Talk about being between a rock and a hard place. One of my hunting buddies, back in the day, turned out to be a poacher. When I found out, I found myself on the horns of a dilemma – do I say something... Read More

Wyoming Deer Hunt in Hot Weather

Wyoming Deer Hunt in Hot Weather | Bob Robb Wyoming Deer Hunt in Hot Weather by Bob Robb Hunting southeastern Wyoming one October conditions went from bad to worse, meaning windy as heck to mega hot, with daytime temps pushing 90 degrees. The answer? Forget the spot & stalk hunting and go eastern setting a... Read More