00:00:00 Speaker 1: From mediator and author Brian Burrow, this is Gunfighters, a gripping descent into the shocking true history of the American frontier. 00:00:09 Speaker 2: What’s long been considered the very first gunfight of the old western frontier happened in the scraggly village of Springfield, Missouri, just before 6 o’clock at the beginning of a warm Friday evening. As everyone watched, two men stepped out into the open. They had argued over a pocket watch one of them seized from the other to satisfy a poker debt. The man who took the watch was a tough character named…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show, everybody. This week, we’ve got a market report on halibut prices and what those prices mean for dudes who fish. Former smokejumper and public lands advocate Sam Forstag is here to give us an update on his U.S. House of Representatives race. Helicopter hunting in Wyoming goes all wrong for an outdoor life editor. Etsy becomes the devil incarnate. That’s hyperbolic. And more. Not really, though. But first, on to our news. 00:00:38 Speaker 2: Our news. 00:00:40 Speaker 1: Okay, I’ll tell you about our news. Quick. Quickly. I was trying…

Known for its imported, affordable self-defense handguns, Bersa USA has begun manufacturing some of its products in the U.S. and expanded its catalog to include modern sporting rifles and pistols, 1911 pistols, 2011-style pistols and suppressors. New for 2026, the company is updating its suppressor offerings with the new B-Series lineup. According to Bersa USA, B-Series suppressors were “engineered from the ground up to deliver hard-use performance, broad caliber versatility and user-friendly design across pistol, rimfire and rifle platform”. They are user-serviceable, made of premium materials and given a high-temp Cerakote finish, and cover cartridges from .22 LR to .300…

One of the many opportunities offered to attendees at the National Sporting Clays Association’s National Championship is the Ladies Discover Sporting Clays Experience, a specially tailored clinic designed to help new female shooters become familiar with the basics of firearm safety, shotgun-handling and sporting-clays shooting. “Years ago, I noticed that there were a lot of ladies. They would come up to me, and they would tell me that they admired me being out on the grounds here shooting, and that they would love to do it, but they were too afraid,” said Anne Mauro, founder and lead instructor of Ladies…

Nineteen-year-old Ethan Owen, a wildlife and fisheries management student at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, rushed out of his general botany class at 12:50 on the opening day of Tennessee’s three-day velvet season. He had an hour-long drive between him and a big velvet buck he’d been watching all summer.He made it home to Watertown, scarfed down something to eat, grabbed his Mathews Traverse bow, and by 3:30 p.m. was settled into his treestand.Owen got the first glimpse of his target buck last summer, when it showed up on a trail camera overlooking a clover food plot. But the buck…

Two is always better than one. This is true whether you’re talking about scoops of ice cream and, especially, fishing bait. Where it’s legal, using two baits, lures, or flies at once can, theoretically, double your catch rate.Fishing two baits at two different water depths allows you to quickly figure out what the fish are biting. You just need to know how to rig them up and when to use different combinations.Tandem Bait RiggingFishing with two baits is an incredibly effective strategy for everything from stocked trout to muskie to catfish. Generally, you either soak both baits on the bottom…

Editor’s Note: The following recipe for Survival Cookies is from fellow preparedness blogger Patrice Lewis. It was first published with many photos in her Rural Revolution blog. We highly recommend bookmarking her blog. – JWR When I put up the recent post on making strawberry preserves, a reader asked why I canned it up in quart jars instead of pints. Short answer: Just about the only thing we use strawberry preserves for is as a filling for so-called “survival cookies.” Back in our old home, these incredibly delicious filled oatmeal sandwich cookies made the rounds among our group of homeschooling…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired2Hunt 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. 00:00:19 Speaker 2: Hey everyone, welcome to the Wired2Hunt Foundations Podcast, which is brought to you by First Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today is all about loss in life and in the deer woods. I know that last week I said I was going to write about early season buck sign this…

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Introductory Disclaimer:  I am not an attorney, and the following is not legal advice. I am just a reasonably knowledgeable individual. Be sure to consult an attorney licensed in your state before making any changes to you gun collection! –  JWR A pair of consolidated court cases were recently appealed and a very strong and favorable Permanent Injunction was issued, nullifying a large portion of the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934, but only for the plaintiffs and for those in a “Protected Class” linking them to the plaintiffs. On August 5, 2026, a federal district court for the Northern…