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IHEA-USA Announces QuietKat Apex Pro Fundraising Raffle

The IHEA-USA announced today that it is raffling off a QuietKat Apex Pro electric bike, which was generously donated to them by QuietKat.

The Apex Pro is one of the most capable hunting and hauling e-bikes built by QuietKat and offers all the latest features like a 1000w motor and an industry leading 100 lbs hauling capacity. With hydraulic disc brakes, 4.5” tires, and a wide assortment of accessories for your hunt, the Apex Pro will efficiently and quickly haul the game back to camp or the truck with minimal effort.

“QuietKat’s generous donation will allow us to further IHEA-USA projects that ensure new hunters get safely into the field and offer them additional resources to learn to hunt outside the Hunter Education classroom,” states Alex Baer, Executive Director of the IHEA-USA. “The opportunity to raffle this and offer it to our audience and the general public is greatly appreciated. We sincerely thank QuietKat for this generous donation.”

Raffle tickets are now available through the IHEA-USA website for only $20.00 each. Only 250 tickets will be sold. The raffle will net the IHEA-USA $5,000 for its general fund to support its research and develop resources supporting Hunter Education and R3 Initiatives. Read more

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ALPS Mountaineering Announces Customizable First Aid Kit Solutions

ALPS Mountaineering, manufacturer of performance gear for wilderness adventures, exploration, and family camping, moves into the First Aid solutions category with the release of two new products designed for backcountry and day hikers—the First Aid Kit and the Personal First Aid Kit.

When you need medical attention in the wilderness, you need it NOW! This is why ALPS Mountaineering developed their First Aid kits to secure neatly to backpacks and daypacks. Both kits utilize elastic cords and toggles, which permit secure attachment to the outside of your pack, ensuring your medical supplies are always easily accessible.

Each kit is made of durable 200D double-ripstop nylon fabric and comes in a bright red color for rapid identification. They also feature reflective accents for enhanced visibility during low-light conditions. Read more

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REDARC Launches New Lithium Battery, The Alpha150

REDARC, the leading provider of vehicle power management systems, is thrilled to announce the release of its latest product, the Alpha150 Lithium Battery. This 150Ah lithium battery offers unrivaled discharge capacity, faster charging, higher power density, and higher weight efficiency than other competitors on the market. Pair the advanced features such as self-heating and onboard Bluetooth monitoring with the ruggedness and durability that REDARC is known for, and you have the highest-performing lithium batteries on the market.

With its unwavering commitment to delivering best-in-class performance and unmatched reliability, REDARC has released the Alpha150 with an advanced feature set: Read more

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Michigan: Fort Wilkins Celebrates 100 Years As A State Park

A visit to Fort Wilkins is a treat in itself, but the weekend of July 28-30 offers even more – an encampment with the Civil War living-history group Battery D, 1st Michigan Light Artillery, featuring 25-plus costumed interpreters, a depiction of army barracks life and soldiers’ pastimes, full-scale cannon, and authentically reproduced clothing, tools and weapons.

It’s an annual tradition that was paused during the COVID pandemic. Battery D’s return coincides with Fort Wilkins Historic State Park’s 100th anniversary.

“In 1923, Fort Wilkins became a state park, and today the site includes camping, picnicking, fishing and other recreation opportunities as well as this wonderfully preserved historic site,” said Barry James, Upper Peninsula historian for the Michigan History Center.

“You’ll hear the echo of cannon fire rolling down the length of Lake Fanny Hooe, just as soldiers heard it more than 175 years ago. It is an experience not to be missed!”

  • The encampment is open to park visitors 8 a.m. to dusk Friday and Saturday, July 28 and 29, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 30.
  • Demonstrations, including Civil War medical and undertaking procedures, drills and skits are featured throughout the weekend.
  • For the daily schedule of activities, call 906-289-4215. Read more
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Lithium Pros’ M31150-S 12.8V Lithium Ion Engine Starting Battery

When the competition heats up, and the fish are biting, the last thing a pro angler needs to worry about is whether or not their marine starting battery has enough power to last the day. Lithium Pros delivers tournament fishermen peace of mind with the power they can rely on all day. The new M31150-S 12V 150 Ah marine starting battery gives anglers all the juice they need on the water.

With an impressive 1500 Marine Crank Amps (eq), the M31150-S has the highest cranking power of any other battery in its class and will have no trouble starting all conventional outboard engines on the market. Just one of Lithium Pros’ M31150-S lithium-ion batteries holds as much power as two traditional 12V Group 31 AGM lead-acid batteries at just ¼ the weight and at ½ the space!

The M31150-S features one of the most advanced, fully-integrated, digital internal battery management systems in the marine industry, safely housed in a lightweight box. This system continually monitors for over-temperature, over-current, under-current, and short-circuits. This automatically protects the battery from damage if any issues are detected, ensuring long battery life and trouble-free service. Read more

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ALPS Mountaineering Announces New Ultralight Trekking Poles

ALPS Mountaineering, manufacturer of performance-driven gear for wilderness adventures, exploration, and family camping, has developed a new trekking pole system for 2024. Designed for both technical and casual hiking, the new Alliance trekking poles deliver the on-trail performance serious adventurers demand but in an ultra-lightweight design.

The heart of the Alliance trekking poles is the freshly engineered hybrid frame. Blending carbon fiber and aluminum construction, the Alliance poles offer the superior rigidity and stability needed for navigating the most aggressive trails, while the material combination makes a set of two poles weigh only 15.2 ounces. Read more

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Michigan State-Managed Land Available via Online Auctions in August, September

Contact: Michael Michalek, 517-331-8387 or Walter Linn, 517-930-9874

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Dorsey Covers Unbroken Bonds of Battle in Forbes

The journey from rural roots in small town Georgia to the Fox News studio was a long and treacherous one for Johnny Joey Jones. While he may have grown up poor in the financial sense, he was blessed with a large, close-knit family that would later become his life support following a horrific encounter with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that took his legs in Afghanistan in 2010.

In Unbroken Bonds of Battle (part of Fox News’ Modern Warriors series), Jones showcases his life growing up in the rural South and the days and years leading up to his enlistment in the Marine Corps where he served as Staff Sergeant. Like many Marines, the Corps would become part of Jones’ extended family, a brotherhood of soldiers who were made inseparable through the experiences of combat.

Jones became an EOD Tech, short for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, one of the deadliest jobs in the War on Terror—the real-life Hurt Locker. The book consists of personal accounts from soldiers and others close to Jones, including fellow Marines and EOD techs—a special subset of warfighters who have the unenviable task of staring death in the eye daily to save fellow soldiers. While a sniper may provide a similar battlefield life insurance policy, if an EOD tech misses, they’re often dead. In the bloodiest years of the War on Terror—including the year in which Jones’ suffered his injuries—staggering percentages of bomb techs were killed or injured in combat.

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Volcon Stag Demo Day Event

AUSTIN, Texas, June 6, 2023 — Volcon Inc. (NASDAQ: VLCN) (“Volcon” or the “Company”), the first all-electric, off-road powersports company invited key media, dealers and international distributors to test drive prototype models of the Company’s flagship product, the Stag, during a VIP Demo Day event held before Memorial Day Weekend.

The Company hosted the event at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort in Cedar Creek, Texas, where on the first day, Co-Founder and CTO, Christian Okonsky, presented a live Q&A session, detailing how the Company has been able to move quickly to bring the first all-electric, off-road UTV, the Stag, through the development process at an unprecedented pace through strategic collaborations such as those with General Motors, BF Goodrich, Elka Suspension and Hayes Performance Systems. Attendees were also able inspect the Stag and ask the Company’s engineering and product development teams questions about the technology and its specifications.

“The Stag has undergone tremendous development and the power is unmatched. We have tested, broken, fixed, broken again and redeveloped many of the Stag’s components throughout this entire process, leading to us upgrading many of the key suspension and drivetrain components to an automotive grade level. Traditional off-road components simply cannot handle the torque that the Stag has,” said Co-Founder and CTO, Christian Okonsky. Read more

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NSSF Hails House Passage of H.J. Res. 44 to Restore Congressional Authority to Make Law, Rein in Administrative Overreach

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NSSF®, The Firearm Industry Trade Association, hails the bipartisan passage of H.J. Res. 44 in the House of Representatives as a clear statement to the Biden administration that it is the role of Congress to make law, not unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats. H.J. Res. 44 passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 219-210 and nullifies the Final Rule issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) titled “Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces,’” published on January 31, 2023. The Final Rule established new criteria for determining whether a pistol equipped with an attached stabilizing arm brace is a short-barreled rifle (SBR) and thus subject to regulation (and registration) under the National Firearms Act. The Congressional Research Service estimates there could be upwards of 40 million braces in circulation today.

“NSSF praises the bipartisan passage in the House of Representative of House Joint Resolution 44 to place a much-needed check on the Biden administration’s abuse of the rule making process to turn millions of lawful firearm owners and members of the firearm industry into criminals with the mere stroke of a pen,” said Lawrence G. Keane, NSSF Senior Vice President and General Counsel. “For nearly a decade the ATF has determined stabilizing brace equipped pistols, initially designed to assist wounded warrior veterans to shoot safely and accurately, did not alter the classification of a pistol and that those pistols would not be subject to National Firearms Act regulation. The antigun whims of this administration changed all that by executive fiat. Federal courts have already issued numerous preliminary injunctions against enforcing this rule and stated the Executive Branch was overstepping its constitutional authority and infringing on the role of the Legislative Branch to make law. NSSF is grateful to U.S. Reps. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) and Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) for drafting the resolution and to Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) for ushering through this resolution to passage. The firearm industry strongly encourages the U.S. Senate to make the correct and similar stand for Congress to reassert its role and authority in drafting law.” Read more

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