Category: Hunting

The Empire State Approves Game Vector

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Game Vector, a unique game tracking system, brings state-of-the-art electronic technology to the Empire State, by greatly improving a bow hunters ability to locate and recover arrowed game—an issue all too common in bow hunting. Dennis Steinman, the products inventor, developed the tracking system when he agonized over a lost trophy whitetail deer. He later recovered the deer, but vowed to use his 30 years in the electronics industry to solve the issue of lost game.

The staff at the New York State Department of Conservation evaluated the various components of the Game Vector system and found the device in accordance with pertinent rules and regulations governing bow hunting in New York State,” stated Douglas Stang Assistant Director, Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources. “We are committed to assisting hunters with fair chase, ensuring good ethics while afield, and enjoying their outdoor experience. This system provides another tool to help fulfil those goals”

The system uses a transmitter that is fitted onto the shaft of an arrow. Upon impact, the transmitter separates from the arrow’s shaft, attaches to the animals hide and transmits radio frequency signals to a separate handheld receiver, used by the hunter to recover the animal. Read more

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Sportsmen’s Alliance Urges Kentucky Governor to Rely on Science

The Sportsmen’s Alliance believes wildlife management decisions belong in the hands of trained biologists who use data and proven science to balance habitats and mitigate human-wildlife conflict.

As such, the Sportsmen’s Alliance has sent a letter to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear urging him to dismiss a request by the Humane Society of the United States that called for an emergency stop of the 2015 bear hunt, the impetus of which is based solely on emotional rhetoric and an espoused agenda to end all hunting.

In a letter obtained by the Sportsmen’s Alliance, Kathryn Callahan, the Kentucky State Director for HSUS, pleads with Gov. Beshear to stop the bear hunt. Using emotional language and making unsubstantiated statements, Callahan espouses a case that runs long on rhetoric and short on fact – statements the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife unequivocally and expertly refute with legitimate fact.

“At the end of the day, this isn’t about management or harvest quotas. It’s about their desire to stop bear hunting entirely. It wouldn’t matter if a single bear was the quota, the Humane Society of the United States wouldn’t approve, and they won’t be satisfied until all hunting is stopped everywhere,” said Adam Wright, Sportsmen’s Alliance associate director of state services. “We’re hopeful Gov. Beshear will listen to Kentucky’s expert wildlife biologists who rely on facts, science and data when managing wildlife.”

The “emergency request” by HSUS was spurred by the fact that the quota for the fall archery black bear hunt was set at 10 bears total, or five female bears only, but because bowhunters experienced greater than anticipated success rates during the two-day season, 22 bears were killed, 10 of which were females. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting

Hearing Protection Act Introduced

H.R. 3799, the Hearing Protection Act of 2015 was introduced by Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Member Congressman Matt Salmon (AZ). The bill includes 22 co-sponsors, including Vice-Chair of the CSC, Congressman Jeff Duncan (SC).

The Hearing Protection Act will remove firearm suppressors from the purview of the National Firearms Act, and instead require that all suppressor sales be subject to an instantaneous background check through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).

The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation has been working alongside the American Suppressor Association and other partners at the state level for many years to dispel the many myths and misconceptions surrounding firearm suppressor technology. Currently, 41 states allow for suppressor ownership and use and 37 allow their use for hunting.

In reality, suppressors do not at all resemble Hollywood’s portrayal of the technology. Suppressors do not silence host firearms, instead they reduce the sound signature of the report down to hearing safe levels (roughly the same decibel reduction as a high quality pair of ear muffs).

Successful passage of the Hearing Protection Act will ensure that the law abiding public is able to purchase this hearing protection technology without subjecting themselves to onerous federal taxes and administrative processes, while prohibited individuals will continue to be barred from purchasing or possessing them. – See more at: http://www.sportsmenslink.org/the-media-room/news/hearing-protection-act-introduced#sthash.lR7Ds1Sm.dpuf

Firearms, Hunting

Sound Management: Florida’s Successful Bear Season

This from The Sportsmen’s Alliance…

Florida’s first bear season in decades was slated for the last seven days of October. It lasted only two.

The shortened season wasn’t due to the protests and lawsuits of animal-rights activists, but instead to the sound management of the state’s fish and wildlife department.

Just two days into the season, 295 bears were killed in the four designated units. The quota biologists set for the season was 320. With so many bears taken so quickly, officials exercised a conservative approach to managing the estimated population of 3,200 bears and ended the season.

We applaud the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s decision to not only exercise a conservative approach to the state’s first bear hunt, but to use hunting as means to scientifically manage them – especially in the face of vocal and emotional, yet factually lacking, objection.

The fact that so many bears were taken so quickly only underscores that management through hunting was needed. Population levels have exceeded the carrying capacity of the habitat (and are likely higher than estimates) in Florida, and encounters – sometimes resulting in violent attacks – have risen.

Unlike the dogmatic animal-rights activists who protested and impeded scientific management from the start, we believe in a holistic approach to resolving wildlife conflicts and management – one where hunting, in all its forms, is employed to manage wildlife in accordance with habitat and predator-prey balance. Used in conjunction with commonsense trash management and other practices in areas bordering bear habitat, humans and bears can peacefully coexist.

Without a doubt, Florida’s bear hunt was a success – perhaps most of all for the thousands of bears that remain in the state, for now they have a little more room and more resources to enjoy in the state’s forests and swamps.

Hunting

Convergent Hunting Solutions Introduces Bullet HP Game Calling System

Convergent Hunting Solutions’ new Complete Game Calling System is a revolutionary advancement in electronic game calls. With the system approach, you get everything you need to start calling:

– The Bullet HP Electronic Game Call
– Convergent Hunting’s FREE Predator Pro Bluetooth Controller App
– Phone Gun Mount for Picatinny Rail
– Camo Carry Bag

With this new system, you can be ready to hunt in minutes. Read more

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MI DNR reminds hunters that there’s still time for fall turkey hunting

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that spring is not the only time to hunt turkeys – a majority of counties are open for fall turkey hunting.

“A fall turkey hunt is a pretty unique experience,” said DNR upland game bird specialist Al Stewart. “It’s an entirely different feeling when you’re out in the fall. The leaves are changing, and even better yet, no mosquitoes.”

Sept. 15 – Nov. 14 marks the fall turkey hunting season in 59 of 83 counties. Turkey licenses still are available in Units J, HA and YY, with a large number of licenses still available in Unit YY, a multicounty, private-land-only unit in southern Michigan that includes Beaver Island. Read more

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Using a Bipod in the Field on NRA Women TV’s “Tips & Tactics”

This Week on NRA Women TV’s “Tips & Tactics” with Kristy Titus – Using a Bipod in the Field

NRA Certified Instructor and Cabela’s Ambassador Showcases Six Videos on NRA Women TV
Bend, Oregon (October 22, 2015) – This week on NRAWomen.TV’s newest video series – Tips & Tactics with Kristy Titus, learn why adding a bipod to your hunting rifle will help in a variety of conditions. Titus is a NRA Certified Instructor and Cabela’s Ambassador and will be offering her best tips to help women prepare for their first hunt, or new tactics for their hundredth hunt. Visit http://www.nrawomen.tv/tips-and-tactics/list/hunting for all of Titus’ videos.

“Having a bipod mounted on your hunting rifle is a worthwhile gear investment that will help stabilize shots while afield from not only the prone position, but other positions such as kneeling and standing. Yes, it’s another piece of gear to carry, but it’s a worthy addition,” said Titus. Read more

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Michigan Grouse, Woodcock Off to A Great Start

A month into grouse and woodcock season, early reports from hunters suggest that the season has started out with a bang.

“Avid grouse hunters are indicating the season appears good, dependent on location,” said Department of Natural Resources upland game bird biologist Al Stewart. “This earlier part of the season always proves to be a unique challenge, with leaves still on the trees, but leaves are now starting to fall and the woodcock migration has started.”

Michigan’s small game hunting season, which includes grouse season, opens annually Sept. 15. Woodcock season varies from year to year, due to the woodcock’s federal migratory bird status, and this year opened Sept. 19.

“Some areas of the Upper Peninsula are reporting flushing six grouse an hour, with woodcock being four to five per hour,” said Stewart. “Northern Lower Peninsula flushes are more sporadic, and everyone’s experiences are always different. In the end we look back at all reports, on a larger scale, to see trends.” Read more

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