Catalina Island’s long-running fight over its non-native mule deer now has another firm date. The 2026 season will be the final recreational deer hunt managed by the Catalina Island Conservancy before the organization moves forward with its state-approved deer removal program. Catalina Island has opened applications for its final recreational deer season, but the island’s nearly century-old mule deer saga isn’t ending quietly. The 2026 season will run from Oct. 24 through Dec. 18. Participation is limited to Catalina Island residents, and the Catalina Island Conservancy will issue up to 200 tags at no cost. Hunters must still purchase a…
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Support us! GearJunkie may earn a small commission from affiliate links in this article. Learn More The Ignik Gas Growler was there when I cooked dinner in a blizzard next to a wall tent 3 years ago. It was there last weekend when I cooked some lake trout caught just minutes before, near my campsite. And it’ll be there for every camping trip I take in the foreseeable future. Simple, efficient, and vastly cheaper over time than disposable green propane canisters, the Ignik Gas Growler is one of the few products that I actively promote to my friends on darned…
There’s almost no chance of a discussion with an anti-gunner that doesn’t eventually end up with some variation of how great gun control works in other countries. Those who have either good memories or good bookmarks might even give you numbers that they’ll claim show how right they are. They’re not. They’ve never been right about it.What often happens is that anti-gunners become fixated on some single aspect of the crime statistics, rather than seeing them as part of a cohesive whole.When you actually look at them more broadly, you see something interesting.In 1996 in…
There’s something about the back-to-school season that makes my wallet nervous. One minute I’m stressing over summer childcare options and the next I’m receiving detailed back-to-school lists from my children. Between clothes, shoes, backpacks and supplies, it’s amazing how quickly the total climbs. And I know that’s just the beginning of the school expenses. I don’t even want to start thinking about parking passes, club dues, PTO registrations, field trip expenses or the cost of school lunches. But here we are, approaching the start of the school year, and it’s staring us down. So, what’s a parent to do? Well,…
It’s a Prehistoric Recipe that Has Emerged as Today’s Health Food. Bone broth is exactly what it sounds like: A broth made from bones, although some contemporary recipes add vegetables for flavor and added nutrients. From a culinary standpoint, it’s the fundamental recipe for a stock that is often used in soups, stews, and gravies. As more and more people looked at the nutritional profile of bone broths, they started to notice certain elements and nutrients that have been shown to have health benefits in other occurrences. Some clinical studies soon followed, and the evidence began to grow indicating that…
Jonas Black wants to protect Yellowstone’s Mollie’s Pack. At least, that’s what he says. The animal-rights influencer recently offered a $10,000 reward for information identifying anyone who legally kills 12-year-old wolf 1090F or another member of her pack during Wyoming’s upcoming wolf season. He also promised to make the hunter famous, comparing the potential backlash to what followed the killing of Cecil the lion. I understand what he thinks he’s doing. He wants hunters to believe that killing one of these wolves will come with consequences. Instead, he may have signed their death warrant. That plan rests on the assumption…
Authorities at Camp Pendleton have confirmed that a Marine recruit died during a routine physical fitness test. Officials said the victim experienced a medical emergency on Aug. 1, while undergoing the scheduled fitness evaluation, and was pronounced dead on Wednesday. The test was undertaken at the U.S. Marine Corps base north of San Diego, Calif., and information obtained by Military.com stated that the victim was initially rushed to the Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside. The recruit’s name, age and gender has not yet been made public, as the service cited the recruit’s privacy in withholding his identity until 24 hours…
The National Park Service (NPS) is often referred to as “America’s best idea.” Poll after poll shows that Americans across the political spectrum love national parks. Theodore Roosevelt is a beloved president, in part, because of his association with the parks. During a recent visit to Yosemite during peak season, however, I observed a wide gulf between people’s feelings and their actions. Visitors may think that national parks are the country’s crown jewels, but they treat them like garbage cans. Since NPS data has confirmed for years that Yosemite is experiencing large crowds, I saw my visit to the park…
The Supreme Court will finally hear not just one case about bans on so-called assault weapons, but two. They’ve basically combined two different cases, particularly after the lower courts got pretty damn stupid in their own rulings. And that’s good news for us.Or is it?So far, pretty much everyone expects the Court to rule against these bans, even anti-gun attorneys, but let’s understand exactly why.The Bruen ruling established a two-step test lower courts are to use when assessing restrictions on firearm possession. The majority said courts must first assess whether the regulated conduct is covered…
A Colorado woman is facing legal charges after allegedly using fake military IDs as part of an attempt to allegedly steal nearly $9,000. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office alleges that Jonica Woodward, 47, presented a military ID and a VA card in the name of an account holder at the Pinnacle Bank in Memphis, Colo. Authorities said bank employees became suspicious when Woodward presented a Pinnacle Loan advance form in the amount of $8,900, which she purportedly signed with the victim’s name but had an incorrect account number. Authorities said a Pinnacle Bank account was targeted by a Colorado woman…
A Georgia man is looking at a potential 15-year prison sentence after flying to Jamaica with two loaded magazines in his luggage. Igor Andrusceak says both he and TSA employees failed to notice the 15-round magazines when he went through airport security, and he apparently didn’t discover them during his trip either. Instead, Jamaican security officials spotted the mags as he and his family were leaving the country after a vacation, and what was an idyllic getaway quickly turned into a nightmare. Andrusceak understands Jamaica’s strict gun laws. He also believes the potential punishment is far…
Every Permanent Change of Station, or PCS, taught me something new about budgeting. Not because I got better at reading the regulations (I did) or memorized every reimbursement program. It was usually because I made a mistake, got surprised by an expense, or wondered, “How did we spend that much already?” And it never stopped. No matter how many PCS moves we completed, something always came up. Sometimes it was something major. Other times it was as simple as hunting down a pharmacy in the middle of the night in a brand-new town and buying every allergy medicine on the…
On Wednesday, a court ruled that continued requirements for the registration of suppressors and short-barreled long guns were unconstitutional. This is a huge win since, well, the registration was only supposed to be about who paid the tax and who didn’t. To say this was a point of contention with the Trump administration is putting it mildly. And it’s an important victory, though an incomplete one.Still, gun rights groups are thrilled. Especially the Second Amendment Foundation, which was a plaintiff in a couple of similar cases.From a press release:“The basis for each lawsuit challenging the…
Colorado’s sweeping new law regulating the sale of many semiautomatic firearms is officially in effect. And gun stores are already seeing the fallout. According to reporting by Denver7, the buying frenzy that preceded the law has been replaced by noticeably quieter showrooms as customers try to figure out what they can still buy and what hoops they’ll now have to jump through. “It’s pretty quiet,” employees at Englewood’s The Shootist told Denver7 after weeks of record-breaking sales leading up to the Aug. 1 deadline. What Changed? Senate Bill 25-003 doesn’t outright ban ownership of AR-15s and other popular semiautomatic firearms.…
New Jersey is set to get its very first dedicated veteran advocate. Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill nominated Michael Embrich, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in Iraq, to lead a newly created position within the Office of the Veteran Advocate. The New Jersey Legislature created the office in 2025 to serve as an independent voice for The Garden State’s veteran community. Embrich served during both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and is a former policy advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He served aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt and received the Meritorious Unit Commendation, Navy Unit…
The gun laws in Massachusetts are a legal labyrinth that seems designed to impede the right to keep and bear arms at every turn. In addition to banning many popular semi-automatic long guns, the state’s “Approved Firearms Roster” also prohibits the sale of common handguns unless they have (among other things) “safety features” like loaded chamber indicators and magazine disconnects (though makes and models that were offered for sale before the roster came into existence in the late 90s are typically grandfathered in). Firearms Policy Coalition and several individual plaintiffs are challenging the Firearms…
There’s an old saying that common sense isn’t so common anymore. Whether that’s true probably depends on who you ask. But every so often a story comes along that makes just about everyone scratch their head. The latest comes out of Georgia, where an 8-year-old special needs student was suspended after bringing what school officials reportedly classified as a “weapon” to school. The weapon? According to NRA-ILA’s write-up, it was a tiny LEGO keychain built from a handful of plastic bricks that happened to resemble a pistol. If your first thought was, “Wait… seriously?” you’re not alone. When Does a…
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched a new clinical trial to test the effectiveness and safety of psilocybin—the main ingredient in magic mushrooms—in treating veterans with treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The trial, called “Psilocybin Intervention for Veterans Overcoming Treatment-Resistant Depression” (PIVOT), will be conducted at the following locations: Birmingham VA Health Care System and Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center in Alabama; VA Portland Health Care System in Oregon; Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia; and VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, Washington. The trial comes after President Donald Trump issued an…
A federal judge in Texas just handed gun-rights advocates one of their biggest courtroom wins in years. And it could have major implications for suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and the future of the National Firearms Act. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that the federal government can no longer require the registration of suppressors, short-barreled rifles (SBRs), short-barreled shotguns (SBSs), and certain other firearms whose $200 transfer tax was eliminated under the One Big Beautiful Bill. The ruling came in Jensen v. ATF, one of several lawsuits backed by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) challenging what’s left of the…
Eight minutes after the medevac plane lifted off from Roswell, its GPS went dark. The crew was flying a Beechcraft King Air through the New Mexico night toward a patient waiting near Ruidoso. Without satellite navigation, they began asking for help. An air traffic controller called a supervisor, who reached out to the military and asked it to stop jamming, so they stopped jamming. The plane’s GPS came back, and the crew then reported the airport in sight. They accepted a visual approach, the kind flown by looking out the window rather than by instruments. With the aircraft lined up,…
