Hunting

Sisterhood Outdoors: Your Instant Firearms Family

By North America Outdoors / September 25, 2025 / Comments Off on Sisterhood Outdoors: Your Instant Firearms Family

NRA Women and all women Second Amendment supporters around the country are living in a great time. There are numerous organizations at our disposal whose goal is to introduce us to firearms, offer a variety of outdoor activities to try, and to teach us how to safely and properly carry a firearm for self-defense purposes.…

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Kinetic Energy, Hydrostatic Shock and Knockdown Power

By North America Outdoors / September 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Kinetic Energy, Hydrostatic Shock and Knockdown Power

What is the truth about these three concepts? Do they really exist or are they just talking points? ** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA’s mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** You may have heard the terms knockdown power,…

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The Art of Rattling

By North America Outdoors / August 10, 2025 / Comments Off on The Art of Rattling

Want to call in the big bucks? Rattling adds another level of excitement to whitetail deer hunting. ** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA’s mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Getting hired by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department…

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Get Legal for Migratory Bird Season

By North America Outdoors / August 3, 2025 / Comments Off on Get Legal for Migratory Bird Season

Before you head to the fields for Opening Day, be sure you know all the laws and regulations that apply to bird season. ** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA’s mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** It is that…

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Hunter in forest with bow and arrow.

4 Ethical Hunting Practices to Aim ForNRA Women

By North America Outdoors / July 20, 2025 / Comments Off on 4 Ethical Hunting Practices to Aim ForNRA Women

Whether it’s a dilemma about distance shooting or choice of caliber, here are some tips to help hunters stay in good ethical standing. ** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA’s mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** As hunting season…

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Mountain landscape with clear blue sky.

Demystifying the World of Shotguns

By North America Outdoors / July 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Demystifying the World of Shotguns

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF HOUSTON SAFARI CLUB FOUNDATION • SUMMER 2025 BY HEIDI LYN RAO Shotgunning can be the most confusing of all the shooting activities. For the shotgun games, such as trap, skeet, or sporting clays, you are swinging and tracking one or more bright orange clay birds that are launched from a known…

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Close-up of rifle barrel rifling grooves.

3 Facts Regarding Rifling

By North America Outdoors / July 7, 2025 / Comments Off on 3 Facts Regarding Rifling

Understanding how rifling relates to using the proper ammunition will make any shooter a safer and more effective shooter. ** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA’s mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Most people in the gun world have…

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Black metal rod with perforated end.

The Pros and Cons of Using a Muzzle Brake

By North America Outdoors / June 4, 2025 / Comments Off on The Pros and Cons of Using a Muzzle Brake

Muzzle brakes are a tool to aid in accurate shooting, but are not a replacement for practicing at the range. Have you ever fired a rifle with severe and unmanageable recoil (the energy transferred to the shoulder when the shot is fired), and muzzle flip (the sharp rise of the muzzle after the shot)? Extreme…

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Close-up of a wooden rifle trigger.

Hunting Rifles: Make Mine a Double!

By North American Outdoors / February 5, 2025 / Comments Off on Hunting Rifles: Make Mine a Double!

Now’s the time to pull the trigger—or two—and get that double rifle. Hunting Rifles: Make Mine a Double! – NRA Women.com Ask any firearms marketing professionals about the rise in women participating in outdoor activities, and they will tell you that women are now major players. According to the reporting company Statista, the distribution of…

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Group with Jim Corbett's .275 Rigby rifle.

My Close Encounter with One of the World’s Most Famous Rifles

By North American Outdoors / January 31, 2025 / Comments Off on My Close Encounter with One of the World’s Most Famous Rifles

The author describes what it was like to be up close with some of the most important firearms in the professional hunting world. My Close Encounter with One of the World’s Most Famous Rifles – NRA Women.com Have you ever been face-to-face with a piece of history? If you have, you start asking yourself “who…

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