I’m a lifelong conservative, passionate hunter, and conservationist who believes in straightforward truths. One of those truths is that modern life depends on natural resources. Nearly everything we rely on—from pickup trucks, farm equipment, and roads to cell phones, medical devices, and energy infrastructure—exists because someone grew it, mined it, or logged it. Mining is not something to apologize for. It is foundational to a functioning economy and a strong nation.If the United States is serious about manufacturing, energy independence, and competing with adversarial nations, then domestic mineral production matters. It matters for jobs. It matters for supply chains. It…

Grinding up your harvest is a go-to means of turning trim, tougher cuts, and smaller muscle groups into versatile, quick, and tasty meals.There will always be debate on how much fat you should add to your ground venison. In fact, some purists don’t believe you should add any at all. Danielle Prewett recommends adding between 10 and 20% for burger, but she often leaves some without added fat for recipes like Thai lettuce cups. For the sake of sanity and the brevity of this article, I decided to test different fat types with a 15% fat content.When it comes to…

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00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Col’s Week in Review with Ryan col Calahan. Here’s cal A California woman made the news last week for illegally harvesting abalony and then hiding it down our pants. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that a game warden became suspicious of the woman and her male companion after observing them harvesting purple sea urchins in the intertitle zone. As he watched, he observed the woman quote discreetly conceal what appeared to be an abalony down her pants, an unconventional storage method, especially if…

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The Bottom Line, Up Front The Woodhaven Fire Starters provide excellent material for igniting a useful blaze. Each disk is four inches in diameter, one inch thick, and weighs 4.2 ounces. They are composed of cedar sawdust bonded together with refined paraffin. One full disk burns for 20 to 30 minutes. It can also be broken into smaller pieces to start multiple fires. The fire starters are safe to use in fireplaces, firepits, wood stoves, and similar applications. The disks come in packages of 12, 50, or 100. At the time of this writing, those packages cost respectively $19.99, $65.00,…

On February 23, 1903, the United States and Cuba signed an agreement by which Cuba released Guantanamo and Bahia Hondo to the US for naval stations. Pictured is a US Coast Guard patrol boat, at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2003. — February 23,1958: San Francisco’s last municipal arc light at the corner of Mission and 25th Street was removed. It had been installed in 1913. — Today’s feature article is by SurvivalBlog staffer Tom Christianson. — We need more entries for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we…

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