February 2013

Hunting

Realtree Xtra Camo

February 1, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

Realtree Xtra and Realtree Xtra Green, the new breakthrough camo designs from Realtree, give hunters extra effectiveness in the woods. Made up of realistic shadows, highlights and textures, they blend with more terrain and lighting conditions than any other camo pattern available. […]

General

Costa’s Tuna Alley

February 1, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

Tuna Alley is one of the new frame styles in the 2013 collection from Costa Sunglasses. They feature front frame vents to alleviate lens fogging, a wrap-around fit to protect against outside glare and a no-slip interior lining to keep them comfortably in place all day. […]

Hunting

Picatinny Rail Adaptor

February 1, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

The Picatinny Rail Adaptor from Redring fits on any tactical shotgun or rifle with a Picatinny rail, quickly mounting on the rail platform with just two screws. The Redring sight helps shooters hit more targets successfully by providing them with another reference point. […]

Content

Blacked-out Hogs —Nigh vision equipment is just right for hog hunting

February 1, 2013 Chris Ginn

The first time I had on night vision goggles was while driving a U.S. Army deuce-and-a-half full of soldiers four hours round trip along a dirt road in the desert to a phone bank so they could call home.

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to follow a dirt road in a desert, but there isn’t a whole lot of difference between the road and the desert.

Under blackout conditions the entire trip, I could only hope that the grainy, green view through my goggles allowed me to discern well enough the edges of the road to get the troops there and back safely. […]