Leonidas Clark

Leonidas Clark is the founder and editor of The 4×4 Life. A lifelong outdoorsman, hunter, and truck owner based in Texas, he writes and edits every article on the site. He focuses on clear, sourced explanations of the rules that govern outdoor recreation, including hunting and fishing regulations, public land access, trucks and off-road travel, and firearms law and safety. Every fact published here is his responsibility.

Ammunition in a house fire does not go off like a gun

Ammunition outside a gun bursts rather than fires, and testing shows it does not chain-react or…
Deer crashes peak in November, and braking beats swerving

Animal-strike insurance claims more than double in November. Fatal crashes follow a different pattern, and many…
The October lull is a change in pattern, not a drop in movement

GPS-collar studies show bucks move more through October, not less. What changes is where they feed,…
Fixing a puncture on the trail, and knowing when not to

Most trail punctures are repairable where they happen with a plug kit and a compressor. Sidewall…
You can ask NHTSA to investigate your truck. Most people never do.

Two defect petitions were denied in the last week. The process behind them is a statutory…
Fish and Wildlife Service corrects its 2026-2027 refuge hunting rule

Corrections to the rule that opened hunting on 111 refuge and hatchery units took effect September…
South Atlantic red snapper gets a three-day federal season

NOAA has set the 2026 South Atlantic red snapper recreational season at three days, opening October…
ATF proposes dropping passport photos and halving fingerprint cards

A proposed rule would let firearms applicants submit a photo ID instead of passport photographs and…
Federal gun rights restoration opens in stages, starting with 5,000 slots

The rule reviving 18 U.S.C. 925(c) takes effect September 21, but applications open in stages and…
Triumph recalls 1,560 TF450 competition bikes over valvetrain failure

CPSC recall 26-763 covers 2025 and 2026 Triumph TF450 competition motorcycles. The rocker arm can seize…