Steve Comus

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Big-Game Hunting Reimagined

3 weeks ago | shootingsportsretailer.com | Steve Comus

Appeared in print as "Big-Game Hunting Reimagined" Big-game hunting and the equipment used for it are changing dramatically, right before our eyes. Never before have there been so many significant developments on the big-game hunting front than right now. Where should one begin any discussion about these developments? Technological advancements in manufacturing have changed the face of the entire shooting sports industry, and big-game hunting is no exception. Every product category is...
Grand View Outdoors

1 month ago | grandviewoutdoors.com | Steve Comus

Appeared in print as "Lead Dog" We hunters have dodged the proverbial bullet, so to speak, in that attacks on our way of life at the federal level will not continue for at least the next few years. Thanks to the wisdom of American voters, hunters can breathe a sigh of relief. What had been increasing threats to hunting from the federal government hopefully should come to a screeching halt or at least cease to proliferate. Now when we head out to the wilds, we’ll not have to look over our...
Vote Now! Hunt Forever!

Oct 24, 2024 | grandviewoutdoors.com | Steve Comus

Appeared in print as "Lead Dog" Don’t let the dreams of a hunt in November turn into nightmares in the future if the wrong candidates are elected because you didn’t bother to vote. It has been said that 80 percent of success is showing up. Make certain your vote shows up to be counted this year if you don’t want to surrender later to the anti-hunters. I assume that all Predator Xtreme readers cherish freedom — the freedom to hunt, the freedom to keep and bear arms, the freedom to choose the...
Guns and tactics: making the most of a dove season

Aug 28, 2024 | wonews.com | Steve Comus

By Steve ComusFor those heading east of the Colorado River for dove hunts this season, the open desert areas in Southern Arizona around Tucson are seeing an interesting phenomenon this year. Due to an unusual steady stream of monsoon rains almost daily over the recent weeks, the doves are spread widely throughout the region.
Stalking rifles still fill a role for modern hunters

Jul 31, 2024 | wonews.com | Steve Comus

BY STEVE COMUSWith all of the hoopla lately about long-range rifles, cartridges and sights, one would think that anything not in the next zip code would be dismissed as too close. Yet concurrently, there is a trend in the shooting sports industry that is exactly opposite – a focus on handy rifles chambered for short to medium-range cartridges that wear open barrel sights. What gives?
Red Dot Upgrade: What’s the Deal with Advanced Enclosed Micro Sights?

Jul 16, 2024 | wonews.com | Steve Comus

By Steve ComusRed dot sights are just plain fun to use, and they are incredibly effective for both quick and more precise shooting. This reality came to mind when I took Holosun’s AEMS sight atop a Ruger Scout rifle in 5.56 NATO to the range for a ride. The AEMS stands for Advanced Enclosed Micro Sight. By any name, it’s a winner. Although the strong suit of red dot sights is that they are fast to use, they also can deliver credible accuracy from close to pretty far out there.
Predator Hunting is Necessary

Jun 17, 2024 | grandviewoutdoors.com | Steve Comus

Appeared in print as "Predator Hunting is Necessary" They need us whether they realize it or not. Who are “they?” They are everyone from the general population to wildlife managers. Predator hunters have an important role in wildlife management, and it is something about which we can and should be proud. Suburban soccer moms don’t like it a bit when Wile E. Coyote kills their pet dogs and cats, nor do farmers and ranchers like it when feral pigs tear up the countryside and destroy fencing as...
New Ammo, Better Availability

May 23, 2024 | shootingsportsretailer.com | Steve Comus

Appeared in print as "New Ammo, Better Availability" These are exciting times in the ammunition sector of the shooting sports industry. There has never been such a wide variety of ammunition for all types of firearms than there is right now. Truly, these are historic times on the ammo front, which means that this is the best time ever to be in the ammunition selling business. The operative question of any shop is just how much do you want to capitalize on current trends? And there are several...
A closer look at modern long-range shooting

Jan 30, 2024 | wonews.com | Steve Comus

BY STEVE COMUSThe trend toward long-range shooting has been leaving many shooters scratching their heads, trying to understand what it is all about. There is no mystery, but it does require looking at things from a different angle. The new long-range cartridges and rifles to shoot them are real and at least generally they deliver what they promise.
Removable magazines

Jan 17, 2024 | wonews.com | Steve Comus

BY STEVE COMUSFirearm magazines are amazing things. When they work properly, repeated shots come quickly and naturally. But what happens when the magazine isn’t present, for some reason or other? At best, it’s a single-shot firearm. And some gun designs make shooting single-shot without a magazine in place difficult, if not impossible.