When Smith & Wesson introduced its original Bodyguard .380 design, it proved fairly popular, but it still had some limitations, notably its single-stack magazine design and a long, double-action trigger pull for its hammer-fired operating system. The company went back to the drawing board with its Bodyguard 2.0 in 2024 and came up with a compact, shootable design that’s perfect for concealed carry. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” Rifleman Review segment above to see the details of this small, lightweight .380. “So when Smith & Wesson announced that they were coming out with their Bodyguard 2.0, I think a lot…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Welcome to the Foundations podcast. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is sort of a love letter to what I consider to be the best game bird out there, but also how that relates to dogs and the truth about all upland hunting opportunities. Look, we all have our favorites. I don’t know yours might be chuckers because you live out west and your dog has a beard and that’s the most challenging bird you’re gonna run across. Or I don’t know, you might be from down south somewhere, and while you’d give…

Introduced overseas in 2021 and brought to our shores in 2024, Beretta’s BRX1 offers a fresh take on the century-old straight-pull rifle concept. While popular in Europe, this type of action has never really established a toehold in the American market—a fact that Beretta is seeking to challenge with the versatile and relatively economical BRX1. The BRX1 weighs 7 lbs., 5 ozs., unloaded, feeds from a detachable five-round magazine and is modular with chambering and stock changes requiring no more than an Allen wrench. Its barrel is bedded into a V-shaped channel in the 6082 aluminum-alloy receiver and secured with…

Steven Rinella returns to the Yturria Ranch in south Texas, this time, to hunt turkeys and pigs with country musician Luke Combs. Their plans to chase the spring thunder shifts as the weather has a different idea. Presented by Can-Am and RAM Read the full article here

The path to cracking the code on a mature whitetail buck is a convoluted, ever-changing riddle. It’s the cat-and-mouse puzzle that stokes our fires and keeps bruiser whitetails on our minds year-round. We can study moon phases, changing food sources, barometric pressure, alternating feed-to-bed patterns, and the effect of differing wind directions on whitetail movement. We have real-time trail camera data and even AI algorithms to aid in our decision-making process, and yet that antlered Houdini still evades us.Setting obscure environmental factors aside, there are undeniable and definitive factors that increase our odds of success. Think of them as odds…

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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. In today’s episode is all about how to approach the rut with a plan and then to see that plan through. Well, if you’ve been bitching about…

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Introduction When thinking of what a “prepper” might look like, I am quite far from your expectations. I am an avid indoorsman who enjoys watching television and having stuff delivered. I am not a gardener, a camper, a hunter, or an adventurer. I don’t have anything against those things, it’s just not who I am. But a collection of life events and experiences have convinced me that learning those skills and adopting an attitude of preparedness is important for myself and my family. Once I made the decision, I had to ask the question of how I get there. I’m…

November 4, 1841: The first emigrant wagon train arrived in California after a five-and-a-half-month, 1,730-mile journey over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, from Missouri. (The Bartleson–Bidwell Party.) John Bidwell’s mansion property (pictured) is now a state park. — November 4th is the birthday of Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone. He was born in 1916 in Buffalo, New York. The 2025 Basilone Parade was held in Raritan, New Jersey, Sunday, September 21st. Locals should try to attend in 2026, to honor his 110th birthday. — I just heard that Jase Medical (one of our affiliate advertisers) just added topical Ivermectin to…