Michigan’s One-Buck Rule: What the DNR Is Proposing and What It Means for You

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The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is scheduled to vote on May 13 in Gaylord on a package of deer regulation changes that includes limiting hunters to one antlered deer per season statewide. If it passes, the rule takes effect March 1, 2027, in time for next year’s license sales. Here’s what the proposal says, where … Read more

.350 Legend: The Straight-Wall Winner

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Winchester introduced the .350 Legend in 2019 with a specific purpose: give Midwest deer hunters a modern rifle cartridge that complies with straight-wall regulations in states that restrict bottlenecked cartridges. Six years later it has carved out a genuine niche, and if you hunt in Michigan, Illinois, or Ohio, it is worth understanding what it … Read more

How to Choose the Right Ammo for Home Defense

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Choosing the right firearm for home defense gets most of the attention. The ammunition question gets less, which is a mistake. The round you load matters as much as the gun it goes in, and for home defense specifically, the wrong choice creates real problems that go beyond whether the threat is stopped. This covers … Read more

The Second Amendment

the second amendment of the u.s. constitution

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”