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The forever chemicals known as PFAS are in everything from takeout containers to your favorite breathable, waterproof rain gear. They're also getting banned in California and New York starting in 2025. This week we talked to staff writer Laura Lancaster about why PFAS are a problem, why they're so useful in your favorite waterproof gear, and why you're going to have to start taking better care of your rain gear.
Read the full story at outdoorlife.com/PFAS
Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.
Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.
Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.
Reporting by staff writer Laura Lancaster.
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If there’s anything redeeming about the February incident in which a wild wolf was run over by a snowmobiler, then muzzled and paraded around a Wyoming bar before it was killed, it’s as an opportunity for hunters to define ourselves against a rising narrative that equates the wolf abuser with restrained and purposeful hunting.
Read McKean's full story at outdoorlife.com/wyomingwolf
Read McKean's Q&A with the DOI's new wolf mediator: outdoorlife.com/hunting/wolf-management-mediator/
Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.
Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.
Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.
Reporting by hunting and conservation editor Andrew McKean.
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The 2024 Outdoor Life Gun Test introduced us to sweet-shooting rimfires, a pile of impressive centerfires and handguns, and what might be the best bolt-action hunting rifle ever made.

This episode is brought to you by Brownells. You can read the Sako 90 Adventure review at outdoorlife.com/sako90

Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.
Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.
Guests are shooting editor John B. Snow and staff writer Tyler Freel.
Produced by executive editor Natalie Krebs.
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The 2024 Outdoor Life gun test showed us just how relevant the lever gun still is, and that some gun makers are devoting the time and attention to crafting the highest quality production lever-action specimens we’ve ever seen. These guns are made better, incorporate more user-friendly features, and are more versatile than ever. 

This episode is brought to you by Brownells. Read the full story here: https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/podcast-lever-guns
Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.
Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.
Produced by Natalie Krebs.
Guests in this episode include shooting editor John B. Snow, staff writer Tyler Freel, and gun test team member Matt Foster.
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In hopes of shedding some light on this very dense, wildly expensive, and unnecessarily controversial pellet material, I sat down with Adam Moser, the director of product engineering for shotshells at Federal Premium. Federal, after all, was the first major ammo company to offer TSS loads to the mass market. I also caught up with my fanatical turkey hunting buddy Josh Dahlke, the VP of content for HuntStand. Dahlke has witnessed more than 100 turkeys get shot with TSS loads. If anyone can explain the physics behind TSS, it’s Moser. If anyone can detail its turkey killing capabilities, it’s Dahlke.
This episode is brought to you by Alabama's Beaches.
Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.
Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.
Produced by Natalie Krebs.
Full stories on testing TSS turkey loads here and here.
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Turkey hunting at its very best is a close-range game. Few people know this better than Mike Hunsucker of Heartland Bowhunter, who hunts spring gobblers almost exclusively with a bow. Here, Hunsucker shares some tips and lessons about getting gobblers in close.
This episode is brought to you by Alabama’s Beaches.
Edited by Mike Pedersen / Eighty Five Audio.
Hosted by editor-in-chief Alex Robinson.
Produced by Natalie Krebs.
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