Last week, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum signed an order that could drastically remake the Public Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)—an account created by Congress in 1964, using revenue from offshore oil and gas leasing to assist in public-land management. The new directives, as outlined in Secretarial Order 3442, alter the priorities and usage of the money on lands managed by the Department of the Interior. (The order does not apply to National Forest lands, which are managed under the Department of Agriculture).Specifically, the order limits the scope of public land acquisitions by the Bureau of Land Management…

Since the end of World War II, debates have raged about the effectiveness of American armored fighting vehicles (AFVs) in that conflict. AFV aficionados tend to favor the larger, more heavily armed and armored German tanks, while deriding America’s Sherman tanks as thinly armored and under-gunned. No doubt, the German Tiger and Panther tanks are particularly impressive—visually and in the potential outlined by their pure factory specifications. From 1943-1945, German firepower and armor protection were unequaled. Even so, I’m one of those historians that likes to point to the scoreboard. Despite all the Monday morning armored quarterbacking, American AFVs were…

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Anti-hunting organizations have launched a campaign to ruin Florida’s black bear hunt by flooding the lottery with entries in the hopes of winning a permit and sitting out the hunt. But state officials tell MeatEater that their efforts may well backfire: if this year’s harvest goals aren’t met, bear hunting opportunities may increase in future years.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission decided to hold a black bear hunt this year for the first time since 2015. There are 187 bear permits available, and would-be hunters (or non-hunters) can enter to win one of the permits by purchasing a $5…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: How many times have we gone and we’re like this is not or even in a day, you know, like morning we’re optimistic. You know, you’re hearing bugles, you’re hearing but it’s just out but you’re like, it’s gonna happen, and then it doesn’t. Then you got the kind of the midday lull where some people go back to camp. We kind of die when we go back to camp. Why add is not good? So we either go if we’re by ourselves, we go push around bowls, you know, still and whatever. And then you have…

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00:00:00 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt podcast. This week on the show, I’m joined by Derek Dixon to discuss how his year long thermal drone study has helped him better understand white tail deer behavior and how it’s debunked some of the conventional white tail wisdom that he grew up with. All Right, welcome back to the Wired to Hunt podcast, brought to you by First Light and their Camo for Conservation Initiative. And today we have a very interesting different kind of conversation because we’re going to be looking at a number of you might call…

My first iteration of an improvised shower came about while stationed in Texas. Our unit was participating in a field training exercise and were allocated one trip to the shower point per week. As this exercise was more of a practice of our daily grind in field conditions rather than a battle simulation, our platoon of mechanics set up a minimal motor pool and for the most part spent time catching up on service work. One of the few actual repairs I was given over those days was replacing the power steering pump on a M1009 CUCV better known as…

In the midst of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), on September 18, 1635, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II declared war on France. Above: Carl Friedrich Lessing’s painting The Siege. — The 18th of September is Chilean Independence Day. On this day, in 1810, Chile declared independence from Spain. — And, on September 18, 1914, South African troops landed in German South West Africa. (Later renamed South West Africa and then again, to Namibia.) — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 120 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite…