Category: Animal Rights

Questions Emerge Over HSUS and the IRS Scandal

The ongoing IRS scandal that is hitting Washington has yet another twist with new questions surrounding the number one group on our Dirty Dozen List, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).  The latest twist comes after the person at the heart of the IRS scandal, Lois Lerner, was found to have ties to this anti-hunting organization.

Lerner is the Director of the IRS’s tax-exempt organizations division, which has come under investigation for improperly targeting conservative groups.  Lerner’s involvement might not stop there, however.  Now questions are being raised as to whether the IRS ignored accusations regarding HSUS’s tax exempt status because of Lerner’s active membership with HSUS. Read more

Animal Rights, Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife

Tips to Becomming a Sportsman

By Glen Wunderlich

Since archery deer season is nearly upon us, it’s incumbent upon us to take inventory.  Let’s see…  We have sharpened our broadheads, waxed the strings, checked the cables and we’ve been practicing longer and longer shots at targets.  

Certainly the integrity of treestands, that have been in place for years, has been checked,  along with pull-up ropes and safety harnesses.  In a nutshell, we are feeling pretty good about this season’s preparations. 

But, there’s another inventory item that must be added to the list:  a mirror.  No, not for signaling when you become “disoriented” (although a good companion piece in the wild), but one that will return an image of a sportsman.  All of us have one of these tools handy, so here are some tips to fine tune that reflection. Read more

Animal Rights, Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife

Out-of-State Animal Rights Groups Bankroll Michigan Ballot Issues

This from the USSA…

Posted on August 8, 2013

According to the Associated Press, an anti-hunting group has raised more money this year than any other entity working to pass a ballot issue in the state of Michigan.  Other issues heading for the 2014 ballot include abortion funding, hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” and changes to Michigan’s ballot qualification process.  Yet when combined, those issues still don’t come close to the amount of money that has poured into Michigan to overturn legislation that would allow for a wolf hunt. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

The Reality of the Wolf Debate in Michigan

By Glen Wunderlich

Wolf hunting licenses go on sale starting Aug. 3, reminds the Michigan Department of Natural Resources – a fact despised by the nation’s most powerful animal rights organization, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS, not to be confused with any local animal shelters.)  In fact, The anti-hunting coalition, called Keep Michigan Wolves Protected (backed by HSUS), has launched a petition drive to stop control of the burgeoning wolf population.  If paid workers can gather enough signatures, Michigan voters will decide on November 4, 2014, whether to overturn Senate Bill 288, which granted authority to designate game species to the state Natural Resources Commission.

If the most recent signature drive proves successful, Michigan citizens will be deciding on two anti-hunting issues on November 4, 2014 – the first to remove wolves from the game list, and the second to strip the Natural Resources Commission’s new authority to determine game species.

“All of these efforts have little to do with the number of wolves in Michigan, which have vastly exceeded their recovery goals, and has everything to do with the potential for a wolf hunting season,” said Nick Pinizzotto, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance president and CEO. “The possibility of a hunting season is simply unacceptable to these anti-hunting groups.”

Michigan United Conservation Clubs (MUCC) states Read more

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