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Video: Trail Cam Captures Skunk Doing a Handstand
Trail cams capture things you would not normally see in the woods, and this skunk doing a handstand falls into that category.
A National Parks service trail cam captured this incredible footage in Arizona's Saguaro National Park. The spotted skunk in this video is most likely trying to intimidate a potential threat. Oftentimes when a skunk is threatened they will position themselves to spray a potential attacker. While this may be an effective intimidation strategy for skunks it's certainly entertaining from a human perspective.
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Video: Insane Urban Stunts in a Tricked Out Polaris UTV
Most UTVs find their home in the backwoods, but not this Polaris RZR XP Turbo.
This specialized machine was built by Mad Media for stunt driver RJ Anderson. The modified RZR has over 200 HP which makes launching off jumps easier than with the stock model. The location for this video looks like an apocalyptic wasteland, but it's actually just abandoned steel mills, old factories, and train yards near Youngstown, Ohio. If you really want to test out the abilities of a UTV this is probably the perfect way to do it.
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Asian Carp Found Closer to Great Lakes
Lawmakers in the Great Lakes region are urging immediate action after a recent survey found silver carp 76 miles from Lake Michigan, the closest that species has ever come to that lake. According to the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, sampling crews from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) discovered the two small Asian carp as part of an on-going monitoring plan in waterways near the Great Lakes. The fish were found in the Marseilles Pool of the Illinois River on October 22 and were captured by electrofishing.
"These small fish are approximately 12 miles closer than our...
Homeless Camp in Alaska Defends Camp from Bears with Makeshift Spears
Officials with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced that most charges have been dropped against a man who used a homemade spear to kill a young bear last month. According to KTUU, 49-year-old David Tandler was living in an illegal homeless camp in a forested section of East Anchorage when he confronted a yearling black bear and later killed it with a thrown spear. The spear was constructed out of a carved wooden branch and an attached machete. Tandler later...
Video: Man Wears Roadkill Skin to Attack Beehive
Now before you get the idea that the man in this video has no idea what he's doing, or is in some sort of strange-----and uniquely Australian---cult, we'd like to remind you that he is a professional. Or at least he claims to be.
Remember Andrew Ucles? The Australian primitive survival expert may not be producing as many videos today as he did in the past, but his latest one was perhaps his craziest. Keep in mind that this is a man who earned his fame by catching animals such as...
Top 10 Most Harvested Saltwater Fish in the US
There's nothing quite like fresh fish for dinner, and if you're an American saltwater angler, odds are you'll be digging into one of these. NOAA Fisheries recently released their 2014 Fisheries of the United States Report, which along with a bunch of other helpful data, also lists the most popular saltwater fish for both commercial and recreational anglers.
For the purposes of this list, the fish are ranked by the amount of total weight landed. Also, the NOAA noted that the data does not...
Video: “Dead” Deer Jumps out of Car Trunk
Deer vehicle collisions cost the American public over a billion dollars per year. In most places in the United States drivers are allowed to claim the animal which can make up for some of the repair cost of a collision. That's what a Michigan man had in mind when he put a "dead" deer in his trunk after hitting the animal whit his car.
However, the deer was not dead. It was simply knocked unconscious after the accident. The man put the unconscious deer in the trunk of his car where it had time to regain...
Video: Vicious Buck Fight Leaves This Deer a Contortionist
Ouch. That looks really painful.
Deer are pretty graceful, but even their legs shouldn't be able to wrap around their own antlers like some kind of fashionable scarf. This high octane fight between two males---and one that tried to butt in---ended up in a contortionist act for one of the deer. Apparently the two animals went at each other so aggressively, one of the bucks ended up catching his hoof on his own antlers. Luckily, its rival decided to give it some space to untangle itself and after what appears to be a painful detachment, the buck was able to walk normally again.
"He's going...
Wisconsin Officials Confirm Extremely Rare Mule Deer Taken by Hunter
How did a wild mule deer find its way into Wisconsin? This photo of a mule deer buck first surfaced earlier this week, and while the deer itself may not seem especially significant, where it was harvested is. According to various rumors on social media, the buck was taken by Randy Haines near Amery, Wisconsin with a bow and arrow. If that is true, it could be the first recorded mule deer buck ever taken in the Badger State. OutdoorHub contacted the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which confirmed that the buck was in fact a mule deer, and that it was legally harvested near...
Video: Is This the Largest Coyote Ever Killed on Film?
Could this be the largest coyote ever killed on film? That what the staff of Primal Rights Predator Management believes, and they might be right.
The coyote in this video looks huge, but is it really record sized? The largest coyote ever on record killed near Afton, Wyoming on November 19, 1937 and it measured a staggering 5 ft 3 in from nose to tail, and weighed 75 lb. The coyote in this video does not appear to be close to that record size, but it's still very large.
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PETA Sends Vegan Food to Teenage Hunter Stricken with Plague, Asks Her to Stop Hunting
Last week OutdoorHub reported on a 16-year-old girl in Crook County, Oregon who contracted bubonic plague while hunting near Heppner on October 16. The teen is currently recovering in a hospital in Bend, but that does not mean she's out of the limelight just yet. According to reports, the animal rights advocacy organization PETA has sent her a care package consisting of various vegan food, and a letter asking her to vow "never to attempt to harm and kill another living being again."...
14-year-old Hunter Shoots Charging Kodiak Bear at 15 Yards
Kodiak bears are the largest bears anywhere on the planet---a distinction they share only with polar bears. A hunt for one of these creatures is a once in a lifetime opportunity, but 14-year-old Kavin Roberts was not hunting for bear when he came across one in late October. Instead, the Kodiak native and his uncle were out chasing deer when they stumbled into an adult Kodiak that had been stalking them. According to Alaska State Troopers, the bear had started following the pair during their deer hunt and ambushed them in an unspecified location on Kodiak Island, Alaska. Being a more...
Photos: Deer Photobombs Everything This Photographer Does
The last thing that any photographer wants during a photo shoot are unexpected interruptions, but when it's wildlife, it also presents an unique opportunity as well. While shooting pictures of children and their parents in Louisiana's Sam Houston Jones State Park, Megan Rion of Imagine That Photography found her shoots constantly interrupted by a curious deer. The animal dropped by so much that Rion nicknamed it "Maggie."
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5 Prehistoric Bear Species That Dwarf Modern Bears
Compared to ancient bears, modern bears are relatively tame. Then again, today's bruins don't have to carve out territory from other terrifying predators such as saber-toothed cats, packs of dire wolves, cave lions, and even massive carnivorous, cow-sized pigs that were more likely to charge you---and eat you---then run away.
Ancient bears did all that and what's more, they were usually the strongest of the strong. Other predators might be quicker or even smarter, but beyond the dinosaurs, few land predators could boast to be as powerful as a bear.
Here is our list of five ancient,...
World War Meets Cold War: M14 vs SVT-40
There's something satisfying about being able to buy a historically-significant battle rifle for under $500. This is especially true if you live in Canada, where gun bans from the 1990s effectively knocked off most of the Cold War classics. The FN FAL family, all G3 variants, and most surplus M14s were banished to the safes of their owners, never to see the light of a range again.
That leaves us woefully under-gunned when it comes to serious battle rifles, but two affordable options exist in this frozen northern wasteland I call home. For just a few hundred canuck-bucks, you can set...
Republican Presidential Hopefuls Relax after Debate with Iowa Pheasant Hunt
After a tense third Republican presidential debate, four presidential candidates traveled to Iowa to join Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) on a traditional pheasant hunt near the Hole N' the Wall lodge outside Akron. King holds the hunt every year on the opening weekend of the season and it is seen as friendly meetup for Republican politicians. Guests included Texas Senator Ted Cruz, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, although Jindal arrived too late to take part in the hunt. The Saturday hunt was not...
Welcome to the Future? 3D Printed Bronze Shotguns Slugs Put to the Test.
3D printing is always a topic when discussing future technologies. The versatility of 3D printers allows everything from guns to airplanes to be printed with ease. Now you can add brass shotgun slugs to the growing list of 3D printed objects.
Youtuber TAOFLEDERMAUS decided to test out some 70 cal. 3D-printed bronze-filled shotgun slugs. They are not made out of pure metallic bronze as you might expect. Instead these...
Ammunition Maker to Build $553 Million Global HQ in Tennessee
Last month Advanced Munitions International (AMI) announced it will be investing $553 million in a new global headquarters in Alcoa, Tennessee. The new campus, which will include manufacturing, distribution, and R&D centers, is expected to bring 605 new jobs to eastern Tennessee.
“I want to thank AMI for their substantial investment in Tennessee and for the more than 600 jobs they will create in Blount County,” Governor Bill Haslam said in a press release. “This is an industry leader creating jobs that require a highly skilled...
Michigan Man Attacked by Woman Wielding a Mounted Sailfish
A Michigan man who was attempting to sketch a fish was assaulted when his girlfriend used the taxidermied animal to beat him.
According to police reports the 61 year-old was drawing a sketch of the taxidermied sailfish when his girlfriend became agitated and moved the fish. At some point the mounted sailfish fell over and broke into pieces. The woman returned to find the broken fish and she blamed her boyfriend for the damage. She then allegedly beat the man over the head and poked at him with the fish.
The man sustained injuries to his hand, but he...
The Future of NRA Education Programs
Most people think of the National Rifle Association as a political organization. While the related entity, the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is, in fact, a political group, the core NRA is really a training and education organization. When you send your membership dues, you’re supporting programs like the Eddie Eagle child safety initiative. When you choose not to join the NRA, you’re not withholding your hard-earned money from political lobbying, you’re choosing not to...