Two YouTube personalities behind the Creek Kings Outdoors channel were convicted and sentenced this spring after a years-long poaching spree of bucks in the Columbus, Ohio, metropolitan area. The Ohio Division of Wildlife Resources released details of the investigation in late July, revealing insights into how the poachers exploited Ohio’s deer for commercial gain, and how they were ultimately apprehended. Columbus residents William Bethel, 28, and Justin A. Booth, 23, were charged in September with dozens of wildlife violations documented from 2019 through 2025. Many of those were published to their YouTube channel, Creek Kings Outdoors, which has since been removed.…

Dissatisfied with the quality of the engines for its fighter jets, the U.S. Air Force is looking for new engines — and perhaps new manufacturers.“The current industrial base has demonstrated significant challenges, including production delays, quality control issues, and critical obsolescence (i.e., diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages) across key engine components,” warned the Air Force’s Request for Information. The deadline is Aug. 28.“The government will pursue a strategic competition requiring industry to innovate manufacturing and guarantee supply chain resiliency,” the RFI said. The initiative comes as the Air Force struggles with its jet engines. For example, F-35 fighter deliveries…

As focus shifts to the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. Army has approved service-wide wear of the Jungle Tab upon a soldier’s completion of the Jungle Operations Training Course, an Army spokesperson confirmed Monday. The skill tab will join the likes of the Sapper Tab, Ranger Tab and Special Forces Tab as “an official skill tab,” spokesperson Christopher Surridge said, adding that the Army is in the midst of codifying official policy and procedures for the tab’s wear and approval in the upcoming iterations of the service’s regulations. “We will officially publish and distribute formal implementation guidance to all commands upon…

The Defense Department on Monday announced framework agreements with Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin aimed at expanding production of critical Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, interceptor components as the military seeks to replenish missile inventories through expanded, long-term production capacity.The agreements come as demand for Patriot and THAAD interceptors has increased following conflicts in Iran and Ukraine that strained U.S. missile inventories. They also come days after a Center for Strategic and International Studies analysis estimated the United States had depleted roughly two-thirds of its pre-war Patriot interceptor inventory during the conflict with Iran.Defense officials said…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. The average black bear, husky brute though he is, is mortally afraid of a hound’s baying. There’s something about it that seems to strike to the very heart of the biggest bruin, turning his blood to water, making him long for distant parts—or the protection of a tall tree. There is another kind of blackie, though—the kind that Jes Burke and his pack of big-game hounds recently encountered. I happened over to his ranch, near Alpine, Ariz., a couple of days after his brush with…

The U.S. Navy relieved the commanding officer of the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS West Virginia on Thursday, the service announced.Cmdr. Joseph Sammur was relieved due to a “loss of confidence in his ability to command” and was reassigned to Submarine Group 10. Sammur assumed command of the submarine on Aug. 14, 2025.“The relief of the CO does not impact the ship’s mission or schedule,” the Navy said.Submarine Squadron 20 Deputy for Training Cmdr. Luke Kelvington will take over as interim commanding officer.The West Virginia is currently undergoing maintenance in port at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia.The Navy…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. A SOFT RUSTLING in the brush roused me from the state of semiconsciousness that I was trying to coax into a couple more hours of sleep. I lay still in my sleeping bag, just listening. Snap! That’s definitely a bear, I thought, as I reached for the 10mm pistol next to my head. My ears are well tuned to the sound of nearby bears from years of hunting in Alaska. I pulled my pistol from its holster and unzipped the tent. I’d left the zipper…

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A lot of angers get overwhelmed when searching for the best bass flies. They see the staggering number of soft plastics, jigs, and other baits used by the conventional crowd and think they have to follow suit. And while you could fill a boatload of fly boxes with all sorts of different patterns, you don’t really have to. Whether you’re fishing a farm pond, a small river, a sprawling reservoir, or something in between, you really only need a few different patterns in various colors and sizes to catch bass.The key to building a box full of the best bass…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. An animal that doesn’t scare you isn’t worth shooting. A hunting trip that doesn’t produce a few new gray hairs on your poll isn’t worth taking. Now, I’ll admit that this is only one man’s opinion. I’m not bigoted about it. I’m not raising the issue of “sportsmanship”—I have no qualms about shooting animals. I know that the game species must be kept in balance. My attitude is a selfish one—I’ve reached the point where I don’t think it is any fun to shoot an…

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