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MidwayUSA, Sitka Gear and Remington Ammunition Team Up for New Sweepstakes

The 2012-2013 waterfowl season is fast approaching and MidwayUSA wants to help hunters gear up and get ready to take down some ducks. In this latest sweepstakes, MidwayUSA is offering an opportunity to win a prize package including clothing from Sitka Gear and Remington HyperSonic Ammunition.Through September 28 at 2:00 p.m. CST, MidwayUSA begins the sweepstakes that includes a product package with a combined total retail value close to $1,200.00! Read more

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Michigan DNR’s Recreation 101 Program earns national award

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Parks and Recreation Division has been honored by the National Association of State Park Directors, which recently gave its 2012 President’s Award to the agency in recognition of its Recreation 101 program – a popular and growing series of instructional events and workshops that encourage residents and visitors to get out, learn new recreation skills and enjoy the outdoors. The award honors statewide organizations that have made an extraordinary contribution to the goals of a state park system. Read more

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Stealth 4×4 Introduces Long Range Hybrid

Atlanta, GA – Stealth Manufacturing announced today the release of its highly anticipated long-range gas/electric side-by-side vehicle – THE EDGE. These 4×4 vehicles have been specifically engineered for extended travel through tough off-road terrain that eliminates the range anxiety of the adventurous. The EDGE hybrid vehicle is due to tread on dealer floors beginning the first week of September, 2012. Read more

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Boone and Crockett Club Applauds Wolf Delisting, Management in Wyoming

 MISSOULA, Mont. (Sept. 4, 2012)?The Boone and Crockett Club applauds the Aug. 31, 2012, decision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for returning management authority for the gray wolf to the State of Wyoming.


This decision is consistent with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the 1980 and 1987 Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Plans. This delisting of the Wyoming wolf population from the lists of threatened and endangered species completes a decades-long project to restore the wolf to the Rocky Mountains that began in 1973. A large and growing wolf population now ranges in North America from the Rockies and the Great Lakes area north through Canada and Alaska.

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Zero Tolerance = Zero Brains in Nebraska Schools

We have found our next mass-murder threat:  A 3 1/2 year-old boy from Nebraska.  His name is Hunter and he is deaf, so he uses sign language  and signs his name by crossing his forefinger and index finger and moving his hand up and down.  That’s enough for school officials, who want him to change his name.  The threatening youngster’s dilemma is here…

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Sample results found Asian carp eDNA in Sandusky Bay

On July 30-31, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collected 150 water samples from the Sandusky Bay and Sandusky River. Analysis of these water samples indicated 20 samples out of 150 taken from throughout Sandusky Bay and Sandusky River have tested positive for the presence of silver carp environmental DNA (eDNA). Read more

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New Growth in Hunting, Fishing Participation

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — When the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently reported the number of hunters grew by nine percent since 2006 and the number of anglers grew by 11 percent in that same time frame, sportsmen and the sporting industry were thrilled. The numbers, which are preliminary results released as the initial look into the USFWS’s 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, reversed what had been dropping participation levels in fishing over the past 10 years and indicated the first jump in hunter numbers in more than two decades. But what were the reasons for the turnaround? Read more

General, Hunting, Wildlife

Hunter Safety Course at Hunter-ed.com Features New Videos

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.”

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Streamlight Launches Vehicle Solar Charging Panel

Eagleville, PA Streamlight®, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance flashlights, today introduced the Streamlight SolarStream™, a supplemental solar charging panel for emergency responder and fleet vehicles. The Streamlight SolarStream helps to offset battery drain from computer systems and other rechargeable electronics when a vehicle is off, extending battery life and limiting battery-related vehicle maintenance. Read more

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HSUS Falls Flat in the Hoosier State

So, sad.  HSUS can’t sell animal rights to Indiana farmers…

The Humane Society of the United States was at the Indiana State Fair pushing a federal egg mandate that’s before Congress. That’s a tough task for a group that’s on the record as wanting to get rid of animal agriculture. Apparently HSUS and its six-figure CEO Wayne Pacelle tried to hold some kind of press event to gin up support for the bill they’re pushing. We say “tried” because Pacelle didn’t appear to draw much of a crowd (see below).

Crowd control not needed

A little birdie emailed us the details:

Apparently, when Pacelle took to the microphone, the TV cameraman started panning the audience (or lack thereof) and packed up and left in the middle of his presentation. Must have been tough since all of the old tractors that are right there in Pioneer Village simultaneously (and completely coincidentally ;-)) were cranked up just as Pacelle took the microphone . . .

 

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