Author: Gunner Quinn
On November 16, 2018, 68-year-old Chong Mua Yang—a Hmong immigrant, war veteran, and lifelong hunter—was found face-down in the snow, shot in the back of the head. The backpack, knife, and shotgun he’d taken on his deer hunt were missing. His footprints were the only ones leading in… but not the only ones leading out.The investigation would take six years, involve Google geofence warrants, racist text messages, GPS timelines, a can of Scent Killer, and a shocking interview in Miami that turned the entire case upside down.Was this a hate crime? A hunting “accident”? Or something even darker?In this episode…
In the battle over public land access, the sides often seem to have heroic DIY hunters on one side vs villainous landowners scheming to keep us out on the other.But it’s hardly ever that simple. Take, for example, David Faubion, a Wyoming-based big game hunter who has been chartering a helicopter to fly him and his hunting partners into landlocked public ground in Wyoming over the past few years. You can read about his no-holds-barred approach over at Guns and Ammo, where Faubion is an editor and staff writer.Faubion has certainly chosen a fitting place for his chopper hunts: according…
Meatballs are a staple in our house, and I’d be willing to bet they’re a hit in yours, too. I love this garlicky, all-purpose version because it’s versatile, forgiving, and works well with most wild game. You can use ground goose, turkey, feral pig, or whatever you have in the freezer.While these meatballs are right at home with spaghetti and red sauce, they don’t have to stop there. They’re just as good tucked into warm pita with tzatziki, simmered into a simple soup, or served on their own as an easy weeknight protein. One solid recipe with a lot of…
The Hornady family was presented with the prestigious Legacy Award during the Greater Grand Island Community Foundation’s Gift of Legacy celebration in October 2025. The honor recognizes the enduring generosity, community leadership and deep-rooted commitment to the greater Grand Island, Neb., area by the Hornadys. “I cannot image Grand Island without the Hornady family,” said Kyle Overturf, president of Greater Grand Island Community Foundation Board of Trustees. “Their support runs through every vein of our community and their partnership with the foundation has made them the very heart of Grand Island.” The Gift of a Legacy celebration honors individuals 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. 00:00:19 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, I’m joined by renowned chef Jesse Griffiths to talk through different ideas and techniques for elevating your wild game cooking during holidays and beyond. All right, welcome back to the Wired to Hunt podcast, brought to you by First Light and their…
Some companies have miniaturized the famous M1911 semi-automatic platform in order to manufacture pistols intended for smaller calibers and more comfortable concealed carry. This is by no means a new practice, but it is a good one. Back in 1984, Colt’s Manufacturing offered the sleek, sub-compact, all-stainless steel Colt Government Model chambered in .380 ACP. My wife picked one up while we were dating in the 1990s just before they were discontinued. We both liked it for its size, the light, clean single-action trigger, and the fact that it’s still among the most accurate pocket-size pistols I’ve worked with over…
00:00:02 Speaker 1: The crime scene in the murder of Chung Wai Yang didn’t just look wrong. It looked intentional. No warning, no struggle, just a single shot to the back of the head, footprints leading nowhere, and the hunter’s gear stripped away like a trophy. For the Yang family, the question started immediately for investigators. The answers would point toward a pair of hunters who claimed it was all just a joke. That’s next on Blood Trails. When Maivu Yang got a text from her mother one evening in the fall of twenty eighteen, she wasn’t too concerned to…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: I mean, I was so focused on, like, I don’t care what anybody tells me to do. I don’t care what you want to do. This is what I’m doing every day until I get asked to go leave, Like you know, the Navy’s going to like, hey, you’re in now. But I ran so much and I swam so much that when I got in, I knew that my times were faster than what they expected. On the high end, I was like, I’m going to beat the fastest times that they want us to do…
The Benelli M4 is the civilian version of the M1014 semi-automatic combat shotgun that was developed for the United States military in 1998 and taken into service in 1999. The M4 or the M1014 is now used by military or law enforcement agencies in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Georgia, Ireland, Libya, Malaysia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. Its unique “auto-regulating gas operated” (ARGO) system uses an elegantly simple arrangement of two pistons that push directly against the bolt. The system allows the shotgun to be used with intermixed rounds of different…
On December 18, 1888 Richard Wetherill and his brother in-law discovered the ancient Anasazi ruins of Mesa Verde, Colorado. — December 18th is the birthday of Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788). He wrote more than 1,700 hymns. — Today is also the birthday of Jørgen Haagen Schmith (born December 18, 1910, died October 15, 1944). He was better known under the codename “Citron” and was a famous Danish resistance fighter in occupied Denmark. — Today’s feature piece is a review written by SurvivalBlog staffer Tom Christianson. — We need more entries for Round 122 of the…