Deleting Elmer Fudd’s Gun: The Hypocrisy of Hollywood and ‘Gun Violence’
By Joe Bartozzi
The streaming service HBO Max is launching a reboot of the classic children’s cartoon Looney Tunes. In doing so they’ve caved to antigun cancel culture with two of the cartoon’s lovable losers.
When the perpetually-failing...
Reloading 101: Beating the High Cost of Ammunition (Part 2)
This is the second of two posts on the basics of reloading ammunition. See part one here.
If there’s one thing I like more than shooting it’s being a cheap bastard saving money. It's the...
NSSF Q&A: U.S. Representative Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania
From the NSSF:
Who introduced you to hunting/the shooting sports, and at what age?
My grandparents taught me how to shoot in first or second grade. I would shoot at a bell, and they gave me...
Use Enough Bullet: .35 Whelen Improved and Swift A-Frame Bullets for Cape Buffalo
Frances and I are heading to Zambeze Delta Safaris' Mozambique hunting concession in November. This concession, known as Coutada 11, is famous for the richness of its game animals; Sable, Reedbuck, Waterbuck, Nyala and...
Gun Review: Nosler Model 48 Mountain Carbon Rifle in 26 Nosler
I have an embarrassing confession to make. I have used Nosler products - ammunition, brass and bullets - for 25 years. But somehow, until 2018, I did not know that Nosler built rifles. When...
An Ice Cold Morning, a Savage 24, and My Very First Deer
It was, as my dad would say, "colder than a well digger's ass." There was even a little snow covering the Texas Hill Country grass.
I was probably 8 years old, and scrawny for my...
Oregon Poachers Facing More Than $162,000 in Fines for at Least 27 Big Game...
By Travis Smola
The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division has charged four people with poaching at least 27 big game animals in a case that may result in huge fines.
In a press release, the OSP...
The Second Amendment’s 27 Words Protect Gun Rights, Not Hunting
By Joe Bartozzi
U.S. Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) joined Everytown for Gun Safety’s vice presidential webinar forum where she trotted out her yarn about gun laws and Uncle Dick in the deer stand.
It’s time we...
One Side Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Acute Hunting Fever
By Mark Oliva
The lockdowns to prevent spread of coronavirus seem to be having some beneficial, if not unintended, side effects. More people are getting into the woods and finding out nature provides.
There’s evidence that...
Montana Senator Steve Daines Paints a ‘Big Sky’ Picture for NSSF Members
By Matt Manda
Montana Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines is rightfully known as one of the most conservation-minded senators in Washington, D.C. The senator recently joined NSSF’s Larry Keane for a virtual townhall hosted by...
Justice Department, Wyoming Ask 9th Circuit to Allow 1st Grizzly Hunt in Decades
By Matthew Brown, AP
Attorneys for the U.S. government and the state of Wyoming urged an appeals court Tuesday to throw out much of a judge’s ruling that blocked the first grizzly bear hunts in...
After Giving Up Hunting, Prince Harry Has Now Sold His 2 Handmade Purdey Guns
First Prince Harry's American wife made him swear off hunting. Because Bambi or something. Now, in the style of Sean Penn, the self-exiled prince has dumped his handmade English guns, too.
A fellow hunter bought...