Author: Braxton Taylor
When Robert Ruarke admonished us to use enough gun, he was talking about hunting dangerous game in Africa. But, the armed citizen knows that one might have to deal with all sorts of dangerous encounters. In considering personal defense, “use enough gun” certainly applies, and it should affect our choice of the handgun we carry for personal protection. However, not everyone’s situation is the same. The urban dweller is primarily concerned with the human criminals that might need to be dealt with. However, they are also concerned about the community that they have to live in. There may be concerns…
You might be a pro at ambushing whitetails from a tree, but ground hunting in open country presents a whole new set of challenges. When it comes to drawing your bow and not getting busted, you don’t have a ton of room for error.If you’re familiar with K.C. Smith and Tyler Jones of the Element crew, then you know they spend a ton of time chasing whitetails all over the country, especially the plains states. You can check out some of their cool hunts here at MeatEater or over on YouTube. Since we’re in the thick of summer, I spoke…
A handgun holster needs to perform three functions, which are all equally important. The first is to hold your gun in one spot on your person. A holster that moves around as you move around will dramatically slow down your draw as your blindly flail about for your gun when you need it the most. The second is to keep your gun secure when it isn’t needed and release it when it is needed. Seems simple, but gun retention is definitely a thing, and you’d be surprised on how many draws are foiled by reluctant holsters. Lastly, a holster should…
This week, Tony explains why learning to read trees and keeping an open mind on how to set up in them, is often the key to killing more big bucks by not just defaulting to our go-to stands. 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
Despite Lewis and Clark’s singular fame, Thomas Jefferson never intended their expedition to be the sole U.S. scientific exploration into the country’s new Louisiana Purchase. Just as compelling to him was a second major expedition into the southern reaches of Louisiana, for which he chose two leaders – Thomas Freeman and Peter Custis – who had a similar opportunity to become famous early American explorers into the West. Dispatched up the Red River of the South in 1806 with a bigger party and twice the congressional appropriation of Lewis and Clark, Freeman and Custis suffered a very different fate, one…
This week Reid and Dan host Mr. Texas Forever, Hudson Westbrook, out in God’s Country. They dive in on his rapid rise to stardom and what it has looked like for him. 12 months ago, Hudson was studying for college exams, and now he is headlining shows across the US and shattering records along the way. The three of them discuss his rural upbringing in Texas and what the outdoors looked like for him. Hudson disects winning a high school state championship in football, which somehow was only three years ago. Episode ends with a shoutout to Texas forever and…
Book review writer Richard Sisk on “Grant’s Enforcer” by Guy Gugliotta, Vietnam-era Navy swiftboat veteran and award-winning former reporter for The Washington Post, the Miami Herald and United Press International.President Ulysses S. Grant had put the night riders of the Ku Klux Klan on notice that he was ready to use the full powers of his office to break their white terrorist grip on the states of the former Confederacy. But he needed to pick an enforcer to break the Klan’s hold on the South. Grant’s GroundworkGrant already had the legal and legislative tools at his disposal for the job. In…
A 22-year-old Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet died Thursday during a land navigation exercise at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the service announced.Cadet Neil Edara, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, became unresponsive while participating in a routine land navigation drill, a core component of the Army’s ROTC summer training event, which draws thousands of cadets from colleges nationwide.Edara was taking part in daytime training when he collapsed and was medically evacuated by helicopter to the University of Louisville and pronounced dead, though Army officials have not released an official cause of death. The incident is under investigation.Read Next: Airman Killed by M18…
More than 150 years after the first regiments of Buffalo Soldiers were formed, a bipartisan pair of senators is looking to bestow Congress’ highest honor on the storied Black troops.Sens. Andy Kim, D-N.J., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., will introduce a bill Monday evening that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to the four Buffalo Soldier regiments. The introduction is timed to the day of the 159th anniversary of Congress approving legislation to create what became known as the Buffalo Soldiers.”The Buffalo Soldiers served our nation selflessly in uniform and in the face of racial discrimination, and it is long past…
The nominee to lead the Veterans Health Administration hopes to streamline Veterans Affairs medical care so patients face fewer obstacles when they seek treatment, whether at a VA facility or with a community provider.During his confirmation hearing for VA under secretary for health, Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. John Bartrum addressed the ongoing debate over the future of VA health care — the role the federal government has in managing and providing care for veterans, either within VA facilities or by paying private doctors.Bartrum told the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Wednesday that he sees “an opportunity to revisit the…