00:00:00 Speaker 1: The plan was simple a week of elk hunting in Montana’s backcountry, but somewhere between the trailhead into the Crazy Mountains and the first snowfall, Aaron Hedges vanished. His friend said he’d gone off on his own, and searchers later found his boots neatly placed beside a firing. What happened next would baffle investigators and fuel a decade of theories about how and why Aaron died within a quarter mile of being rescued. That’s next on Blood Trails. There are many strange things about the disappearance of Aaron Hedges, but one of the strangest is why he…

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When it all hits the fan and the grid is gone for whatever reason, be it EMP, all out nuclear exchange, a hurricane, or possibly a tornado, snow knocking down trees, or as we say up here in the interior of Alaska the four reasons power goes out: it’s either too hot, too cold, too wet, or the dawgs pee on the phone pole, and when that happens, we are now all equally being given a ride back in time … a time of no lights to just switch on, no medical life sustaining devices, and now it’s “game-on”, folks.…

December 4, 1812: Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, patented a horse-drawn mower. — December 4th is the birthday of Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, (born 1912). He was an AVG “Flying Tiger” volunteer pilot for the Chinese Nationalist government, WWII Marine Corps aviator, and Medal of Honor recipient. (He died January 11, 1988.) A proto-Redoubter, Pappy Boyington was born in Couer d’Alene, Idaho and was raised in Spokane, Washington. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 122 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate. This…

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Selecting the right shotshell for ducks, geese, and pheasants can be a daunting task. Not only are there numerous options to choose from, but there’s also considerable misinformation or “marketing speak” that can mislead hunters.One of the best shotshell selection resources for waterfowl and upland hunters is Tom Roster’s non-toxic lethality chart. Roster is a ballistics expert who has extensively tested shotshells for decades. I don’t have the credentials of Roster, but I have hunted with (and patterned) a wider variety of shotshells than most over the last 20 years. Here’s what I have found works best.Shooting Inside 35 YardsA…

00:00:07 Speaker 1: This podcast. Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer Newhart and today we’re joined by Brody, Corey, Alyssa, Logan, Nate, and Sarah. This is a ten round quiz show with questions from meat Eater’s four verticals, which are hunting, fishing, conservation, and cooking. And there’s a prize. Meat Eater will donate five hundred dollars to the conservation organization of the winners choosing for the stat of the week. This week we have a visual stat. This is via a Reddit user named Keith who listens to the…

Many hunters think of the iconic boxlock shotgun as an American field gun, but although the design was popularized on American hunting fields, it was initially developed 150 years ago for a renowned gunmaker in Great Britain. In July 1875, two men, William Anson and John Deeley, employees of Westley Richards, filed for a patent on their innovative “hammerless gun.” While it wasn’t the first so-called “hammerless” firearm ever made, the Anson & Deeley action has remained as the most popular version of the design universally known today as the “boxlock.” Variants of the boxlock remain in production today, with…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: What is going on? Welcome back to Retfresh. I’m Jake Hoefer and we have some updates. It’s December, it’s not November anymore, so you still have a tag, you’re still listen to this. It’s time fundy rally caps, time to hear what’s going on. Here’s some quick strategies on what folks are looking to do for the following seven days. We have Michael Perry from Alabama. We have Reeg Johnson from Kentucky and Alice Comstock from Minnesota to give their updates. As you know, retfresh is brought to you by land dot com, the leading online real…

Walther Arms took its polymer-frame Performance Duty Pistol design and crafted it entirely from steel to create its PDP Match Steel Frame, which is a true heavyweight designed just for the pure joy of shooting. Watch our “American Rifleman Television” Rifleman Review segment above to hear the details and design intent behind this full-size pistol. “This is a true race gun. This gun is built for range use. It’s built for competition use,” American Rifleman Executive Editor Evan Brune said. “And when you’re shooting competition, what you want is a gun that shoots really flat, is quick to the reset.…