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That Time Mike Rowe Almost Died in a Shark Suit
Mike Rowe, the longtime host of Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel, did some nasty and risky shit on camera while performing often brutal, gross, and dangerous tasks people do every day to earn a paycheck. At times, it also seemed like the show just ...
Pump Shotguns Banned in New York
You may not have noticed, but a few days ago, a new law went into effect in New York state that, as far as anyone can tell, bans the sale and possession of any non-NFA short barrel shotgun, like the Mossberg 590 Shockwave, and any firearm classified ...
Survival Tactics: Life and Death Lessons From Our National Parks
Search and rescue efforts in our national parks and wilderness areas are climbing in direct proportion to the explosion of visitor numbers over the last few years. Even with the surge in people getting lost or injured, though, the basic survival ...
What Was the Best Sniper Rifle of World War II?
World War II sniper rifles were often updated World War I models made better with new telescopic sights and upgrades to make them more easily employed in combat. These relatively minor improvements to the weapons made snipers much more dangerous in ...
Alaska Plane Crash: Helicopter Rescues 2 From Island Ruled by Bears
It’s one thing to rush to rescue a downed plane. It’s another when the rescue subjects were downed in an Alaska plane crash onto an island ruled by big bears. “We know of Montague Island as a spot where they bring like some of the more troubled ...
This MACV-SOG Commando Carried a 55-Pound Trad Bow Into Battle
During the Vietnam War, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group, better known as MACV-SOG, conducted cross-border operations in denied areas in Laos and Cambodia to strike North Vietnamese Army targets ...
Swamp Bucks: Plan to Bowhunt Deer in Florida This Summer
When the sun started to peek over the horizon and rays of light teased the land to life, I found myself sitting in a treestand anchored to a palm tree. The heat mixed with over 90% humidity was already too much, and as I wiped the sweat away from my ...
9 Solid Ways to Recycle Used Coffee Grounds
Every time we finish a pot of coffee, an existential problem arises. No, it’s not whether we make another pot — that’s a given. The bigger question is what do we do with the coffee grounds? In the United States, 64% of adults currently consume ...
How Good Is The New Redington Trailblazer Travel Fishing Rod?
Since COVID hit and social distancing became the new norm for Americans coast-to-coast, the call to get outside has been an increasingly attractive alternative to suffering in separate personal bubbles. One outdoor activity that has seen ...
Insane Smoky Mountain Largemouth Bass Action
The second episode of "Fishing the American Dream" rolls into the Great Smoky Mountains, where Oliver Ngy and Austin Neary go big-show with big bait for big largemouth bass. Ngy has heard stories about trophy bass that haunt lakes in the Smokies ...
Pro Tips: Why Everyday Carry Is About More Than Your EDC Pistol
If you truly embrace the idea of everyday carry, you realize your kit will often change depending on where you’re going and what you’ll be doing when you get there. Sometimes, you’re limited to what you can hide beneath a suit. Other times, ...
Hawaiian Cast ‘N’ Blast, Part 2: Hunting Hogs and Spearing Giant Trevally
The second chapter of our cast 'n’ blast adventure (check out Part 1 here) follows Free Range American editor Mike Shea through Hawaii as he does a little bacon harvesting followed by some epic spearfishing in some truly heavenly blue ...
Is the New TRXSTLE Bike Packing System Any Good?
Bicycles, since their advent, have been an economical and efficient way to traverse moderate distances while hauling a decent amount of gear or supplies in various ways. And the truth is, bikes can go some places that no other vehicles can. Today, ...
Crushing Big Bass With Oliver Ngy, Brandon Palaniuk, and Roland Martin
Episode one of professional bass angler Oliver Ngy’s "Fishing the American Dream" makes a stop at the Harris Chain of Lakes in central Florida. The Black Rifle Coffee–sponsored pro is in town for his first Bassmaster Open tour stop, but first, he ...
Pro Tips: How To Hold a Pistol According to a Green Beret
Shooting a pistol is tough — objectively, it’s more difficult than shooting a long gun, simply because of how much, or how little, of the shooter’s body actually comes in contact with the firearm. With a long gun, there are four points of contact: ...
Hunting in Hawaii, Part 1: Bah Bah Black Sheep
The first episode of this once-in-a-lifetime cast 'n’ blast adventure sees Free Range American editor Mike Shea travel to Hawaii with his bow in search of goats, sheep, and pigs — all non-native invasive species that have overrun the Big ...
Biden Signed a Huge Package of New Gun Laws, Here’s What’s In Them
In the furor over the Supreme Court's highly controversial overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision, the fact that President Joe Biden signed the most comprehensive gun bill into law last weekend got lost in the shuffle a bit. But it still happened, ...
How to Survive a Snakebite: These Tips Have Teeth
Ophidiophobia or more commonly the fear of snakes is one of the most panic-inducing phobias there is. Even the mention of a snake to some can cause a visceral reaction. Whether you love them or hate them, they slither through our daily lives. To ...
Freedive Safe Hawaii: Saving Kids and Changing Lives
In Hawaii and many other ocean-centered cultures, freediving is a way of life. Learning to become one with the water and rely on it for sustenance — both physical and spiritual — is very much a rite of passage. But it’s also dangerous to the ...
SCOTUS Strikes Down NY Gun Law, Expands 2A to Cover Public Carry
The US Supreme Court has released a much-anticipated decision in the New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. Bruen case that says Americans generally have a right to carry a handgun outside their home for self-defense. The ruling strikes down ...
Left for Dead: Dan Bigley Recounts Horrendous Bear Mauling Details
Among apex predators, there’s a fairly clear hierarchy. In Alaska, brown bears sit at the top of that wild social structure — above even humans. But for Dan Bigley, a seasoned outdoorsman, guide, and adventurer, enduring a brutal bear mauling brought ...
Is the White House Trying to Quietly Kill Sales of Green Tip 5.56 Ammo?
Late last week, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) revealed that representatives of the Biden Administration had announced intentions to restrict the production and civilian sales of military M855 ’green tip” 5.56 ammunition produced at ...
Ohio Man Shoots Bald Eagle, Tosses Away Dead Body
An Ohio man has confessed to shooting a bald eagle and then tossing its dead body into the tree line of a neighboring farm. On Tuesday, June 21, David B. Huff, 79, of Dover, pleaded guilty before US Magistrate Judge Carmen E. Henderson in ...
Open Pit Mining May Be Banned in Bristol Bay — Permanently
For most Americans, Alaska exists somewhere between high school geography lessons and Nat Geo documentaries. The scale of its breadth and pristine wildness and why it's called The Last Frontier is beyond the understanding of those born and raised in ...
Guy Biden Nominated to Run ATF Has Never Owned a F*cking Gun
With gun control bills flying around left and right, the Senate promising a slew of bipartisan gun laws coming down the pike, and gun violence once again at the forefront of the national conversation, the process for confirming President Joe Biden's ...
Stamina vs Endurance: How To Run Farther and Longer
Running is a great way to improve your fitness. It’s also a pivotal skill for military personnel and first responders. But to improve your fitness and build your overall running ability, you must improve your running stamina. Some might argue over ...
The Rise and Fall of Hollow-Handled Survival Knives
In 1982, Sylvester Stallone starred in a movie that defined much of his career and introduced a character that would always be associated with a popular and unique style of knife. First Blood is the story of a Vietnam veteran and Green Beret John J. ...
Like Eating Red Meat? Steer Clear of the Lone Star Tick
Ticks suck. It’s not bad enough that they burrow their tiny heads into places on your body that you can’t see without two mirrors and a flood light as well as spread diseases that can be potentially fatal to humans and animals — one species of the ...
Cutts, Cutties, and Cutthroats: America’s Frontier Trout
There is a magic hour on the South Fork of the Snake River — maybe only a magic half-hour actually — when cutthroat trout seem to spontaneously appear in the long sweeping riffles that spill into the river’s deep emerald green troughs. The ...
