JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in December, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary update re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — The majority of SurvivalBlog readers that I talk with tell me that they live in cities or suburbs, but they would like to live full-time at a retreat in a rural area. Their complaint is almost always the same: “…but I’m not self-employed. I can’t afford to live…

November 21, 164 BC: During the Maccabean Revolt, Judas Maccabeus recaptured Jerusalem and rededicated the Second Temple. This victory has been commemorated ever since as the festival Hanukkah, aka The Festival of Lights. — On November 21, 1916, Britannic, the sister ship to the Titanic, sank in the Aegean Sea, killing 30 people. In the wake of the Titanic disaster, the White Star line had made significant modifications to the design of the ship, but on its way to pick up wounded soldiers near the Gulf of Athens, it was rocked by an explosion causing even more damage than that…

More than 200,000 targets were donated by White Flyer—part of the Winchester Ammunition family of firms—to South Dakota’s new shooting sports complex, which officially opened to the public on November 8. The 400-acre Pete Lien & Sons Shooting Sports Complex, which is operated by South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP), is located in Piedmont, S.D. “The South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks have created an incredible new shooting sports facility that will play a critical role in introducing new generations to the sport through education and outreach,” said Jason Gilbertson, senior director of marketing for Winchester Ammunition. “The Winchester…

Hunting stories stay eternally ingrained in our minds. Photos help keep those memories alive past our lifetimes (and also make you stay a bit more honest about how big that buck really was). Whether it’s from a trip long ago or a more recent hunt from this past season, it’s fun to look at an image and be transported right back into that moment.You’ve seen us in the field plenty—now we want to see your hunting stories, as well as fishing, foraging, or cooking-over-a-fire tales. That’s why we’re running the second annual MeatEater Photo Contest, because we want to see…

I’ve recently read several articles regarding what’s called “the snubby lifestyle.” In recent times, as more folks have become concerned about rising violence in the United States, there have been two notable personal-protection trends. On the one hand, there are those students of the gun who are adopting a more tactical approach. This includes packing a full-size pistol, often outfitted with a weapon-mounted flashlight and other upgrades, along with three additional magazines. The philosophy behind this set up is to be prepared to engage a range of urban threats from the lone assailant to civil unrest. This version of the…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: You know, I think it’s a pro athlete, Like you live in this weird Ivory tower where like I, like I said, I got the chance to one on one fist fight the toughest dudes in the world for a decade. Yeah, every Sunday in front of millions of people wearing white spandex and like, like when you break it down like that, people are like really, I’m like, yeah, I never touched the ball, right, Like, I just got to basically impose my will. And I think that like level of addiction of like I know…

00:00:12 Speaker 1: Rifle shots aren’t unusual during deer season in Borough, Minnesota, but in twenty sixteen, one of those shots wasn’t aimed at a white tail. It was aimed at a husband and father of four, shot with his own rifle by a perpetrator who might be a stranger or someone much closer to home. Now, nearly ten years later, a gun, a van, and whispers in a small Midwestern town, point in every direction and nowhere at all. That’s next on blood Trails. When fifteen year old Jonathan Briske got home from school on November seventh, twenty sixteen,…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast, your guide to the White Tail 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, Welcome to the. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, I’m joined by my longtime collaborators and co hosts of the Wired Hunt podcast at one time or another, Dan Johnson and Tony Peterson, and we are breaking down their twenty twenty five rut hunts, having a little bit of a…

JWR’s Introductory Note: The following is an update and expansion to a post that I made in SurvivalBlog back in November, 2005. It is part of a series of SurvivalBlog 20th Anniversary re-posts, in recognition of the fact that the majority of readers did not join us until recent years. — Many letters and e-mails I’ve received over the years have mentioned motor oil and chainsaw fuel mixing oil.  That reminded me about a subject that I’ve meant to address on the blog: the key considerations of oil and lubricant storage.  It is important to think through all of your…

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