Author: Gunner Quinn
Perusing the accounts of armed citizens acting as their own first responders is endlessly interesting. Each case is different. As we read them, we find ourselves wondering what we would have done, and then asking if the citizen made the best decisions possible in the worst-case scenario. Consider an April 2 incident in Shaler, Pa. A resident of an apartment building noticed a man who did not live in the complex dumping a pickup bed full of garbage into the complex’s private dumpster. This resident told the man to stop. The encounter escalated from an argument to a fight. The…
The ongoing fight over Washington wildlife management has moved from combative commission meetings into federal court.On April 2, Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Lorna Smith, along with Washington Wildlife First (WW1) and its Executive Director, Claire Loebs Davis, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) Director Kelly Susewind and Deputy Director Amy Windrope. The sharply-worded, 82-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, alleges bullying, retaliation, viewpoint discrimination, and a broader effort by Susewind and Windrope to discredit critics of their management decisions.“Defendant Susewind has twisted facts,…
Way back in the day, the three Rs of learning were colloquially known as “Readin’, Rightin’ and Rithmatic.” Fast-forward to modern performance shooting and the three Rs become Rise, Return and Realignment, the core mechanics of recoil control. The operative word here is control. How well you control each phase determines how well you control recoil. Either you control the firing recovery process, or it will control you. All three components—Rise, Return and Realignment—work as a single connected sequence resulting in preparation for the next shot as an integral part of the current shot. Each phase is a separate but…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: What is going on? 00:00:00 Speaker 2: Welcome back to a fresh episode of Back forty. This is Jake Hoefert and we have a fresh panel of four guests to talk about all the different things when it comes to managing whitetails. There’s no shortage of advice on what you should be doing, but sometimes the fastest way to improve your property is knowing what mistakes to avoid in the first place. In this episode of Back forty, we ask the question what are the biggest white tailand mistakes people make? And the answers cover a variety…
Federal Ammunition announced this week that it has entered into an agreement that allows the U.S. Army to utilize its patented Peak Alloy ammunition case technology for use in multiple cartridges and weapon systems. Terms specify certain conditions necessary prior to granting government purpose rights, such as the delivery of 40 million cases that feature the cutting-edge technology. Peak Alloy first appeared on the commercial market in 2025 when Federal Ammunition introduced it in the company’s all new 7 mm Backcountry cartridge. The material was used in the high-strength, proprietary steel alloy casing, which enables significantly higher chamber pressure than…
00:00:00 Speaker 1: There are days. There might be days where you’re gonna be it might be easier than you thought. There’s definitely gonna come a time where it’s gonna be either harder than you thought, or physically it’s gonna be so hard that mentally you start to shut down a little bit. So if you can hedge that fitness side of it to make it more enjoyable, here’s a good thing to think about. 00:00:17 Speaker 2: Have you, Rich Broning, ever been on a hunt you thought you were over prepared for and like you were like, ah,…
00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the news show Mother Lakers. This week, we’ve got some research about CWD that I really need to hear about the debate about bear spray versus pistols as bear defense rages on. Are the cyanide bombs you’ve been hearing all about actually bombs. Wolves in the Greater Yellowstone area are getting whittled away in numbers by hunters, no trappers. No, but don’t worry. We’ll tell you what it is later on in the show. The Alaskan Arctic might be getting itself a data center, which I generally kind of hate the idea of generally, and…
00:00:03 Speaker 1: When detectives stepped into Dustin Jersom’s canvas tent, they thought the man lying on the ground had been attacked by a bear, but the evidence inside, untouched food, an empty ax sheath, and two tequila glasses pointed to someone else, someone who had brutally murdered the father, friend, and brother and then fled into the darkness. That’s next on Blood Trails. Dustin Jersom was the kind of guy you could count on when things went sideways, and it didn’t matter whether he’d known you for twenty years or two weeks. 00:00:44 Speaker 2: He met me on…
(Continued from Part 1. This concludes the article.) The World As We Now Know It Succeed here first. A good man succeeds regardless of where he is. Marcus Aurelius would be a good man here or in ancient Rome. Same for Sejong the Great. Same if an Adeptus Astartes was put in your place. A good man succeeds where he finds himself. “I would succeed if only…” is loser talk. It’s taken many a man who might have succeeded and turned him into one who did not. You’ve probably heard “if you think you can or think you can’t, you’re…
On May 28, 1588 King Philip II dispatched the Spanish Armada under the Duke of Medina-Sidonia from Lisbon, Portugal to invade England. When it left Lisbon, the fleet was composed of 141 ships, with 10,138 sailors and 19,315 soldiers. The fleet carried 1,500 brass guns and 1,000 iron guns. The armada was hampered by bad weather, and then was outmaneuvered by the 200-ship British navy is several decisive engagements. The remainder of the Armada was devastated by storms, disease, and starvation. An analysis of the human cost of the campaign reveals that 25,696 men departed and just 13,399 returned. —…