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As 2025 draws to a close, I’d like to revisit a topic that often comes up in SurvivalBlog: camouflage clothing and equipment. Note: To see examples and variants of the camouflage patterns that I’ll mention in this article, see the comprehensive Camopedia.org website. They are to be commended for maintaining a great reference site. I will begin with some history: Camouflage uniforms were not standard issue for all but a handful of the world’s armies until the mid-1960s.  Experimentation with modern printed camouflage fabric as we now know it began with the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, circa 1942-1945.  They…

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On December 31, 406, “The Great Invasion” sent a vast mixed horde of barbarians that included Vandals, Alans, and Suebians across the Rhine River, at Mainz (pictured). Thus began the invasion of Gallia. — December 31st 1564: William I of Orange demands freedom of religious conscience for his subjects in dramatic speech to the Council of State. — December 31st is the birthday of Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008). — December 31st, 1851 was the birthday of Frederick Selous. (He died on January 4th, 1917.) — The 20th Anniversary SurvivalBlog 2005-2025 Waterproof/EMP-Resistant Archive USB sticks are available for Pre-Ordering.  This year, we…

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The NRA Foundation recently highlighted its heartfelt appreciation for the companies and families whose generosity has helped advance its mission for more than three decades. That support has enabled it to award more than $500 million in grants nationwide, strengthening community safety, growing youth marksmanship programs, expanding training opportunities and preserving America’s shooting and hunting heritage. “For more than 30 years, the NRA Foundation has stood as the nation’s leading charitable organization dedicated to enriching our nation’s cherished firearms heritage,” said Peter Churchbourne, executive director of The NRA Foundation. “Every donor listed here plays a vital role in ensuring that…

In all areas of technology, certain designs rise to the top, dominate and become so popular, they become the industry-wide standard as soon as their patent protections expire. In few categories is that process more evident than firearms, with models from the Remington Model 700 to the AR-15 becoming the de-facto pattern in their respective categories. When it comes to a semi-automatic .22 LR rifle, that benchmark is the Ruger 10/22, a design of which more than 10 million have been produced over the last 60 years, dominating every field from plinking to competition. In the course of those decades,…

As the lead photographer at MeatEater, Seth Morris has spent years traveling the world documenting hunts, fishing trips, and backcountry adventures from behind the lens. That time in the field—often in remote, demanding conditions—has given him a deep understanding of what actually matters when you’re living out of a vehicle. Add in the fact that Seth is a serious hunter and outdoorsman himself, and you get a camper setup that’s built from experience, not theory. Every decision is geared toward efficiency, durability, and the realities of camping, hunting, and fishing out West.The crux of Seth’s setup is the camper shell—a…

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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 Foundation’s podcast, which is brought to you by first Light. I’m your host, Tony Peterson, and today’s episode is all about why we feel the need to fill in the blanks with whitetail hunting and how that might not be the best strategy. As I…