Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. It can be tough out there for the freelance duck hunter. Modern waterfowl migrations (and the weather that drives them) are unpredictable, there’s tough competition on many public marshes, and private ground is often locked up by locals or outfitters.  I’ve been lucky to hunt ducks and geese across much of the country, plus I’ve had the opportunity to interview traveling waterfowl hunters who have way more experience than I do. I’ve learned two key points from those experiences: there’s still…

Two memos recently shared on social media show that the Army’s 197th Infantry Brigade commander briefly banned “bay tossing” by drill sergeants before rescinding the order a short time later.Bay tossing — a practice in which drill sergeants trash the trainees’ area by overturning mattresses, emptying foot lockers and garbage cans and then force trainees to clean up — is often used as a memorable way to teach trainees how to do something correctly.A July 31 memo from Col. Christopher J.C. Hallows, 197th Infantry Brigade commander, “strictly prohibited” the practice of bay tossing. The 197th Infantry Brigade trains infantry soldiers…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Anyone who picks up a bow has the same goal: stick an arrow right where you’re aiming. While trying to do that a lot of us fall into the trap of focusing on the wrong things. We obsess over buying a new bow or sight. Or make sure we have the best arrows possible. But if we were to direct that energy and cash toward what actually matters we’d be far more prepared for bow season. In this episode of the…

Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, plans to inspect all of its F-15E Strike Eagles after one of the fighters was forced to conduct an emergency landing with a missing wheel.The planned safety inspections were announced Wednesday morning, two days after an F-15E returned from a deployment to Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia but discovered mid-flight that it had lost one of its wheels.That F-15E landed safely and without injury to the two airmen aboard — who are from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron — and a safety investigation is now under way. The wheel was recovered on the flight…

Sign up for The Gear Shakedown Hands-on gear tests for hardcore adventurers. Once you’ve got the basics of car camping down, it’s time to look at upgrading your setup: camp kitchen, camping hammocks, and camping cots. While most campers settle for sleeping on the ground while in the great outdoors, camping cots allow you to sleep more like you would at home, elevated above the ground, making it easier to get in and out of your sleeping bag at night. Here are the six best cots we’ve tested. Best Camping Cots of 2025: Reviews & Recommendations Best Overall: Cabela’s Lounge…

It wasn’t all that long ago that ruler Donald Trump reinstated military aid to Ukraine. Now he’s vowing to withdraw the United States from the Ukrainian “mess.” Trump Mulls ANOTHER NEW Aid Package For Ukraine The current ruler has said that this war is not his, but belongs to his predecessor, Joe Biden. When asked by journalists on Tuesday why the U.S. should keep funding Ukraine as Kiev grows increasingly more coercive in its draft campaign, Trump responded: “This is Biden’s war. This is not my war. I’m here to get us out of it. It’s a mess, and I’m…

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The news came just one day after the National Park Service unveiled plans to rebuild a statue commemorating Albert Pike, a Confederate brigadier general, just a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. The Arlington National Cemetery sculpture — made by Moses Ezekiel, a Confederate veteran — was first installed at the site in 1914 after a campaign by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to promote positive aspects of the separatist movement. The monument was often referred to as “the Confederate memorial” and featured a bronze woman standing on a 32-foot pedestal. Below her, details featured the coat of arms…

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This article was originally published by Lance D. Johnson at Natural News under the title: Trump Administration Weaponizes FEMA Disaster Aid, Forcing States to Pledge Allegiance to Israel or Lose Critical Funds As communities across America brace for another hurricane season, a sinister political game unfolds — one where lifesaving disaster funds are held hostage by ideological mandates. The Trump administration, in a move that echoes the Israeli government’s punitive tactics in Gaza, is now tying $1.9 billion in emergency preparedness grants to an ultimatum: uphold unwavering support for Israel, or watch your citizens suffer without crucial aid. This coercive maneuver…

NINOSHIMA, Japan — When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on Aug. 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suicide attack missions.Many of the victims had their clothes burned off and their flesh hung from their faces and limbs. They moaned in pain.Because of poor medicine and care, only a few hundred were alive when the field hospital closed Aug. 25, according to historical records. They were buried in various locations in chaotic and rushed operations.Decades…

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As summer winds down and the calendar inches toward September, two very different yet oddly similar American institutions begin to ramp up for their respective seasons. In the NFL, teams are grinding through training camp, evaluating rosters and trying to avoid devastating injuries. In the U.S. military, units are wrapping up summer rotations, prepping for fall exercises and hoping no one gets a DUI before Labor Day.The NFL preseason and military pre-deployment training might appear unrelated on the surface. But dig a little deeper, and you will find a shared set of challenges: questionable leadership decisions, hazing masked as tradition…

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. This story was originally published in the September 1955 issue of Outdoor Life. It has been edited lightly to fit modern standards.  Nearly 35 years ago the late P.C. (Perry) Hooker walked into our sporting-goods emporium in Memphis, Tennessee, and handed me eight unmarked boxes of 12 gauge shotgun shells with one hand and a surprisingly heavy leather gun case with the other.  Perry, who represented an ammuni­tion company, said, “Buck, here are some hulls and a gun the big boss…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  Have you noticed that virtually all of our major cities are poorly run?  I believe that the condition of our largest metropolitan areas is a warning.  If we don’t straighten up, the entire country will soon resemble our core urban areas.  Thankfully, there are millions of Americans who strongly support a return to “law and order”, but unfortunately, “law and order” is the opposite of what we are witnessing in our biggest urban areas right now.  In this article, I would like to check in…