00:00:08 Speaker 1: This is the meat-eater podcast coming at you shirtless, severely bug-bitten, and in my case, underwear-less. 00:00:15 Speaker 2: We hunt the meat-eater podcast. 00:00:18 Speaker 1: You can’t predict anything. Brought to you by First Light. When I’m hunting, I need gear that won’t quit. First Light builds no-compromise gear that keeps me in the field longer. No shortcuts, just gear that works. Check it out at firstlight.com. That’s F-I-R-S-T.com. L-I-T-E dot com. All right. Hot damn, everybody. Joined today by John Allen, known as Mr. 00:00:46 Speaker 3: Ballin. 00:00:47 Speaker 1: And I finally…

Every gun owner runs into the problem eventually. They buy a safe, thinking it’ll give them all the room they’ll ever need for their gun collection. Then, one day, after they find that one rifle they just can’t live without, now the safe door just doesn’t quite want to close. Before rushing out and taking up floor space with another gun safe, here are five products that will help you buy a bit more room in your existing safe. 1. You might customize your safe door’s storage, only to decide you’d like it a different way. To that end, Wilde Custom…

The 2011 market of hybrid-framed, double-stack, 1911-pattern handguns has grown immensely over the past five years, with the design moving from high-end and pricey competition guns to affordable models that are at home in a duty holster or in a nightstand. In this crowded sphere, manufacturers are adding their own innovations to the design in an attempt to stand out from what has become a rather large crowd. European American Armory (EAA) Corp. introduced its first 2011 design with the company’s Witness2311 in 2023. Last year, the company brought out the CMX, a handgun that took the 2011 design a…

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In our latest episode of “I Carry” above, we’re taking a closer look at the details of the new Springfield Armory SA-35 Polished, and we’re packaging it with a high-quality leather holster from Falco Holsters, along with a new EDC knife from Work Sharp. “In today’s kit, as you might notice, we’ve opted for a kind of a barbecue rig,” American Rifleman Executive Editor Jay Grazio said. “This is, you know, kind of a fancier setup, but it’s still practical.” Springfield Armory was one of several companies, early on, that jumped on the opportunity to produce a high-quality High Power.…

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) announced on Aug. 27 that it has suffered a cybersecurity incident. “The impacted system operates separately from the ATF enterprise network, and there is no indication that the incident has affected the ATF enterprise network, the ATF eForms system, or any other ATF system,” the press release states. “Upon discovery of the incident, ATF immediately terminated connections to the affected environment and initiated incident‑response and forensic activities. ATF is coordinating closely with the Department of Justice to investigate.” CyberNews reports the announcement came hours after Qilin—a Russia-based hacker group that specializes…

The FBI just released its final 2025 national crime statistics. The numbers from 2024 to 2025 are striking: Violent crime fell 9.3 percent Murder and non-negligent manslaughter fell 18.1 percent Robbery fell 18.5 percent Rape fell 7.6 percent Aggravated assault fell 7.2 percent The murder rate fell to 4.1 per 100,000 in 2025, which the FBI says is tied with 1955-56 for the lowest national rate in its historical estimates. The FBI actually describes the 9.3 percent decline as the largest year-to-year drop in violent crime since national estimates began in 1936.  An important caveat is that these are national statistical estimates based…

For more than three decades, Friends of NRA has been bringing communities together in support of a shared mission: preserving our hunting and shooting heritage while advancing firearm safety, education, training and youth programs. Today, that mission has reached a remarkable milestone as Friends of NRA celebrates reaching more than 5 million attendees through events held across the country. Those 5 million attendees represent far more than a number. They represent families, first-time shooters, lifelong hunters, volunteers, sponsors and supporters who have become part of the Friends of NRA story. Every event has created new friendships, strengthened communities, introduced future…

In the spring of 1990, a salesman in a New York sporting goods store placed an all-black Ithaca 12-ga. shotgun on the counter in front of me. Shaking his head, he confessed, “I don’t know what it is. I have no idea how it got here. It’s not in our database, and I can’t send it back.” He looked up at me. “You want it?” I had an equally confused expression, because it was not the gun I had ordered weeks earlier. I was there to pick up a Model 87 Deerslayer featuring a blued finish, polished walnut furniture and…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the whitetail 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. Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. 00:00:22 Speaker 2: This week on the show, we are running Ohio Big Buck Hunter Mike Rex through our what would you do gauntlet to see how exactly he would handle some of the trickiest deer hunting scenarios I can throw at him. All right, welcome back to the Wired…