On March 4, 1774: The first sighting of the Orion nebula by William Herschel. — March 4, 1908: A fire at Lakeview Elementary School in Collinwood, Ohio, killed 172 students and two teachers: a boiler room blaze trapped many victims in the building, prompting changes in school design and procedures nationwide. — Today’s feature article is by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson. — We still need reader-written articles for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. More than $981,000 worth of prizes have been awarded since we started running this contest. Round 123 ends on March 31st, so…

Winter is a hard time to be an angler. Unless you’re super into ice fishing or can afford a guided trip to a tropical climate, for the most part, we look at the coldest season of the year as something that must simply be endured. Locked in a cold, gray haze that reflects the weather, we sit and wait for spring by staring longingly out the window like a dog waiting for its master to come home because it desperately needs to be let out. It doesn’t have to be this way, because even in the darkest part of winter,…

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that couldn’t be more true for Ross Gomez of Post, Texas, who reeled in a 14.74 lb. largemouth bass on the evening of January 22, 2026. But the real story isn’t just the size of the fish; it’s the fact that Gomez had already caught the same bass twice before.Back in 2023, Gomez was targeting crappie of a public dock at Lake Alan Henry when he hooked into the then 13.22 lb. fish. A fellow angler helped him weigh the bass and then told him he should consider donating the fish to…

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Gun: RG 14Manufacturer: RG Industries (Miami, Fla.)Chambering: .22 LRManufactured: c. 1980Condition: NRA Good (Modern Gun Standards)Value: $125 Established as an industrial manufacturer in 1909, the Röhm company of Sontheim/Brenz, Germany, created a subsidiary, Röhm Gesellschaft, in the 1950s to manufacture the blank-firing, gas and alarm pistols that were popular in Europe at that time. It soon moved into producing firearms with a line of inexpensive handguns. The Röhm product that most Americans are probably familiar with is the RG 10, a double-action/single-action, solid-frame, six-shot revolver chambered for .22 Short. Loading was done through a hinged loading gate, and a pin…

The U.S. Military’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), has designed and developed the Drone Killer Cartridge (DKC). The cost-effective family of ammunition is designed to increase a warfighter’s probability of a hit and kill against drone threats. DKC is designed for use in rifles, automatic rifles and machine guns, but it disperses a cluster of projectiles upon firing with an effective range far greater than a conventional shotgun’s capabilities. The effect increases probability hits and kills against Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) threats in a way that also minimizes risk of collateral damage from projectiles that don’t impact…

Can claiming a hunting addiction keep you out of prison for wildlife crimes? A man from Sacramento, California, recently tested out the argument before a federal judge, after being convicted for smuggling an endangered Ladakh urial sheep home from a Pakistani hunting trip.“When I hear the word addiction, it seems to refer to drugs, alcohol, or gambling,” defendant Jason Keith Bruce wrote in a letter to a U.S. District Judge, obtained by SF Gate. “But I have definitely felt a deep compulsion about hunting, so much that I see it clouds my decisions.”The plea didn’t hold up, and Bruce was…

00:00:02 Speaker 1: The bait thing is very contentious, even for me personally, Like when you watch this on television, it looks almost too easy. And I’ve watched YouTube videos of this and been like, is that really hunting? Is it easier than zan spot stock. But one of the cool things that you get from Beata Hut like this is you get to be very particular about the animal yawn. You don’t have to make a judgment call on the size and the sex at three hundred yards or five hundred yards or even one hundred yards. Here you…

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, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. Today I’m going to talk about hunting buddies, lost opportunities, and the reality that if you ever want to travel to hunt anything, time is not on your side. Look, this is…

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