Author: Braxton Taylor

Henry Lever Action Supreme Rifle (MSRP $1,299) ¡Viva La Lever Gun Revolución! Henry is one of the best-known names in lever-action rifles, with the Big Boy and Golden Boy models leading the way in pistol-caliber lever guns. However, most Henry rifles have a rather pointed problem firing modern centerfire-rifle ammunition, namely the pointed tip of the spitzer bullets at the front of the cartridges inside of the tubular magazines that are found in most lever-action rifles. Under recoil, those pointy bullets can strike the primer of the round in front of them, causing a chain reaction that can ruin your…

Hosts Brody Henderson, Cory Calkins, and Corinne Schneider recap Cory and Corinne’s TX aoudad hunt, chat with Froylan Hernandez of Texas Parks and Wildlife about bighorn sheep in the region, get letters from the turkey woods frontline, order from the MeatEater Menu, and talk with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks’ Scott Thompson about aerial big game surveys. Read the full article here

The roller coaster of turkey season can sometimes literally go up and down. Brent’s got two prime examples of that this week when a self-proclaimed Yankee finds himself between a Southern local and gobbling turkeys. Not to be outdone, Brent’s climbing the hills with one of his good friends in search of their very first turkey–a memorable hunt indeed! It’s time for MeatEater’s “This Country Life” podcast.  Read the full article here

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that federal employees who serve in the U.S. military as reservists are entitled to receive the equivalent of their civil pay when serving on active duty in a national emergency.In a 5-4 decision, the justices said Nick Feliciano, a Coast Guard petty officer who was called to active duty from 2012 to 2017, should have been paid the difference between his Coast Guard salary and his pay as an air traffic controller at the Federal Aviation Administration.Congress created the “differential pay statute” in 2009, requiring that the federal government pay reserve members their full…

The Marine Corps is expanding its unmanned aerial vehicle portfolio by fielding competitive drone teams across the fleet over the coming year, one of the service’s top officers said Wednesday.The teams will mirror the newly unveiled Marine Corps Attack Drone Team, or MCADT, a specialized unit based out of Quantico, Virginia, that is serving as the ground-level epicenter of the service’s urgent UAV needs.In early January, the Marine Corps stood up the all-volunteer MCADT as an answer to the world’s rapid proliferation of drones, noting it would integrate lessons learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine, compete against other services,…

Democratic senators voiced serious concerns Thursday about a former Space Force officer’s political social media posts, as well as being fired from command in 2021, at a hearing weighing his nomination to serve as the Air Force’s second-highest civilian leader.Former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who was nominated by President Donald Trump earlier this year to serve as the under secretary of the Air Force, previously served as commander of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado. But he was fired from his position in 2021 after an appearance on a podcast where he promoted his…

Can a person who accused the U.S. military of embracing Marxism and denounced “the Left” as liars be a leader in a force that prides itself on nonpartisanship? Democratic lawmakers on Thursday were skeptical.Matt Lohmeier, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the Air Force undersecretary, is a former Space Force lieutenant colonel who was removed from his command in 2021 after appearing on a right-wing podcast to promote a self-published book that argues Marxism is rampant in the military. On Thursday, he appeared for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.Democratic senators pressed Lohmeier on his firing by…

Spring arrives with a vibrant burst of color that releases us from the dull gray bonds of winter. It’s a time of new beginnings and new adventures when outdoors folk can finally get back out into the woods and waters they love.For anglers, spring is an incredibly special time as every fish, from trout to bass to panfish and even fish like carp and gar, is becoming more active and looking to feed. However, spring fishing can be a challenge as fluctuating water levels, sporadic temperatures, and the availability of food sources can all affect the fish and your fishing.There…

As China applies increasing military pressure against Taiwan, it’s worth considering an earlier era when conditions were much worse. In the fall of 1958, four countries—United States, Soviet Union, People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan)—found themselves on the brink of nuclear war. The incident, which would later be known as the second Taiwan Strait Crisis, led to a rupture in Sino-Soviet relations and altered the trajectory of the Cold War. Revisiting it reminds us of an element of deterrence that is getting short shrift today.The crisis began on Aug. 23, 1958, when China began shelling the…

Recently, I was hunting in Alabama for the tail end of their turkey season. To my surprise, a cold front had blown in, leaving us with 32-degree mornings that barely got above 60 degrees during the hottest part of the day. Aside from freezing our asses off in hot-weather turkey gear, several people in my hunting party still punched their tags. The birds were quiet, hung up, and hard to locate, but the gobblers were still there and still looking for hens.Turkeys don’t disappear when it’s cold, rainy, and windy outside, even though it may seem that way. They only…