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We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn More › If you’ve shopped for denser-than-steel duck hunting ammo recently, you noticed that bismuth and tungsten-based loads are both more expensive and harder to find on store shelves. That’s because these materials are largely imported from China (if you want to read an economic deep-dive on this, check out our story from February). But amid these dark times in the waterfowl ammo world, there’s been a silver lining: Boss has introduced a copper-based load that the company promises to be even more…

Washington has spent decades encouraging veterans to become entrepreneurs, and Congress backed that with contracting programs meant to give service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses a meaningful chance to compete. A new SBA proposal could unintentionally weaken that commitment.On Aug. 20, SBA proposed replacing nearly 1,000 industry-specific size standards and exceptions with 338 broader ones. In common IT services categories, the threshold would rise from $34 million in average annual receipts to $531 million. SBA estimates 37,002 firms already in the federal market would newly qualify, holding more than 105,000 contracts worth about $71 billion in fiscal 2025.SBA has legitimate reasons to…

Iranian strikes damaged multiple American military aircraft this week on the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, a U.S. official told Reuters. The U.S. military, the highest-funded in the world, suffered material damage even before Iran’s strikes on Tuesday. This includes the destruction of more than two dozen drones, Iran striking fighter jets, and aircraft being lost to accidents. According to a May report from the Congressional Research Service, 42 U.S. military aircraft had already been lost or damaged in the conflict.Since the Iran war started in February, 18 U.S. service members have been killed and over 800 injured. A…

Many elk-hunting stories describe this exciting scenario: The bull charges madly to a bugle call with fire in his eyes and is shot by the hunter at 20 yards. That certainly happens every year, but far less often than you think. The truth is, many more elk are hunted after the rut has ended, when bugling attempts are futile. Elk behavior and subsequent hunting strategies depend on a variety of factors, including the time of year, the rut, food availability, weather and hunting pressure. Understand them, and you’ll be on your way to tagging your elk. The Pre-Rut Most bowhunting…

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that the Navy is planning to install Indiana’s first advanced nuclear micro modular reactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane by September 2028.The reactor’s deployment helps carry out President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order calling for the swift integration of nuclear power within the military, with a goal of having at least one working reactor on a military base by Sept. 30, 2028.“The MMR installation will provide reliable, around-the-clock power independent of the commercial electric grid, capable of sustaining critical operations under the most demanding conditions,” a Pentagon release said.The reactor will help create American jobs, bolster…

On a late November afternoon in 1991, Sam Aiuppa climbed into a stand and dropped a slug into his Remington 870. He had spent most of the day hunting pheasants near his home in Lasalle County, Illinois with that same shotgun, and he told Rack Magazine, “I wasn’t that much of a deer hunter.” After just 40 minutes in the stand, a 207 7/8-inch whitetail cruised beneath him. The deer was a main-frame 10-pointer with a split main beam, brow tines longer than 12 inches, and a long drop point. Aiuppa shot the buck, had the skull cap mounted, and…

U.S. President Donald Trump departed ​Washington, D.C., for Texas on Wednesday aboard the Air Force One plane ‌gifted by Qatar after an emergency slide was accidentally deployed and was removed.Military personnel accidentally triggered the slide, a person ​briefed on the matter told Reuters.The slide was activated shortly before Trump was due to board for a flight to Dallas for the first-ever Republican midterm convention. The issue briefly delayed Trump’s departure.Asked by a journalist whether he was sure that the plane was safe to fly, Trump said: “Yeah, I am, or I wouldn’t be on it.”The emergency slide was seen being…

Bone fragments from the sword hand of a medieval Russian prince who won a famous victory over the Mongols have been sent to the front in Ukraine to raise army morale in the Russian Orthodox Church’s latest show of support for President Vladimir Putin’s war.The sarcophagus of Grand Prince Dmitry Donskoy, who died in 1389 and is revered by Russian nationalists for defeating the Mongol Golden Horde at the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo, was uncovered this summer during restoration work at Moscow’s Cathedral of the Archangel inside the Kremlin.Putin personally inspected what experts said were the prince’s well-preserved remains in…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news from Outdoor Life. The days of hauling heavy, noisy climbing sticks through the woods are behind us. Modern climbing sticks are purpose built with the mobile hunter top of mind, resulting in climbing methods that are lighter, quieter, and far more mobile than their clunky predecessors. This means you have a lot of options when it comes to shopping for your next set of climbing sticks, so I spent time comparing the best of the best to create a guide to buying the best climbing sticks for you. …

The Navy may be making some investments in unmanned vessels, but it needs to get a lot more ruthless to bring the fleet into the future, a top leader of the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit said Wednesday.Testifying before the National Commission on the Future of the Navy Wednesday, DIU’s principal deputy director and chief commercial officer, Matthew Shortal, said dollars are not following rhetoric when it comes to building out the unmanned fleet.“I’ve seen reports that it’s 96% manned, 4% unmanned,” Shortal said. “My personal view is that it’s not even close, and we need to move quicker.”He…

A buck tears into a cedar tree trunk, leaving shavings of bark all around its already scarred base. Another whitetail rips up the ground, sending leaves, sticks, and dirt flying from the community scrape. Both are laying down obvious deer sign that’d fire up even the most even-keeled deer hunters. According to the National Deer Association, one mature buck can make upward of 1,200 rubs in a single year. They make and revisit many scrapes throughout the year as well. Furthermore, the NDA says that, during the two weeks prior to the peak rut, bucks can make or visit five…

Iran’s capture of a U.S. military underwater drone gives Tehran an opportunity to study and potentially reverse-engineer the vessel, delivering a setback for the Pentagon and drone maker Anduril.The U.S. military and Anduril have downplayed the significance of the drone falling into Iranian hands. The vessel, a Dive-LD autonomous underwater vehicle designed for long-range surveillance and other undersea missions, is among a new generation of military drones intended to operate for days with little human intervention. Washington has previously treated the loss of advanced drones to Iran as a serious matter.After Iran captured an RQ-170 Sentinel stealth reconnaissance drone in…

Austin New, of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, had patterned a good buck from July of this year until the evening of the state’s opening bow deer season on Sept. 5. He’d located the buck in the same hayfield in Central Kentucky this summer as he had in 2025. “It grew 45 inches in antler mass from last year to this year,” the 37-year-old lineman told Outdoor Life. “I figured the buck was a 150-incher in 2025, and I decided to let him grow another year before trying to take it this year.” Late in the afternoon on Sept. 5, New was in…

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Transformers are the part above the waterline.

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Captain Phillips, and the details that never got out.

Big claims stacked in one headline. See how many hold.