Author: Gunner Quinn
00:00:01 Speaker 1: In the eighteen thirties, two talented painters, George Catlan and Carl Bodmer, journeyed into the West and left the future a marvelous body of artwork time machine visuals that enable us now to form an evocative sense of the early West and its primary characters. I’m Dan Florey’s and this is the American West, brought to you by Velvet Buck. Still in barrel. Velvet Buck arrives this summer, just in time for the season that calls us home. A portion of every bottle supports backcountry hunters and anglers to protect public lands, waters and wildlife enjoy responsibly…
In August 2025 issue, we explored how several entirely different kinds of firearms, and a classic cartridge, possess the tried-and-true attributes that make them effective for self-protection or hunting—even though none is as popular as the modern sporting rifles, semi-automatic pistols and specialty chamberings that account for much of today’s gun coverage. To that point, in “Not Just An ‘Other’ Firearm: Mossberg 990 Aftershock” Field Editor Frank Melloni wrings out one of the few examples on today’s market of a semi-automatic, shotshell-chambered gun equipped with a bird’s head grip and a fore-end fitted with a strap. The aptly named Aftershock…
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, everybody, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which has brought to you by first Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson. In today’s episode is all about letting the deer be your teachers while you just sit back and absorb information from them. A lot of the hunting…
During the past few years, multiple new cartridges have been introduced as the be-all and end-all for the shooting sports. But experienced folks yawn at the hype and continue hunting and shooting as they have for years on end with their trusty .308 Win. rifles in hand—and the chambering remains one of the most popular centerfire rifle cartridges as a result. Every rifle shoots its best when paired with certain propellant and bullet combinations, and, for a handloader, finding an accurate recipe for the .308 is quite easy because of the balance of the cartridge’s bore diameter to case capacity.…
00:00:06 Speaker 1: Yo, what’s up? 00:00:06 Speaker 2: You’re off in God’s Country with your boys. Read and Dan is Well, also known as the Brother or Something. We take a weekly drive to the intersection of country music in the great outdoors gonna be fired up thing. They go together like man, just good dudes and the jinkin bros. 00:00:24 Speaker 3: Or a brother with brown hair and one with brown hair was slightly gray. They both have brown hair. Oh it’s kind of white gray, Josh brown gray like that. That’s what those things go together,…
00:00:30 Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, welcome to a me Eater fwop episode. This is the second fop we’ve done out of Alaska. The first flop we talked to a bush pilot who claims he’s not a bush pilot, and those guys are all gone now, so but a pilot that one would call a bush pilot who says he’s not a bush pilot was fop one. Now we’re gonna talk to a genuine sea otter skinner, Heather Duvelle, a k mosy kind of the last of the dying breed, or not the last of a dying breed, the new specimen…
It was amazing to see St. Funogas’ article today (8/22/25) entitled “My Concerns With Artificial Intelligence.” Hopefully my thoughts below will add to his insights! Great minds think alike! 🙂 I deny being a Luddite, but I must confess I’m concerned about the rapidly growing utilization of A.I. in our lives. It’s kind of shocking how many devices are connecting to some A.I. flavor or the other, and I suppose – eventually – just one or two super-A.I.s, directly or indirectly. Smartphones (for all their utility, essentially a government eavesdropping device), home security systems, Alexa, cars, and even computers/laptops are…
On August 26, 1346: The Battle of Crécy. Edward III‘s English longbows defeated Philip VI’s army south of Calais in northern France. At Crecy, cannons were used for the first time in battle. — August 26, 1946 was the official release date of George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” — Today’s feature piece was too short to qualify as an entry for the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. — More than $960,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running the contest. Round 120 ends on September 30th, so get busy writing and e-mail us your entry. Remember that there is…
Most deer hunters aren’t living the dream of unlimited time in the woods. Tony Peterson recently pointed out in an earlier article how easy it can be to fall into the “must be nice” crowd. The reality for almost all deer hunters is a full-time job, kids, and obligations that thin our time in the field. Everyday life makes us weekend warriors with hunts squeezed into short vacations and a random day here or there.The simpler question is, if you’re that hunter, how can you find deer and find them fast with limited time?Choose High-Odds Hunting LocationsTo find a high-odds…
Armed Citizen® Today A homeowner in Fort Worth, Texas, defended himself from a trio of robbers in the early morning hours of Friday, July 25. Officers were called to the scene following reports of an attempted home invasion at 3 a.m. According to the caller, several men broke into the home wearing ski masks and were carrying guns. The armed homeowner opened fire, and the suspects fired back, prompting the homeowner to escape the property through an open window and then call 911. The suspects also fled the scene. Shortly after police arrived at the home, another 911 call came…