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Wild turkey hunting seasons are opening nationwide, so it’s time to brush up on turkey knowledge, get gear in order, and head to the woods! The wild turkey is a uniquely North American Species, found in six Canadian provinces and all lower 48 United States and Hawaii, where the turkey was introduced in the early…
Who’s worse than a poacher? This guy, that’s who. But that’s not the worst of it… A Virginia resident was sentenced April 1 to 37 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to federal charges resulting from a lengthy investigation into a significant multi-state dog fighting conspiracy….
While COVID-19 was confirmed in white-tailed deer in parts of the U.S. last year, the virus was recently confirmed in Utah mule deer for the first time after the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources submitted samples taken from deer during winter health assessments. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has been collaborating…
You know Florida Man, right? (He’s best friends with Some Dude.) Ah, the Florida Man! He needs you to hold his beer while he does something cool, he gets arrested while bare-chested, and they wrote a new law just for him. Truth is that “Florida Man” sometimes has good ideas, too, and the Florida Men…
Just about a year ago, Utahns spotted a wolverine in their state–and, remarkably, the Utah DWR didn’t try to deny that what they were seeing was in fact a member of the species Gulo gulo. As we noted at the time, it’s standard operating procedure for most fish and game services to hotly deny that…
Is poaching is the “gateway drug” to antisocial behavior? A few months ago, we here at Popular Outdoorsman noted that there are very good reasons why you ought to suspect poachers of doing worse things, too. Poaching is the polar opposite of the way ethical hunters think and behave. It also seems to be a…
Ever wished you could chat with the world’s top pro shooters when they’re in a no-bull kinda mood? Taurus pro shooters Jessie Harrison and K.C. Eusebio are pretty much always in that kind of mood, and there’s a brand-new podcast on the scene called Taurus By the Horns that you’ve got to add to your…
Ever tried to run and gun turkeys while hauling a traditional turkey hunting pack? Not everybody has the skills and patience to sit and call turkeys all day, and on public land you may not even have the option. If you’re dealing with educated turkeys (and it’s kind of scary how quickly they get educated),…
Alabama or Bust! Did you know legendary conservationist Benton MacKaye’s original vision for the Appalachian Trail (AT) called for it to run the entire length of the Appalachian Mountains by linking Maine and Alabama? Conservationists in Alabama and Georgia have been working for the last few decades to turn this dream into a reality by adding approximately…
Looking for a cool button-lock blade made from top-quality steel from the best in American design? In this terrific video from Wayne’s Sharp World (you should like and subscribe here; it’s a great channel), you’ll see the long-anticipated Altus get put through its paces. This is the knife that, once picked up, just won’t let…
Scientifically managed predator conservation–and our elk populations–just took a major blow. Recently, a federal judge in California ruled to restore federal protections to gray wolf populations in the Lower 48. This flies in the face of scientifically sound predator management, and America’s conservationists are outraged. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) has been monitoring the…
by Eoin May ANV Knives is an up-and-coming production company based out of the Czech Republic. They have been arming their local military with blades for years, and they recently went global. At SHOT Show 2022 I got to speak with their CEO and Lead Designer Ondrej Nemec about ANV and its products. He explained…
