These bagels make for a hearty handheld meal and are truly delicious. If you’re into a high stack of meat on your sandwich, allot ½ lb of venison per person. If you’d prefer a normal amount of meat, do ¼ lb instead.

Hunting is a wonderful hobby, but it can take a lot of energy to plan and execute a successful trip. Sometimes you might just feel like spending the weekend at home after a long work week, relaxing with your family. But maybe you still want to get that same outdoorsy feeling at home as you do when you’re out on the prowl. While nothing can truly compare to the exhilaration and joy that comes with being on a great hunt, these five films do a good job at giving you that same rugged, adventurous feeling.

Barnett has combined 60 years of industry experience into another great addition to their Hyper line: The Barnett Hyper Raptor Crossbow offers the smoothest, fastest and easiest shooting experience on the market with its futuristic design and impressive shooting speed capability. Capable of sending a small-diameter HyperFlite arrow down range at speeds up to 410 feet per second and landing with 142 lbs. of bone-crushing penetration, every shot you take with the Hyper Raptor will hit its mark.

The popular and award-winning Mauser M18 is getting updated with two new looks: U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) and Fred Bear Old School Camo. The two new camo patterns come complete with a rugged composite stock with grip inserts and a threaded barrel for the option of a suppressor or muzzle break. These new designs afford hunters greater camo options for a wider variety of locations while retaining the same great Mauser design.

Returning from his mule deer hunt in Arizona, outdoors content creator Mike Rogers has a few pieces of advice to pass on to other outdoor enthusiasts eager to follow in his footsteps. One of the most important parts of hunting in the desert is finding the highest vantage point and being able to remain resilient in the fluctuating daily desert conditions. This means two types are gear are essential keys to success: clothing and optics.

Traditions Firearms, known for their high-quality output of firearms over the last 35 years, is introducing a new rifle into their already robust muzzleloader offerings. The new Traditions ShedHorn rifle is perfect for sidelock fans who want some innovation in their firearms while retaining that old-fashioned feeling of muzzleloaders. You can’t go wrong with the accuracy and dependability that comes with all Tradition muzzleloader firearms.

I’ve always believed that you must suffer before you succeed, that you must go through pain, mishaps, and adversity to make an experience worthwhile. My experience in the eastern Nevada mountains came with no shortage of suffering, but that made it so much more rewarding.

It’s been an elephant in the room within the hunting industry for a while now, traditional ammo that’s made with plastics can lead to greater impact on the natural environment than any of us intended. While it’s responsible to pick up your shells and leave no trace, there are times when that’s not possible. Continuing their 157-year legacy of being on the cutting-edge of innovation in firearms, Winchester hopes to alleviate this with their new line of environmentally friendly E-tech Ammo.

For the past month, iSportsman has been sponsoring hunting YouTuber Mike Rogers as he ventured out into the Arizona wilderness in search of his first mule deer. Mike just returned from his second trip into the desert and has some stories to tell.

I wrestled to find a new solution to an old problem. A problem that has plagued deer hunters for ages. I had many failures, but those only deepened my resolve to find the right ingredients to find a solution. This recipe is the result of finally cracking the code for that allusive perfect use for the Venison roast you find at the bottom of your freezer. The one from last hunting season, or maybe even two years ago.