00:00:01 Speaker 1: With its tragic endgame. Why is the buffalo America’s national mammal? If history is instructive, then we should understand the real story of what befell the enormous herds that once spread across the western interior and define North America to the world. I’m Dan Florries, and this is the American West, brought to you by Velvet Buck Wine, where the hunt meets the harvest. 00:00:28 Speaker 2: A portion of each bottle. 00:00:29 Speaker 1: Goes to support backcountry hunters and anglers. Limited supply available at Velvetbuck Vineyards dot Com. Enjoy responsible What really happened to America’s…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundations podcast, your guide to the fundamentals of better deer hunting, 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 Tony Peterson. 00:00:20 Speaker 2: Hey, everyone, welcome to the Wired to Hunt Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today is all about weather, white tails, and how we often think about them wrong. I know this might seem like a weird time of year…

00:00:06 Speaker 1: Yo, what’s up? You’re off in God’s Country with your boys. Read and Dan isbel also known as the Brother’s Hunt, where we take a weekly drive to the intersection of country music in the great outdoors. Those things they go together like chips, a hoy and a slice of velvet, the cheese in the middle of two of them. 00:00:25 Speaker 2: I don’t care if you don’t like it. Yeah, come at us or good luck and God brought to you by a meat, Eat that eat and and. 00:00:37 Speaker 1: Kick it off.…

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Many preppers have their priorities out of alignment. From my experience, many focus almost entirely on the how of preparedness—what supplies to stockpile, what gear to buy, or what skills to learn. Much of this is driven by one-size-fits-all recommendations that may not fit their specific situation. At the same time, attention is often focused on dramatic, low-probability events such as economic collapse, EMPs, or pandemics, while far more likely threats are overlooked. Now, I’m not saying that supplies, gear, skills, and major threats aren’t important—they are all extremely important for preparedness. Food, water, medical capability, tools, and training are…

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December 16th is remembered as the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, in 1773. This destructive act of civil disobedience was led by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, in protest of the 1773 Tea Act, which had imposed a 3 pence tax per pound of tea. In contemporary valuation, that equated to an 18% tax on the value of tea. News of the Boston Tea Party prompted the British Parliament to pass The Intolerable Acts (a.k.a. The Coercive Acts, or the Insufferable Acts), which were a primary catalyst for America’s War of Independence. — The Romanian Revolution began on…

Armed Citizen® Today A 23-year-old college student heard a knock on his door in Tucson, Ariz., after midnight on Oct. 16, 2025. The student answered, and a man asked for someone who didn’t live there. As they spoke, however, the student noticed another man behind the one he was speaking with, who had his face covered and was armed with a gun. He immediately retrieved his own gun and fired as the men advanced into his home, striking and killing both intruders. Police noted that there was no indication the student had been involved in any criminal activities. (tucson.com, Tucson,…

Although it looks like a stock gun, the author’s Ruger New Model Blackhawk features a half-cock loading notch, a grooved trigger and enhanced front and rear sights—all done in his quest to find the perfect single-action. It should come as no surprise to anyone who has read my articles over the past four-plus decades that one of my all-time favorite handguns is the Colt Single Action Army. Ergonomically shaped, classic in form and function, and rugged enough to still be fired with parts missing, the Model P has not only survived the advent of double-action and semi-automatic handguns, but having…

00:00:00 Speaker 1: From now until December twenty nine. For running to sweep Steaks, you get a trip to Bozeman. So we cover round trip airfare for for you and three friends or family members, so total of four people. We cover your airfare, your lodging, and your car. You stay two nights in town. We will cook you a mini course meal. I will serve it to you personally. We will give you a one thousand dollars gift card to our retail store on Main Street. You gotta go online. Go to first light dot com. See you’ll see…