A 44 Magnum owned by one of the survey respondents

Handguns in the Backcountry: What, when, and why professional guides carry, and should you?

100% of hunting guides who responded to our survey find a handgun useful for their guiding duties. More than half carry a pistol wherever and whenever they legally can. About a third said they carry a handgun in the course of their guiding duties only when they are not carrying a long arm, e.g. during archery hunts or fishing, and a tiny minority packs a handgun “usually, but not always”.

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A black bear on a tree

What Can You Hunt THIS Spring? 

Spring used to be the time of brown bear hunting in Kamchatka, red stag roar in Argentina and New Zealand, roebuck calling and stalking in Europe, and many other exciting opportunities. At present, unfortunately, as we all know too well, those are closed because of the travel bans. But that doesn’t mean no hunting this spring. An American hunter should, perhaps, reconsider the opportunities that the Land of the Free offers. Let us go through those again. 

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