Franchi USA isn’t generally the first company one thinks of when it comes to bolt-action utility rifles, but over the last few years, the company has introduced several new models to the market that offer a great feature set for those looking to have a do-it-all platform. Its latest model is the Momentum Utility Lite Elite, or MULE, rifle. Watch our “Gun of the Week” video above to see the rifle in action on the range. “We often talk about the scout rifle concept. You know, that’s that famous Jeff Cooper do-it-all rifle, and, you know, for decades now, people…

Friday, September 11th marks the 25th anniversary of the brutal 9/11 terror attacks.  Never forget, America, the magnitude of the losses. See the 2:10 mark, and beyond. – JWR. Today is also the anniversary of the Benghazi Embassy attacks, in 2012. (Those events were recounted in the Hollywood film 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.) Please remember the sacrifice of J. Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, and CIA (former Navy SEAL) agents Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. Between them, Woods and Doherty reportedly dropped at least 60 of the attackers, before their position was overwhelmed. Please also remember the spineless…

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…

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00:00:00 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired2Hunt podcast. 00:00:03 Speaker 2: This week on the show, I’m joined by Dan Ninefingers-Johnson to discuss our goals, hopes, and hit lists for the 2026 hunting season. All right, welcome back to the Wired2Hunt podcast brought to you by Moultrie. This week in the show, I am joined by my longtime friend and one-time co-host, Dan Johnson, from the Nine Finger Chronicles these days. Previously, if you are a longtime listener, of course, you know Dan from the early days of Wired2Hunt. And we are back again today to preview our upcoming deer…

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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…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: Welcome to Meat Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. There is a prize. Meat Eater will donate $ 500 to the conservation organization of the winner’s choosing. I’m your host, Spencer Newarth, and today we’re joined by Brody, Randall, Seth, Laura, Corey, Nate, and Logan. This is a 10-round quiz show with questions from Meadeater’s four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. Meadeater Trivia is brought to you by one of my favorite beers, Bush Light. Bush Light, head for the mountains. All right, we are starting today’s episode with a…

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