The huntable acreage enrolled in public-private access agreements continues to slip in some western states, new numbers show. As hunters see increased crowding on public lands, they’re turning to alternative avenues for access, including private rangeland and agricultural lands enrolled in state-administered programs like Access Yes in Wyoming or Block Management in Montana. However, there could be fewer of these lands to go around in years to come.To understand the headwinds facing these access programs, MeatEater spoke with coordinators in Wyoming and Montana—just two of the many states nationwide with access programs in place. Despite operating in different states and…

Springfield Armory’s Kuna is a compact, large-format pistol with a unique roller-delayed operating system that reduces recoil and offers a smoother shooting experience, further enhancing a package that fits the PDW concept perfectly. Watch our “Gun Of The Week” video above to see the Kuna in action on the range. “Kuna” is the name Croatians give to the European Pine Marten, which is Croatia’s national animal and is a small, yet fierce animal with a powerful bite. Branding this PDW-style pistol with the name pays homage to Springfield Armory’s manufacturing partner in Croatia, HS Produkt, which produces the firearm domestically…

“They recognized the antlers from a buck previously photographed alive in Yosemite Lakes Park, a residential golf course community in Coarsegold,” explained a CDFW spokesperson.However, the deer had been tagged with an A19 Archery/X10 tag, which indicated the deer would’ve had to have been shot in Inyo County near Mount Whitney, over 100 miles away. Meanwhile, the wardens were able to turn up online photos showing the deer still in Yosemite Lakes Park just days before it was tagged.The discrepancy allowed CDFW wardens to execute a search warrant on the suspected poacher’s house. There, they found photos showing the deer…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Smell us now, lady, Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia met Eater Podcast. 00:00:26 Speaker 2: Welcome to Meet Eater Radio Live. It’s eleven am Mountain Time. That’s nine pm for our friends in Daresalam, Tanzania on Thursday November twentieth, twenty twenty five. Wish I had written that out instead of having to go just by the numerical slash thing. 00:00:43 Speaker 3: You nailed it. 00:00:44 Speaker 2: We’re live from Media HQ and Bozeman, Montana. I’m your host, Randall, joined today by my dear friends and colleagues, mister Corey Calkins, mister Seth Morris. Howdy, folks, We’ve…

00:00:05 Speaker 1: Welcome to This Country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trot lining and just in general country living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This Country Life is presented by Case Knives from the store More Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast that airways have to offer. All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. I’ve got some stores to share, a first buck in Pennsylvania and my new office. I talk a lot about dads…

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JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in December, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — The majority of SurvivalBlog readers that I talk with tell me that they live in cities or suburbs, but they would like to live full-time at a retreat in a rural area. Their complaint is almost always the same: “…but I’m not self-employed. I can’t afford to live…

November 21, 164 BC: During the Maccabean Revolt, Judas Maccabeus recaptured Jerusalem and rededicated the Second Temple. This victory has been commemorated ever since as the festival Hanukkah, aka The Festival of Lights. — On November 21, 1916, Britannic, the sister ship to the Titanic, sank in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people. In the wake of the Titanic disaster, the White Star line had made significant modifications to the design of the ship, but on its way to pick up wounded soldiers near the Gulf of Athens, it was rocked by an explosion causing even more damage than that…

More than 200,000 targets were donated by White Flyer—part of the Winchester Ammunition family of firms—to South Dakota’s new shooting sports complex, which officially opened to the public on November 8. The 400-acre Pete Lien & Sons Shooting Sports Complex, which is operated by South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP), is located in Piedmont, S.D. “The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks have created an incredible new shooting sports facility that will play a critical role in introducing new generations to the sport through education and outreach,” said Jason Gilbertson, senior director of marketing for Winchester Ammunition. “The Winchester…

Hunting stories stay eternally ingrained in our minds. Photos help keep those memories alive past our lifetimes (and also make you stay a bit more honest about how big that buck really was). Whether it’s from a trip long ago or a more recent hunt from this past season, it’s fun to look at an image and be transported right back into that moment.You’ve seen us in the field plenty—now we want to see your hunting stories, as well as fishing, foraging, or cooking-over-a-fire tales. That’s why we’re running the second annual MeatEater Photo Contest, because we want to see…