Serious preppers talk a lot about ammo, but the quiet workhorse in any emergency loadout is the magazine. They are the fragile link between a pile of cartridges and a working gun, and they are also heavy, bulky, and easy to lose. The real question is not how many you can hoard, but how many…
The last breeding population of Florida panthers left on Earth pads through a surprisingly narrow slice of one U.S. state. Once spread across the Gulf Coast and deep into the Southeast, this big cat now survives in the wild only in Florida, mostly in the swamps, ranchlands, and pine flatwoods of the state’s southwest corner….
A good fire should give you heat, light, and maybe a place to cook a steak, not a lungful of poison. Some wood products kick out toxic smoke, corrosive gases, and heavy metals when they burn. Here are 10 types of wood I will never throw in a stove, fireplace, or campfire. 1. Pressure-Treated Wood…
In Alaska, sidearms are tools first and status symbols a distant second. The 10mm Glock has become a common sight on riverboats, in floatplanes, and on the hips of hunters and fishing guides who want a lightweight backup against bears. Lately, though, a handful of dramatic failures and reliability complaints have some of those outdoorsmen…
Roger Ewing, the quietly charismatic performer who stepped into Dodge City as a young deputy on one of television’s most enduring westerns, has died at the age of 83. Best known to generations of viewers as Thad Greenwood on “Gunsmoke,” he leaves behind a modest but memorable body of work in film and television and…
Some pistols look perfect in a catalog, with big capacity numbers and slick marketing, then fall apart once you start burning powder. Here are 11 handguns that, based on published testing and hard numbers, show how good specs on paper can still translate into frustration on the firing line. 1. Kel-Tec P11 The Kel-Tec P11…
Every shooter has a pet caliber they brag about at the range, but some of those darlings stumble once you leave the bench and step into real field conditions. I look at nine rounds that get a lot of praise yet, according to hard data, do not always deliver when the stakes are real. 1….
Wild animals look harmless when they are young, but getting close is a good way to hurt them or yourself. Spring is when people stumble on fawns, kits, and ducklings and feel tempted to “help.” I have spent enough time in the woods to know that the smartest move is usually to back off and…
Bad weather has a way of exposing weak rifles. The guns that stay in veteran hunters’ racks year after year are the ones that keep cycling, keep their zero, and do not rust when the sky opens up. Here are 13 rifles seasoned hunters actually keep around because they have already proven they work when…
Across the Lower 48, trout, steelhead, and salmon give you three very different puzzles to solve, often in the same watershed. If you understand where these fish live, when they move, and how they feed, you can plan a season that runs from high-country trout to winter chrome without leaving the contiguous states. I have…