American Rifleman’s September 2025 article, “Scout The Trail To A General-Purpose Rifle” concisely laid out the history of the “general-purpose rifle,” tracing its roots to the work of Col. Jeff Cooper and his “Scout Rifle” concept, and giving a clear picture of the contemporary state of that class of firearm. Noted within the piece was the fact that the Steyr Scout is considered “the only authentic factory-made example.” Much has changed in the general-purpose rifle world since the Steyr Scout was introduced in 1998. In 2023, Steyr updated its Scout with a Mk II version. Faced with heavy competition, is…

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Spring means gobbling turkeys, pleasant temps, and more daylight. It’s also the start of a long offseason of whitetail scouting that spans the summer months and into fall openers. Unfortunately, it’s also the time that insects, spiders, snakes, and a host of other critters resurface.Depending on what part of the country you live in, these critters might not pose much of a threat to you. If you live in states that serve sweet tea or promote dry, arid temps, you probably think about them a lot. While the odds of getting bit by a snake remain low, and even lower…

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00:00:00 Speaker 1: One of my favorite books. It’s Atomic Habits, and so a lot of that builds on like building out sustainable systems, right, and and for me, I’m like, I look at it, and my background, I like industrial engineering, process improvement type of stuff is like is borderline, Like I’m a nerd with like ten percent social skills. Okay, yeah there, But really for me, it comes like how do I go build out a life system that allows me to like do something I love because they’re like, you have to it needs to be somewhat…

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00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the whitetail woods, 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, Mark Kenyon. 00:00:19 Speaker 2: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. This week in the show, I’m joined by avid mountain whitetail hunter Eric Crawford to discuss why and how you can pull off your first Western whitetail hunt. All right, welcome back to the Wired Hunt podcast, brought to you by Moultrie. 00:00:40 Speaker 3: This week…

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In this article, I’ll explain why some subterfuge can be a good thing and some implications for present-day news reporting. Many of my friends and acquaintances are terrible liars. I don’t mean to imply that my friends tell a lot of lies. However, they often tell the same lie consistently, and quite frankly it is not a very good lie. So, they are just not very good at telling that one lie. A couple of reasons why I am lied to so often is because I live in a community with many military retirees and I worked for nearly 30…