Author: Gunner Quinn

Almost any savory dish you cook with water will be tastier if cooked with a vegetable broth or meat broth.  So throughout a week of cooking (and harvesting), I set aside less desirable parts of vegetables and bones to make broth when I have accumulated enough to make a pot or two.  I often time the cooking in advance of making rice, or beans so I can cook those carbohydrates in the broth. Making Vegetable Broth The vegetables for broths can be any and all.  For example, this week, I harvested broccoli heads.  For the broth, I cut up the…

We are now celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the founding of SurvivalBlog. My first blog post was on August 5, 2005. That was just three weeks before the first report that Hurricane Katrina had formed. There are now 40,836 archived SurvivalBlog posts. That includes 7,296 quotes, with Bible verses on every Saturday and Sunday. All of the blog archives will remain freely available. Thanks for spreading the word and making the blog such a great success. Our special thanks to the 2% of readers who voluntarily subscribe. I hope that more folks will recognize the usefulness of SurvivalBlog as a…

In 1569, Spanish explorers saw pronghorn and simply recorded them as “goats” in their journal because it was not entirely clear to them what this odd animal was. Its similarity to African antelope eventually resulted in the widespread name “Pronghorn Antelope.”However, further evaluation revealed this was not a true antelope, but it was too late; the name had stuck. It was a buck collected in Nebraska by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in September of 1804 that finally brought this animal to the attention of science. Its scientific name, Antilocapra americana, literally means “American antelope-goat,” but to be accurate and…

A social media influencer was recently sentenced for serious wildlife infractions in the Yukon territory of Canada. Tristan Hamm, an influencer who bills himself as an “adventurous Canadian turned boxer” to his 1.9 million Instagram followers, pleaded guilty to illegally arrowing three bears in the Yukon over five days in May 2023.Hamm pleaded guilty and was sentenced at the Yukon Territorial Court on May 1, 2025. His charges stemmed from lying about his residency when he purchased a Yukon resident hunting license in 2023, though he didn’t live in the territory.The distinction between resident and nonresident hunters is especially important…

The National Rifle Association has announced Grand Scholarship winners from the 2024 Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.), a gathering of exceptional students selected for their leadership, initiative and dedication to advancing NRA programs in their communities. Last year’s top-performing participants have collectively received $13,500 in college scholarships, which will be paid directly to the accredited college or technical school of their choice. The Y.E.S. program—which launched in 1996—is held each summer in Washington, D.C., and brings together high-achieving high school students from across the country for a week of immersive learning focused on the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights and American…

Saddle hunting has quickly evolved from a niche tactic to a mainstream method of chasing whitetails, especially for mobile-minded hunters seeking stealth and efficiency. The system’s lightweight, minimalist nature allows hunters to access hard-to-reach areas with less noise and more versatility than traditional treestands. But success in the saddle hinges not just on the saddle itself, but on the essential gear that completes the system.Now, with a few years of saddle hunting experience behind me, I am becoming more comfortable and focused. It may sound strange to some, but I believe one of the most important things I’ve learned is…

The idea that a faster-moving, lightweight projectile can do the same work as a heavier, slower-moving slug has been around for ages, and the math clearly supports it, even if some in the general public don’t. This, unfortunately, was the case when Fabrique Nationale introduced its first firearms chambered in 5.7×28 mm FN, a cartridge designed for the Personal Defense Weapon (PDW) role that promised some level of armor penetration without excessive recoil. And although the military/law-enforcement versions of the chambering made good on this pledge, 5.7×28 mm FN did meet its match in one barrier that it couldn’t break…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, 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, Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. I’m your house Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about the bucks that are around right now and if they’ll still be there in another. 00:00:30 Speaker 3: Month or two.…

00:00:06 Speaker 1: Yo, what is up? 00:00:07 Speaker 2: You are off in God’s Country with your boys. Dan and Reed isbel also known as the Brothers Hunt, where we take a weekly drive to the intersection of country music and the great outdoors, two things that go together like no AC and Europe. Yeah, it’s all it’s bad AC. I should say that they’ve got it, but it’s not like ours. 00:00:29 Speaker 1: It’s pretty bad over there. I’ve been. 00:00:30 Speaker 3: I’ve been through that or a Gibson three forty five and arguably the best…

Let’s face it, the world we live in is defined by the staggering variety of choices we have. A that is why the simple concept of standardization (the deliberate choice to use common platforms and equipment) might seem like a limitation. However, as large government organizations and individual preppers alike have learned a strategic commitment to commonality offers immeasurable benefits in efficiency, cost, and safety. By examining the lessons from military programs I have been personally involved with and applying them to our own lives, we can see how thinking about standardization is a powerful way to enhance our readiness,…