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A quarter of a millennium ago this July 4, John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. He wrote his name flamboyantly with big loops, underlined it, and placed his signature in the center of the parchment, knowing this act made it more likely he would be hanged by the British for treason. Hancock’s brave gesture gave us variations of the cheerful line “put your John Hancock here,” as Americans have always celebrated those willing to stand boldly for our freedom. Now we are 250 years into this experiment of individual liberty and America is still the…

In 2020, Springfield Armory introduced its first centerfire bolt-action rifle design with the aptly named Model 2020 Waypoint. While the initial Waypoint design was intended to be more of a precision platform, Springfield has since come out with several field-ready variants of the Model 2020, including the Boundary. Watch our “Gun of the Week” episode above to see the details of this bolt-action design. “Springfield Armory has come out with a few different iterations of this design, and the Boundary is really designed, in some ways, to be a little bit more of the traditionally sort of designed rifle,” American…

Growing up, I always wanted to be around my dad. My older sister and mom tell stories of me standing at the screen door in diapers, crying and screaming because I wasn’t on the tractor with him. Eventually, I got old enough to realize that if I wanted to hang with the old man, I better learn how to fish.Now, I don’t envy anyone attempting to teach a preteen girl how to cast a fly rod. Somehow, my dad managed to pull it off and instill a lifelong love of angling in me. He would hammer (what I now realize…

00:00:04 Speaker 1: Welcome to this country Life. I’m your host, Brent Reeves from coon hunting to trotlining and just general cuntry living. I want you to stay a while as I share my experiences in life lessons. This country Life is presented by Case Knives from the store More Studio on Meat Eaters Podcast Network, bringing you the best outdoor podcast that airways have to offer. All right, friends, grab a chair or drop that tailgate. I’ve got some stories to share. Landmarks remembered. I never know where I’m going with these things, and this one is no different.…

On Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025, Scott Lennox banked a 64.22-pound common carp from a lake in California, breaking the U.S. record.It was no accident. Lennox is one of the small, secretive band of individuals who target trophy carp—fish of 40 pounds and upwards—and they’re as obsessive and maniacal in their pursuit as any group of anglers in US fishing.Carp ComradesWhen Pennsylvania-based carp specialist Yuriy Nesterov identified a small overlooked park lake with high potential, he fished it constantly for a year without a single bite. He was eventually rewarded with the first documented catch of a 30-, 40-, and 50-pounder…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in United States v. Hemani. The Court decided that the federal statute that prohibits the possession or ownership of firearms by a person who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance” violates the Second Amendment when applied to regular marijuana users. This ruling could impact individuals who wants to purchase a firearm from a federal firearms licensee. To do so, a person must fill out form 4473 from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and undergo a background check. One of the questions on this ATF form…