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Range tips, gear breakdowns, and stories from Iron City Outfitters.
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Utah Wildlife Board Approves 2027-28 Fishing Regulation Changes as Algae Advisories Hit 27 Waterbodies This Waterfowl Season
Full bulletin: https://wildlife.utah.gov/news/2026/09/18/wildlife-board-approves-changes-to-fishing-regulations-and-other-items The Utah Wildlife Board approved a set of changes to statewide fishing regulations for the 2027-28 seasons during a public meeting held September 18, along with updates…
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Neon Canyon: Racing Light and Water Through the Escalante’s Narrowest Slot
Technical canyoneering through Neon Canyon’s slot walls and chokestone rappels to the Golden Cathedral, deep in the Escalante drainage.
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Cedar and Smoke: Plank-Grilling a Maple-Chili Glazed Trout Over Open Coals
Precision cooking lives inside a box: digital readouts, calibrated probes, a convection fan smoothing every variable into a flat, predictable curve. Open coals refuse the box entirely. Cedar plank grilling…
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Racing the Shadow Line: The American Pika’s War Against Heat in Utah’s High Talus
Above 9,500 feet in the Wasatch and Uinta ranges, the American Pika survives on a margin measured in minutes — outrunning summer heat and outlasting eight months of alpine winter…
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Kokanee Salmon Migration Peaks This Month: Free Viewing Events Set at Strawberry Reservoir and Fish Lake
Full bulletin: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UTDWR/bulletins/42a98b3 Kokanee salmon are running in Utah waterways this month, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) has scheduled two free public viewing events for anyone hoping…
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Ten Times Magnification, Zero Room for Error: The Bushnell Engage EDX 10×42 Under Review
A blown call at last light has ended more hunts than a bad shot ever has. Antlers mistaken for branches, a bedded animal read as a rock, a ridge crossing…
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Pipe and Plate: Conduit-Post Geometry, Rifle-Caliber Standoff Distances, and the Cant Angle That Keeps Spall Down
A 55-grain 5.56mm projectile crosses the last twenty yards at over 3,000 feet per second and meets 3/8-inch AR500 steel in under a millisecond. The plate rings — a sharp,…
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The Solar Still: Pulling Drinkable Water From Bone-Dry Ground With Plastic and Sunlight
Dehydration onset begins within hours once the last bottle runs dry, and cognitive sharpness and physical output degrade long before thirst becomes unbearable. On sun-baked ridgelines, dry washes, and scrubland…
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Charcoal, Sand, and Gravel: The Water Filter That Buys Time When the Creek Runs Brown
Four hours from the trailhead, the last liter of clean water disappears, and the creek ahead runs the color of tea — thick with silt, algae, and whatever waste sits…
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Crossroads of the West: The Spanish Colonial Grandeur of Ogden’s Union Station
Snowmelt off the Wasatch peaks funnels through Weber Canyon and empties into a valley floor where granite cliffs surrender to grid streets, rail spurs, and the low industrial hum of…
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Utah Hunters and Anglers Can Shoot for Free at Two DWR Ranges on Sept. 26
Utah hunters and anglers with a current hunting, fishing, or combination license can access two Utah Division of Wildlife Resources public shooting ranges at no cost on Saturday, Sept. 26,…
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Statewide Kokanee Closure Begins as Southeastern Utah Fall Fishing Heats Up
Anglers across Utah are now barred from keeping kokanee salmon at any waterbody statewide, a closure that took effect Sept. 10 and runs through Nov. 30, according to the Utah…
