Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Hunting is ultimately a game of chance. What are the odds you’ll cross paths with a buck? What’s the probability ducks will be on the marsh? As with any speculative venture, we try to influence the outcome with preparation, routine, and a dose of magic. For some of us, maybe that’s a rabbit’s foot; for others, a special knife. Archaeologists have found bright beads and smooth stones with the excavated remains of ancient hunters. As long as we’ve hunted, it seems,…

A recent Marine Corps basic training graduate who once weighed 290 pounds lost more than 100 pounds over two years to meet Marine enlistment standards.Now, in a family filled with military service in various branches, Pfc. Vallen Grayson, a graduate of Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, has become the first Marine in his family history, according to a December release. “I really wanted to challenge myself and become the first Marine in my family,” Grayson was quoted as saying. “I also have a childhood friend in the Marines who helped push me to join,” he said.Marine Corps qualifying weight…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Best Overall EcoFlow Delta 2 Best for Solar Panels Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Best Value Oupes Mega 1 Portable power stations are more powerful and cost effective than ever before. And, thanks to advances in lithium-ion battery technology, they’re also lighter and more compact. Whether you’ve been dreaming of van life or are building out your emergency kit in advance of that next blackout, there is a power station that will meet your needs. To help you decide, I tested…

U.S. forces boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, as the Trump administration targets sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela as part of a broader effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.The pre-dawn action was carried out by Marines and Navy sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, part of the extensive force the U.S. has built up in the Caribbean in recent months, according to U.S. Southern Command, which declared “there is no safe haven for criminals” as it announced the seizure of the tanker…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story, “Littles Wolves,” first appeared in the Dec. 1967 issue of Outdoor Life. One of the greatest game animals in the northern United States, and also one of the least appreciated and most lightly hunted, is a little wolf that rarely weighs more than 40 pounds. It has an antifreeze coat, teeth sharper than grandma in the Little Red Riding Hood story, a body as lean as a greyhound’s and tougher than whang leather, and the spunk to lick four…

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This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at the End of the American Dream.  Things are getting very tense in the Middle East.  The Islamic radicals who are ruling Iran believe that the United States and Israel intend to use the mass protests that have been going on for nearly two weeks to try to overthrow their regime. If Ayatollah Khamenei and his top advisers reach a point where they are convinced that the Iranian government could actually fall, there is no telling what they might decide to do.  Meanwhile, President Trump has declared that the U.S. is ready…

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new ballistic missile that it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable.The intense barrage and the launching of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile came days after Ukraine and its allies reported major progress toward agreeing on how to defend the country from further Moscow aggression if a peace deal is struck to end Russia’s almost 4-year-old invasion.Months of U.S.-led peace…

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The USS Fitzgerald, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, docked in San Diego Tuesday, after a seven-month deployment that saw it assist in the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations.During its last deployment, the vessel transited the Strait of Hormuz six times, acted to protect freedom of navigation in the Arabian Gulf, took part in several multinational exercises and strengthened collaboration with such countries as India and Japan, the U.S. Navy said.“I am truly proud of the hard work and dedication this crew has displayed daily throughout this seven-month deployment,” said Cmdr. Paul F. Richardson III, the Fitzgerald’s…

This article was originally published by William L. Anderson at The Mises Institute.  As he placed his hand on the Koran, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new mayor of New York City on a cold New Year’s Day, promising that “I was elected as a Democratic socialist and I will govern as a Democratic socialist. I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical.” Indeed, his inaugural speech was full of the radical proposals that marked his campaign, as he promised. His administration, he declared, would make life better for New Yorkers: And if for too long these…

The U.S. Army is resuming the hiring of religious support workers for the chaplain corps after backlash from last year’s move to cancel contracts.The scrapping of contracted support positions, such as religious education coordinators, Catholic pastoral life coordinators and musicians, by the Army Installation Management Command left some Catholic leaders, including Archbishop for the Military Services Timothy Broglio, condemning the lack of proper assistance for their roles.On Tuesday, the Army posted position openings for a Catholic administrative religious education coordinator and a Catholic administrative pastoral life coordinator, both for the U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria in Germany, on SAM.gov, a federal…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. U.S. Army Reserve veteran Tyler Woehlk might’ve had a rough start to this deer season. But things turned around in January, when he tagged two big Iowa bucks just two days apart. “This started out as a pretty tough deer season,” Woehlk tells Outdoor Life. “I hurt my back in bow season drawing on a big 10-pointer. Then the hectic holidays. But my favorite time is late muzzleloader season and it’s been special.” This late season was also the first time…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Conflicting views of a fatal encounter in Minnesota are fueling debate over whether an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s actions were legal, but some say the agent’s use of deadly force was clearly justified.The incident took place Wednesday on a snow-covered road in Minneapolis, where an ICE agent fired three shots at a driver, 37-year-old Renee Good, killing her.Various videos circulating on social media appear to show ICE agents approaching Good’s stopped vehicle and ordering her to exit it. The ICE agent was positioned in front of her vehicle when she appeared…