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September is the quiet stretch between summer heat and leaf season: warm days, cold nights, empty trails and parks that clear out after Labor Day. I feel like a lot of people treat September like the leftover month. Summer’s over, fall hasn’t really started, so they just wait. That’s a mistake. This is the stretch...
Read More →Just about a year ago, as it became clearer that the initial “two weeks to flatten the curve” COVID-19 lockdown was going to transform into “indefinite lockdown until there’s a vaccine,” we ran an article about the three idiots you Popular Outdoorsmen readers were going to encounter in the wilderness. I stand by those words,…
My God, it’s full of stars… Stanley Kubrick would be proud: On November 18, 2020, the Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau found a mysterious monolith deep within the worst of southeastern Utah’s badlands. The metallic plinth, which looks just like the one in 2001: Space Odyssey, appeared in an area so remote that…
If you have to ask, you can’t afford it. But a guy can dream… Krieghoff just announced their Gun of the Year 2020: the K-80/S “Galapagos Islands” side-plated shotgun, and it has me in a very 1% kind of mood. This exquisite over/under was designed for people who appreciate the beauty and mystery of the…
Say it with me: 2.3 million acres. Ahh…that’s nice. Recently, Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced the biggest increase in hunting and fishing opportunities in American history. The announcement now includes a final rule establishing and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities across more than 2.3 million acres at 147 national wildlife refuges and…
Hallelujah, it has happened! The U.S. House of Representatives’ Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and Congress-Critters of all stripes got together and passed H.R. 1957, the ‘Great American Outdoors Act’. Although any conservation measure should include bipartisan support, they don’t always–and that’s why we here at Popular Outdoorsman are so excited to hear that this historic legislation…
The summer of 2020 started with a sparkling surprise for one western Arkansas woman. Fifty-six-year-old Beatrice Watkins, of Mena, visited Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Murfreesboro, on Saturday, June 20, with her daughter and granddaughters. Within 30 minutes of arriving, she had unknowingly picked up the largest diamond found there, so far this…
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s David L. Bernhardt has a message for America’s outdoorsmen. As the Coronavirus pandemic spreads like my ex-wife’s behind and Americans everywhere begin to chafe at the restrictions of quarantine, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s David L. Bernhardt recently released a letter containing a message for America’s outdoorsmen: America’s…
Some of us already live in our Quarantine Paradise. Some of us can only dream… Many (if not most) of you Popular Outdoorsman readers were already prepared for the Coronavirus pandemic long before the first breathlessly panicky stories started coming out of Wuhan, China early this year. However, as pragmatic people who otherwise have lives…
They say that it is better to spend money on experiences rather than things… And rightly so! But when your experiences are accompanies with the hand of a beloved and the rarest gifts of Mother Nature, the word “experience” isn’t quite enough to encapsulate the phenomenon. Here are some of the places where you might…
Hiking through the wilderness is a great way to experience the outdoors. There are a lot of opportunities for the adventurous minded to connect with nature. If you would like to go on a trip but not quite sure where to go hiking, we have prepared a list of some of the best hiking trails…
A national park may not be the ideal place to go for a romantic getaway, but they provide lovebirds with the perfect romantic/adventurous experience. These national parks allow couples to experience adrenaline rushes together. If you are looking for a thrilling yet memorable experience with your loved one, you will benefit from this article that…
