00:00:07 Speaker 1: This podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer Newhart, and today we’re joined by Jannis, Randall, Brody, Laura, Nate and Marge. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from meat eaters for verticals which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there’s a prize. Meat Eater will donate five hundred dollars to the conservation organization of the winner’s choosing. For our last set of the week, we looked at performance in the hunting category over the last year. As a reminder,…

Editor’s Introductory Note: The following is a re-post of a 2007 SurvivalBlog article. Given the recent spike in gasoline and diesel fuel prices, I thought that is was apropos to re-post a few articles related to fuel from SurvivalBlog’s early days. — The world runs on petroleum. Imagine a post-apocalyptic period when the local gas station is closed, and has been for two years. How will you carry out your daily activities? Generate electricity? Pump water? Plow your garden, or fields? All of these can be done by hand, and have been for thousands of years. Modern life has given…

I became a shad addict on a quiet backwater creek in eastern North Carolina, just trying to find a way to kill time outdoors until turkey season kicked off. I was pitching a small red spoon from the bank when a hickory shad snatched it and launched itself from the water, twisting and flipping like a tiny tarpon as it tried to spit my lure. When that spoon came flying back at me mid-jump, I did what any self-respecting angler wasting time on a creek bank would do. I kept casting.Hickory shad are famous for their sudden sprints and aerial…

The North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) will hold its 153rd National Competition from May 15-17, 2026, at Fort Shenandoah, which is located near Winchester, Va. Member units throughout those days will compete in live-fire matches with original or authentic reproduction Civil War period muskets, carbines, breechloading rifles, revolvers, mortars and cannons. It is the largest Civil War event of its kind in the United States. The N-SSA is the nation’s oldest and largest Civil War shooting sports organization. It has 3,000 individuals that make up its 200 member units.  Each unit represents a specific Civil War regiment or unit and members…

In May of 2024, Hodgdon Powder Company acquired RCBS from Revelyst, which was a segment of what was then known as Vista Outdoor. It looks to be a match made in heaven—after all, Hodgdon is a savvy company when it comes to handloading, and every handloader has probably used Hodgdon powders. But, RCBS has been around for more than 80 years, and you could argue that under Revelyst, it became a bit stagnant, at least when it comes to new handloading products. When Hodgdon took over RCBS, I talked with Joel Hodgdon, and he said all that was about to…

On February 12th of this year, House Bill 652 was introduced in Idaho. If passed, this bill would add a section to Idaho law, declaring hunting as the state’s sport.“This legislation allows Idaho to join a growing trend across the country in declaring a state sport. Whereas Hunting is a bastion of the history and culture of Idaho, both as a source of sustenance and recreation, the state sport of Idaho shall be Hunting,” the statement of purpose reads.But the push to make hunting Idaho’s state sport didn’t start with lawmakers—it started with a fourth grader. Nine-year-old Idaho native Betty…

I recently re-read The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O’Brian. It is book 16 in the Aubrey/Maturin series. One episode in the novel describes Dr. Stephen Maturin riding a mule into the Andes to meet with conspirators who are plotting the overthrow of the Spanish government in Peru. As Maturin rides higher into the Andes, the temperature falls, and he pauses in his journey to put on a poncho. I suspect that the poncho that O’Brian had in mind as he penned his novel looked something like the one worn by Clint Eastwood in all three films of the Dollars Trilogy.…

On March 17, 1959, the US nuclear submarine USS Skate became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. — After a multi-month restocking hiatus, we are again taking orders at Elk Creek Company. Here are our updated inventory counts: Pre-1899 Antique Rifles:  22 (We have deeply restocked 7×57 and 6.5×55 Mauser rifles.) Pre-1899 Antique Shotguns: 9 (Most are 12 gauge and most of them have fluid steel barrels!) Pre-1899 Antique Pistols and Revolvers: 21  (Mostly S&W top break revolvers.) Blackpowder Revolvers: 23 (Most are .44 caliber, with modern cartridge conversion cylinders available. We have deeply restocked the much-in-demand…

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Armed Citizen® Today During the early-morning hours of March 10 in Tulsa, Okla., a 27-year-old man broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home, first trying to get in through the window but ultimately kicking open the door. Once he entered, a person inside shot him in the chest. The intruder was transported to the hospital but died of his wound. No arrests were indicated after police questioned those in the home. (@TulsaPolice X account, Tulsa, Okla., 3/10/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives – November 1985Hearing a crash, Valerie Donaldson grabbed a gun and opened her bedroom door to find four masked and armed men who…