I’m not sure who started the rule of buying a scope that costs twice as much as your rifle, but they probably worked in marketing. While it might provide a general rule of thumb for some Western hunters, this hyperbole hardly applies to the rest of us and our budgets.The truth is most hunters are buying and using way more scope than they’ll ever need. By “way more scope,” I mean a lot of hunters buy scopes that are probably overkill for the majority of their hunting needs. I’m not saying good glass isn’t worth the cheese, but you don’t…

Earlier this week, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission made two votes that will seriously impact fur trapping in the state. The actions are at the center of ongoing, contentious debates between consumptive users and animal rights activists.Unscientific Bag LimitsOn July 16, the commission, which is politically appointed by the governor, instituted a daily bag limit on furbearer trapping—and the final action strongly diverged from what Colorado Parks & Wildlife (CPW) staffers recommended.In the Centennial State, furbearers had previously had no daily bag limit, and CPW biologists said that one wasn’t needed, considering that trapping has limited impacts on the…

00:00:08 Speaker 1: When an American hunter got caught with forgotten ammunition in a Caribbean airport, authorities told him it was a simple matter of the law. He’d broken it and there would be consequences, no exceptions. But it wasn’t simple, and it wasn’t just the law. What he didn’t know, what he couldn’t have known, standing in that terminal with his wife and friends, was that he’d stumbled into something much bigger than a few forgotten cartridges. There was corruption on that island. There was a prison the Humanitarian Commission said shouldn’t exist, and when he started talking, there…

Earlier this year, we attended Range Ready’s “Plinkapalooza,” a celebration of all things rimfire. There were various competitions, difficult challenges and straight-up feats of marksmanship on display, with most firearms chambered in .22 LR, but also some .17 HMR and .22 Mag. represented. Firearms, both handgun and rifle, as well as various ammunition offerings, sound suppressors and even a few brand-new products were unveiled. Much of the rimfire ammunition was provided by CCI Ammunition, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2026. One of the themes evident at Plinkapalooza, and on display in the variety of ammunition types from CCI,…

I’m a complete topwater junkie. Whether I’m casting dry flies for trout, chucking frogs for bass, or chugging big prop baits for pike, muskie, and even tarpon, I can’t get enough of watching fish explode on baits floating on the surface of the water. Many of my angling friends question my addiction to topwater fishing, wondering where it comes from, and I tell them it all started with panfish.When I was a kid, I was addicted to catching bluegills on poppers out of my uncle’s farm pond, and it really taught me something. While many anglers think of panfish as…

One of the most iconic military longarms ever made, the British Land Pattern musket, more commonly known as the “Brown Bess,” equipped British infantrymen across the world for more than a century. Watch our “American Rifleman Television: I Have This Old Gun” segment above to hear the history of the Brown Bess and see one fired on the range. “Prior to the 1720s, really, I mean, military armament, it was kind of all over the place,” American Rifleman Executive Editor Evan Brune said. “So one of the things that, you know, militaries early on wanted to standardize on was a…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: Last summer, when Senator Mike Lee proposed a mass sal of federal public lands, we learned two important things. First, we were reminded that there is a firmly entrenched group of politicians and policymakers in Washington, d C. And beyond with increasing influence and an unending desire to see our federal public lands either sold off, transferred, or otherwise milked for every. 00:00:26 Speaker 2: Dollar they’re worth. 00:00:28 Speaker 1: And secondly, and I think of equal importance to remember, is that we learned that when Americans of all types stand up and speak out in…

00:00:07 Speaker 1: It’s podcast. 00:00:10 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer new Arthan. Today we’re joined by a room full of Jabroni’s. We’ve got a list of Kaid, Corey, Marge, Nate and Jake Wallace and Sarah. Jake, this is your first time on the show. Tell folks what you do here at Meat Eater. 00:00:29 Speaker 3: Yeah, I’m the wholesale and retail marketing manager for Meat Eater, Flight and FHF and DSc. When they need help, so I help out a lot of our dealers,…

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Some things should be known, as in completely understood. This is especially true when something important runs counter to government or media narratives. How the life of a former—and now current—president was saved is one such thing. This is not just because it is of great import, but also because it undoes the narratives often used against our Second Amendment freedom (the truth has a way of doing that); it exposes how an assassin was able to get so close to a president and, especially in this case, the true story highlights something vital, yet fragile, in our national character…