Tom McIntyre

Best Binocular of 2013: Zeiss Terra ED 10X42mm

$444 (www.zeiss.com/sports) “What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.” That was a popular saying of a century ago....

Best Hunting Handgun of 2013: Titanium Gold Tiger Stripe Desert Eagle Mark XIX .50 AE

$2,264 (magnumresearch.com) Next to the single-action colt, the Desert Eagle is probably the most photographed handgun in film history. And...

Best Rifle Scope of 2013: Vortex Razor HD GEN II 1–6x24mm

$1,899 (Vortexoptics.com) This year saw a slew (I believe that is the proper technical term) of excellent riflescopes ranging in...

Huge Bruins: 17 Brown and Grizzly Bears from the B&C Record Books (+ How to Judge Them)

Field & Stream Picks the 25 Best Handguns for Hunters

Black Bear’s Head Gets Stuck In A Milk Jug

Record Bucks of History

Almost all of the deer in this gallery, and many more, can be found in A Whitetail Retrospective: Vintage Photos...

The Golden Age of Monster Moose is Now

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Tom McIntyre’s Glossary of Shooting Optics Terms

Our contributing editor helped test all the optics in the September 2007 issue's Gear of the Year article. This glossary...

Lady-Killer

Neither a contest nor a religious experience, hunting, is reward enough, no matter what the quarry.