Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Patrick Wightman gets that America’s turkey hunters are cranky. Turkey populations are declining in most regions, none steeper than in the American Southeast. Seasons are shorter and shifting later in order to allow gobblers to breed hens before hunters hit the field. Meanwhile, bag limits are being reduced. Reductions in opportunity are especially jarring for turkey hunters who recall the celebratory mood of the National Wild Turkey Federation around its Target 2000, an initiative to restore wild turkeys to all available…

China has warned Taiwan that it will be annihilated if the United States supplies ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) is deployed for use. Beijing warned Taiwan specifically against using HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) launchers armed with ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles on islets closer to the mainland than Taiwan. According to a report by RT, Taipei has ordered 82 M142 HIMARS systems and 420 ATACMS munitions under an $11.1 billion arms sale package announced by the US government last December. The ballistic missiles have a range of 300 km, meaning their deployment to the Penghu and Dongyin islands would…

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The Marine Corps has big plans in 2026 to advance toward fielding a drone wingman to collaborate with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.On Tuesday, the Corps released its 2026 Aviation Plan, outlining its strategy to maintain and develop its aviation fleets. A top priority: testing and developing Marine Air-Ground Task Force Unmanned Expeditionary (MUX) TACAIR, an unmanned “collaborative combat aircraft” intended to “increase the survivability and lethality of F-35 and enable the successful execution of the [strike fighter] mission across a wide range of developing threat environments,” according to the document.The relatively low-cost MUX TACAIR will do that by assuming…

This article was originally published by John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead at The Rutherford Institute.  “No doubt concentration camps were a means, a menace used to keep order.”—Albert Speer, Nuremberg Trials In 2021, amid a global pandemic, warnings that the federal government might repurpose warehouses into detention facilities on American soil were dismissed as speculative, alarmist, or even conspiratorial. Five years later, what was speculation is a blueprint for locking up whoever the government chooses to target. According to investigative reports, the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement are actively purchasing warehouses, factories, and industrial buildings across…

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The heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Patrol on Tuesday declined to comment on the January killings of Minneapolis protestors Renée Good and Veterans Affairs nurse Alex Pretti, citing ongoing investigations into their deaths. During a House Homeland Security Committee oversight hearing on immigration enforcement operations, acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons and Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott refused to answer questions regarding the deaths, which occurred last month during protests in Minneapolis. Pretti, a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, was shot and killed…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Buried deep inside a 456-page bill that aims to reform or eliminate dozens of superfluous boards and commissions in Indiana is a stunner: inclusion of the Indiana Natural Resources Commission, the high-profile board that establishes rules governing everything from deer season dates, fishing limits, and license fees. The bill, Indiana House Bill 1003, passed the state’s House of Representatives last week by a commanding 67-29 margin and now heads to the Senate, where opponents hope to either kill it entirely or…

The Navy presented two recipients with an esteemed award that recognizes the best surface warfare officer from each coast, according to a Navy release.Lt. Cmdr. Carolyn Bystrom received the honor for her service with Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, while Lt. Cmdr. Brian Van Metre earned the Atlantic Fleet’s Surface Warfare Officer of the Year award. “This prestigious distinction honors those who embody the core values and ethos of the SWO community — demonstrating exceptional leadership, professionalism, and warfighting proficiency,” the release said.Bystrom was awarded for her time aboard the USS Spruance as the vessel’s plans and tactics officer.…