Author: Gunner Quinn

(Continued from Part 2.) Give Up the Fantasy A daughter may need to move, bend, compromise, and pivot. Those are all signs of maturity and embracing reality. A successful farmer looks at changing conditions across soil health, larger economic forces, and continues to refine their decisions onwhat crops are planted, and when. Young women and their families need to give up on fantasies and embrace reality. Fantasies are very dangerous delusions that often leading to negative long term consequences. When preppers think their food supply is adequate, but it would not feed a 19th Century waif for a fortnight, it…

On April 14, 1849, Hungary declared itself independent of Austria, with Lajos (Louis) Kossuth as its leader. — On this day in 1865, just after the effective end of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a production at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died the next morning. — April 14, 1881: The famed Four Dead in Five Seconds gunfight in El Paso, Texas. — Today’s feature article is a guest post from a long-time SurvivalBlog reader. Because it is partly self-promotional, it is not part of the writing contest…

Armed Citizen® Today A man attempted to rob another man in Rocky Mount, N.C., early in the morning on April 7, but the intended victim was able to draw his firearm and fend off the attacker. Police stopped a vehicle spotted leaving the area after the attack and arrested two men—one of whom was suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound—in the vehicle. The two are facing one felony charge each of conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon and one felony count each of attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. (cbs17.com, Raleigh, N.C., 4/8/26) From the Armed Citizen® Archives…

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Aaron Voigt is a gun designer who began making waves in the shooting-sports marketplace in 2017 with the release of the cellphone-size series of Trailblazer Lifecard folding single-shot rimfire pistols. Later, in 2024, Trailblazer would take home a coveted Golden Bullseye Award for his uncommon and innovative Pivot pistol-caliber carbine. By 2025, his latest manufacturing venture, Dark Mountain Arms, was in full swing producing yet another proprietary platform called the Stowaway, which is available in several chamberings, including the 5.7×28 mm version I tested. The Stowaway is a single-shot, takedown, bolt-action carbine designed to be as lightweight as possible while…

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 Greater sage grouse in the popular Jackson Hole area have been seriously dwindling thanks to habitat loss and fragmentation, invasive grass’s, urbanization, and a whole slew of other issues. But a new program is giving biologists a tool to help the iconic game birds robo grouse Yep, you heard that right. Essentially, a team of high school students has created what Wyo File writer Angus ham Thurmer called mechanical avian Chippendale’s to attempt to draw grouse…

00:00:02 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 Onyx Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle, and on this episode, we’re going back to the state of Florida. We’re going back to the water crisis. However, this time we’re gonna hear about it from a different perspective. Okay, so allow me to explain kind of the odd setting that you’re seeing me in right now. I’ll start with the setting first, and then…

(Continued from Part 1.) Preparations for Daughters The number one thing that a parent can do for their daughter who wants her to have a great life is to prepare her for marriage. The preparations necessary for a young woman for success in life are extremely different than the preparations for a son or grandson. The easiest way for a young woman to be successful in life is to enter into an excellent marriage. The number one problem is that most parents and grandparents are doing a poor job at preparing daughters and granddaughters for this role because they think…

On April 13, 1012: A ransom of 48,000 pounds was paid to a large band of Vikings, led by Danish warlord Thorkell the Tall, for the liberation of Canterbury, after a raid on the city and the capture of Alphege [Aelfheah] Archbishop of Canterbury — April 13, 1743, was the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. — And on April 13, 1933: First flight over Mount Everest, by Lord Clydesdale. — We’ve just started a two-week-long sale on all of our pre-1899 antique shotguns at Elk Creek Company.  There are some deep discounts. This sale will end on Monday, April 27th, 2026.…

Tyler Madden (20) of Dyersburg, Tennessee, has pleaded guilty to 24 hunting-related charges spanning Dyer, Crockett, and Madison Counties, which include illegally taking 30 turkeys over the 2024 and 2025 seasons. The charges include two counts of big game violation, seven counts of statewide wild turkey bag limit violation, small game season date violation, statewide waterfowl season date violation, hunting without permission, hunting from a public road, hunting from a motor vehicle, and ten counts of illegal possession.On October 12, 2024, Madison County game wardens received multiple anonymous tips that Madden had poached a leucistic turkey, known widely by locals,…