Author: Gunner Quinn

Within the suppressor world, one of the most popular use cases is for rifles, for a whole host of reasons. Reducing a rifle’s report not only helps prevent hearing loss, it can also create a more comfortable shooting environment for those around you. When hunting, the use of a suppressor can diminish a rifle’s report so drastically that it’s possible to take game without alerting other game animals in the surrounding area. Using a suppressor on a home-defense firearm can reduce the disorientation created by concussive muzzle blasts in confined spaces, ensuring that home defenders remain more alert and aware…

If there’s one disease that needs no introduction in the whitetail world, it’s CWD. Since its first detection in wild deer herds, chronic wasting disease has been a constant source of contention and uncertainty within the hunting community.Studies have repeatedly shown that a high prevalence of chronic wasting disease can tip population growth rates into the negatives, since CWD is categorically fatal for any deer unlucky enough to contract it. Progression in infected individuals is wildly different from other high-profile diseases like EHD, which makes it particularly challenging to understand the long-term effects of CWD on whitetail populations.While an EHD-positive…

For as long as hunters have been hunting, they have been looking for ways to extend their reach. Maybe they wanted to be farther away from a dangerous animal they were trying to kill, or maybe they wanted to reach out farther to kill their dinner. Regardless, the desire for extended reach has always existed, and at first, it was probably a rock that could be thrown farther or maybe a longer spear. Today, it’s ammunition that will resist the wind better and shoot more flatly and accurately while still being lethal. Winchester’s latest solution to finding more reach is…

The results are finally in from Florida’s annual Python Challenge, and one hunter put together a performance unlike anything the competition has seen before. Held July 10-19, the 10 day event drew more than 900 participants from across the U.S. and beyond, all with the same goal: remove as many invasive Burmese pythons from South Florida as possible. At the end of the competition, veteran python hunter Tom Rahill captured a staggering 96 snakes, a new single-competitor record that accounted for more than one-third of the 280 pythons removed during this year’s challenge. And the best part–he caught them all…

Springfield’s 1911 DS Prodigy series of handguns is a take on the ever-popular hybrid-frame, 2011-style double-stack handgun from a company that is known for its extensive line of 1911s. Since its introduction in 2022, Springfield has expanded the Prodigy family with a myriad of barrel length, frame size, optics mount, and finish options. The company’s latest variant is the 1911 DS Prodigy 3.5″ AOS. The Prodigy 3.5″ AOS combines features of both the full-size and compact Prodigy. The 9 mm Luger Prodigy 3.5″ AOS combines the features of two popular existing Prodigy models. In this latest model, the full-size grip…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: The West domination, and more specifically, the Frontier West domination of movie and television storytelling for most of the twentieth century is one of the truly remarkable features of American film history. That domination began well over a century ago. One of the very first commercial motion pictures was The Great Train Robbery, filmed in New Jersey in nineteen oh three. With a runtime of twelve minutes. It not only launched the Western as a genre, it introduced Bronco Billy Anderson, who became the first Western movie star, following nineteen oh seven’s Bronco Billy and the Baby.…

Author’s Introductory Note: I am not a medical professional. This article does not constitute medical advice. It merely represents the observations and opinions of an average layperson. Please consult a medical professional about the best training, equipment, and supplies that you should obtain in order to be better prepared for possible emergencies. SurvivalBlog readers who are also medical professionals are strongly encouraged to contribute articles within their areas of expertise to SurvivalBlog. You may provide the vital public service of rescuing SurvivalBlog readers from the simplistic ideas of people like me). Many first-aid kits are really boo-boo kits. They are…

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: Hi, everyone, welcome to the Wire to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. I’m arouse Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about finding bachelor groups, watching them, learning about them, and eventually hunting them. It’s the time of year when a lot of us…

When I have conversations with friends and neighbors about Artificial Intelligence (AI), some of them  conclude that I’m an alarmist. I believe that this is because their experience has been limited to simplistic generative AI tools that crank out artwork in seconds, or that can create convincing term papers when given just a simple outline phrase. What they haven’t seen are agentic AIs that scheme, manipulate, and cheat to reach their programmed goals, and often go beyond those programmed goals. If a stated goal is open-ended, then these AIs often improvise in unexpected ways. Recently, for example, a test AI…

This Week in History: On August 18, 1877, the Martian Moon Phobos was discovered. One of the two natural satellites of Mars, Phobos, was discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall. Hall also discovered Deimos, the other Martian Moon. Named after the Greek God of fear, Phobos orbits only 3,700 miles from the surface of Mars. This makes it the Moon to orbit closest to its planet in the Solar System. Because of this odd orbit, Phobos completes each orbit around Mars in just 7 hours and 39 minutes. — August 19, 1895: American frontier murderer and outlaw John Wesley Hardin…