Win a Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel
The Special Forces Shovel is modeled after the original Soviet Spetsnaz shovel. The Spetsnaz were the Soviet army's most elite unit, renowned for their deadly efficiency. Trained to travel light, the Spetsnaz packed only the bare essentials. This included a unique shovel which had a broad flat blade and 3 sharp versatile edges. Cold Steel's shovel follows the Soviet design as faithfully as possible with newer improvements in the steel (twice as thick as the original) and heat treatment. The edges come sharpened to a utility/axe edge that ...
The 5 environmental factors that affect accuracy (With Video)
The five (5) “environmental” factors that affect accuracy — Temperature, Humidity, Elevation / Barometric Pressure, Wind, and Light. Keep in mind when we are shooting to put food on the table or other reasons we are not shooting a match where we are trying to put all of the bullets through the same hole. Temperature affects our shooting in several different ways: It affects the trajectory of the bullet. It affects the temperature of the barrel, It affects the ammunition we use, It affects the performance of the shooter. A second effect that results from warm or cool outside air ...
Dirty Harry Shoulder Holster (With Video)
The N frame Smith, with a 4" or 6" barrel was commonly carried in a belt holster, either on a police duty belt for law enforcement, or in a field holster for hunters. There were some shoulder holsters available; but these tended to be intended for field use over a jacket, and were not designed for comfort or concealment. So who made a concealment holster, back in 1972, that offered a fast draw, and reasonable comfort? Lawman Leather Goods did. Even the producers of Dirty Harry ...
Easy: Make A Self Feeding Wilderness Stove (With Video)
Cooking in the wilderness can be a little bit tricky. However by making this wilderness stove it will cure a lot of the problems people have cooking in the field. It is made with materials you find right on the trail, it requires no skill to make and only takes a few minuets. I can assure you this will become one of your new favorite bush craft skills.
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Win a Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel
The Special Forces Shovel is modeled after the original Soviet Spetsnaz shovel....
The Survival of Hugh Glass
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Pistol Caliber Shot Loads
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The 5 environmental factors that affect accuracy (With Video)
The five (5) “environmental” factors that affect accuracy — Temperature, Humidity,...
Dirty Harry Shoulder Holster (With Video)
The N frame Smith, with a 4″ or 6″ barrel was commonly carried in a belt...
Hunting With the Cold Steel Throwing Torpedo and RPG (With Video)
The Torpedo and RPG are a lot of fun for target throwing because they are easy...
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No Charges Forthcoming In Shooting of Grizzly
Denali National Park and Preserve officials have concluded that a man who shot and killed a grizzly bear in the park’s backcountry back in May did so in self-defense and will not be charged with any crime. The man and his female companion, both of North Pole, Alaska, told investigators that they were talking to each other while hiking up the... [Read more of this review]
Black bear enters NH house, takes stuffed bruin
While she was away on Tuesday, a black bear walked into an open door at Mary Beth Parkinson’s Laconia, New Hampshire home, ate two pears, some grapes, drank some water from a fishbowl and carried away a stuffed toy bear. Parkinson said the (live) bear evidently fled when she returned home and raised the automatic garage door. The toy bruin... [Read more of this review]
Mont. bear attack survivor: I played dead
A woman who was attacked by a bear in the middle of the night at a busy Cooke City, Mont.-area campground said she was bitten on her arm and leg before she instinctively played dead so the animal would leave her alone. Investigators say at least one bear rampaged through the campground near Yellowstone National Park, killing one man and injuring... [Read more of this review]
Maryland jet ski death linked to lightning strike
Maryland Natural Resources Police report that the 63-year-old Annapolis man killed on his jet ski during Sunday’s severe thunderstorm was electrocuted by a nearby lightning strike. Police said Warren Douglas Smith was riding about half mile south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge when the storm struck. Baltimore Sun. Read More →
1,098-pound mako could be Cali’s largest fish
The 1,098-pound shortfin mako shark caught by Sean Carlsen Gizatullin during a tournament off the coast of Oxnard, Calif. this week could be the largest fish caught by an angler off the state’s coast, reports KTLA. “It went under the boat a few times, came out twice with its jaws open towards the boat,” Gizatullin said. “It... [Read more of this review]
Truckers, NRA file suit to block Calif. ammo shipping ban
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has filed a joint lawsuit with The Calguns Foundation, the National Rifle Association, the Folsom Shooting Club and two individual truckers to challenge California’s ban on interstate shipment of handgun ammunition. The ban, which takes effect February 2011, will criminalize the delivery... [Read more of this review]
Deputy kills armed pot grower in Calif. public land raid
An armed undocumented Hispanic man was shot and killed by a Mendocino County sheriff’s deputy early Tuesday morning in a raid on a remote and expansive Mendocino National Forest marijuana growing operation. Deputies and federal agents from the forest service and Bureau of Land Management reported the armed man raised a rifle toward them,... [Read more of this review]
Montana bear attack leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is reporting an early-morning bear attack at a Gallatin National Forest campground near Yellowstone National Park today left one person dead and two injured. “We don’t know if it was one bear, two bears, a black bear or grizzly bear,” said FWP’s Ron Aasheim. The campground has been closed... [Read more of this review]
Bear sightings rise in S. Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that black bear sightings are becoming increasingly common in southern Wisconsin as bruins find areas previously marginal as habitat suitable for occupancy. “Bear distribution in Wisconsin has shifted further south and southwest, facilitated by the increase in the bear population and... [Read more of this review]
Wolves confirmed in Cheboygan County Michigan.
Wildlife experts say there’s evidence wolves are breeding in the northern Lower Peninsula, a century after their extermination. The U.S. Agriculture Department and Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment said Tuesday they trapped a wolf pup last week in Cheboygan County. It happened as workers tried to trap and place a radio... [Read more of this review]
Bear sightings rise in S. Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports that black bear sightings are becoming increasingly common in southern Wisconsin as bruins find areas previously marginal as habitat suitable for occupancy. “Bear distribution in Wisconsin has shifted further south and southwest, facilitated by the increase in the bear population and... [Read more of this review]
Leaping buck kicks biker into ditch
A motorcyclist was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries Sunday after a leaping buck deer kicked him off his bike as he rode on Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road. “Apparently a buck bounded into the road and attempted to jump the motorcycle,” said a park spokesperson. “A hoof clipped the driver on the helmet and... [Read more of this review]
Jack Hanna uses pepper spray on Glacier NP grizzly
The Columbus (OH) Zoo’s Jack Hanna, one of TV’s most popular and recognized guests, experienced a real-life, potentially dangerous wildlife situation at Montana’s Glacier National Park Saturday, when a group he was hiking with encountered a sow grizzly and two cubs. One of the cubs charged the hikers, and Hanna sprayed it in... [Read more of this review]
Bad mood? High blood pressure? Head to the woods!
A Finnish researcher says forests—and other natural outdoor settings—can reduce stress, improve moods, reduce anger and aggressiveness and increase overall happiness. Blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension and the level of “stress hormones” all decrease more quickly in the outdoors, reports Dr. Eeva Karjalainen of the Finnish... [Read more of this review]
Bear goes for joyride, totals Toyota
A full-grown black bear attracted to the smell of a peanut butter & jelly sandwich entered Ralph Story’s unlocked 2008 Toyota Corolla in Larkspur, Colo. early Friday and knocked the gearshift into neutral, sending the vehicle 125 feet down a hill and into some trees. After about 45 minutes of incessant horn-honking, a neighbor discovered... [Read more of this review]
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