Author: Gunner Quinn

More than 200,000 targets were donated by White Flyer—part of the Winchester Ammunition family of firms—to South Dakota’s new shooting sports complex, which officially opened to the public on November 8. The 400-acre Pete Lien & Sons Shooting Sports Complex, which is operated by South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP), is located in Piedmont, S.D. “The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks have created an incredible new shooting sports facility that will play a critical role in introducing new generations to the sport through education and outreach,” said Jason Gilbertson, senior director of marketing for Winchester Ammunition. “The Winchester…

Hunting stories stay eternally ingrained in our minds. Photos help keep those memories alive past our lifetimes (and also make you stay a bit more honest about how big that buck really was). Whether it’s from a trip long ago or a more recent hunt from this past season, it’s fun to look at an image and be transported right back into that moment.You’ve seen us in the field plenty—now we want to see your hunting stories, as well as fishing, foraging, or cooking-over-a-fire tales. That’s why we’re running the second annual MeatEater Photo Contest, because we want to see…

I’ve recently read several articles regarding what’s called “the snubby lifestyle.” In recent times, as more folks have become concerned about rising violence in the United States, there have been two notable personal-protection trends. On the one hand, there are those students of the gun who are adopting a more tactical approach. This includes packing a full-size pistol, often outfitted with a weapon-mounted flashlight and other upgrades, along with three additional magazines. The philosophy behind this set up is to be prepared to engage a range of urban threats from the lone assailant to civil unrest. This version of the…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: You know, I think it’s a pro athlete, Like you live in this weird Ivory tower where like I, like I said, I got the chance to one on one fist fight the toughest dudes in the world for a decade. Yeah, every Sunday in front of millions of people wearing white spandex and like, like when you break it down like that, people are like really, I’m like, yeah, I never touched the ball, right, Like, I just got to basically impose my will. And I think that like level of addiction of like I know…

00:00:12 Speaker 1: Rifle shots aren’t unusual during deer season in Borough, Minnesota, but in twenty sixteen, one of those shots wasn’t aimed at a white tail. It was aimed at a husband and father of four, shot with his own rifle by a perpetrator who might be a stranger or someone much closer to home. Now, nearly ten years later, a gun, a van, and whispers in a small Midwestern town, point in every direction and nowhere at all. That’s next on blood Trails. When fifteen year old Jonathan Briske got home from school on November seventh, twenty sixteen,…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the White Tail 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. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, I’m joined by my longtime collaborators and co hosts of the Wired Hunt podcast at one time or another, Dan Johnson and Tony Peterson, and we are breaking down their twenty twenty five rut hunts, having a little bit of a…

JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in November, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — Many letters and e-mails I’ve received over the years have mentioned motor oil and chainsaw fuel mixing oil.  That reminded me about a subject that I’ve meant to address on the blog: the key considerations of oil and lubricant storage.  It is important to think through all of your…

November 20, 1789: New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. — National Sovereignty Day (Spanish: Día de la Soberanía Nacional) is a national public holiday in Argentina, celebrated each year on November 20th. — November 20, 1924: The U.S. State Department began requiring photographs for passports. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 121 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate. This can be used for any of their one, two, or three-day course (a $1,095 value),…

The first known death from the tick-borne meat allergy Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS) has been reported this month in New Jersey. In September 2024, a 47-year-old airline pilot returned home after an afternoon barbecue, and despite feeling well enough to mow the lawn and read a newspaper, he began to suffer severe abdominal distress and was found dead by his son in the family’s bathroom later that evening.The man had no history of other health conditions, and medical examiners could not determine the cause of death, listing it as “unexplained” on the man’s autopsy report. By chance, the man’s wife discussed…

Walther Arms announced in mid-November that it will suspend production of all PPK, PPK/S and PP legacy firearms, as the entire line undergoes a “multi-year modernization journey.” The company also noted that its remaining inventory of guns within each line had been fully sold into the market, and the guns currently on dealer shelves will not be replenished. “This is not the end of the PPK story,” said Tyler Weigel, VP Sales of Walther Arms, “It’s the beginning of a new chapter. Our goal is to honor the heritage of these iconic firearms by bringing them into the future without…