Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
With big game hunting season fast approaching, HuntingBoots.comknows hunters around the country are gathering their gear in preparation. That’s why the hunting bootssuperstore launched its Hunt Like a Pro sweepstakes, which will outfit one lucky winner each month with a pair of hunting boots. Read more
There have been numerous fish kills recently reported from around the state, and staff from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Division is tracking and monitoring these events. Read more
Private fundraising efforts to build a border fence in Arizona have stalled, and although over $270,000 has been raised, it won’t go far. More here…
FRANKFORT, Ky. – A 14-year veteran Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources conservation officer charged into rushing Knott County flash flood waters this morning and rescued the director of the Hazard-Perry County Senior Citizens Center who had been swept away. Read more
COLUMBUS, Georgia– Introducing the brand new John Deere Gator RSX850i in Realtree Hardwoods camo ™. This John Deere Gator is engineered to be faster, more powerful and more agile than any Gator ever built. Read more
As a result of previous grass carp reports in Marrs Lake (located in Lenawee County), staff from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Division sampled the water body during the week of June 18. One adult grass carp was collected along with the sighting of at least three others. Tissue samples from the grass carp were submitted to laboratories at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Southern Illinois University to determine their reproductive status. Both institutions confirmed the collected fish was a reproductively viable grass carp. Read more
Wind power, electric cars, you name it. Ronad Reagan summed it up as only he could: “The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And, if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
This from HumaneWatch.org…
We’ve written before about the deceptive fundraising practices on the Humane Society of the United States. Despite its name, HSUS is not related to your local pet shelters, though public polling finds that most Americans think it is. Even 80 percent of HSUS donors think that HSUS “misleads people into thinking that it supports local humane societies and pet shelters.” View the full report here. Read more
Orlando, FL – Orange County Convention Center -The Professional Outdoor Media Association’s (POMA) and the American Sportfishing Association’s (ASA) prestigious Homer Circle Fishing Communicator Award was presented to veteran communicator
John E. Phillips of Birmingham, Ala.
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