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Spring means gobbling turkeys, pleasant temps, and more daylight. It’s also the start of a long offseason of whitetail scouting that spans the summer months and into fall openers. Unfortunately, it’s also the time that insects, spiders, snakes, and a host of other critters resurface.Depending on what part of the country you live in, these critters might not pose much of a threat to you. If you live in states that serve sweet tea or promote dry, arid temps, you probably think about them a lot. While the odds of getting bit by a snake remain low, and even lower…

On April 9, 1388, the Battle of Näfels was a major victory for the Swiss Confederation in the first century of its struggle for self-determination against the Habsburg overlordship of the Duchy of Austria. (The public domain photo of Näfels, Canton Glarus, Switzerland, was taken by Marco Zanoli.) Note that in January 2011, Näfels became part of the municipality of Glarus Nord. — April 9, 1869: Hudson’s Bay Company ceded its territory to Canada. — And on April 9, 1959 NASA named the first seven astronauts for Project Mercury. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round…

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Remington Ammunition announced that it is once again producing the versatile, user-friendly .22 Short. The .22 Short was the first American-made metallic cartridge. The Smith & Wesson Model 1, released in 1858, was the first defensive revolver chambered for it. The updated .22 Short line includes both a 27-grain hollowpoint and a 29-grain roundnose offering, tailored for plinking, pest control and training new shooters. The .22 Short has the same rim, case body and bullet diameter of the .22 Long, .22 Extra Long and .22 LR, so nearly any .22-chambered firearm can shoot it (though semi-automatics may not cycle as…

Given time, nearly every piece of technology eventually shrinks in size. We’ve seen this across dozens of shooting-product genres, with optics being no exception. As long guns become more condensed and peripheral gear becomes more prevalent, these compact riflescopes are a welcome addition to the landscape. One of the latest is EOTech’s Vudu 3-9×32 mm SFP, a variable-power scope so small, it rivals many fixed-power prismatic optics in compactness. The package is built with perhaps the archetypal hunting magnification range of 3-9X. Its 32 mm objective lens widens the field-of-view compared with most low-power variable optics (LPVO), and, at roughly…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Foundation’s podcast. I’m your host Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about how good dogs are for us, which might seem simple, but trust me, they might just be the best medicine out there. A lot of this podcast and a lot of the dog content out there, is about how we can get the best behavior out of our dogs. But the truth is that dogs are real good for us too, No dull, right, Well, did you know that? There’s a hell of a lot of science to back…

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00:00:01 Speaker 1: That bird was right there, twenty yards from me up that hill. It was just one of those moments where I just paused and went, man, what are the odds? Thank you Lord, what an amazing story. 00:00:15 Speaker 2: This episode of Turkey Stories is full of surprises. Probably a good title for this one would have been April Fools. But some surprises are good, some are bad. We’ve got stories from Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Texas, with some new voices and some old ones, but they’re chock full of goblins strutting, laughing, some fear, some…

I’ll make my list of the first nine survival items that you should buy really simple for you. The first two big-dollar items that you should buy are the Self Reliance Outfitters Canteen set and heavy duty space blanker/tarp. These two items are really must-have items. Dave Canterbury of Self Reliance Outfitters had these items custom-made. They are industrial strength and designed just like I would have done so myself. The canteen. It is similar to the old metal army canteen setup. But it is bigger and has a bigger mouth. It is nested in a canteen cup with a…