For the modern firearm enthusiast, one of the key elements of new firearm design is modularity. From stocks to barrels to accessorization, it seems that everyone wants the ability to tailor their firearm to their personal needs and preferences. Primary Weapons Systems took that demand and created an answer that takes modular firearm design to the next level with its UXR or User Xchangeable Rifle. “What’s really neat about this rifle is it is modular. And it’s not just modular like an AR-15 or an AR-10 where you can separate the upper and lower and change calibers among cartridge sizes.…

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The United States Senate voted today on H.J. 140 to repeal the 20-year mining moratorium on federal land in the headwaters of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Area. The vote, which was an unprecedented use of the Congressional Review Act, passed narrowly, with 50 Republican Senators voting in favor of the action; 49 Senators opposed it, including two Republican defectors, Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Thom Tillis of North Carolina. The decision paves the way for the Trump Administration to reinstate leases for a massive copper sulfide mine proposed by Twin Metals, a subsidiary Chilean mining colossus Antofagasta.The…

Mike Crites wanted to live alone in the Montana mountains. He built a cabin, managed his land for wildlife, and spent his days hunting elk and mule deer.But isolation didn’t mean peace.After years of escalating disputes with neighbors over access roads and property lines, Mike vanished in September 2011.What investigators eventually found was far worse than a missing person case—it was a dismemberment, with remains scattered across both sides of a mountain pass.Two neighbors emerged as key figures. One had a long history of conflict with Mike. The other showed up the day before he disappeared—and later changed his story.More…

A 34-year-old hunter mentoring a 3-year-old child helped the youngster aim at and shoot another man and a 7-year-old child after mistaking their movements for a turkey in western Racine County. The incident occurred on Sunday, April 12, during Wisconsin’s two-day youth-only turkey season.Pellets from the 12-gauge shotgun struck the 7-year-old’s head, along with the man’s left hand, shoulder, and backside as they hunted turkeys on state forest lands in the Rochester township. Lt. Renee Thok, the Department of Natural Resources’ hunter-education administrator, said the victims were likely facing away from the shooter when hit. DNR investigators do not believe…

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…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: When a hunter living on a remote Montana homestead went missing, authorities believed he’d just gotten lost in the woods, but when more facts emerged along with a gruesome discovery, it began to look less like a missing person and more like an execution. That’s next on blood Trails. On an overcast night in October of twenty eleven, a Montana sheriff named Leo Dutton stepped in front of local media cameras to deliver some troubling news. 00:00:34 Speaker 2: Nine one one received a phone call from Fort Service law enforcement that up in this area they…

Taurus introduced its GX2 pistol last year with the phrase “affordable doesn’t mean cheap.” It was a no-frills pistol designed for self-defense and concealed carry that had all the features that you needed and none of the extras that add cost. As handgun optics are becoming more of a must-have accessory, Taurus is adding that option to the GX2 with the GX2 T.O.R.O. (Taurus Optics Ready Option). The GX2 T.O.R.O. is optics-ready via a direct-mount slide cut with an RMSc footprint. The GX2 T.O.R.O. takes all of the features that made the original GX2 a value-laden option and adds red-dot…

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(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…