More than 3,000 readers picked favorite new guns, optics and other gear
USA (Ammoland.Com) — Game & Fish/Sportsman will present trophies in 12 categories to companies that have created truly innovative, effective deer-hunting gear as determined by the magazines’ readers. Those awards will be presented at the Archery Trade Association Show in Indianapolis and the SHOT Show in Las Vegas.
Nearly 3,000 qualified hunters cast their votes in the magazines’ 2014 Deer Gear Readers’ Choice Awards and gave opinions about their experience with products such as rifles, ammo, trail cams, binoculars and eight other categories.
The winners are:
Remington Model 783 Crossfire
Weatherby PA08 S Slug, Upland Combo
ThompsonCenter Impact
Winchester Super-X Power Core
Mathews Creed XS
Carbon Express Maxima Red
Muzzy Phantom SC
TenPoint Venom
Rage CrossbowX
Nikon Monarch 3 Riflescope
Nikon Monarch 7 Binocular
Bushnell Lo Glow LED Trophy Cam and Moultrie Panoramic 150i Trail Cam (statistical tie)
Deer Gear voters are highly skilled, long-time hunters. Voters have been hunting deer for over 30 years (32) on average, and three in five consider themselves Expert or Advanced deer hunters. These enthusiasts spent nearly four weeks (27 days) in the field to hunt deer last year. Three in five (61%) were successful and harvested an average of two deer apiece.
To receive information about voting in the upcoming 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards, sign up for the magazines’ e-newsletter at gameandfishmag.com. For information on how to nominate a product for the survey, manufacturers may contact John Geiger, GF/Sportsman senior editor, at john.geiger@imoutdoors.com
To be included in the survey, gear must have been introduced in the last three years. The magazine queries subscribers, web-site visitors and e-newsletter recipients to determine readers’ favorite gear and equipment. The survey also invites personal opinions from those surveyed, adding a deep level of insight from the country’s most avid hunters. Game & Fish/Sportsman magazines, which is AAM audited, has more than 400,000 monthly subscribers and an MRI-validated monthly readership of more than 5 million.
Results of the voting appeared in the July/August 2014 issue of Game & Fish/Sportsman magazines. Voting will open for the next round of balloting in April 2015.
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