Fudd Friday: A Winchester 1895 Too Nice For The Job It Was Made For

At the end of the 1890s, John Moses Browning was in a weird place. He’d had a hand in designing many classic lever-action rifles (and even shotguns!) over the past years, but he realized that without some big changes to the design, lever-actions would lose a lot of market share to bolt acti...

By Zac K

AllOutdoor Review: Trika Ti Series Spinning Reel and Trika 6X Rod

Trika USA is a newer fishing gear company using premium materials like carbon fiber to make quality American-made tackle. Last year, right before ICAST, they introduced the new Trika Ti Series Spinning reels, a high-quality sealed spinning reel that uses aerospace-grade materials in its build. ...

By Eugene L.

The Lost Art? How to Read a Map

It was Thanksgiving weekend. James Kim and wife, Kati, with their young daughters Sabine and Penelope, were motoring on their trip home to San Francisco on I-5, then turned toward Gold Beach on Oregon’s southern coast. The road James took began to climb. There was no traffic, and soon no cell s...

By Wayne van Zwoll

Doomscrolling – Strategies for Breaking the Habit

I think we’re all guilty of sitting like a lump, flipping through an endless stream of negative stories on social media. Doomscrolling seems to have become a national pastime. But it isn’t healthy and does nothing positive or constructive. Again and again, we’re drawn to the madness like mo...

By Jim Cobb