Across farm country, the rules of the game are changing faster than the weather. From tariffs and labor crackdowns to pesticide limits and new chemical standards, producers are being squeezed by regulations that often collide with thin margins and volatile markets. Many of the folks I talk to are less worried about surviving this season…
Across the North, more drivers are rounding a bend or stepping out the front door and finding a moose standing where it did not used to be. Collisions are climbing in some regions, and wildlife officers are fielding more calls about animals wandering through subdivisions, parking lots, and school grounds. I want to unpack what…
Wildlife relocation is usually sold as a clean solution, a way to move animals out of trouble and into safety. On the ground, it rarely plays out that neatly. From backyard foxes to endangered antelope and captive chimpanzees, the stories behind these moves are full of hard tradeoffs, political fights, and outcomes nobody planned on….
Dog bites trigger strong reactions, especially when a child is hurt or a viral video shows a brutal attack. If you spend time around dogs, though, you need more than outrage, you need a clear picture of how often bites happen, who is most at risk, and what actually drives the danger. I want to…
Across the country, more people are saying they have seen a mountain lion near their home, on a trail cam, or crossing a back road. Some of those reports reflect real changes on the landscape, others are artifacts of technology and perception, and a surprising number are simply wrong. To make sense of the trend,…
When cruelty to animals surfaces in a small town, it hits differently. Neighbors know the farms, the dogs, the barns, and the people behind them, so every neglected herd or tortured dog feels like a betrayal of the unspoken code that rural communities live by. The cases below rattled those places to the core, forcing…
Loyalty is the trait most people have in mind when they picture a good dog, whether that means a trail partner that never leaves your side or a family guardian that sleeps by the nursery door. Some breeds have been shaped for centuries to bond hard with their people and stay committed through chaos, boredom,…
Across the country, black bears and grizzlies are quietly reclaiming ground they lost a century ago. Some of the fastest growth is happening in places most hunters and hikers did not grow up thinking of as “bear country,” from the suburbs of New England to the hardwood ridges of the Ozarks. I want to walk…
Duty pistols live hard lives, and the ones that survive in police holsters and military rigs tend to be the same handguns civilians can buy off the shelf. I am looking at models that agencies actually carry, or that were built for that world, and then explaining why they still make sense for home defense,…
New shooters do not just need “a gun,” they need a gun that lets them build safe habits without fighting recoil, weird controls, or finicky reliability. When the hardware is working against you, training stalls and bad habits harden. Here are 10 specific guns and platforms that tend to create training issues for rookies, even…