Author: Braxton Taylor
Like most rebellious teenagers, I wasn’t much for rules. But the Thanksgiving weekend of 2007, I played it by the book. My dad gave me strict instructions not to leave my hunting blind until dark, especially if I shot a deer. And, Buddy, did I keep that bucket seat warm.My ears were still ringing when I peered through the new hole in the blind’s shoot-through mesh. The buck I shot dropped in its tracks, and I could see its white underbelly lying in the clover patch. I didn’t have a cell phone back then, so I just sat there shaking…
A Wisconsin hunter tagged what is now the Boone and Crockett record for the largest grizzly bear ever killed by a human.Brian van Lanen shot the giant bruin last fall near Norton Sound, Alaska. He knew after skinning out the head that it would be a top-10 giant, but after a 60-day drying period, the Boone and Crockett Club just confirmed that it’s the largest hunter-killed grizzly in the world.MeatEater’s Randall Williams had the chance to see the skull in person at B&C’s 32nd Big Game Awards, and he says it caught his eye even before he knew it was…
In the spirit of Father’s Day, Jason and Dirk enjoy comparing their Father’s personalities and atributes. They discuss their dad’s backgrounds, and reminicing about their first times hunting with them. Learn more at https://www.treelineacademy.net/ Connect with Jason, Dirk, and Phelps Game Calls MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop Phelps Merch Read the full article here
Not all injuries are created equal, but when an injury prevents you from running for more than six months, you should build back up like a beginner. Depending on the injury, the progression to return to your pre-injury state will take several months.Be patient and focus on the elements of fitness you may not have paid much attention to in the past. This running/endurance athlete who sent the following email should recover and rebuild his running before gaining enough strength to excel in the Army Special Forces training pipeline.This may be a perfect opportunity to focus on strength, power and…
Welcome to MeatEater At MeatEater, we believe a deeper connection to the natural world enriches all our lives. Through honest storytelling, expert advice, top-tier gear, and a commitment to conservation, we help hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts live closer to nature. Read the full article here
It was supposed to be a routine appearance, a visit from the commander in chief to rally the troops, boost morale and celebrate the Army’s 250th-birthday week, which culminates with a Washington, D.C., parade slated for Saturday.Instead, what unfolded Tuesday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, bore little resemblance to the customary visit from a president and defense secretary. There, President Donald Trump unleashed a speech laced with partisan invective, goading jeers from a crowd of soldiers positioned behind his podium — blurring the long-standing and sacrosanct line between the military and partisan politics.As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes,…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested Wednesday that the Trump administration could send troops to any city in America over the objections of state and local officials, as it is doing now in Los Angeles.During a Senate Appropriations Committee defense subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, asked Hegseth about the fact that the order President Donald Trump issued Saturday that has sent Marines and the National Guard into L.A. mentioned neither a specific location nor specific units that it applies to.”Do you think this order applies to any Guard anywhere, any service branch anywhere?” Schatz asked. “Did you just potentially…
Relatives of the late Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams-Earley anticipated it, but when President Donald Trump announced their parents’ names would be stripped from the Virginia base, they were still surprised.Trump, in front of a crowd of Army soldiers Tuesday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said “for a little breaking news” that his administration would be removing the name Fort Gregg-Adams, which was bestowed on the base in 2023, and returning it to Fort Lee, originally named in honor of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who commanded troops of the slave-holding South during the Civil War.In…
As protests in Los Angeles became more widespread and some turned violent over the weekend, leaders of the Veterans Affairs L.A. Ambulatory Care Center made the tough call to close the facility, which serves thousands of patients a week.The center is one of four federal buildings in a block in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood, the focus of demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and the center of ongoing operations by the Los Angeles Police Department and Army National Guard.Not knowing how long the ambulatory care facility would be closed, Veterans Affairs providers scrambled Sunday evening to make sure…
Active-duty Marines deployed to the Los Angeles area to protect federal buildings and personnel amid protests there are authorized to temporarily detain people “if threatened” or “otherwise harassed” before turning them over to civilian law enforcement, according to two defense officials.The Marines — 700 of whom deployed from a base in Twentynine Palms, California, on Monday in response to the protests — were still training in crowd control and rules for the use of force at a Navy base in Orange County as of Wednesday and were expected to finish within the next two days before being employed, one of…