New Custom Fire Pits from Plantation Spoiled

A new custom Fire Pit from Plantation Spoiled is the perfect addition for any camp, whether you’re at the hunting property, on a camping trip or ready for a backyard fire ring. Easy to transport and easy to set up, this Fire Pit turns any location into the perfect spot for a campfire. The stylish craftsmanship of these metal Fire Pits will have owners wanting to bring them home from the hunting property during the off-season for backyard Fire Pit enjoyment.

Plantation Spoiled offers a new Fire Pit that looks great, can be customized with scenes or logos, and is designed with a fire ring and base that are separate pieces for easy cleaning or moving. Fire Pits are a trendy addition for homeowners for backyard gatherings, and with a Fire Pit from Plantation Spoiled, there’s no need for the brick and mortar of a permanent fire ring. Read more

Outdoor News Partners With Camp Chef for Recipe Contest

(Plymouth, Minn.) — Outdoor News, Inc., publisher of locally written fishing and hunting outdoor newspapers in seven Great Lake states, invites readers to submit their favorite grilling, wild game, and fish recipes for a chance to win a Camp Chef SmokePro DLX Pellet Grill.

The recipe contest kicks off May 1st and final submissions are due June 12th. Readers of Outdoor News publications in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Illinois will then vote on the top five semi-finalists with the recipe earning the most votes winning the SmokePro DLX Pellet Grill from Camp Chef valued at $834. The winning recipe will be announced by Outdoor News, Inc. on June 25th, 2015.

The Camp Chef Pellet Grill and Smoker is designed with the home griller in mind and has been recognized by AmazingRibs.com with the Best Value Gold Medal award.

Details on the contest can be found in the regular Outdoor News publication’s cooking feature, the “Taste of the Wild”, and online at www.outdoornews.com/CampChefContest. Follow the Outdoor News Taste of the Wild Facebook page for additional contest updates. Read more

Final Two Killers Sentenced in Kidnapping and Murder of DEA Special Agent

WASHINGTON—Two Colombian nationals were sentenced to decades in U.S. federal prison today for their roles in the kidnapping and murder of former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James “Terry” Watson in Bogotá, Colombia, on June 20, 2013.

Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the Eastern District of Virginia, Special Agent in Charge George L. Piro of the FBI’s Miami Field Office, DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and Bill A. Miller, Director, U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) made the announcement.

“With these sentencings, all seven defendants involved in the kidnapping and murder of Special Agent Terry Watson have been found, prosecuted, and brought to justice,” said Attorney General Holder. “Special Agent Watson was a courageous patriot, a principled law enforcement agent, and a proud defender of the rule of law. Our nation owes him and his loved ones a debt we can never repay. And although our prosecution of his heinous attackers has come to its rightful close, the Department of Justice will never rest in our efforts to honor Special Agent Watson’s life of service and sacrifice by upholding the values that he served to protect.” Read more

Smith & Wesson® Donates $50,000 To Honored American Veterans Afield

From Left to Right (Trevor Baucom, Jan Mladek, James Debney, Tom Taylor)

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Smith & Wesson Corp. yesterday announced that the company presented Honored American Veterans Afield (HAVA) with a donation of $50,000 at the 2015 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Nashville, Tenn. The donation by Smith & Wesson will support ongoing programs designed to assist disabled veterans and wounded active duty military personnel. James Debney, Smith & Wesson President and CEO, presented the donation to Tom Taylor, Chairman of HAVA, during a special ceremony at the Smith & Wesson booth. Read more

Large Trout Stocked in Clinton and Huron Rivers

The Department of Natural Resources recently stocked adult trout in the Clinton River at Riverside Park, Huron River at Proud Lake Recreation Area, and Spring Mill Pond at Island Lake Recreation Area. Close-up of brown trout

The Clinton River was stocked with just over 400 brown trout from 16 to 18 inches and 300 rainbow trout ranging from 20 to 22 inches. The Huron River was stocked with 1,500 brown trout sized 16 to 22 inches and nearly 1,500 rainbow trout sized 16 to 22 inches. Spring Mill Pond was stocked with nearly 200 brown trout sized 16 to 18 inches and nearly 600 rainbow trout sized 16 to 22 inches.

This annual stocking activity uses unneeded brown and rainbow trout broodstock from Michigan’s state fish hatcheries. Every year there are surplus adult trout in the hatchery system, which are stocked in special regulation areas. Read more

Coast Guard Medevacs Sailor After 66 Days at Sea

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevacs a man from motor vessel Houston Express off the North Carolina coast Thursday, April 2, 2015. The crew aboard Houston Express spotted the man on a disabled sailing vessel and took him aboard approximately 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras. U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Elizabeth City

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man who was located on a disabled sailing vessel Thursday approximately 200 miles off the North Carolina coast.

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received notification from the 1,085-foot, German-flagged motor vessel Houston Express at approximately 1:30 p.m., indicating they spotted a man and the vessel approximately 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and took him aboard. Read more

NRA National Sporting Arms Museum features 16 original works of sporting and wildlife art on loan from Remington Outdoor Company

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Famous works of sporting and wildlife art and historical firearms on loan from Remington Outdoor Company are now on display at the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum. The 7,500-square-foot museum, which traces the evolution of hunting, conservation and freedom, is located at Bass Pro Shops flagship superstore in Springfield, Missouri.

N.C. Wyeth, titled Dangerous Bend.

Museum visitors can see 16 original oil paintings by America’s foremost outdoor artists from the last hundred years. Many of these paintings were used in Remington advertisements and their popular calendars and later displayed throughout the company’s facilities. In those early days, few would have guessed that many of those artists would become icons to later generations and thus some works of art were lost or destroyed.  However, in the 1960s, a rescue mission recovered and restored many of these masterpieces. Today, the Remington Art Collection includes over 400 original works of art and is believed to be the largest collection of sporting and wildlife art in the world. Read more

Project to Reestablish Historic Wood Bison Herds in Alaska Moves Forward with Help from SCI Foundation and Local SCI Chapters

Tucson, AZ – Joseph Hosmer, President Safari Club International (SCI) Foundation announced that Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) will soon release 100 wood bison into the wild to culminate a 20 year reintroduction process.

SCI Foundation has funded this effort for the past 10 years and is part of the Wood Bison Restoration Advisory Group. Through its contributions of $150,000 dollars it has facilitated the maintenance of the bison holding facility as well as the care of the bison while in captivity.

“Our donations assisted with bringing bison from Alberta to Alaska, helped with expanding and outfitting the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center (AWCC), and helped move bison to the release site,” SCI Foundation President Joe Hosmer said. “We also assisted from our Washington DC Office, working with the federal government on the details of this restoration effort since it involves an endangered species. The regulatory processes necessary to move this rare species into the United States was complex, and there was a time when we thought it would never happen. That’s why this day is so special for us.”

Reintroduction is no small task. These massive animals were transported from their captive facility at the AWCC by cargo plane to the Innoko River refuge. The animals are currently in a holding facility at the release site to allow them to get comfortable with their new habitat before the official reintroduction. Read more

Watchdog: DEA agents attended cartel-funded ‘sex parties’

The next Obama administration scandal indicates that several Drug Enforcement Administration agents attended “sex parties” with prostitutes paid for by local drug cartels.

The alleged parties took place in an unnamed “host country,” which reportedly was Colombia, over a period of several years. According to the Justice Department inspector general report, the parties were even held in agents’ U.S. government-leased quarters.

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