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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 cow Calaian. Here’s cap last week down in Clearwater, Florida, four anglers set out for a day trip and a twenty five foot catamaran as part of a birthday celebration, only to capsize twenty six miles offshore and then cling to the whole of the upside down boat overnight. On board was ninety year old Clarence Woods and his son’s Dennis, who was turning seventy, along with family members Chris Harding Senior forty two Chris Harding Junior, eighteen. The group…

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Each Diamond “Strike-A-Fire” Fire Starter (SAF stick) is kind of like a giant match which is 5.75 inches long, 1.13 inches wide, and 0.25 inches thick. The shaft of a SAF stick seems to be made out of some sort of pressed wood that is impregnated with a waxy substance. When the match-like head of a SAF stick is struck on the striking strip on the box, it ignites the SAF stick which then burns for approximately 12 minutes. In the process, the SAF stick creates enough heat to effectively ignite most types of kindling. [JWR Adds: The SAF sticks…

On December 8th, 1864, James Clerk Maxwell‘s paper “A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field” was first read by the Royal Society in London. (It was published by the Royal Society in 1865.) — December 8th, 1880: 5,000 armed Boers gathered in Paardekraal, South Africa. — Today also marks the birthday of Eli Whitney, (1765–1825) the inventor of the labor-saving cotton gin, several firearms, and dozens of other mechanical devices. He was the first to demonstrate the advantages of fully interchangeable parts in firearms manufacture. — Today’s feature is by SurvivalBlog Field Gear Editor Tom Christianson. — We need more…

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Preview: Federal BYOB .22LR Ammo Bucket With 1,375 rounds of .22 Long Rifle ammunition, the stackable, reusable Federal BYOB .22 LR Ammo Bucket is sure to keep even the most ardent shooter of rimfire handguns or rifles busy for a while—even if there’s more than one new gun under the tree. Read the full article here

On July 1, 2025, Utah joined Tennessee and Arkansas in requiring their schools to include firearm safety lessons. All three adopted age-appropriate curriculum within the last two years, with a particular focus is on accident prevention.   Each state’s mandatory sessions take place only a few times a year—in some cases, only once—eliminating concerns they compromise academic performance. They are designed by their respective state hunter education departments in concert with school officials, bringing decades of combined experience to bear in delivering a clear message. At the kindergarten and grade-school level, the message is nearly, if not completely, identical to…

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