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Meet the Mollusc, an Innovative Tent That Can Fold Up in Seconds
Tents are great for keeping out rain, wind, or snow, but if you want to enjoy a little sunshine you need to step outside. That's the problem that the Mollusc tent was designed to solve.
According to its creator, the Mollusc is the only tent in the world that can fully open and close in three seconds. The tent is designed so that you can quickly and easily open and close the entire tent based on weather conditions. When it's hot you can cool down. If it gets windy and rainy, you can simply draw the canopy over and be secure and water-tight.
The Mollusc tent is fairly large at nine feet...
Champion Angler Implicated in Nova Scotia Fisheries Sting
Fisheries officials in Nova Scotia, Canada say that a world-class angler from Florida may be connected to a number of fishing violations committed by a fishing charter in Halifax.
According to the CBC, the accusation comes after an undercover investigation late last year when officials posed as customers and hired the services of Zappa Charters, eventually going out to sea with Captain Dale Trenholm and his crew. Undercover agents claim that during the trip, Trenholm and his crew...
Heckler & Koch Majority Shareholder Gives Company $64 Million Cash
German gun manufacturer Heckler & Koch saw its bonds rise to a 15-month high after majority shareholder Andreas Heeschen gave the company 60 million Euro in cash (approximately $64 million) as a shareholder loan repayment. The cash injection is expected to strengthen the company after the German government recently announced that it will be seeking a replacement for the G36, a Heckler & Koch firearm that has been the German army's main assault rifle for about 20 years.
The decision came after a controversial report that the G36 has accuracy issues when hot, something which the...
Video: Using .50 Caliber Guns at a USPSA Match
Our wrists hurt after watching this video.
Bringing .50 caliber guns to a USPSA match is definitely not for everyone. Even if you have the massive wrists needed to handle the recoil and muzzle jump of firing one of these massive handguns, this will still be one of the pricier matches in terms of ammo expended. In the video below, David Starr runs a few stages with a .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum revolver as well as a Desert Eagle in .50AE.
Judging by how high that muzzle flipped, the .500 S&W was definitely the bigger beast in this match.
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An Introduction to Trapping
There is a certain romance to trapping. Much of North America as it is today was built on the backs of the trappers and explorers who trekked into the wilds in search of the furs that drove the economy. Who hasn’t dreamt of wearing buckskins and a coon-skin cap, paddling down a river in a birch-bark canoe, loaded down with furs?
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Modern trappers play an important part in conservation. They help control predator and varmint populations. There is also a...
Angler Records Landslide Caused by Powerful Earthquake in Greece
A massive landslide caused by an earthquake was captured on video by a passing fisherman.
The earthquake was centered in Lefkas, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece. The violent shaking caused hundreds of thousands of tons of sand and rock to come crashing down onto the beach below. The beach, which was also a popular tourist destination, no longer exists after the debris covered it. The earthquake also damaged hundreds of homes and killed two people.
The quake was so powerful that according to Geodynamic...
Video: Bruiser Bucks Duke It Out in the Snow
During the rut, bucks rarely give any considerations about where and when they're fighting. If having a duel means that they have to interrupt your commute, job, or Sunday picnic, so be it.
According to KOAA 5, Adam Kunz was plowing snow in Ouray, Colorado when he was stopped by these two bruiser bucks going at one another across the street and into a resident's front lawn.
If you're ever wondering why your road hasn't gotten plowed yet, keep in mind that driver may have been distracted by an epic buck fight.
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Salmon the First Genetically Modified Animal Approved for Human Consumption
A recent decision by federal authorities may mean that if you want guaranteed natural salmon---you may just have to pick up your fishing rod. On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved genetically engineered Atlantic salmon for human consumption, making it the first time that the FDA has granted approval to a genetically modified animal intended for food in the United States. According to the agency, the approval was granted specifically to the salmon produced by biotech company AquaBounty...
Video: Snake Strangles Bird to Avoid Being Eaten
As far as natural defenses go, there are probably few methods better than strangling the predator trying to eat you. After all, they can't exactly eat you if they're dead.
According to the below video, these hikers in Minas Gerais, Brazil found a snake and a bird locked in a life and death battle after the bird tried to gobble up the slithery creature. The snake responded by wrapping itself around the bird's neck and attempting to strangle it.
It was doing pretty well until the hikers arrived too. The men were able to provoke the snake into leaving after prodding it with a stick and...
Authorities Seeking Poacher Who Killed Trophy Buck on Reservation
Officials with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and the Three Affiliated Tribes Fish and Wildlife Department are currently investigating the poaching of a large mule deer found dead on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation last week.
The buck, which is speculated by some to be a contender for the state record, was believed to have been shot during the opening weekend of deer season. Since the deer was killed on reservation land, the case will be primarily handled by Three Affiliated Tribes Fish and Wildlife, although the state Game and Fish Department said it will be offering...
Video: No Plunger? Just Use a Shotgun to Unclog Your Toilet
A clogged toilet can be pretty frustrating and you might be tempted to go to extreme measures to unclog it. However, a shotgun should never be one of those measures.
This video (which is obviously a joke) is about as far away from a plunging tutorial as you can get, mostly because the toilet in question ends up a pile of shattered porcelain.
If anything this video is a tutorial on toilet annihilation. Maybe next time TWANGnBANG could test out some more exotic rounds on any toilets he has lying...
INFOGRAPHIC: 10 Facts about Women in the Shooting Sports
Did you know that women are acquiring concealed carry permits in record numbers or that women spend more money on guns and gear than men do on gadgets? You can learn about those facts and more things relating to women in the shooting sports in the infographic below. We teamed up with the National Rifle Association to put all of this info together.
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House Cat Mistaken for Mountain Lion, Causes Evacuation in San Diego
It is better to be safe than sorry, but many people are scratching their heads as to why a common house cat was mistaken for a mountain lion in San Diego. According to ABC 10, the sighting of the animal prompted a police-aided evacuation of a 91,000-square-foot warehouse owned by GTM Discount General Stores around 7:40 am on Wednesday. A call was made to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and when game wardens arrived, they announced that the supposed mountain lion was "just a cat."
Despite...
Video: Bowhunter Saves Fawn from Two Hungry Coyotes
It may be deer season, but there's nothing wrong with doing a bit of predator control while you're out of doors. These hunters just happened to be in the right place at the right time when they discovered a deer fawn squealing in terror as two coyotes latched onto its throat. The hunters decided to help the young deer out and made two pretty impressive shots on the coyotes that knocked them down flat.
It was a rare opportunity and one that many hunters would view as a win-win situation. Not only do you get two coyotes, but you also give the fawn a chance to grow up. Some sportsmen pointed...
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Whitetails? Hard Edition
When we posted our first whitetail deer quiz earlier this month, we promised you an even more difficult version was in the works. This is it.
Think you have an obsession with all things whitetail-related? You'll have to be obsessed to ace this quiz, not to mention the fact that you'll also need a fair amount of detailed and somewhat trivial knowledge as well. If you get every question on this quiz right---and without cheating!---then you can truly call yourself a deer...
FNH USA Releases Details on Military Collector Series, Semiauto SAW
FNH USA recently released details on its eagerly-awaited Military Collector Series, which includes semiautomatic versions of the iconic M16, M4, and M249 Squad Automatic Weapon. The gun maker first teased prospective customers back in April at the NRA Annual Meeting, where pictures of the FN M249S quickly appeared online and drummed up interest in the company's military reproduction line.
“This new line of products allows us to showcase FN’s battle-proven legacy of producing firearms for militaries world-wide and passing this technology on to our commercial customers,” said Mark...
Video: Man Has Splash Fight with Wild Bear in Stream
This is definitely something that most people don't want to do with a wild bear.
In the video below, renowned Turkish explorer Cemal Gulas can be seen inviting a young brown bear in the the river with him, resulting in a spontaneous splash fight. According to the Daily Mail, the relatively tame-looking bear is indeed wild, although it had previously spent some time with Gulas. The bruin appears to be somewhat confused when Gulas...
Company Creates New Pain-free Method for Measuring Fish
It's called the Tail Scale, and according to the Arizona-based fishing accessories company Nørre, it could revolutionize how anglers measure fish. The Fish Scale may look like a bizarre set of chopsticks, but the company says it will allow anglers to gauge the length and weigh of their fish without going through the hassle of using tape measures, and most importantly, without taking fish out of the water.
"At Nørre, we wanted a better solution, something faster and more accurate than the guess work we typically do, something simple, and better for the fish. What we found and created...
Beretta M9A1 Compact Inox
The Beretta M9, also known as the Beretta 92, is a gun with a reputation. This makes reviewing it very tricky. Anyone qualified to judge it is familiar with the design’s shortcomings and virtues. In many ways reviewing an M9 of any variety is like reviewing a 1911: both have dedicated groups of believers and haters. The only way to give an M9 variant a fair shake is to compare it against its peers and judge it according to the role its current iteration is meant to fill.
Enter the Beretta M9A1 Compact Inox. Its specs...
Video: Testing Ridiculously Accurate Soviet 12 Gauge Sabot Slugs
These extremely accurate Soviet-era shotgun slugs are probably not something your would find on the shelf at your local gun store. In fact, they are so rare that unless you are an ammo collector you have probably never heard of them.
YouTuber TAOFLEDERMAUS got his hands on some 30-year-old "POLEVA" sabot slugs and he decided to test out the accuracy. The results of his test were actually pretty impressive. While he didn't measure the groups in any sort of scientific manner, he was able to consistently hit the center...