If you hunt marsh or timber, the PPF Wood Duck 6.5 HP long tail turns skinny water and salad mats into travel lanes. Big torque, easy cold starts, and real shallow bite. From Push Poles To Power: Why I Landed On The PPF Wood Duck There is an evolution to those of us who hunt marshes and timber. For me, it started with poling my Refuge Runner into the marsh. Standing and poling sometimes into the wind for long distances was tough. Next up was the introduction of an electric trolling motor. Of course, this did indeed help, but many…

Seven decades in and the 243 Winchester still runs flat, hits hard for its size, and keeps varmints and whitetails honest while treating your shoulder kindly. Why 243 Winchester Still Works: Flat, Fast, Proven If you’ve been in the hunting world longer than a hot second, you’ve seen the pattern. Every year, the New Hotness cartridges are announced. Flatter trajectories, short actions, compatibility with the AR platform, they’re always touted as better than the dusty old stuff. And hey, sometimes they’re worth investing in. But more often than not, you’ll find the classics worth sticking with. The 243 Winchester is…

A single piece of green apple licorice turned a picture-perfect Montana elk morning into a bear-fueled demolition of my 2025 Silverado, and the hard-won bear safety reminders are worth your truck’s life. Elk Dreams, Pine Air, Then a Black Bear Wrecked My Day September in Southwest Montana is the kind of month hunters live for. The elk are bugling, the air is crisp, and the mornings taste like camp coffee and smell like pine sap. It’s the season where you roll the dice on unpredictable weather, lace up your boots, and pray you drew a decent tag. What I didn’t…

Since the shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, it’s been clear that Colorado lawmakers are tripping over themselves to become one of the most anti-Second Amendment states they can. They keep passing laws after all, all claiming to be about reducing so-called gun violence, and we keep saying that the criminals don’t follow the law. This is laughed off by the anti-Second Amendment types because they think they’re so clever.But the truth is, criminals don’t. Only the law-abiding abide by the law, which means good guys are disarmed, and criminals do what they want.…

A handmade .54 flintlock, a high-desert mule deer, and a 57-yard window that closed fast. I chose sparks, smoke, and skill over easy. Why Hunt Mule Deer With a .54 Flintlock Since I was a little kid, I’ve had a thing for classic hunting tools. Longbows, lever guns, traditional muzzleloaders. They have a soul that modern synthetics just do not. I love a slick precision mountain rifle, but I still crave the challenge, history, and romance of a primitive weapon. For my 2024 Utah Dedicated Hunter tag, I chose a traditional smoke pole with flintlock ignition, true black powder, and…

The Firearms Policy Coalition is taking on the Illinois ban on carrying firearms on public transit. This is a good and necessary thing, and we know it’s important if for no other reason than what happened on a bus in Charlotte, North Carolina, not all that long ago, when a Ukrainian refugee was brutally stabbed to death, the attack coming out of the blue, and literally no one was in a position to respond with any degree of force necessary to stop it. It was awful, but it was far from the first brutal attack…

Two centuries in and the lever-action still drops deer, runs fast, and keeps the fun meter pegged. From 45-70 Government to 357 Magnum, here’s why a lever belongs in your safe and in your truck. 🛒 Check Current Price for Lever Action Rifle on GunsAmerica Why A Lever-Action Still Earns Space In Your Deer Truck It’s been nearly two centuries since the lever-action was invented as the Volition Repeating Rifle. Like many of the original and classic firearms platforms, the lever-action is often considered antiquated thanks to its age and tube magazine. Sure, modern versions come out semi-regularly, but what…

With the government shutdown now a month old, a bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate is designed to protect Second Amendment rights during just such a shutdown. On October 30, U.S. Sen. Jay Risch, R-Idaho, introduced the Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act, which would require federal agencies to continue processing firearm applications and licenses despite a lapse in appropriations. During government shutdowns, federal agencies are limited in the work they can conduct. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) have halted most operations associated with the background checks and licensing applications due…

For the second time ever, last month I flew to North Carolina to do some off-roading in the gritty southern mud. But in this case, the media program was not specifically aimed to demonstrate the off-roading capability of a new vehicle. Yes, I would be driving the new Honda Passport TrailSport, and I learned plenty about this mildly upfitted crossover. But more importantly, Honda wanted to provide a primer on the specific kind of off-road training that the company’s own engineers undergo before even working on vehicles like the Passport TrailSport. Dubbed “Honda Foundational Training,” the program’s origins trace back…

There’s no low that anti-gun states won’t stoop to if they think they can get away with it. The latest example comes out of the anti-gun mecca of Massachusetts. The very state where the American Revolution kicked off in response to the British trying gun control on American shores is now taking a new step in its own gun control journey. As it is, they’re notoriously bad about blaming law-abiding citizens for the actions of criminals who didn’t follow the law to arm themselves in the first place, but now, they’re going after gun companies.They’re…

Weatherby’s 307 Range XP in 7 PRC blends a familiar 700-style action, a crisp TriggerTech, and a huntable mag sporter barrel. We shot groups, ran chrono data, and lived with the quirks to see if it truly earns a place in the truck. First Impressions: A Weatherby That Looks Different, Shoots Familiar When I opened the box and saw the Weatherby 307 Range XP for the first time, I was a little surprised. I was asked if I wanted to review a Weatherby rifle, and I was excited to do so. I had never seen the 307 design before, and…

Continuing U.S. military attacks on boats and individuals accused of trafficking narcotics through the Caribbean and potentially in association with Venezuela has drawn differing reactions from the Trump administration and members of Congress.Questions by legislators in Washington abound on whether they should have the official say in terms of escalated military aggression off the South American coast, where both Venezuela and Columbia have been embroiled with the U.S. as tensions have risen in recent weeks—in addition to claims that briefings have been held but have shut out some of the highest-elected lawmakers due to partisanship or otherwise.More than 60 individuals…