I grew up in the heyday of slug gun hunting. Whitetail populations began to explode in the 1980s and 1990s, especially in suburban areas, like in my home state of Ohio. Since centerfire rifles were ...

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Lancaster County deer hunters who use firearms hunt in Chester County for the same reason Lancaster County archery hunters hunt in Chester County: big bucks. Chester County has long been regulated as ...

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 ...

Bigger isn’t always better, and recent advances in slug technology have hunters ditching the 12 gauge in favor of the svelte 20. The downsized slugs hit nearly as hard as their larger counterparts, ...

It has been years since I last spent time hunting whitetails. Although I was mostly an avid bow hunter, I did some shotgun slug hunting in southeastern Minnesota as well as rifle hunting in the ...

shows that 12-gauge slugs dominate the hunting community, but in many ways 20-gauge slugs are a better choice. Recent advances in slug technology have trimmed the margin between the two. The smaller ...

CHELMSFORD — A bullet fragment found by a custodian on the sidewalk outside Byam Elementary School on Wednesday turned out to be part of a student’s key chain. A custodian found a .308 hunting rifle ...