Author: Braxton Taylor
Deer hunting is simple enough, right? Locate, read, and interpret the sign. Then, you formulate a plan to ambush them while they travel, feed, or some combination of the two. In its simplest form, that is how you would hunt and kill a deer. Of course, harvest rates tell us that it’s a little more complicated than that.Hunting pressure, deer populations, and a host of other variables also tip the scales one way or another. As much as hunting media (and even this article) want you to believe, most deer hunting tips fly around like stray meteors—most of them don’t…
While factory magazines are typically best, there are some great—and not so great—aftermarket brands. Learn to be a discriminating shopper. When you purchase a new semi-automatic pistol, odds are good it’s going to come with two magazines. It’s so common that it’s practically customary. Sure, a high-priced, bougie model might come with three, five or more, and a bargain-basement blaster billed to buyers on a budget may shave $10 or $20 off the MSRP by including only one, but two is the norm. There’s a reason for this, and that’s because without a magazine, a semi-automatic pistol is a clunky…
Our F*cked Up series of calendars is back for 2026, but this year we decided to do things a little differently. Over the last couple months, we’ve received hundreds of photos of the most f*cked up hunting trucks around the world. We’ve narrowed it down to 24 of our favorites, but this time, it’s up to you to decide who makes the cut for the calendar! Please take a few minutes to vote for your favorite hunting rigs in the poll below. Voting will be open from June 9-15.As an added incentive to take part in the voting and pick…
This week Reid and Dan host multiplatinum artist and Arkansan, Justin Moore, out in God’s Country. The conversation recaps how some of Justin’s biggest hits came to fruition and how taking some chances sonically have helped him stand the test of time in the music industry. He shares the emotional experience of seeing his daughters harvest their first whitetail deer and tells the guys his favorite hunting past time. Moore explains why it was so important for him to move his family back to his hometown, population 300, and the things he may have missed as an artist living there.…
On this episode, Tony explains why guided whitetail hunts can be a great choice for certain hunters, but also why they aren’t for everyone. Connect with Tony Peterson and MeatEater Tony Peterson on Instagram and Facebook MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and Youtube Clips MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube Shop MeatEater Merch Read the full article here
A group of military and veterans’ spouses is joining forces to advocate against book bans at Defense Department schools, service academies and elsewhere within the military.While starting small — the group has six core members — the organization they’ve dubbed Military Families for Free Expression has plans for virtual events and “activations” in communities around military bases with the goal of educating other military families about the book bans and empowering them to speak out.”I can’t believe the irony is lost on anyone that our service members who protect and defend, serve the Constitution, which houses our free speech right…
A battalion of active-duty Marines — around 700 troops — based out of Twentynine Palms, California, received deployment orders to Los Angeles on Monday after President Donald Trump’s commandeering and deployment of the state’s National Guard troops to the city over the weekend, defense officials confirmed to Military.com on Monday.The deployment marks a sharp escalation in the military’s role in domestic unrest in the city caused by immigration raids by the Trump administration. It also shows Trump’s willingness to sidestep norms in his immigration crackdown by potentially pitting the military against civilians on American soil. Both California’s governor and the…
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case of an Army soldier who sued a defense contractor for negligence in a bombing that killed five during a Veterans Day 5K at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in 2016.Former Army Spc. Winston Hencely, who was severely injured in the attack, filed a lawsuit in 2019 in South Carolina federal court against Fluor Corporation, a military contractor that hired Ahmad Nayeb, an Afghan national who detonated the bomb in a crowd of more than 200 on Nov. 12, 2016.Hencely’s suit alleges that the company was required to monitor its Afghan workers at…
Last month, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued contracting directives meant to increase discipline and efficiency and reduce redundancy and waste. New IT and professional services contract with a value of over $10 million now require secretariat-level approval or a DOGE review. Advisory and assistance services contracts valued at over $1 million need the same—plus assurances that the work cannot be done under existing contracts or by DOD personnel.The Secretary’s goal of reducing unnecessary, duplicative, or overly expensive contracts or contractors has merit. No one could reasonably argue that there isn’t bloat across the department, or that some contracts have not outlived their usefulness or are simply…
A migrant from Peru has been acquitted in Texas of charges related to trespassing on a newly created military zone along the U.S. southern border now deemed an extension of Fort Bliss, delivering another legal blow to the Trump administration.A federal judge for the Western District of Texas acquitted Adely Vanessa De La Cruz-Alvarez last week of a misdemeanor charge of violating security regulations and orders, according to court documents reviewed by Military.com. The case appears to be the first trial related to the new military zones.A jury also found the Peruvian migrant not guilty of a misdemeanor charge of…