The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) today launched its first-ever national bus tour, the 2026 NRA’s Gun Bus Battleground Tour, a more than two-month, 13-state campaign to energize and turn out gun owners in key battleground states ahead of the November midterm elections. On the morning of August 27th, an NRA-branded tour bus departed NRA headquarters and will crisscross the country as the centerpiece of pro-Second Amendment events. NRA-ILA grassroots staff and volunteers will meet voters at gun stores, manufacturing facilities, college football tailgates, community festivals, and other gatherings, distributing materials and encouraging support for candidates who will defend…

Randy Brooks, former president and CEO of Barnes Bullets, passed away on Aug. 27 peacefully in his Mona, Utah, home. He and his wife, Coni, purchased the firm they built to legendary status in 1974. The company’s operations, based out of American Fork, Utah, were modest at first. The “factory” was the family home, with his wife and two daughters seating bullet cores. Sometime around 1985, Randy—who was an avid hunter—came up with what was then a radical concept for an all-copper bullet with improved terminal performance and penetration. After extensive testing and fine tuning of the manufacturing process, the…

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’s episode is all about that last-minute bow prep we should all have buttoned up before the season starts. I truly envy people who, you know, just kind of geek…

In the 1980s, a funny, popular pseudo-AI computer program “Eliza” was a college joke magnet.  A few beers, and then dialed into a dialup Bulletin Board System (BBS) and ask all kinds of suggestive questions, just to see what “Eliza” said.  So, as a Coder, we expanded the Data File, many times over… and Eliza’s answers got more verbose and direct, like Grandma suddenly butting into your life!  That was about the start of the AI revolution, for me.  It was cool, funny, and a half-life of 30 minutes over a dialup system.  Querying a Data file, database of “information”…

This Week in History: On September 1, 1255, Königsberg (modern day Kaliningrad) was founded by Teutonic Knights. It was named in honor of the Bohemian King Ottokar II. Pictured is Kaliningrad’s Brandenburg Gate. (Public domain photo by Jan Pešula.) — The 1859 Carrington Event — the largest geomagnetic storm in recorded history began on this day. Richard Carrington and Richard Hodgson made the first observation of a large solar flare. — On September 2, 1666, the Great Fire of London began at 2 am in Pudding Lane. An estimated 80% of London was destroyed. — And on September 4, 1950:…

Question: I’m a new bow hunter who doesn’t have access to private land or a hunting mentor. Where should I start?Answer: Learning to hunt on your own can seem intimidating. From figuring out your effective archery range to picking a spot on opening day, there are a lot of moving pieces in between. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be complicated—even if you’re starting solo. Luckily, there are plenty of options to get new hunters started.The National Deer Association (NDA) offers a Field to Fork Program that allows adults to learn about deer hunting basics through a hands-on approach.…

00:00:05 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places, and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. Big shout out to Onyx Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle. And when we last talked, we were roughly 50 years into a story that started over 100 years ago, back in the early 1900s in the state of Mississippi. And that is the incredible story of the whitetail deer recovery after almost being wiped out due to habitat loss, market hunting, and a lot of other factors.…

00:00:08 Speaker 1: This is the meat-eater podcast coming at you shirtless, severely bug-bitten, and in my case, underwear-less. 00:00:15 Speaker 2: We hunt the meat-eater podcast. 00:00:18 Speaker 1: You can’t predict 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 firstlight.com. That’s F-I-R-S-T.com. L-I-T-E dot com. All right. Hot damn, everybody. Joined today by John Allen, known as Mr. 00:00:46 Speaker 3: Ballin. 00:00:47 Speaker 1: And I finally…

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Every gun owner runs into the problem eventually. They buy a safe, thinking it’ll give them all the room they’ll ever need for their gun collection. Then, one day, after they find that one rifle they just can’t live without, now the safe door just doesn’t quite want to close. Before rushing out and taking up floor space with another gun safe, here are five products that will help you buy a bit more room in your existing safe. 1. You might customize your safe door’s storage, only to decide you’d like it a different way. To that end, Wilde Custom…