00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, presented by first Light, creating proven versatile hunting apparel for the stand, saddle or blind. First Light Go Farther, Stay Longer, and now your host Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by First Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about big bucks, poaching egos, and the dark side of this whole white tail thing. I’m always amazed at how often people…

This Week in History: On June 16, 1779 US General Anthony Wayne (pictured) captured Stony Point, New York, inflicting heavy losses on the British. — June, 1462: Vlad III the Impaler (the inspiration for “Dracula”) attempted to assassinate Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II in a night attack at Târgoviște. But the failure of that attack forced him to retreat from Wallachia. — And in 1873: US President Ulysses Grant declared a portion of Wallowa Valley, Oregon are a reservation for the Nez Perce Native American tribe. But the order was rescinded two years later and the tribe was forcibly re-located to…

To fully trace the origin story of the Daniel Defense H9 Compact, you’d have to go back to the late 1990s, as online firearm forums were gradually supplanting the old rec.guns newsgroup on Usenet. Step into the General Firearms Discussion section of any forum not dedicated to a specific brand and you were stepping into a war zone dominated by two feuding camps: the Glock Fanboys and the 1911 Acolytes were the Jets and the Sharks of these online war zones. The 1911 Sharks liked the short, light trigger that slid horizontally in its track rather than pivoting, and they…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Calahan. Here’s Cow. 00:00:21 Speaker 2: Last week we brought you news about rats in New York City, maybe more news than you wanted. This week we’re going bigger with rodent news from the Big Apple. Bigger and most definitely better. On Thursday, a visitor to the Hudson River Park in Manhattan filmed a beaver climbing up out of the water onto the pier. Castor Canadensis is, of course, the largest road in North America and second in the…

00:00:08 Speaker 1: If this is the me Eater podcast coming at you, shirtless, severely, bug bitten, and in my case underwere listening past. 00:00:18 Speaker 2: You can’t predict. 00:00:19 Speaker 1: Anything brought to you by first Light. When I’m hunting, I need gear that won’t quit. First Light builds, no compromise, gear that keeps me in the field longer, no shortcuts, just gear that works. Check it out at first light dot com. That’s f I R S T L I T E dot com. K Ladies and gentlemen, we’re joined today by the Boss of All…

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Armed Citizen® Today A couple in San Jacinto, Calif., were spending time with their neighbors on June 5 when an intruder made his way inside their home. When the woman decided to go inside to charge her phone, she came face to face with a man who started firing shots at her. She ran outside yelling: “There’s a stranger in the house with a gun!” Her husband, knowing their daughter was inside, attempted to go in, but the stranger fired on him as well. The armed citizen apparently managed to duck down enough to avoid the gunfire and then shot…

A while back, I stumbled across a witticism from author Robert A. Rinker (“Understanding Firearm Ballistics”) that anyone claiming their firearm has no muzzle flash should try keeping their eyes open while shooting. While there are exceptions, his point that some amount of flash can be expected from centerfire rifle-caliber firearms remains valid. The primary muzzle flash we see in low light is caused by still-burning powder and super-heated gases exiting the muzzle together. Primary flash is fairly uniform from shot to shot when using the same ammunition. Typical ways to manage it include lower-powered loads, reduced-flash powders, ammo tailored…

For many of us, our first gun was a BB gun. These simple air guns typically launched a single BB before requiring us to manually power the next shot, and they taught us our earliest fundamentals of marksmanship, safety and responsible firearm ownership. Over the past two decades, the world of BB guns has gotten way more sophisticated than the simple muscle-powered models of our youth. A case in point is Crosman’s new-for-2026 Raiden, the company’s first battery-powered, full-automatic BB gun.  The Raiden is Crosman’s first battery-powered full-auto BB gun, powered by a rechargeable battery stored in the buttstock. The…