New beginnings and a Nine-Year Dream Fulfilled

| December 15, 2020

By Tim Tucker (17) Ever since I can remember, the opening day of duck season has been a holiday to me. A time that I longed anxiously for throughout the long summer months. Something that fills my mind with anticipation every single day of the off-season. This year’s opening day was even more special though. […]

Rock Island Armory’s .22 TCM Rifle

| June 24, 2020

By: Andy Fink and Kaden Barney (15) The M22 TCM BA rifle from Rock Island Armory, RIA/Armscor is just plain awesome. We got one to augment the variety of .22 TCM pistols we got from RIA. This is a light rifle and is well balanced. We put on a Burris .22LR 2-7X rifle scope and […]

Corona Virus and Youth Shooting Sports Part 1

| May 2, 2020

By Andy Fink This subject is very high on my priority window. What many of you might not know, is that Junior Shooters magazine has its own shooting team, the Junior Shooters Shooting Club. This team tests firearms, writes articles, learns how to shoot all types of firearms, and participates in a wide variety of […]

SKB’s RS 400 is a WINNER!

| December 9, 2019

By Ashley Rumble Hunting can be tricky. Many things have to go the way of the hunter in order to harvest an animal. This is especially true with turkey. They are known for being intelligent birds and are hard to bring in. So, when I was asked to take the new SKB semi-auto shotgun with […]

CZ’s Drake 28-Gauge O/U

| September 25, 2019

(Originally printed in Volume 34 Spring 2019) As I have made the transition to hunting after competing for a few years, I have found that there are a never-ending amount of lessons to be learned in the hunting game. My experiences with hunting deer and elk have not yet been successful, and as those seasons […]

Scooter’s Youth Hunting Camp 2018

| January 11, 2019

By: Ashley Rumble (16) The first Saturday in May means one thing – Scooter’s Youth Hunting Camp. Scoot McGann and the crew work all year for this one day, and it pays off big for everyone involved.   Scooter’s is the camp I’d been to once as a participant and volunteered for the last three years. I’m always happy to do my own small […]

My First Turkey Hunt

| July 1, 2018

By: Hunter Horvath (11) Saturday, April 15 2017 was a day that I would never forget. I was hunting with my dad and his friend, Brandon, in Garden Valley, Idaho. I had just gotten my hunting license and it was turkey season. We were just getting back to the truck from hiking when they started […]

Scholarship Opportunity Presented by The Women’s Outdoor Media Association

| June 19, 2018

  June 18, 2018:  Are you that young lady who looks forward to telling people what happened at the range?  Do you like to shoot video or snap photos to chronicle those things in the outdoors that interest you?  You might be the junior shooter we’re looking for.  If you’re at least 16 years of […]

The First Deer Hunt

| October 25, 2017

Brody Loftin (10) Brody happily displaying his shotgun at port arms. I didn’t realize how much work Mule Deer hunting was (mentally and physically). Don’t get me wrong, it was a spectacular day that I will never forget. My first hunting trip was with my Dad and his friend, Mick, in Unit 38, Payette Islands. […]

Volunteering for Scooters Youth Hunting Camp

| May 25, 2017

By Ashley Rumble (14) Three years ago I was able to participate in The Scooters Youth Hunting camp held each May in Emmett, Idaho.  Scooters is a camp set up so that young kids can learn and experience firearms, survival, archery, knife sharpening, and gun cleaning.  It was a lot of fun and to pay […]

PYRAMYD AIR Has Air Venturi’s Air Bolt!

| May 6, 2017

By: Ben Moody (18) Several manufacturers in the past few years have come out with air guns that shoot arrows. The Air Venturi representation of this product is the best on the market. Instead of building a whole new system dedicated to firing a bolt they have simply designed a bolt that can be fired […]

Deer Hunting with an Ashbury, Hornady, and Leupold

| March 21, 2017

By Cameron Burke (18) Cam, his deer taken at 450 yards with an Ashbury Precision Ordnance 6.5 Creedmoor custom rifle and a 140-grain Hornady  ELD cartridge, with his grandpa. Fall signifies the beginning of school, football season, and most importantly deer hunting season. My deer hunting experiences in the past have been typically limited to […]