Author: Braxton Taylor

00:00:00 Speaker 1: The best spot on your farm has bad access, then it’s not the best spot on your farm. 00:00:06 Speaker 2: Welcome back to back forty podcast, brought to you by Land dot com, the leading online real estate marketplace to find your perfect rule recreational, agricultural or hunting properties here in the US. And there’s still some time to go to the meat eater dot com backslash back forty for a chance to win a white deal kit worth one thousand dollars. 00:00:24 Speaker 3: The contest ends August twelfth, so don’t wait. 00:00:27 Speaker 2:…

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00:00:14 Speaker 1: My name is Clay Nukeleman. This is a production of the Bear Grease podcast called The Bear Grease Render, where we render down, dive deeper, and look behind the scenes of the actual bear Grease podcast, presented by f HF Gear, American Maid, purpose built hunting and fishing gear that’s designed to be as rugged as the place as we explore. Welcome to the Bear Grease Render. 00:00:49 Speaker 2: I knew I was here for some reason. 00:00:51 Speaker 1: Yeah, man, well it’s been a while since we’ve had Joe Wilson on the show. 00:00:56…

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala.—Future AI-enabled drone and missile defenses will need to not only rapidly detect large numbers of drones and missiles, but also be accurate and trustworthy enough to take them out without having to involve a human, the head of the Pentagon’s joint missile defense command said Tuesday.“The ability to accurately discriminate the threat, positively ID the threat, and then have the system auto-select the right interceptor or non-kinetic capability to defeat the threat is where we would definitely like to go,” Lt. Gen. Sean Gainey, the head of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Joint Functional Component…

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00:00:07 Speaker 1: This podcast. Welcome to Meet Eater Trivia, the only game show where conservation always wins. I’m your host, Spencer Newhart, and today we’re joined by Joannis Brody, Seth Roman, John Logan, Max and Alex Placta. Alex, this is your first time on the show. Tell folks what you do here at me Theater. I work with Roman and social media. Okay, and Brody just had a bone to pick with you before we turned the mics on. Brody, what was the problem. 00:00:35 Speaker 2: Oh well, it’s like a like a nature documentary screw up where…

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In 1569, Spanish explorers saw pronghorn and simply recorded them as “goats” in their journal because it was not entirely clear to them what this odd animal was. Its similarity to African antelope eventually resulted in the widespread name “Pronghorn Antelope.”However, further evaluation revealed this was not a true antelope, but it was too late; the name had stuck. It was a buck collected in Nebraska by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in September of 1804 that finally brought this animal to the attention of science. Its scientific name, Antilocapra americana, literally means “American antelope-goat,” but to be accurate and…

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A social media influencer was recently sentenced for serious wildlife infractions in the Yukon territory of Canada. Tristan Hamm, an influencer who bills himself as an “adventurous Canadian turned boxer” to his 1.9 million Instagram followers, pleaded guilty to illegally arrowing three bears in the Yukon over five days in May 2023.Hamm pleaded guilty and was sentenced at the Yukon Territorial Court on May 1, 2025. His charges stemmed from lying about his residency when he purchased a Yukon resident hunting license in 2023, though he didn’t live in the territory.The distinction between resident and nonresident hunters is especially important…

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As drones spread out into crowded skies, the Army hopes artificial intelligence and machine learning can help humans keep up.A request for information posted on Wednesday seeks ways to ease “the cognitive burden faced by commanders in managing complex airspace operations and maintaining situational awareness in a rapidly evolving battlefield environment.”The Army wants two types of responses: near-term “fight tonight” gear, and longer-term ideas to integrate AI and ML into next-generation command-and-control systems.All should take note of Army challenges in: Multi-domain operations The proliferation of unmanned aerial systems and other emerging platforms Contested and congested environments Dynamics mission requirements Integration of fires and…

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Taurus USA recently launched the new Taurus 817, a double-action revolver with a 2-inch barrel and a seven-shot cylinder chambered for .38 Spl. +P. The new Taurus 817 revolver is built from stainless steel on the Taurus Medium frame, similar to the Taurus Tracker, and both the new Taurus 817 and Tracker can use the same grips and stocks. These new revolvers can only be had with a matte stainless-steel finish, and all of them ship with rubber boot grips out of the box. The Taurus 817 uses the traditional Taurus double-action revolver mechanism that includes an internal transfer bar…

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Defense technology startup Anduril has become the third U.S. supplier of solid rocket motors, breaking into a market dominated by two defense primes, the company announced on Tuesday. Anduril is one of a few new entrants eyeing the solid rocket motor business after demand has skyrocketed during the Russia-Ukraine war and conflict in the Middle East. For decades, only two domestic suppliers have produced SRMs: Aerojet Rocketdyne, which was bought by L3Harris, and Northrop Grumman.The eight-year-old company has opened a full-rate production facility in McHenry, Mississippi, where it plans to pump out 6,000 motors annually by the end of 2026. The…

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Beretta USA is now selling a limited-edition version of its single most iconic handgun, the 9mm Beretta 92 FS. This special edition version includes a unique Cerakote olive-drab green finish and a threaded barrel. The classic 9mm traditional double-action Beretta 92 FS is arguably Beretta’s best-known handgun. This northern Italian firearm manufacturer, arguably the oldest continuously operating firearm company in the world, has made semi-automatic pistols since 1915. Fast forward to 1985, and Beretta won the US military’s XM9 trials with its 92 SB-F pistol (the gun that would eventually become the M9 and the 92 FS). This new gun…

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