00:00:02 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conserving both. Big shout out to Onyx Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle, and we are officially in February now. Now, I don’t know about y’all, but for us here in Mississippi, February was always this kind of month where you would catch yourself looking around and wondering what to do. He can’t deer hunt, that’s over. He can’t duck hunt. That ended in January two. I suppose you could…

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Holding a firearm consistently and correctly results in more hits than misses on target, and one of the easiest-to-install grip-enhancement products comes from DefGrip USA. Whether for ARs, shotguns, magazines or nearly every popular handgun on the market today, these wraparound, lace-up-style grip covers rely on patented technology to provide a solid, comfortable hold while wicking away moisture and oil. There are no sticky residues to worry about either. Grips are removable, and installation is simple. Price: $25. Contact: DefGrip USA; (205) 830-7806; defgripusa.com. Read the full article here

Twenty years ago, a simple video ushered in new era for the firearm industry. Unlike most of today’s highly polished Youtube versions, this one was straightforward. It showed a revolutionary handgun obliterating watermelons and became the first gun video to go viral. It also introduced the world to a groundbreaking new category of handgun—the Taurus Judge. Now, on the 20th anniversary of the gun’s debut, Taurus USA has released the 20th Anniversary Taurus Judge to honor one of the most recognizable and best-selling handguns of all time. At its core it remains true to what made the original legendary. The…

Introduction My wife and I have been into prepping for over twenty years. We lived in Mississippi when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005 and we were without power for ten days. That was our impetus to prepare after struggling with the basics when everything we had taken for granted failed. The suffering was immense, and the lessons keen. We vowed to never be unprepared again when niceties of civilization ceased to provide comfort. We started reading the Survival blog and the excellent articles soon after recovering from our hurricane wakeup call. The Problem Fast forward twenty years, and now living…

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Texas-based Rost Martin launched a bit of a David-and-Goliath battle two years ago when it jumped into the crowded and competitive compact 9 mm semi-auto market with its RM1C. The company followed a year later with the subcompact RM1S and models equipped with a compensator. This year, Rost Martin is growing (literally) its RM1 family with the full-size RM1F and RM1F Tactical, handguns designed “for the range, duty, or personal defense”. The Rost Martin RM1F completes the company’s line-up with a full-size model. The new full-size RM1 pistols share the features introduced with the original RM1C. They are striker-fired, have…

GForce Arms is most widely known for its Turkish manufactured and imported affordable shotguns. These shotguns can be seen everywhere these days and seem to occupy at least half of the shelves at your favorite firearms retailer. The GF9 Rapture, though, is not a shotgun and is made right here in the USA by GForce Arms in Reno, Nev. The Rapture is polymer-frame, striker-fired clone of a Glock G26. For those who don’t know, the Glock G26 is the subcompact 9 mm offering from the Austrian juggernaut and is affectionately referred to as the “baby Glock.” The uniqueness of this…

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