The Inteliscope mounts an iPhone to your rifle as a scope, with an app providing a range of features.

Inteliscope: smartphone for smart hunting?

Is there anything a smartphone can't do? Now there's a device that turns an iPhone into an intelligent and feature-packed rifle scope.

Paranoid or pertinent? This modified version of an early Soviet poster encouraging civilian disarmament is being circulated as controversy over gun control continues in the US.

"Confiscate, confiscate, confiscate:" anti-gun agenda exposed

The disarmament goals of anti-gun legislators in the US have been confirmed after one was caught in an official recording saying they needed legislation to "confiscate, confiscate, confiscate".
Hunters in NSW may get more opportunities to hunt on public lands if multiple-use models are adopted.

Hope for hunters in public land use report

Improved access by hunters was not among 12 recommendations made to the NSW government following an inquiry into the management of public lands, although hunting was widely discussed.
Catherine Skinner, ranked 10th in the world for women's trap, will be just one of the stars shooting this weekend in Perth.

Snap Shots

Shooters vs Greens: tonight, 7.30; SHOT Expo a week away; stars line up for Australia Cup 2; coaching awards open; wolf hunting expands; poachers copping it; faulty ammo linked to hunting accident.

ATK buys Savage

ATK, one of the major companies of the global shooting industry, is about to buy Savage in a deal worth more than $300 million.

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Bucks in rut and the .308

Having hunted the fallow bucks with a few calibres, I've been thinking about the most consistent one for varying shots and situations. The standout for me has been the .308 Winchester.

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Ben Pearson's WA hogs

Ben with a good WA hog.

WA is not short of a pig. West Aussie local Ben Pearson gets stuck into the hogs around home at every chance he can get.

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MaXbox Door Pro review

Eagleye's Door Pro, based on the innovative MaXbox rifle rest, is ideal for shooting from a vehicle.

The Door Pro is a simple and effective rifle rest for hunters who shoot from a vehicle. It's light, easy to use and great for quickly getting well-aimed shots away.

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9mm Colt 1911 due in May

Aussie exclusive: the 1911 will be available in 9mm for the first time since 1990.

Made exclusively for the Australian market, Colt’s new Government 1911 9mm semi-auto pistol will arrive in Australia in May.

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Something special about the hunt

Happy snap: Ariel, out of hunting gear before she heads home again, with Mick. Capturing the moment on camera was secondary to the memory.

The object isn't always to put something on the ground. Sometimes that's secondary to the hunt, because hunting is many things. This hunt was about dad and daughter.

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May-June 2013 Ridgeline Hunting Photo Competition

Guerilla Handman knife prize

If you have some great hunting photos (using rifle, shotgun, camera or bow and arrow etc) burning a hole in your computer, then we want to see them in the Ridgeline Hunting Photo Competition. Send them in to marcusodean@yaffa.com.au.

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