(Continued from Part 5.) Separating the Important from the Trivial Things that usually do not matter much for most men as far as a potential wife: her height, her income, and specific traits such as hair or eye color. I have never heard a man talk about a woman’s height unless she was very tall — which is statistically rare. Men are rarely concerned about a woman’s income unless they are looking for support. I don’t have a “type” and most men do not have a type such as only blondes or redheads. Of course, a bonus is if a…

On April 17, 1935:  The first commercial flight from the mainland to Hawaii, as Pan Am’s Pioneer Clipper was flown from San Francisco to Honolulu. — April 17, 1964: The Ford Mustang was formally introduced, with a base price of $2,368. — We are running a two-week-long sale on all of our pre-1899 antique shotguns at Elk Creek Company, with many deep discounts. This sale will end on Monday, April 27th, 2026. Please note that some of these guns have been re-sleeved and re-proofed for modern shotshells! — Today’s feature article is a guest post from a long-time SurvivalBlog reader.…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the White Tail Woods, 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 Mark Kenyon. 00:00:18 Speaker 2: What is going on? 00:00:19 Speaker 3: Welcome to Wired to Hunt. I’m Jake Hofer. In this week we have Jack Houston with Midwest Deer Surveys. Jack has flown over five hundred farms and we talk about some of the observations he’s been able to make from habitat deer density where mature bucks…

Smith & Wesson recently launched a Military & Law Enforcement Rebate program. Originally named the American Guardians Rebate program, the legendary firm established it to show appreciation to military members and first responders, allowing them to receive up to $150 in physical or virtual prepaid cards with a qualifying purchase of a Smith & Wesson firearm or a Gemtech suppressor. “Smith & Wesson stands with law enforcement officers, military personnel and all first responders who defend our nation and uphold the freedoms we enjoy,” said Mark Smith, Smith & Wesson president and CEO. “Our Military & Law Enforcement Rebate program was developed…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: We walked six steps and birds is hammering the little bars. 00:00:03 Speaker 2: How about this? If you’re hunting, buddy, he packs nothing. Yeah, oh, and eat your food you want to. 00:00:12 Speaker 1: You’ve never eating your food. 00:00:13 Speaker 2: I’ve taken you have food. 00:00:15 Speaker 1: I’ve taken water and left the full water in my pack. That way, if we needed more, I’m the one carrying it. I’ve never borrowed food, not once. That’s true. I’ll give you that you got something. I don’t want to open up a whole…

Savage Arms introduced its first iteration of the Axis bolt-action hunting rifle platform back in 2010. Though the rifle has been available in various configurations over the years, the company has phased out most of the Axis and Axis II models at this point. But by late 2024, the company was ready to introduce the Axis 2 Pro lineup that was later updated in 2025 with the addition of 6 mm ARC caliber options and the new Forest SP camouflage stock finish. The Axis Savage Axis 2 Pro is available in a variety of calibers and stock finishes. Today, the…

(Continued from Part 4.) Preparations for Sons After spiritual preparation, the number one thing a parent can do is to prepare their son for life is to teach him how to make and control money. Money and resources create options. Lack of money limits opportunities. I have a collateral or lineal relative in every conflict from the Revolutionary War to the present. If you go back far enough in history, you will find multiple great-grandfathers at a distant generational level. For instance in the time period of the American Civil War, I have multiple grandfathers and collateral relatives who served…

The Battle of Culloden was fought on April 16, 1746. Royalist troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobite army of Charles Edward Stuart in the final battle of the Jacobite Rising on British soil. — April 16, 1866: Nitroglycerine exploded at a Wells Fargo & Company office in San Francisco. This reportedly shattered glass in a half a mile radius. — April 16th is the birthday of libertarian novelist J. Neil Schulman. He was best known as author of the novel Alongside Night. — I just heard that famed mountaineer Jim Whittaker passed away, at age 97. — Today’s…

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