I believe I’m going into my sixth year raising dairy cattle on a very small scale.  Every time I think I’ve got this figured out, something surprises me.  I thought I would share an update, a general overview, of things I’ve learned so far.  Remember that I have a very small farm, and knew absolutely nothing when I started.  This is not a “How To”, as there are far more experienced folks than I am. My dad was an engineer and my mom was a school teacher, so I grew up in suburbia.  In my grandparents’ generation, the fathers were…

Armed Citizen® Today On the afternoon of May 3 in Philadelphia, a homeowner discovered a woman trying to break into his home through a back window. He warned her to stop but the woman continued inside anyway, causing the homeowner to fire shots at her. The homeowner then tried to render aid, but the woman was later pronounced dead at the hospital. “At some point, the occupants of the home did make themselves known that they were inside, and this person refused to, based on the information we have, refused to stop,” a police investigator told reporters. “It appears that…

Known primarily for its holographic sights, EoTech jumped into the variable-powered riflescope market in 2017 with its Vudu lineup. The company has continued to add to the Vudu family, including last year’s super short Vudu 3-9×32 mm. New for 2026, the company is introducing another super short, variable-power scope with the Vudu 4-12×36 mm riflescope. The new Vudu 4-12x is a super short, variable-power optic with a first-focal plane reticle and high magnification. The biggest difference between the Vudu 3-9X and the new 4-12X is that the latter is a first-focal-plane (FFP) design. This means that the reticle changes in…

00:00:10 Speaker 1: From Meat Eaters World News headquarters in Bozeman, Montana. This is Cow’s Week in Review with Ryan cow Klaan. Here’s Cow. A recent news story from the UK is enough to make any American patriots blood boil. The BBC headline reads, quote chip shops sell cheap catfish as traditional fish and chips cheap catfish. Our listeners, especially those from down south, might object, what the heck’s wrong with catfish? Fried? Catfish done right is a meal fit for any king, even the old King of England. Well, this fight might not be about favorite fish, but more…

For some enthusiasts, the large-format pistol is a starting point for an NFA-regulated short-barreled rifle project, and for others, it’s simply a more compact defensive platform that’s easy to store and deploy when needed. Regardless of the aim, there’s been a huge surge in the large-format pistol category, and 2026 continues to showcase new models answering the wants and needs of today’s firearm owners. Here are five of the latest large-format pistols available today: Freedom Ordnance | FM-9D (Belt-fed)A belt-fed … pistol? The FM-9D can be operated with traditional Glock-style 9 mm magazines or via 100- and 150-round belts that…

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00:00:02 Speaker 1: Welcome to Backwoods University, a place where we focus on wildlife, wild places and the people who dedicate their lives to conservative both big shout out to Annex Hunt for their support of this podcast. I’m your host, Lake Pickle, and on today’s episode, we’re going back, and I mean way back back to prehistoric times to learn about mammoths, giant marine lizards, dinosaurs, caribou and the moose. And guess what all of these were found in Mississippi. 00:00:31 Speaker 2: Let’s get into it. 00:00:42 Speaker 3: Yes, Crazy Volunteers is working on portions of a…

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The following recipe for Lemon Marinated Pork is from SurvivalBlog reader Mrs. Alaska, who writes: In a one-gallon zip-loc bag, combine the following: Zest of one large (or two small) lemons, juice of one  or both lemons, ½ cup olive or other oil, one tablespoon each of two herbs of choice, such as thyme and rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon each of salt and pepper or cayenne, five cloves of garlic, chopped. To the marinade, add less than two pounds of pork chops or pork loin, cut into steaks.  I generally use 5 or 6 pieces of 1/2 inch meat for this…