The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) just announced that they’ll be moving forward to revise the existing Travel Management Rule (36 CFR 212). According to the press release, the revision “simplifies the regulatory requirements to enhance quicker local decision-making and increase access, including for motorized vehicles, e-bikes, and other mobility devices.”Now to translate these rule changes into what that will actually mean, you have to understand what the Travel Management Rule does first.Travel Management Rule for the Forest ServiceLocal forest managers need a framework to determine where motorized vehicles can drive within national forests. This ruling is designed to maintain access…

My birthday falls at the beginning of September, which just so happens to coincide with the dove season opener in North Carolina. As a kid, I assumed dove season was just part of celebrating my birthday. As an adult, I have fully embraced the start of hunting season as a pretty good way to celebrate making another trip around the sun.There’s something special about dove season (even if your birthday doesn’t happen to fall in September). In most areas, it’s the first real hunting day on the calendar after a long summer and an even longer off-season. Deer season is…

For more than five decades, the CZ 75 has stood at the center of the CZ story. The distinctive pistol was designed by Frantisek Koucky, in what was then the nation of Czechoslovakia without the computerized engineering or 3D modeling so common today. The handgun launched a tradition of innovation and shooting characteristics that helped establish the company’s enviable reputation with generations of shooters around the world. As CZ honors that legacy in 2026, the company will also conclude production of three longstanding members of the CZ 75 family: the CZ 75 B, CZ 75 BD and CZ 75 Compact.…

Gun: K-22 Masterpiece (Third Model)Manufacturer: Smith & WessonChambering: .22 LRManufactured: July 12, 1948Condition: Excellent (NRA Modern Gun Standards)Value: $900 to $1,200 (Add an additional $150 to $200 for original numbered gold box, Smith & Wesson screwdriver and cleaning rod) If ever a gun were created to satisfy popular demand, it was the Smith & Wesson K-22 Masterpiece. In fact, at the peak of its early post-World War II popularity, it evolved into Smith & Wesson’s most classically designed, precisely engineered and accurate double-action rimfire revolver. That’s quite a list of accolades for a handgun that had its beginnings in 1899,…

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I am quite certain, that for the first time in NRA history the President of the United States met with the NRA president, the NRA president asked for his support for national Right-to-Carry (NRTC), and then, on a national stage, President Trump called out the NRA president’s name and pledged his support for national Right-to-Carry legislation. But that’s exactly what happened at a rally near Allentown, Pa., in late June. Here’s part of the transcript from the rally. President Trump: “Thanks as well to the president of the NRA who’s here with me, Bill Bachenberg. Bill, stand up. And they…

I am repeatedly reminded of how critical it was that the NRA engaged early in supporting Donald Trump’s 2016 candidacy—and that he won. A recent example came in June, when President Trump spoke to American workers at a Mack Trucks facility in Macungie, Pa. That day, I was pleased to hear him restate his support for National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity and for the NRA. Singling out NRA President Bill Bachenberg for recognition, Trump noted how he is working with NRA, remarking, “The NRA … they’ve been with me right from the beginning.” The strongest defender of the Second Amendment to ever…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to this country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trotlining and just general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented by Case Knives from the Store More Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast that airways have to offer. All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. I’ve got some stores to share. Mine for now, theirs for always. I have traveled far and wide in this incredible job of…

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On August 18, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has filed a proposed rule to rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The announcement claims the rescission is due to the fact that the rule “exacerbates rising wildfire risk.”The Wildfire ExcuseUsing wildfire as reason to rescind the Roadless Rule is more likely a thinly veiled excuse to allow logging and mineral extraction in these areas. Multiple studies have proven that wildfires are both more likely to start near roads and are also able to be managed just as effectively in roadless areas.In this 2020…