How to choose hunting optics, with Apex Predator's Remi Warren.
This week we’re coming to you from the YETI booth on the floor of the Wild Sheep Convention in Reno, Nev., with Tim Burnett and Remi Warren. If you’ve never been to the Sheep Show, you’re missing out. It’s one hell of an event that brings together the best mountain hunters in the world and raises a pile of money for conservation. In between entering raffles to win sheep hunts, live shows and fancy banquets I caught up with Warren and Burnett to...
Choosing a hunting spot has richer history than you might think. Before Europeans arrived on this continent, access to North America’s richest hunting grounds was won and loss through warfare. The Nez Perce infringed on the hunting grounds of their enemies, the Blackfeet; the Blackfeet infringed on the hunting grounds of their enemies, the Sioux; the Sioux infringed on the hunting grounds of the Crow; the Crow attempted to steal the ancestral...
The one thing to remember when considering the price and quality of a rifle scope, yes, there is a direct correlation, is this. Better scopes buy you time in the field. That is, a high-quality scope will function better in low-light conditions than a cheaply built scope, allowing you to shoot effectively earlier in the morning and later in the evening. Staring through scopes inside of your favorite big box sporting goods store will rarely show...
