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Last week, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife approved a plan to eradicate mule deer on Catalina Island, located about 23 miles off the southern California coast. Behind the plan is a nonprofit called the Catalina Island Conservancy, which owns 42,000 acres on Catalina—about 80% of the total island.According to the Conservancy, mule deer are non-native to the island and pose a threat to native plant and wildlife species. The plan outlines a strategy to remove the estimated 800 to 2,000 animals on the island over the next six years, beginning this fall with “professional sharpshooters” killing deer over…

Brent dives into his fresh report from the floor of SHOT Show, debunking the wild rumors regarding a stabbing incident near the venue and gives a boots-on-the-ground assessment of the show’s attendance and atmosphere, noting a distinct downturn in the industry’s energy compared to previous years. The post 2026 SHOT Show: A Stabbing, Budget Suppressors and the Chinese Invasion — #320 appeared first on GUNS Magazine. Read the full article here

Armed Citizen® Today Just before 5 a.m. on Jan. 30, a 56-year-old homeowner reportedly found a burglar inside his home in Wichita, Kan. Police told reporters a “confrontation occurred” and the homeowner shot the alleged intruder in the leg. The 40-year-old suspect was in serious but stable condition and was to be arrested upon release from the hospital. (kansas.com, Wichita, Kan., 2/3/26)   From the Armed Citizen® Archives – October 1991Describing her attacker as a man who had once been “one of the family,” Juliette Blackmon, 81, of Kansas City, Mo., was forced to take action when he tried to rob them. After asking to…

Many Americans live in small communities. It has been that way since the country was born. For generations, small-town folks have lived pleasant, usually quiet lives. For the most part, when excitement comes to such places, the reality is rarely a pleasant one. That was the situation in the border community of Columbus, N.M., in March 1916. New Mexico had only recently become a state on Jan. 6, 1912. The border with Mexico is just 3 miles from Columbus, and the locals were quite familiar with America’s troubled southern neighbor. The Mexican Revolution began in late 1910, and by 1916,…

When Smith & Wesson introduced its Night Guard line-up in 2008, the revolvers in the line had three defining features—a lightweight scandium aluminum alloy frame, a glow-in-the-dark front tritium night sight and a matte black finish that was appropriate for its moniker. Though the original Night Guard has been discontinued for over a decade now, the model has been brought back through a collaboration between Smith & Wesson and firearm distributor Lispey’s.  An update of the original, discontinued over a decade ago, the Smith & Wesson Night Guard is a compact, yet powerful revolver. The five-shot .44 Spl. Model 396…

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00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Callahan. Here’s cal Thirty nine year old firefighter Matthew Glenn Mayer of Claypool was charged last week with illegally taking a white tail deer, but that is the least of his worries. Mayor was also charged with resisting law enforcement and battery on a public safety official, both of which are felonies that carry serious jail time. Seems that Mayor was trespassing to hunt deer, and neighbors notified police when they saw him chasing one particular deer over a…

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