My son and I were nervous as we made our way from the truck to the front door of a local landowner in hopes of securing hunting permission. The sign by the road said, “Beware of Dog,” but with 100 acres of prime hunting land on the line, we took our chances and headed for the front porch.After a few raps on the door, the landowner opened, and I quickly referred to him by name. The familiarity seemed to put him at ease and we started talking about his farm and life. Ten minutes later, my son and I climbed…

WOOX, manufacturer of Italian-American made gunstocks, axes and knives, is breaking ground to expand its operations in Hickory, N.C.—where woodworking expertise has been passed on for generations. The manufacturing facility’s growth will help meet demand for the firm’s premium products, particularly its line of Standard American and High-Grade American Walnut stocks. For decades, Hickory was considered the furniture capital of America, or at least a major suburb. At its peak, the local furniture and woodworking industry employed thousands of skilled craftsmen, often in the same factory in which their parents and grandparents worked. The tradition began in the late 1890s…

A few months after I was born in 1981, the late gun writer Gene Hill had a story titled “Why You Don’t Always Hit What You Shoot At—(Me Too!)” published in Gun Dog magazine. It was one of the first columns I recall reading when I decided to improve my shotgun skills as an adult. Hill was Harvard-educated but had an uncanny ability to connect with the common hunter, which is why his writing and instruction are so helpful to folks like you and me.Many of us don’t understand why we are good shots one day and bad the next.…

Taking a page from his own public land sale playbook, Mike Lee introduced an amendment late Tuesday night, June 9, to the Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025 (S.140) that will nullify the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and prohibit the implementation of a similar rule in the future.On Wednesday morning, the Senate Energy Natural Resources Committee voted 11-9 to adopt the amendment and to advance the bill. The bill will now proceed to the Senate for a full vote.The “Roadless Rule,” as it’s informally called, prohibits new road construction and development on nearly 59 million acres of Forest Service lands…

On June 2, Joelseph “Joe” Frank Jenkins, 48, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced to two years behind bars and received a lifetime hunting ban after he pleaded guilty to two felonies and two misdemeanors. The felony charges included possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and unlawfully killing or possessing wildlife, while the two misdemeanors were illegally baiting black bears and guiding without a license.Jenkins’s sentencing comes after years of undercover work from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, which started in 2022. Apparently, Jenkins was conducting illegal baiting and guiding for black bears in Idaho’s Unit 67. During…

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On Saturday, June 6, a spearfisherman identified as Daniel Turpin died from injuries sustained while diving off the Western Australian coast, about 250 miles southeast of Perth. The 35-year-old man reportedly had a run-in with a 15-foot great white while spearfishing with family members.Turpin was rushed to shore and intercepted by paramedics; however, resuscitation proved unsuccessful. The location of the bite remains unspecified at this time.Though details about this case continue to emerge, this is the third deadly shark attack within a three-week window in Australia–a statistically notable uptick in attacks compared to previous years. Unfortunately, all three events ended…

Say the words “Wilson Combat,” and the first image that comes to mind is probably a high-end, custom, competition-ready, single-stack 1911. Over the past few decades, the company has expanded into compact double-stack designs that remain high-end pistols in both quality and price point. That marks the Bulwark, its new handgun, as a departure for the company. The Bulwark is designed as a “hard-use service pistol” that combines the best features of a 1911 with those of a daily-carry duty gun, and Wilson Combat delivers it all at a price point below Wilson’s traditional handgun offerings. The Wilson Combat Bulwark…

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