Category: General

Ethanol and Old Outboard Boat Engines

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Ever since E10 gasoline (gas containing 10% ethanol) became widely available several years ago, the nation’s largest recreational boat owners group, BoatUS, has received hundreds of calls and emails complaining about boat engine problems. The majority of complaints concern older outboard motors, those made before about 1990. BoatUS’ Seaworthy magazine asked Mercury Marine’s Ed Alyanak and Frank Kelley, who between them have over 60 years of experience, to find out what’s made these decades-old outboards more susceptible to ethanol’s well-known problems and what owners can do.  Here’s what is advised: Read more

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Bill Offers Free Fishing to Vets

A bill that would provide free fishing and hunting licenses to disabled Michigan veterans made its way through committee Tuesday.  Introduced by state Rep. Holly Hughes, R-White River Township, the proposed legislation was sent by the House Natural Resources, Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Committee to the full House for consideration.  The committee voted unanimously to approve the bill. Read more

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MidwayUSA’s Choose Your Weapon Debuts Tonight

COLUMBIA, MO -MidwayUSA’s Choose Your Weapon hosts know a thing or two about hunting. Jim Burnworth and Ray Bunney have been hunting most of their lives and have an appreciation for the great outdoors. Because hunting antelope in Wyoming requires a different firearm and hunting method than hunting plains game in Africa, Jim and Ray will pick different weapons, test these weapons and explain why they chose that weapon for that particular hunt. Read more

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Daffodils Smile Through Cold

Daffodils survive March freeze

Above, daffodils are seen with a hunting shack, The Chalet, in the background.  After temperatures in the 20s last night, it appears little damage was done to early bloomers, although some were harmed.  Fortunately, in Shiawassee County, Michigan, our fruit trees have yet to blossom and appear to have survived so far.  However, plenty of time remains before we’re beyond the threat of frost.

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Project Alaska on TV Tonight

Biggest Show of the Season! Dropped:  Two-Hour Season Finale March 27 on Sportsman Channel

The True Test of Survival Comes to a Close with a One Hour Finale AND “After the Drop” Special Hosted by Realtree’s David Blanton

New Berlin, WI – (March 21, 2012) – Brothers Chris and Casey Keefer’s amazing 28-day Alaska survival expedition comes to a close with a special two-hour finale of Dropped: Project Alaska on Tuesday, March 27 beginning at 9 pm ET exclusively on Sportsman Channel A Sportsman Channel original production, Dropped: Project Alaska presented by Realtree®, has been engaging viewers with the Keefers’ experience of being “dropped” in a remote part of Alaska where they had to pit their skills as hunters, woodsmen and anglers against an unforgiving landscape. This special two hour finale of a series’ season has never before been done in outdoor television. Read more

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Microstamping Shot Down – Again

This from the Outdoor Wire:

Microstamping Fails (Again), HSUS Campaigns Against California Hunting Dogs

Microstamping advocates have once again failed to get the fallacious science introduced as a requirement for firearms and ammunition sold in New York…yesterday, a joint New York state budget committee voted on a revised state budget that repealed the ballistics-imaging requirement from state law. It’s another example of legislators listening to their constituents and eliminating bad legislation.

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