Author: Jack Bogart

There is no animal more synonymous with the great outdoors than the bear. Scientists have been working for decades to reduce the negative outcomes of when the inevitable happens: Human meets bear. Newly released data from Colorado sheds light on just how well man and bear are coexisting. The Data Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has been tracking bear-human interactions since 2019, when it launched a wildlife incident reporting app. The state is home to somewhere from 17,000 to 20,000 black bears (there are no grizzlies in the state). An Increase The 2025 data shows several noteworthy trends. The agency…

By Scott Conditt Posted in #Gear As a filmmaker, photographer, and lifelong shooter, I gravitate toward gear that meaningfully enhances the shooting and hunting experience. The firearm and outdoor industries are full of accessories that promise to make life easier in the field, yet only a small number rise above novelty and truly deliver. When a product makes you more efficient, improves how you interact with your optics, or elevates your ability to document training or the hunt, it earns a permanent place in the kit. That is exactly where the Ollin brand lands. Their products are…

The story of the MP5 is a wild tale of globe-trotting Nazi scientists, South American battle rifles, and the rapid rearming of Germany in the face of nuclear annihilation. But despite the complexities of its development and inception, the entire system hinges on an accidental discovery and an elementary ancient object: wheels. How did the simple wheel lead to the development of the gold standard of submachine guns? Furthermore, what makes the MP5 so damn good, and can it actually compete with modern designs? Rest easy, my philomathic friend, by the end of this article, you’ll know all these things…

While Jeep wants you to get excited about the all-new, super-efficient, and power-dense Hurricane 4 Turbo powerplant, there is a much deeper story here. The 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee is a mid-cycle refresh of a very good SUV, but it isn’t all rainbows and unicorns for the new model year. I drove a 2026 Grand Cherokee Summit edition, a fully loaded machine, around the Malibu Canyons north of Los Angeles on a sunny afternoon, just as a massive storm was clearing. The roads were winding and wet, while the hills were vibrant green. As usual, when I have a short…

This episode of the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s “Riding Shotgun” series took us from the trails to the training grounds. Kim Jackson, AZGFD’s Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Safety Education Manager, spoke to the importance of proper OHV safety training with Michael Colaianni, the Public Affairs and Media Relations Director for AZGFD. Jackson’s role as an educator includes course setup, grading, liability management, equipment preparation, and hands-on training at AZGFD’s OHV training grounds in Phoenix. Dedicated to promoting responsible off-highway recreation, Jackson emphasizes safety, properly fitted gear, and environmental awareness in every session. To her, it’s personal: she grew up on…

Enforce Tac 26 – Galvion Leaning into the Teutonic theme, Galvion is giving away this helmet during this year’s Enforce Tac. This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 at 12:00 and is filed under Enforce Tac, Helmets. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Read the full article here

Enforce Tac 26 – TACWRK Every year during Enforce Tac, the TACWRK team comes up with a cool morale patch. This year they are leaning into the #dingetun theme with the Rambo III-inspired Blaues-Licht (Blue Light). During the movie, our hero uses blue chemlights which leads to this famous dialogue exchange. Hamid: “What’s this for?” Rambo: “It’s blue light.” Hamid: “And what does it do?” Rambo: “It shines blue.” This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 at 10:00 and is filed under Enforce Tac, Morale. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.…

MDT’s Send It Gen2 electronic level is here to help you eliminate cant and ensure first-round hits.As the trend of demand for higher precision and accuracy continues across firearm types, rifles have become the centerpiece for maximizing that capability. From mile rifles to recce builds, the desire to have consistent first-round impacts continues. A growing sector of this pursuit of precision is methods to keep a rifle level. But why is holding a rifle in the proper position related to the Earth during the shot process important, you might ask? Here are the answers, and one of the best tools to…

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. – The process of writing Army doctrine, traditionally measured in years, is getting a 21st-century upgrade. Thanks to digital tools, some enabled by artificial intelligence, authors at the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate are examining processes and gaining efficiencies without sacrificing their high standards for quality and precision. “We have had people ask us about using AI and large language models to speed up the doctrine development process for years,” said CADD Director Richard Creed, Jr. “So, when some of these tools became available the first thing we did was figure out their capabilities. That meant that we…

From mining to visitor access to wildlife management, public lands have been the source of ample controversy under the Trump administration. The latest debate involves immigration and federal and state lands in Texas. Big Bend National Park is home to a 118-mile border with Mexico along the Rio Grande River, and as a result, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is planning to construct a long section of high-tech border wall in the park and through other public lands in the state. The Plan The Area According to the CBP website, a map shows that a “smart wall” will be built…