Editor's Note

Today's edition of The Outdoor Wire is split into two: the morning edition you are reading now, and an afternoon edition that you will receive closer to noon Eastern Time. The split edition is due to the large volume of releases appearing today.

In observance of the Independence Day holiday, the Outdoor Wire Digital Network will not be distributing any services tomorrow, Friday, July 3, 2026. Additionally, we will not be publishing a Weekend Edition this week. We will return to our normal schedule on Monday, July 6.

In observance of the Independence Day holiday, we will not be distributing any of our services on Friday, July 3. The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will resume our normal distribution schedule on Monday, July 6. If you have important news to distribute prior to the holiday weekend, please submit no later than 4:00pm Eastern today, Wednesday, July 1. News arriving later will not make Thursday's final editions for the week.

In observance of the Independence Day holiday, we will not be distributing any of our services on Friday, July 3. The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will resume our normal distribution schedule on Monday, July 6. If you have important news to distribute prior to the holiday weekend, please submit it no later than 4:00pm Eastern on Wednesday, July 1. News arriving later will not make Thursday's final editions for the week.

In observance of the Independence Day holiday, we will not be distributing any of our services on Friday, July 3. The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will resume our normal distribution schedule on Monday, July 6. If you have important news to distribute prior to the holiday weekend, please submit it no later than 4:00pm Eastern on Wednesday, July 1. News arriving later will not make Thursday’s final editions for the week.

In observance of Memorial Day we will not be distributing any of our services on Monday, May 25. The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will resume our normal distribution schedule on Tuesday, May 26. If you have news for publication on Tuesday, May 26, please submit it by 2:00pm Eastern on Saturday, May 23. Please note that Tuesday's edition of The Knife Wire will be the last before Blade Show.

In observance of the Memorial Day weekend we will not be distributing any of our services on Monday, May 25. The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will resume our normal distribution schedule on Tuesday, May 26. If you have important news to distribute prior to the holiday weekend, please submit it by 4:00pm Eastern today, Thursday, May 21. News arriving later will not make tomorrow's final editions for the week. Please note that Tuesday's edition of The Knife Wire will be the last before Blade Show.

In observance of the Memorial Day weekend we will not be distributing any of our services on Monday, May 25. The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will resume our normal distribution schedule on Tuesday, May 26. If you have important news to distribute prior to the holiday weekend, please submit it by 4:00pm Eastern on Thursday, May 21. News arriving later will not make Friday's final editions for the week.

In observance of the Memorial Day weekend we will not be distributing any of our services on Monday, May 25. The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will resume our normal distribution schedule on Tuesday, May 26. If you have important news to distribute prior to the holiday weekend, please submit it by 4:00pm Eastern on Thursday, May 21. News arriving later will not make Friday's final editions for the week.

In observance of the Easter holiday, we will not be publishing any wires tomorrow, Friday, April 3. We'll be back in your inbox Monday morning, April 6. We ask that you please submit news for publication on Monday no later than 2:00pm ET Saturday, April 4.

In observance of the Easter holiday, we will not be publishing any wires on Friday, April 3. If your news needs to be distributed before Monday, April 6, 2026, please get it to us no later than 4:30pm Eastern Time today, April 1. News arriving later will not make Thursday's final editions for the week.

In observance of the Easter holiday, we will not be publishing any wires on Friday, April 3. If your news needs to be distributed before Monday, April 6, 2026, please get it to us no later than 4:30pm Eastern Time on Wednesday, April 1. News arriving later will not make Thursday's final editions for the week.

In observance of Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11, 2023, we will not be distributing any of the Outdoor Wire Digital Network’s news services this Friday, November 10. Our normal distribution schedule resumes for all wires on Monday, November 13, 2023. Time-sensitive material for distribution before Veterans Day should be submitted no later than 5 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, November 8 for inclusion in our Thursday, November 9 editions. Material received after that time will be included in our Monday, November 14 edition if appropriate.

We accidentally omitted the byline in yesterday’s Outdoor and Tactical Wire feature. It was written for The Outdoor Wire Digital Network by Michelle Cerino. Sorry, Michelle- and thanks to the eagle-eyed readers who pointed out our omission. It’s fixed in our archives.

According to the Bonita Fire Information Office, the Hopewell Lake/Camping Grounds is open. It had closed temporarily due to firefighting efforts in the Carson National Forest. The Bonita Fire Information Office's InciWeb website (https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5235/) will have updated fire information posted to it on a daily basis.

In observance of the Memorial Day weekend, there will be no wires published on Monday, May 25. Our normal schedule resumes on Tuesday, May 26.

Spring forward, fall back. Tomorrow night at midnight, your clock should say 1 a.m. Otherwise, you're going to be more than fashionably late on Sunday morning. We hope that the "spring" part is accurate, because we're all ready for some spring weather.

We ran a draft version of yesterday's review of SureFire's Titan and Titan Plus lights in yesterday's feature position-and it contained some incorrect information. The correct info on the Titan and TItan Plus lights follows:

The outdoor industry is uniquely characterized by personal friendships and widespread camaraderie. Today, the firearms and shooting portions of the industry mourn two losses suffered over the weekend. First, we received word that Captain Dave Arnold had died following an auto accident. Arnold was involved in USPSA, the National and International Range Officers Institutes from their inception and was a close friend of many in the shooting world. We were further stunned upon learning that Smith & Wesson Marketing Director Paul Pluff had been injured and his wife, Marsha, killed in a second crash. Marsha was a longtime Smith & Wesson Employee and we're told that S&W has been "shaken" with the news, as are all of us who consider Paul both a close friend and a colleague. Sometimes, there are no words that can ease the tremendous losses suffered by family and friends, or adequately express our own feelings. Our hearts and prayers are with both families. We are diminished by the losses. Today, we're all hurting. --Jim Shepherd

The Outdoor Wire Digital Network will not be publishing Wednesday, July 4 editions. Otherwise, our publishing schedule will be as normal. To have your news included prior to July 5, it must reach us no later than 4p.m. Eastern on Monday, July 2. Material submitted after that deadline will be included in our Thursday, July 5 editions.