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BEARS IN THE BACKCOUNTRY. OH, MY. [Editor’s Note] The following article contains graphic images of the aftermath of a bear attack. Bret Bohn doesn’t remember how fast he was moving or if his feet were even touching the ground. As he rushed down the snow-covered bank toward what was surely a bloody horror, there was a very real possibility that he and his father would soon be dead. The 35-year-old hunting guide and resident of Wasilla, Alaska, had just watched in shock as a hulking 8-foot grizzly bear plowed into his father at full speed. “It looked like a semitruck…
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Read almost any emergency checklist and pay attention to the person it was apparently written for.That person can carry cases of water up the stairs, walk several miles without help, sleep on a gym floor, eat whatever food is handed to him and go several days without medication. He can hear emergency instructions, understand them immediately, load his own vehicle and evacuate without arguing, panicking or becoming confused. If the power goes out, he grabs a flashlight. If the building needs to be evacuated, he walks down the stairs.That person probably exists somewhere. He just does not represent most American…
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One-handed shooting seems to be a lost art. It is common to train with handguns using two hands. Two-handed shooting offers stability, increased precision and comfort. Shooters achieve their greatest accuracy with shooting while using both of their hands. However, there are several scenarios where one-handed shooting is required. One may find themselves protecting a loved one with one hand and defending themselves with the other. Imagine walking down a staircase while standing on an uneven surface. Using an off-hand to grab a rail for stability and defending oneself with the other hand is a real possibility. Art or science?…
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The Brief: The Webster County Attorney’s Office cleared Josiah Byram of criminal charges following a July 24, 2026, fatal shooting in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Investigators determined Thomas Ahrens initiated an unprovoked attack, pursuing Byram to his home. Byram shot Ahrens in self-defense before immediately contacting emergency services and cooperating with police. Iowa’s self-defense laws concerning reasonable force and property defense guided the legal outcome. Prosecutors concluded that Byram’s attempts to retreat and his adherence to post-engagement protocols established a record of justification, leading to the closure of the investigation without any criminal charges being filed. FORT DODGE, IA — A…
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The Brief: A village employee and a concealed carry permit holder intervened during a dog attack on a juvenile in Morton, Illinois. When one animal charged the citizen, he used a firearm to stop the threat. Emergency responders treated the injured child while animal control officials secured the remaining dog. Local authorities are investigating the incident to determine the owner’s liability. The case highlights the legal justifications for using force against aggressive animals, emphasizing the tactical and safety considerations required when discharging a firearm in public to protect others from severe bodily harm. MORTON, IL — A routine call regarding…
In today’s article, Joe Kurtenbach reviews the Fiocchi Hyperformance SBR Enhanced ammunition. The tested load, the .223 Rem. 77-gr. hollow-point boat tail (HPBT), was provided by the company for this review. “It’s about the most accurate AR ammo I’ve ever tested,” I said to Matt Gann, manager of 340 Defense near Charles Town, West Virginia, as I walked toward the office from the range. I’d just concluded performance and gel penetration testing on Fiocchi’s Hyperformance SBR (short-barreled rifle) Enhanced 77-gr. hollow-point boat tail (HPBT) .223 Rem. ammunition and he’d just asked how the ammunition test had gone. Fiocchi’s Hyperformance SBR…
Federal just gave Creedmoor its man card with 6.5 Creedmoor +PEAK. Here’s what you should know about it.In June of this year, Federal introduced one of the most significant advancements we’ve seen in metallic cartridges since maybe … well, forever. Their new +PEAK loads for the 6.5 Creedmoor have given that cartridge somewhere between a 250- to 300-fps velocity boost. Granted, we’ve seen what are commonly called “+P, Superformance, or Lite Magnum” ammunition advancements before, and all those loads offered a slight velocity advantage by virtue of the use of more or different powders.However, +PEAK ammo not only provides a…
The Hi-Power, a single-action, double-stack 9mm service pistol, was John Moses Browning’s final design. In fact, it was completed after his death by his protégé, Dieudonné Saive. Browning left behind an indomitable legacy in the world of firearms, and while many of his guns are extremely well known around the globe, the Hi-Power may be one of the most famous. Its prominence was overshadowed in the United States by our affinity for the 1911, but in the rest of the world, the Hi-Power is one of the most prolific and loved military pistols of all time. Now, the design is…
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A coordinated cyberattack targeted more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota on July 26 and 27, but the story did not stop at the Minnesota state line.By Thursday, July 30, the FBI was warning that water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states had reported similar incidents. Some of those attacks did more than knock out a computer screen or inconvenience an office worker. According to the FBI, the attackers disrupted water operations, caused pressure loss, triggered flooding, locked operators out of equipment and forced utilities to run portions of their systems manually.This is what years of warnings…
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Pull up almost any 20- or 30-year emergency food list and you will see the same collection of staples: wheat, white rice, corn, sugar, dried beans, pasta, rolled oats, potato flakes, powdered milk and dehydrated vegetables. Properly packaged and stored under the right conditions, some of these foods can remain usable for decades. That part is not necessarily wrong.What almost nobody points out is that practically everything on those lists is extremely low in fat.That is the real reason these foods last so long. They are not magical survival foods that somehow resist time. They are mostly dry carbohydrates with…
“Practically every one of our dead was found with his rifle torn down next to him where he had been trying to fix it.” — Excerpt from a letter written by Marine in 1966 to his family after a firefight in Vietnam. A U.S. serviceman in Vietnam with an early M16. There were many stories of soldiers and Marines having problems with the earliest models of this rifle in the field. Was it the design’s fault? Parts of this Marine’s letter was read by Rep. James J. Howard (D-N.J.) to the House. At first, there were reports circulating in the…
