Author: Gunner Quinn

Several years ago, I sat down to dinner at a high-end restaurant in Indianapolis while attending the Archery Trade Association Show. Seated next to me was a fellow who has made a name for himself as a hardcore, backcountry western hunter. He has earned his reputation, and then some, so I thought it would be an interesting conversation.It was, until we got on the topic of whitetails. Almost as soon as our chat drifted from the mountains to middle America, he said that he didn’t think we needed anyone filming whitetail hunts because they were all the same, and they…

The National Shooting Sport Foundation (NSSF) estimates the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) completed 530,156 background checks related to firearms for the week leading up to and including Black Friday—one of the busiest shopping days of the year. That figure is down from 2024’s total of 613,380 for the same period. The numbers reflect a 13.6 percent decrease from the 2024 figure. FBI’s NICS system processed 165,183 names—including those who underwent background checks for other purposes related to firearms, such as approvals for concealed carry permits—on Black Friday alone. The figure pales in comparison to the top…

Guns aren’t always a great financial investment (though they can be), but this is one firearm purchase you can definitely feel good about.Lot 1 at the Rock Island Auction on December 5th is a one-of-a-kind set of five Purdey & Sons side-by-side shotguns. Valued at a whopping $800,000, the proceeds from the sale will benefit five conservation organizations: Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, National Wild Turkey Federation, and Pheasants/Quail Forever.The guns are currently owned by legendary hunter and turkey caller, Will Primos. As he explained to Steve and the crew on a recent episode of The…

Since I began my dedicated exploration of the American handgun marketplace years ago, things have changed. What was once a much more diverse selection of action types, sizes, frame materials and calibers seems to have been washed away by a tidal wave of compact, striker-fired, polymer-framed semi-automatics chambered in 9 mm. These are certainly useful defensive pistols with dozens of configurations from a variety of manufacturers. But it seems like what was true for Ford’s Model T back in 1914 is now the case for modern handgun fans. You can have any color you want, just as long as it’s…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: You just ride around with some binoculars. You catch these and some of these bulls, I mean big, like imagine a bucking bull like as bigger, not bigger, if not bigger than that bison out there sharp porn’s never seen a human. You ride in, catch it and it’s trying to kill you, and these guys will rope it, tie it down like it’s a calf. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: At a rodeo. 00:00:22 Speaker 3: What’s the process for that? 00:00:24 Speaker 1: I mean, you find it. You get on top of a hill, you scan…

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. 00:00:22 Speaker 3: This week on the show, I’m joined by Eric Clark and Derek Melcorp of the Okayist Hunter podcast to discuss ten simple steps to follow to become a happier and more satisfied deer hunter. All right, welcome back to the Wired Hunt podcast,…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: The plan was simple a week of elk hunting in Montana’s backcountry, but somewhere between the trailhead into the Crazy Mountains and the first snowfall, Aaron Hedges vanished. His friend said he’d gone off on his own, and searchers later found his boots neatly placed beside a firing. What happened next would baffle investigators and fuel a decade of theories about how and why Aaron died within a quarter mile of being rescued. That’s next on Blood Trails. There are many strange things about the disappearance of Aaron Hedges, but one of the strangest is why he…

When it all hits the fan and the grid is gone for whatever reason, be it EMP, all out nuclear exchange, a hurricane, or possibly a tornado, snow knocking down trees, or as we say up here in the interior of Alaska the four reasons power goes out: it’s either too hot, too cold, too wet, or the dawgs pee on the phone pole, and when that happens, we are now all equally being given a ride back in time … a time of no lights to just switch on, no medical life sustaining devices, and now it’s “game-on”, folks.…

December 4, 1812: Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, patented a horse-drawn mower. — December 4th is the birthday of Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, (born 1912). He was an AVG “Flying Tiger” volunteer pilot for the Chinese Nationalist government, WWII Marine Corps aviator, and Medal of Honor recipient. (He died January 11, 1988.) A proto-Redoubter, Pappy Boyington was born in Couer d’Alene, Idaho and was raised in Spokane, Washington. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. This…

Selecting the right shotshell for ducks, geese, and pheasants can be a daunting task. Not only are there numerous options to choose from, but there’s also considerable misinformation or “marketing speak” that can mislead hunters.One of the best shotshell selection resources for waterfowl and upland hunters is Tom Roster’s non-toxic lethality chart. Roster is a ballistics expert who has extensively tested shotshells for decades. I don’t have the credentials of Roster, but I have hunted with (and patterned) a wider variety of shotshells than most over the last 20 years. Here’s what I have found works best.Shooting Inside 35 YardsA…