Are you one of those tough guys (or gals) who doesn’t shy away from recoil?

Frankly, I despise recoil. Each spring I cringe at the thought of firing my lightweight pump shotgun with a 3 1/2-inch turkey load; that’s why I stuff it with 2 3/4-inch shells. And guess what—not a single turkey inside of 30 yards (my self-imposed max range with that pump) has ever lived to complain about the gun’s killing power.

U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Kim Rhode was recently asked during a CNN interview about gun control and the recent tragedy in Colorado. I think she did an outstanding job explaining herself to British journalist and TV host, Piers Morgan.

Twenty years ago, Paralympic archer Antonio Rebollo fired a flaming arrow over the crowd to ignite the cauldron at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain. (When Rebollo was 8 months old, he contracted polio and both legs were affected, the right one severely.)

You probably heard about the recent passing of Andy Griffith (1926-2012). I grew up watching his TV show, and in the last couple decades I’ve caught reruns of it whenever possible. One of my all-time favorite episodes was when Sheriff Andy Taylor took a woman crow shooting on their first date. Of course, nothing says “romance” like the smell of recently fired shotshells and a pile of dead crows. I wanted to share that clip with you, but unfortunately it was seized by "Big Brother" before I could publish this blog post.

July 4, 2012, might be a distant memory for you, but it isn’t for hundreds of thousands who witnessed perhaps the most amazing—and brief—fireworks displays in history.

“Fail” videos are quite common on YouTube, and while sometimes it’s hard to tell if the failure was somehow planned in hopes of a video going viral, I think it’s safe to say this one is the real deal.

Husbands—which is more memorable: shooting your biggest buck, or the time you dropped down on one knee to propose to your wife?

Bowfishing for monstrous gator gar looks like a blast. I’ve had my share of bloody, wet, muddy and fish-slimy archery encounters in my home state of Minnesota with 15- to 30-pound carp, but heading south to the Trinity River in Texas for a battle with a creature that can top 200 pounds sounds simply awesome.

During a press event at the 2012 SHOT Show, country music star Craig Morgan (a military vet and avid hunter) unveiled a song he’d written to benefit Folds of Honor. It was the first time he’d performed “What Matters Most” to anyone, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.

Do you care that this weekend marks my 10-year anniversary with North American Hunter magazine? Probably not. But on the slight chance you do, feel free to keep reading.