Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
A Texas woman attempted to shoot a skunk and missed. However, the ricochet from her .45 nailed her husband, who was minding his own business indoors. Accounts of the stinkin’ shot are here…
Hint: That ball ammo is non-expanding and the relatively slow velocity makes it prone to ricochets and can even bounce back from hard targets. Be careful out there.
Grand Island, NE – Hornady® product information is now in the palm of your hand with the launch of the new mobile website, http://m.hornady.com. The site includes many of the key features of the standard Hornady.com site, all touch screen-formatted for easy use and readability from any smartphone platform. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Note: MDNR has provided the information on excise taxes and funding…
The contingent of hunters has been shrinking nationally for some years but recent news of growing numbers is cause to celebrate wildlife conservation. That statement may seem counter-intuitive to the uninformed, or even to those who’ve chosen to oppose hunting in any form. However, the fact is that hunting dollars fund conservation – and, not just for game animals but non-game species, as well.
Here is how our system works. Through hunting and fishing licenses, tags, permits, fees and special excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, bows and arrows and all manner of fishing gear, sportsmen and women have paid — and state fish and game agencies have invested — billions of our dollars since 1939 with the introduction of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act. Read more
Just dialed in a new rig for squirrel season, which begins September 15th in Michigan. It’s a TC Contender pistol with a 10-inch bull barrel topped with a Hawke 3×9 power .22 rifle scope with parallax adjustment.
I’ve found that rifle scopes work best for the Contender .22 long rifle because I always had trouble getting behind those long-eye relief (LER) scooes in hunting situtaitons. I could shoot the LER scopes just fine off the bench but in the woods it was always difficult to get in the proper shooting position. Solution: Rifle scope. Read more
Students who take their hunter safety course at www.hunter-ed.com will benefit from the 14 new videos now featured in the curriculum.
“These new hunter safety videos are great learning tools that are also fun to watch,” said Kurt Kalkomey, president of Kalkomey Enterprises, Inc. “What makes them unique is they engage students with opportunities to explore and select the best options for staying safe while hunting. This helps students develop true understanding rather than just memorizing the lesson.”
San Diego, Calif. – The October Gun of the Month giveaway in GUNS Magazine is highlighted by the new sub-compact XD-S from Springfield Armory and an array of extra gear from Hornady, Gerber, Howard Leight, LaserLyte and Zombie Industries. Read more
Just in case there’s any doubt about another “assault weapons” ban being supported by the Obama administration, listen to its mouthpiece here…
Mandeville, LA – Long range shooting is a test of both equipment and of shooting skills – especially for hunters. Next week on Gun Talk Television, Tom Gresham visits the FTW Ranch in Texas for the ultimate hunter training program, as the Ruger American Rifle is put to the test. Read more
Traverse City, MI – Altus Brands, LLC has announced it will be the sales and marketing partner for the new ShotKam recoil-activated HD digital video camera. The ShotKam is the ticket to improving any shooter’s game. Never again will shooters need to guess why they missed targets. This unique, high-quality action video camera captures the sight picture of a target at the precise moment that the shooter pulls the trigger, allowing the shooter to go back later and analyze the video to determine why specific shots were successful, while others were not. Read more
As a part of Brownells’ recently announced addition of high-quality reloading supplies to their tremendous inventory of firearms-related products, they’ve teamed up with Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk to offer one lucky Grand Prize winner a $2,000, all-inclusive reloading package. Read more