Author: Gunner Quinn

Most people live in a state of perpetual psychological comfort known as Normalcy Bias. This is the deeply ingrained, warm, fuzzy assumption that the systems keeping us alive today will function indefinitely tomorrow. We unconsciously believe that the grocery store will always hold a fresh supply of organic kale, the kitchen tap will never run dry, and the wall outlet will indefinitely pump electricity on demand. Spoiler alert: It won’t. When we analyze why individuals, organizations, or entire societies collapse during a crisis, the root cause is rarely a complete lack of preparation. Instead, failure occurs because someone mistook a…

This Week in History July 21, 1403: The Battle of Shrewsbury. An army led by the Lancastrian King of England, Henry IV defeated a rebel army led by Henry “Harry Hotspur” Percy of Northumberland thus ending the Percy challenge to the throne. This was also the first battle English archers fought each other on English soil. — 1669: John Locke‘s constitution for the English Province of Carolina was adopted. — July 23, 1764: James Otis published “The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved,” in which he argued against taxation without representation. — And on July 24, 1847,  Brigham…

I’m about to show you something that might seem a little ridiculous, but hear me out. I use a good old-fashioned micrometer in my shop all the time. Sure, there are fancy electronic measuring tools these days, but a quality mechanical micrometer is reliable, accurate and never seems to let me down. The problem isn’t using it — it’s protecting it. A micrometer tossed into a pocket with keys, a pocketknife and who-knows-what-else is just asking for trouble. They’re precision instruments, and they deserve better. So I called my friend Doc Barranti of Barranti Leather Co. with an unusual request:…

Released by onX earlier this month, the “Roadless Rule: By the Numbers” report highlights key impacts of the rule, which places limits on road development and logging on relatively undeveloped national forest land. To put together the report, the satellite mapping company cross-referenced USFS boundary files with its own outdoor recreation data, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service habitat data, and 50 years of National Interagency Fire Center records.Some of the key takeaways are eye-opening. For instance, though the roadless rule encompasses just 27.7% of all USFS land, only 3.17% of wildfires start in those areas, while 90% of all fires…

The name “Zeiss” is associated with high-quality lenses that are used on everything from cameras to medical equipment. When it comes to the shooting sports market, Zeiss optics come at a price point that is out of reach for most hunters and shooters…until now. With the introduction of its V3 series, Zeiss is offering a budget-friendly, yet high-quality “gateway” to its line of optics.  The Zeiss V3 line of riflescopes offers six purpose-built scopes at a budget-friendly price point. V3 scopes are built around Zeiss’ Bright Technology fully multi-coated lenses that deliver at least 90 percent light transmission. Lenses have…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Calaian. Here’s cal It’s a sharky summer. Scan the news headlines of the past couple of weeks and you’ll see reports of sharks popping up close to popular beaches across the East Coast. In Queens, a suburb of New York, Rockaway Beach has recorded sixteen sightings this month alone, and twenty three since late May, which officials say is a record for this time of year. Meanwhile, over in Rhode Island, a fifteen plus foot great white was filmed…

As we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday, what better way to showcase it than with an example of America’s Rifle, the AR-15? While, certainly, semi-automatic rifles are available worldwide, the United States was the first nation to mass-issue semi-automatic rifles in wartime, namely the esteemed M1 Garand. Post World War II development brought us the M16, which has been in service since Vietnam, and has always been available in semi-automatic guise as the AR-15. The rifle we have today is an homage to specialized versions of the M16 used in Vietnam, like the Colt 607 or Commando XM177. I opted…

00:00:04 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 onex Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle. Last week we dug into the topic of crayfish, crawfish and crawdads. I purposely inserted the crawdad terminology in there because some of y’all let me know loud and clear last time that I left that name out the first time around. Anyway, we found out a good bit. But like I said, and like we saw,…

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There are few things more American than heading out to the back 40 or your nearest range with a rimfire rifle and a brick of .22 ammunition to just have fun. Really, there’s not much more that you need than that, though there are a whole bunch of products available that will turn your plinking experience up a notch or two. Here are five we really loved: 1. Dead Air/Ruger RXD22Ti .22 LR Suppressor The Dead Air RXD22Ti, made in collaboration with Ruger, is easier to use and to clean than many other .22 LR suppressors on the market. Rated…