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Range USA Increases Its 2026 Election Commitment to $75,000 with Protect Liberty PAC
This donation exceeds Range USA’s 2024 support and reflects a deepening trust in Protect Liberty PAC’s mission CINCINNATI, Ohio – September 11, 2026 – Range USA, the nation’s largest range operator, announced it has increased its total commitment to Protect Liberty PAC for the 2026 election cycle to $75,000 — one of the most significant statements of industry support since the PAC’s founding.…
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I Hunted Japan’s Deadly Brown Bears, and Met the Greatest Bear Hunters in History
A 1960 expedition to northern Japan after the Yezo brown bear. They came home with no bear — the only mammal collected was a chipmunk. What they got instead was time with the Ainu, who…
How to Grow Food When You Don’t Have Good Soil – reThinkSurvival.com
If you are trying to grow food for your household, waiting for the perfect garden spot is not always an option. You may have a small yard, poor ground, or soil that has been worked…
The Pentagon Is Paying $24,290,000,000 for 296 F-35 Fighters. The Engines Were Not Included. With Them, One F-35A Now Costs $92,000,000.
Summary and Key Points: The Pentagon has stated the cost of the newest F-35 in today’s dollars. The F-35 Joint Program Office confirmed in early September that an Air Force F-35A from Lots 18 and…
Public Access Secured on 20,000 Acres of Private Land in $29 Million Deal
A new conservation easement worth $29.3 million establishes year-round public access for hunting and fishing on roughly 20,000 acres of privately-owned timber land in northwest Montana. The deal, announced Thursday by the Trust for Public…
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A US Air Force SR-71 Blackbird Came Apart Around Pilot Bill Weaver at Mach 3.2 and 78,000 Feet. He Never Pulled the Handle — the Aircraft Threw Him Out. He Survived and Was Flying Again 2 Weeks Later.
Summary and Key Points: In 1966, Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Weaver made history when he became the first, and…
Zumbo and Carmichel Each Make the Case for Their Favorite Deer Rifle
This story first appeared in the October 1994 issue of Outdoor Life as “My Favorite Deer Rifle Is…” My Model…
Russia Commissioned the Nuclear Battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov in 1986 and Sent Her to the Yard at Severodvinsk in 1999. She Came Out in 2025. She Has Now Spent Roughly Twice as Long Being Repaired as She Ever Spent in Service, at a Cost of About $5,000,000,000.
Summary and Key Points: The Soviet Union laid down the nuclear battlecruiser Kalinin in 1983 and commissioned her in 1986.…
Microprepping for People with Small Homes
Estimated reading time: 1 minute When most people picture an emergency stockpile, they imagine a basement lined with shelves, a…
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The 8 Best Goose Calls for Every Skill Level
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more When it comes to calling geese, Canada geese in particular, I’m awful short of fancy. I’ve heard fancy, know what it sounds like, and hunt with people who can sound like a…
The Best Squirrel Recipes | Outdoor Life
Whether you call them bark burners, tree rats, or limb chickens, squirrels are good for more than frustrating you during deer season. They make delicious table fare when properly skinned, cleaned, and cooked. The flavor and texture of squirrel meat falls somewhere between rabbit and chicken. It has a super…
Albert Einstein did not write the letter that started the Manhattan Project. Leo Szilard did. Einstein signed it, because his name was the only one Roosevelt would read.
Summary and Key Points: Albert Einstein did not write the letter that helped start the Manhattan Project. The Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard did, and he brought it to Einstein for one reason: a letter signed by Albert Einstein was a letter Franklin Roosevelt would actually read. It was dated 2…
We Put Top Duck Loads to the Test—Here’s What We’d Hunt With
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more If bismuth and tungsten have been the recent trends in non-toxic pellet materials, steel and copper may be the pellets of the future. Some of that steel may be loaded with a…
The Biggest Mistakes Parents Make When Trying to Raise a Diehard Angler
Fishing has been front and center in my life since I was born. On my dad’s side of the family, my grandfather dragged me along to every bluegill hole, trout stream, and catfish lake in the state. My mom’s parents owned a bait and tackle shop in Central New Jersey.…
‘Usually Only in the Single Digits’: Just a Tiny Amount of Donated American-Made F-16 Fighters Can Fly for Ukraine Against Russia Because of Spare Parts Problems
Summary and Key Points: Ukraine has taken delivery of somewhere between 34 and 39 used F-16s. Ukrainian industry representatives at Poland’s MSPO defense exhibition told 19FortyFive that the number of aircraft actually flight-worthy on any given day is “usually only in the single digits” due to a lack of spare…
The 15 Best Shotguns for Grouse Hunting
We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more ›Grouse and the cover they live in shape grouse guns. Heavy brush demands a light, compact gun that can be carried in one hand while the other fends off branches. Limited visibility…
The SR-71 Blackbird Was Originally Going to Be Named Something Different and the Story Seems to Confuse Everyone
The History Behind the SR-71’s Name: The SR-71 is half a century old, yet it remains one of the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever made. This summer marked 50 years since the legendary U.S. spy plane set its world speed record that still hasn’t been broken. On July 28, 1976,…