Rogue Lightning Strike Kills TBF Angler

GW:  Lightning:  If you can hear thunder, you are already in danger!  Nothing’s worth it, boys!

Ponca City, OK – TBF mourns the loss of division championship angler, Lorenzo Magdaleno, 51, from Lake Placid, Fl. He was a veteran angler and a member of the Florida Bass Federation and the Homestead Hawg Hunters club for more than a decade. Magdaleno was pronounced dead by Florida officials on Friday, June 8, after a bolt of lightning apparently struck Magdaleno and his boat partner, Mike Hardin, from Tennessee while they fishing shortly after noon prior to the final day weigh-in of the TBF Southern Division Championship on Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. Read more

Motor-less Mower Swings into Action

By Glen Wunderlich

Before the invention of the internal combustion engine, and even before horse-drawn farming equipment, crops still had to be cut to be harvested.  And, the tool of choice was the human-powered sythe.  My introduction to the strange instrument came some 36 years ago in a remote area of West Virginia, where doing things the old fashioned way was still the only way.  Paw Paw, my wife’s grandfather became my personal trainer. Read more

Build Your Own Canoe In Two Days At CMM

Your chance is NOW to build a 16-foot wooden canoe! The Calvert Marine Museum and Patuxent Small Craft Guild are scheduling requests for the “Build a Boat by Appointment” program. Invite your family and friends to join in the fun and choose two consecutive Saturdays or any two days of your choice. Hours of class are 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No experience necessary. Read more

Behind the Mask of HSUS: Wildlife Land Trust

Wildlife Land Trust Is a Farce

Posted on May 31, 2012 by The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance

The Humane Society of the United States has many “fronts” that work to ban hunting while at the same time raking in money and other commodities from the unsuspecting public. One such front is The Wildlife Land Trust (HSWLT).  This “trust” is actually a covert affiliate that sways landowners into thinking that their donation of land, easements, or dollars helps wildlife – that is far from the truth. Read more

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