If you’re like me, you’d own 20 or more rifles, shotguns, and handguns, however many you could afford. But truth is, to have a blast shooting targets and hunting every species of bird and animal across America, you really only need five firearms. And those are the ones we’re talking...
July 12, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
A man celebrating the Fourth of July on California’s Mount Wilson got bitten on the butt by a small bear, and the encounter was captured on camera. The man who filmed the attack told Fox 11 a small bear appeared from the bushes and charged a group of people who...
June 25, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
Smoky Mountain Park rangers shot and killed a black bear that attacked a teen girl who was sleeping in a hammock. The 16-year-old girl was camping with her family when the bear attacked in the middle of the night. She suffered laceration injuries to her hand and head and experienced...
June 4, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
A recently posted YouTube video shows a large grizzly charging a Yellowstone National Park ranger who was outside his vehicle attempting to direct traffic that had slowed because of onlookers. The footage, uploaded to YouTube by a user named Jaydog R, was captured Friday, May 28, the same day a...
June 1, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
Do you love your dogs? Do you love them so much that you’d push an angry bear off a wall to save them? One woman can answer "yes" to this question without hesitation because she did just that. Video footage showing a woman running to her dogs’ rescue and literally...
Even bears appreciate a dip in the pool on a warm, sunny day. A homeowner in Arcadia, California, recently got an up-close look at a sow and her four cubs when she showed up in his backyard for a swim. Eric Liang posted footage he took of the bear and...
I’ve been bowhunting long enough to realize killing a Pope & Young class critter is always something to be celebrated. But when you tag that animal on a do-it-yourself hunt on public land, it’s time for fireworks, streamers, and a cake proclaiming the occasion. Well maybe not that big. But...
April 26, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
A hiker injured in a grizzly bear attack in West Yellowstone on Thursday, April 15, died the following Saturday morning. KIFI Local News 8 reports that the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Baker’s Hole area at around 3:42 p.m. after receiving a report of a grizzly bear attack...
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, hunting license sales skyrocketed across the country in 2020 as folks turned to the fields and forests to enjoy outdoor recreation away from large crowds. Hunting is a great option for entertainment and low-risk for COVID-19. But if your hunting destination is a long distance...
April 5, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
Every parent of multiple young children can relate to this mama bear trying to get her four cubs across a Connecticut road safely. The video footage shows traffic at a standstill as a black bear crosses back and forth several times until all four cubs have made it to the...
March 26, 2021 | The Realblog with Stephanie Mallory
Some visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park got quite a show on Tuesday as they watched a black bear take down a wild hog right off the side of the road. According to WATE 6 On Your Side , Philip Talbot and his friend were driving down U.S...
Is there really such a thing as a “tough” game animal? After all, a bullet or arrow through the vitals will do the job on anything, from squirrels to elephants, right? That’s true. But equally true is that some critters, due to the size of their vitals, thickness of hide,...
