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California Man Who Took Selfie with Rattlesnake May Lose Hand
Approaching an alert and agitated rattlesnake is ill-advised, but picking it up and wrapping it around your neck for a photo? That is just asking for trouble. Yet to 36-year-old Alex Gomez of Lake Elsinore, California, it seemed like a good idea at the time---until the snake bit him on the hand and sent him to the hospital on Monday.
The species of the rattlesnake has not been identified, but it could take more than two weeks for the venom to fully leave his system. Gomez is now hoping that the encounter will not cost him his hand.
“I’m shocked that he would have that things around...
Video: 30 Shells in 8 Seconds from a Suppressed Shotgun
You can be confident that you brought "enough gun" when you have a suppressed Fostech Origin-12 shotgun with a 30-round drum mag.
This is probably the coolest shotgun magdump video ever. The Origin-12 shotgun is a rare bird in and of itself, but when you combine a Salvo 12 suppressor, a drum mag, and Oleg Volk, you get something really special.
The whole affair looked pretty controlled especially when you consider that these were full-powered 12 gauge...
Safari Guide Mauled in Lion Attack Sacrificed Himself to Save Others
A safari camp near Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe is mourning the loss of one of its guides after the man was fatally attacked by an adult lion in the park on Monday. According to Camp Hwange, 40-year-old Quinn Swales was leading six tourists on a bush walk near an open savannah when they encountered the male lion. When the lion charged towards the group, Swales put himself in harm's way and protected his guests with his own body, ultimately succumbing to his wounds after the lion was driven off.
“Only praise and admiration can be given to Quinn in the professional way he unflinchingly...
A Look at Michigan’s 2015 Big-game Hunting and Furbearer Seasons
Prospects for the 2015 big-game hunting and furbearer hunting seasons are very good, say Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists. Michigan offers a diversity of species and a wide variety of seasons to maximize recreational opportunity.
Here's a quick overview of some of the upcoming seasons:
Bear
Season: Bear licenses are issued by a preference-point system for specific time periods and geographic areas. A total of 6,951 licenses were available.
Hunting on the mainland of the Upper Peninsula runs Sept. 10-Oct. 26. On Drummond Island, the season is Sept. 10-Oct. 21. In the...
Video: Skeet Shooting with Asian Carp
Is this even legal? It looks a bit too fun to be legal.
Taking advantage of silver carp's tendency to jump in the air when startled, this man guns them down like clay pigeons with his shotgun. Since Asian carp are a highly invasive species that compete with more valuable, and vulnerable, fish, this can been seen as a good way to control carp populations. However, shooting up in the air while on a moving boat is dangerous to say the least. We know that Illinois and Indiana both introduced legislation to legalize shooting carp with a shotgun, but we're not sure if either passed.
Do you...
Video: FULL AUTO BACKPACK-FED M60 MACHINE GUN FIRING
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Posted by Miguel Angel on Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Editor's note: We have no idea where this was filmed. It was posted on what appears to be an Italian gun club's Facebook page. Given the content, we can only assume it occurred in America or a place that's trying very hard to be America....
The 16 Most Ludicrously Customized Cheap Guns
There is nothing inherently wrong with cheap firearms. Affordable guns that fall between the $300 and $500 mark fulfill a vital purpose, and that is providing firearms to those who can't afford the Wilson Combats of the world.
However, when you're buying a gun that only cost you a little more than a single Benjamin, should you really pile on the attachments, mods, and start looking up engraving services? Especially when you can easily buy another firearm that won't draw as many stares at the range?
That's up to your personal preference. If you have the money to spare, why not? We're...
Young Canadian Angler Challenges Junior Tuna World Record
A 10-year-old Canadian boy is making a run at a fishing world record. With a massive 486-pound bluefin tuna he caught on Sunday near Prince Edward Island, he is looking to blow away the competition.
As the son of a charter boat operator, Koen Norton was introduced to angling at an young age. His father, Greg Norton, said the boy had been fishing since he was five years old and was already catching his first tuna not too long afterwards. Aiming for junior world record had been a longtime goal of young angler.
"He's talked about this record for quite a while," his father told the Read more »
5 Things I Learned After Trying Appendix Carry
You know what makes me crazy? When people just repeat stuff they hear. Just because I do that too doesn’t make it any better.
One of those topics that gets passed around and judged with great vigor and enthusiasm is appendix carry. You’ve probably heard some comments, you know, like…
“Appendix carry is the greatest thing ever. It’s so fast I can draw my gun before I ever even knew I owned a gun.”
“Appendix carry is how Japanese samurai committed seppuku.”
Being a holster geek, I’ve been feeling inadequate, irresponsible, and even ashamed that I’ve not yet given...
Video: Here’s What Shooting a Gun is Like in North Korea
There's something odd going on in this video. Let's see, shooting indoors behind a window? Check. Non-reciprocating slide? Check. Lack of anything resembling how a real handgun works? Check. So it must be an airsoft pistol, but what is making that distinct brass-hitting-the-floor sound?
Oh. Okay then.
This viral video was uploaded earlier this month and was "reportedly" filmed in North Korea, although that has not been confirmed.
https://youtu.be/-q69mE40Lz8...
10-year-old Survives Wilderness Thanks to Father’s Lessons
A lost child in the wilderness can be a nightmare scenario for many parents, but one 10-year-old in Utah managed survive a brief stint in the woods thanks to his father's lessons.
Malachi Bradley and his family were hiking in the High Uintas near Salt Lake City on Sunday when Malachi became separated from the rest of the group. Since the family was fishing and looking for mushrooms near a remote mountain lake at the time, Bradley was miles away from civilization and faced days alone in the woods. Thankfully, it was something that his father, Danny Bradley, had the foresight to prepare...
Video: MythBusters Release 360-degree Shark Virtual Reality Experience
The Discovery Channel just launched their new service Discovery VR, an all-virtual-reality network of videos. This amazing shark video is just one of the new clips launched through the platform.
The video below is designed to be viewed through a virtual reality headset like Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard. The idea is that you can pan your head around and experience the entire virtual world around you. If you don't have a VR headset, you can still pan around with your mouse.
Discovery plans to...
Diver Discovers Whale Skull in Virginia Swamp
In the muddy riverbed of a Virginia swamp, one paleontologist discovered something that did not belong there: a massive whale skull. Jason Osborne found the six-foot skull back in 2013, but was unable to retrieve it until recently with the help a team of experienced excavators, and, strangely enough, a floating body bag. Once it was brought onto dry land, experts determined that the bones actually belonged to an extinct species of baleen whales, and it may have died about five million years ago.
“To see and touch things for the first time, that’s a pretty amazing rush,” Osborne...
Video: Huge Bobcat Uses Boy as a Scratching Post
That's way closer to a bobcat than we're comfortable being. Fortunately in this case, the bobcat is not wild, did not break into this boy's kitchen, and is not viciously mauling him like a starving black bear that just discovered donuts.
This is Benji, a large bobcat that was rescued at birth and can never be released back into the wild due to a health defect. He had the good luck to be taken in by an experienced handler, and while bobcats can never really be tamed, Benji eventually adapted to domestic life. It should be noted that even though this bobcat was treated like a pet, it is...
Quiz: How Superstitious of an Angler are You?
Are you a superstitious person? Do you run away from black cats, push redheads off your boat, and kiss the first fish you catch? If so, odds are that you have some kind of superstition, even if you may not have all of them. Some of these age-old superstitions can be traced back to odd and bizarre origins. Others are actually quite reasonable. For example, did you know that anglers have long thought bananas to be bad luck because ships carrying the fruit have a reputation of sinking, succumbing to disease, or even mutiny? This is because when ships sink, the bananas will float to the...
Video: Cyclist Spooked by Eerily Silent “Kangaroo Apocalypse”
Kangaroos are not normally scary creatures---unless you run into several dozen of them staring silently at you as you ride past them on your bicycle on a deserted road. That's exactly what happened to Ben Vezina, and the video he took is chilling. According to Good Morning America, Vezina was riding through Hawkstone Park in Victoria, Australia when he came across a large troop of kangaroos.
"I'm gonna be honest, I'm a little terrified," Vezina said on camera...
Walmart Pulls AR-15s, Some Shotguns from Stores
Walmart will no longer be selling AR-15 rifles, or any other rifles the company has classified as modern sporting rifles, in its stores. The massive retail chain will now be selling out its remaining inventory---in some cases at a discounted price---and once the stock is gone, customers will no longer be able to purchase these types of rifles from the chain. Walmart spokespeople have clarified that the company will also be dropping some types of shotguns and other "high capacity" rifles as well.
According to Senior Director for Corporate Communications Kory Lundberg, the move was the...
Video: This is the JLTV, the Military’s Official Humvee Replacement
On Tuesday, Oshkosh Defense was awarded a $6.75 billion contract to build at least 17,000 new light trucks to replace the US military's aging Humvees. Their replacement is called the uninspiringly called the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, or JLTV.
The new vehicles are expected to cost around $250,000 per unit and will phase out all existing Humvees over the next 25 years. The JLTV is equipped with a GM Duramax 6.6-liter diesel V-8, and it can be outfitted with a diesel-electric hybrid system. The JLTV has vastly upgraded armor compared to the...
North Dakota Legalizes Armed Police Drones
North Dakota has reportedly become the first state to legalize armed drones for police use after a series of changes to House Bill 1328, which was signed by Governor Jack Dalrymple earlier this year.
According to International Business Times, the bill was originally drafted to limit police use of drones and initially banned the use of any type of weapon on devices used by law enforcement. Additionally, police were required to obtain a warrant...
Indiana’s Lone Black Bear Believed to Have Returned to Michigan
Wildlife officials believe that the only wild bear in Indiana may have returned to its home state, and this time for good. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) originally reported in June that a young male black bear wandered across the state line from Michigan and moved into St. Joseph County. It quickly caused a stir as the first confirmed bear sighting in the state since 1871.
“With black bears in some surrounding states, we were expecting a bear to show up...