Question: In Hot Weather, How Much Time Do You Have to Process Your Deer?Answer: Like all good questions, it depends. Generally, the faster you can break down an animal and get it cold, the better. In hot weather, you should prepare ahead of time so you don’t risk meat spoilage. While “hot” might be relative to your geographical location, anything above 40 degrees requires special care. Temps above 70 demand expediency. Anything above 90, every minute counts.If you can quickly retrieve your deer in a truck, cart, or side-by-side, you don’t have to stress too much, especially if you can…

SOG Knives, which was established by Spencer Frazer in 1986, is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026. His affinity for axes, knives and other hand tools took hold while he was in the Boy Scouts. Between earning merit badges and ultimately launching what would become one of the industry’s foremost knife manufacturers, he graduated from UCLA, established a cutting-edge audio company and worked in a “black projects division” of the aerospace defense industry. Frazer also became active in the modern art movement, getting an informal education on color and scale from several prominent artists. Majors in science and math, a…

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Drifting on a capsized skiff, an Alaskan teenager was pulled to safety after multiple days in the Bering Sea. Kneeling on the overturned boat with his head down, the 15-year-old held the line that would haul him to shelter.The rescue followed a fishing trip by two brothers and a cousin from the remote Siberian Yupik village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island. The three left Friday in an 18-foot skiff in search of halibut and were expected back by early Sunday morning. When they failed to return, Alaska State Troopers were notified Sunday afternoon. The troopers later alerted the U.S.…

The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today announced SIG SAUER as an official partner of the 2026 NRA Gun Bus Battleground Tour. The 2026 NRA Gun Bus Battleground Tour is NRA-ILA’s first-ever national bus campaign. The tour is taking grassroots, legislative, and political work directly to gun owners across 13 states and more than 60 planned stops, including gun stores, manufacturing facilities, ranges, college football tailgates, and community events, through Election Day on November 3, 2026. “SIG SAUER is trusted by the U.S. military, law enforcement, competitive shooters, and millions of law-abiding citizens,” said John Commerford, Executive Director of NRA-ILA. “SIG SAUER…

00:00:14 Speaker 1: My name is Clay Newcomb, and this is a production of the Bear Grease podcast called the Bear Grease Render, where we render down, dive deeper, and look behind the scenes of the actual Bear Grease podcast, brought to you by Tacoba’s Boots. I’m a cowboy boot man, and I’ve been wearing Tacoba’s for years. They’re the most comfortable boot I’ve ever put on. Good boots for good times. 00:00:45 Speaker 2: Action. 00:00:47 Speaker 3: Well, welcome to the Bear Grease Podcast. My name is Josh Landbridge Spielmaker. My name is not Clay Newcomb, as you…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Elk, mule deer, pronghorn, moose, bighorn sheep. 00:00:05 Speaker 2: When you imagine the American West, it’s likely animals like these that swim through your mind. They grace the covers of our magazines, they run through our dreams, and they populate our national parks, forests, and wilderness areas. 00:00:20 Speaker 1: And for some of us, they even fill our bellies. 00:00:24 Speaker 2: The great hooved beasts of the American West in many ways have made this place what it is. 00:00:31 Speaker 1: But in an American West that is. 00:00:33 Speaker 2: Rapidly changing…

Logan Beach of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and his wife, Kaylin, had a problem. It was the afternoon of September 6, the second day of Kentucky’s archery season. The couple was hunting the same ridge from different trees 16 yards apart, Kaylin with her recurve and Logan with a Prime Divide 31 compound bow. They were close enough to see each other, but not close enough to talk. They were hunting specific deer when a massive nomadic buck they weren’t expecting walked nine yards between their stands.Unfortunately, they hadn’t discussed who got the shot on this one. The buck wasn’t a…

Voyager Technologies announced on Sept. 8 that the GOEX plant in Camp Minden, La.—the sole black powder manufacturing facility located in the United States—has been modernized and is back in production. It’s welcome news for muzzeloading enthusiasts and a relief for a U.S. military eager to source all critical materials domestically. “Every munition that depends on black powder depends on GOEX,” said Matt Kuta, president of Voyager Technologies. “There is no other domestic source and no substitute material. Scaling this capability strengthens the foundation of the defense industrial base, ensuring the nation’s supply chain.” In late 2021, Hodgdon, which took…

Summer is an unbeatable time of year for trail cameras in the whitetail woods. Deer are calm, movement is consistent, and patterns are easy to find. Unfortunately, the easy living of summer never lasts. Every year, nose-diving camera feeds make hunters across the country question everything in the critical weeks before September openers. As sudden and confusing as the photo drought often seems, the driving forces behind it are well-explained by whitetail science.Both bucks and their environments become increasingly dynamic as August draws to a close, with nearly every key component of deer movement changing all at once. The most…