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  • A weathered POSTED private property sign nailed to a wooden fence post strung with barbed wire, marking the edge of private land
    Hunting | Hunting Experience

    Corner Crossing Is Legal in Six States: What It Means

    September 8, 2026September 15, 2026 UpdatedSeptember 15, 2026

    Corner crossing — stepping from one piece of public land to another at the point where two corners touch, without setting foot on the private ground either side — is legal across the six states of the Tenth Circuit. The Supreme Court declined to hear the landowner’s appeal on 20 October 2025, which left the…

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  • Packing for the Paleolithic: Which Caliber for Dire Wolves?
    Gear | Hunting Gear

    Packing for the Paleolithic: Which Caliber for Dire Wolves?

    April 15, 2025April 15, 2025

    So, we’ve all seen this movie before, right? You know which one. The one in which an extinct species is brought back from evolution’s graveyard and begins to thrive in violent, unexpected ways. The one that starts with us observing the adorable little baby animals as they make their re-introduction into a world that has…

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  • Fiocchi Drone Dropper Shotshell: Pure Pterodactyls & Alien Drone Medicine
    Adventure

    Fiocchi Drone Dropper Shotshell: Pure Pterodactyls & Alien Drone Medicine

    April 1, 2025April 2, 2025 UpdatedApril 2, 2025

    Ptired of those ptesky pterodactyls? Wanna send ET home, toes first? Fiocchi Ammunition has your terrestrial, twenty-first century back: the Drone Dropper Shotshell. This game-changing shotshell is specifically designed for shooting down those pesky alien drones and pterodactyls that have been terrorizing southern border landowners and east and west coast homeowners. “We’re thrilled to bring…

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  • Mele Kalikimaka with WeKnife’s Makani
    Camping & Survival | Survival Kit

    Mele Kalikimaka with WeKnife’s Makani

    December 24, 2024October 9, 2026 UpdatedOctober 9, 2026

    “Makani” is Hawaiian for “Breeze,” and this flipper knife really is a breath of fresh air … Mele Kalikimaka from WeKnife! If you’re a knife nerd, you already know about WeKnife Co., which partners with bladesmiths and artists to create some of the most beautiful, rugged, functional knives we’ve seen. The Makani is no exception,…

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  • Safari Club Int’l & NRA: No More Hotel California for Gray Wolves
    Adventure | Conservation

    Safari Club Int’l & NRA: No More Hotel California for Gray Wolves

    September 24, 2024September 24, 2024

    Wolves have a place in our ecosystem. Just not the ballroom, the ballet recital, or the back yard. Well, now we know the face of “the beast” that “steely knives” can’t kill … and it’s not a wolf’s. It’s the beast that’s born when we start prioritizing feelings over facts. The feelings in this case…

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  • Ain’t Nothing But a Teal Thang, Baby
    Hunting | Hunting Gear

    Ain’t Nothing But a Teal Thang, Baby

    August 27, 2024March 23, 2026 UpdatedMarch 23, 2026

    Ready your shotgun, decoys, and camo duds…the season’s opening salvo is but weeks away. When Mother Nature kicks the natural air-conditioning on sometime mid-August, it’s always a much welcome reprieve from sweltering summer weather. The change beckons hunters with their first real sense of what is coming only a few weeks away. They know, tiny…

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  • Why Hunting is the Only Way to Control Bear Populations
    Hunting | Hunting Experience

    Why Hunting is the Only Way to Control Bear Populations

    July 30, 2024August 6, 2024 UpdatedAugust 6, 2024

    Editor’s Note: Today’s guest column comes to us from Maria Davidson, SCI Foundation Large Carnivore Program Manager. Many states throughout the continental U.S. are seeing a rise in black bear populations. Population growth pushes bears into human-dominated areas that are unsuitable for wildlife, precipitating a comparable increase in dangerous conflicts with humans, pets, and livestock….

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  • BOLO: Poacher(s) Kill Two Endangered California Condors
    Adventure | Conservation

    BOLO: Poacher(s) Kill Two Endangered California Condors

    July 23, 2024October 9, 2026 UpdatedOctober 9, 2026

    Very few things make me angrier than poaching. One of them is poaching endangered species. Many hunters (including myself) are willing to give a bit of grace to “mistaken identity” poaching, when the hunter had no intentions of poaching but misidentified their game–say, mistaking a hen turkey (not legal) for a jake (legal). Many of…

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  • FOUND 411: A Rescued Senior Citizen’s Tale
    Camping & Survival | Survival Tips

    FOUND 411: A Rescued Senior Citizen’s Tale

    July 16, 2024July 16, 2024

    Addicted to “Missing 411”? This story holds the keys to many of those mysteries. People go missing in the backwoods all the time. David Paulides’ riveting book and documentary series have described some of the most bizarre and difficult to explain. Thing is, there’s always an explanation, even if that explanation doesn’t follow common sense…

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  • Public-Land Adventures: Iowa’s Sand Creek Wildlife Area
    Adventure | National Parks Getaways

    Public-Land Adventures: Iowa’s Sand Creek Wildlife Area

    July 9, 2024July 9, 2024

    Tucked in to the rolling hills of southern Iowa’s Decatur County is Sand Creek Wildlife Area, a 3,700-acre destination for deer hunters and bird watchers. Here, cell service disappears and nature’s sounds take over – this isn’t a white noise machine – it’s the real thing. “It’s one of our most popular areas because of…

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  • Things You Didn’t Know NRA Does for Hunters
    Hunting

    Things You Didn’t Know NRA Does for Hunters

    June 25, 2024June 25, 2024

    Editor’s Note: Today’s guest column comes to us courtesy of Paul Erhardt, Managing Editor, the Outdoor Wire Digital Network. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NRA’s Renewed Focus on Hunting Jun 25, 2024 In the wake of months and month of turmoil surrounding the cabal of insider dealings at the National Rifle Association, nobody could really fault you for losing…

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  • 2024’s Best Fixed-Blade Everyday Knife: CIVIVI Stormridge, Reviewed
    EDC | Gear

    2024’s Best Fixed-Blade Everyday Knife: CIVIVI Stormridge, Reviewed

    June 11, 2024October 9, 2026 UpdatedOctober 9, 2026

    What makes the perfect outdoorsman’s blade? Well, the perfect everyday carry knife is one that fits in your pocket as well as it does your hand, so you’ll always take it with you. It’s crafted of tough, yet easy-to-sharpen Nitro-V steel. It should have a full tang for hardiness, but it should be lightweight. It…

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