When it comes to meat, South Carolina BBQ is whole-hog country. That means slow-cooking a 125-pound pig for 12 hours or longer in a cinder block pit over a fresh bed of hot coals until the meat simply falls apart. Whole-hog barbecue is the ...
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Texas BBQ: Big, Like Everything Else in the Lone Star State
Everything’s bigger in Texas: Friday night football, the stars at night, never-ending wide-open ranges, belt buckles, Stetsons, and country-bluegrass music. And you have to add Texas BBQ to that list. Texas is one of the four main barbecue ...
Kansas City BBQ: ‘The Sauce’ is King
Ask someone if they’ve tried Missouri BBQ, and the response will most likely be a confused look. Ask the same person if they’ve tried Kansas City BBQ, and they’ll start salivating like Pavlov’s dog. Kansas City is where “the sauce” began, and we ...
St. Louis BBQ Ribs: From Surplus to Luxury Cut
Kansas City may be where “the sauce” began, but across the state, St. Louis BBQ became world-renowned for its specific cut of ribs. St. Louis–style ribs hit the scene during the post-WWII 1950s, and the name referred to a specific cut, not a cooking ...
Mexican BBQ: As Authentic as it Gets
While the process of slow-cooking meat over hot coals originated in the Caribbean, it’s been a part of Mexican BBQ for generations. In the old days, lamb or goat was cooked in a type of underground oven called píib. Another common barbacoa technique ...
UK Becomes More of an Island by Banning Import of Hunting Trophies
In a move that proves tightly-wound Brits truly have nothing better to do than wind themselves tighter, the British government recently announced that it will issue a complete ban on the import of not just big-game hunting trophies, but all hunting ...
Hunting Accidents: Are the Holidays the Most Dangerous Season?
Amidst reports of shattered records and jaw-dropping trophies, people are seeing their newsfeeds filled with frequent and harrowing stories about serious and deadly hunting accidents this holiday season. From a search crew’s discovery of a ...
Utah Drops Proposed Elk Hunting Lottery, Will Issue OTC Tags in 2022
Considered one of the last over-the-counter (OTC) permit opportunities for hunters in Utah, elk hunting tags have become a hotter ticket than toilet paper during the first COVID lockdown. Even still, a recent proposal from the state Division of ...
Bowhunting Gear: How to Diagnose and Fix Your Setup in the Offseason
Fall is now a memory. For many reading this, it was an epic season of close encounters with a few blood-soaked arrows. For others, fall was, as it can often be, a season on the brink. Some of you want to delete the past few months from your memory ...
Rare Deer Shot In West Texas Is Headed for the Record Books
Cibolo Creek Ranch in West Texas was established in the mid-1800s by Milton Faver. Legend has it that Faver fled Missouri for Texas after gunning a man down in a duel. Only 45 miles north of the Mexican border and an hour south of Marfa, the ...
Antlered Doe: Missouri Hunter Shoots Huge, Rare 16-Pointer
Shooting a 16-point buck isn’t exactly an everyday occurrence, but it’s not exactly unusual either. It is decidedly rarer to encounter a whitetail doe sporting 16-point headgear. That’s precisely what Missouri hunter Samuel Perotti shot just before ...
Idaho To Hold CWD Deer Hunt, Joins 26 States Battling Disease
In late November, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game reported the discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in two mule deer that were killed in October by hunters in the Slate Creek drainage near Lucile in Idaho County. Now, wildlife officials ...
Study: Mass Gun Laws Increase Robberies, No Effect on Violent Crime
Last month, the results of a study on gun violence in Massachusetts done by a researcher at American University in Washington D.C. flew under most people's radar, but offer some fascinating insight as to how the gun-unfriendly state's changes to ...
Major Volunteer Effort Underway On The Upper Madison River
A malfunction at the Hebgen Dam on Montana’s Madison River crashed water levels this week and stranded thousands of fish. But thanks to a statewide volunteer effort, disaster may have been averted, though long-term effects on the fishery are still ...
Utah Elk Hunting: Intense Backcountry Rescue Saves Hunter’s Leg
Utah hunter Coy Kummer hoped to end his elk season hauling out a big bull. Instead, it ended with a broken leg, a wild rescue, and several major surgeries. On Oct. 10, 22-year-old Coy and his father, Brian Kummer, were hunting the northern ...
Son’s Quick Thinking, CPR Training Saves Father’s Life on Michigan Hunt
If you were hunting with a buddy or family member and they had a bad fall or lost consciousness and stopped breathing, would you know how to render first aid? Do you have CPR training, and if so, could you stay calm and stabilize a hunting partner in ...
Muzzleloader Hunting: How To Remove a Stuck Projectile
A stuck muzzleloader ball can ruin a day at the range, or worse yet, a hunt. And if you’ve been muzzleloader hunting long enough and it hasn’t happened to you, don’t worry, it will. Double loading, a failure to fire due to moisture, ...
How To Cook the Perfect Fried Squirrel
Sorry pork, squirrel is the other white meat. Squirrel meat is tender and lean with a mild flavor, and it’s a fantastic wild game alternative to pork and chicken. Plus, it can often be prepared using many of the same techniques and recipes. While ...
Bart the Bear II, Actor and Cancer Spokesbear, Has Died
Everyone, raise a glass and pour one out. One of the greatest ursine actors to grace the silver screen — and there haven’t been many of those — has gone to the great beyond. Bart the Bear II, a highly acclaimed and extremely well-trained grizzly bear ...
Oliver Winchester and Sam Colt: Innovators and Lousy Gunmakers
The Winchester name is one of the best-known firearm brands in the world. Its namesake, Oliver Winchester, oversaw the evolution of the lever-action rifle and its rise to fame as “The Gun That Won the West.” When the company’s patriarch passed away ...
Burnover: Shocking Video Reveals Daring Hellscape Drive
For at least 109 seconds, the night turned orange as a towering blaze closed over the firefighters. Captured in a video shot Sept. 10 from inside the cab of a truck, at least two men can be heard screaming obscenities, shouting directions, ...
Here Kitty Kitty: The Delicious Ins and Outs of Mountain Lion Hunting
“Do you want a pulled pork sandwich?” I was sitting in a kitchen waiting for a girl to get ready to go to dinner with me and had mentioned that I was starving, so her roommate asked me the question. I looked at the guy with the questioning look I’d ...
A Loss for Bear Hunters in Washington State
Some say there is no evidence of a slow erosion of hunting in the United States. I’ve heard that sentiment on several occasions — from hunters. But if you look state-by-state, you can see how a thousand tiny cuts add up to reduced hunting ...
Alyssa Clark Runs 95 Marathons in 95 Days, Destroys World Record
Somewhere between commitment and obsessive compulsion is a sweet spot where your mind and body are actually in full-send agreement. If you’re looking for Alyssa Clark, the Vermont woman who ran a world-record 95 marathons in 95 days, that’s where ...
Blood & Feathers: Wildlife Conservation and Fashion’s Lust for Birds
The stench of death loomed. Bombs exploded. Shots echoed along the street. Last words were forced from blood-stained lips, “Sophie dear! Don’t die! Stay alive for our children!” War dawned on the horizon. Gavrilo Princip steered Europe into conflict. ...
A Thanksgiving Duck Hunt Miracle
The Thanksgiving hunt, a red-letter event for so many hunters who look forward to the field before a day of food and family bonding, is a touchy subject at my house. I don’t hunt on Thanksgiving, nor on the day or two before. My wife, raised in ...
Hiram Maxim: The Right Place, Right Time, Right Gun to Change History
The United States is often called the “Land of Opportunity,” but for Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, that wasn’t exactly the case. This week marks the 105th anniversary of his death, and the story of his life is a remarkable one full of near successes and ...
7 Backcountry Hacks That Will Help You Survive Deep Off the Grid
I’ve been fortunate in my career to be surrounded by an eclectic group of professionals, from Green Berets and Army Rangers to some of the best backcountry hunters alive today. All these friends and peers have taught me a thing or two about living ...
Behind the Scenes of the Black Rifle Coffee Tesla Model XR556
How the hell do you top a vehicle build that pairs a Prius with a Vulcan cannon? By marrying a Tesla with twin miniguns, of course. Black Rifle Coffee Company co-founder, and resident mechanical genius, Richard Ryan cooked up the ...
New Pennsylvania Bill Would Decriminalize Automatic Knives
A piece of legislation was recently introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that would significantly loosen regulations on automatic knives in the state. Rep. Martin Causer introduced HB 1929, which would make the manufacture, ...