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Zeiss Conquest Gavia 85 vs. Zeiss Victory Harpia 85

by Zach Bowhay

Last fall I had the opportunity to test out both the Zeiss Victory Harpia 85 ($4600) and the Conquest Gavia 85 ($1999) spotting scopes. Obviously, the price point on these optics are quite different, but knowing the Zeiss name, I planned on both being great products....

TACTICS

Goals and Why They Matter

by Mike Duplan

20 years ago, I had never taken what I consider to be a really big mule deer. I had done enough wildlife photography of park deer and winter range bucks to know one when I saw one, but until the year 2000 had never been fortunate enough to walk up on a real whopper. ...

ADVENTURE

Rocky Mountain Fortune

by Kurt Felix

The Land of Enchantment In 2016, I found myself looking for a partner to go on an adventure in the mountains of New Mexico. I’d just learned of the opportunity to hunt Barbary Sheep over-the-counter... the closest I believed I would ever come to the often fantasized...

INFORMATION

Bucket List: Caribou

by Mike Duplan

Every big game hunter out there owes it to themselves to go North to hunt at least once, if not more. The problem with going north to Canada or Alaska is the expense. For a great many people, sheep, bear, and moose hunts are prohibitively expensive. The alternative to...