Fall Muskie Tactics: Why Bigger Baits Win Before Freeze

Muskies feed hardest in the weeks before a lake locks up, and if you want the biggest fish of your life, this is the window to target. The reason is biological: muskies carry an innate urgency to feed heavily and store body fat to survive winter, and that drive often overrides their usual caution...

By James Chen •

I Saved Seven Years for a Kodiak Brown Bear Hunt

Some hunts you book on a whim. A Kodiak brown bear is not one of them. The dream started on a wet fall evening in 1950, when an ad in a hunting magazine offered a Kodiak bear hunt, and it ended on a sheltered bay at the southwest corner of the island nearly seven years […] The post I Saved ...

By James Chen •

BFG Monday: The Shot Was Never the Hard Part

What More Than 1,000 Students Taught Me About Training, Decisions, and the Equipment That Supports Both John “Chappy” Chapman, Task Force 70 FoundationI can usually tell which students will struggle the first time I put a real decision in front of them. A student shows up to a CQB or vehicle ...

By Eric G •

Silencer Saturday #457: PTR Vent 1 - First Look

Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to TFB’s Silencer Saturday, brought to you by Yankee Hill Machine, manufacturer of the new Victra 20-gauge shotgun suppressor . This week we are taking a first look at a new silencer for review: the PTR Vent 1 . The silencer made quite a splas...

By Daniel Y •

GOP Gets a Midterm Wake-Up Call: What Went Wrong and What Comes Next?

On our latest episode, we analyze the nationwide victories by Democrats in this week’s Midterms JOHN ROGERS, senior partner and pollster at Cygnal, says Tuesday’s results followed broken promises to lower prices and not get America entangled in foreign conflicts. He also noted that white Evan...

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K9 Handler Gear Considerations

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is K9 patrol equipment: the gear that keeps both the handler and the dog alive and working across a career, not a demo. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going ever...

By Tom R •
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