Hunter’s Specialties Adds A New Decoy To The Snood Family Line With The Penny Snood Feeder Hen

The Penny Snood Feeder Hen Decoy adds incredible realism to any turkey hunters’ decoy spread. The decoy’s relaxed feeding position puts both gobblers and hens at ease as they come in to your calls.

The lightweight Penny Snood Decoy is incredibly lifelike with highly realistic head and feather detail. It is painted with specially formulated no-flake paint for lasting durability season after season. The built-in air valve allows the decoy to be quickly inflated and set up. The Penny Snood Decoy is constructed with a durable expanded rubber that resists creases and dents, while allowing the decoy to be folded for easy transport. It is engineered with a self-balancing stake tube for easy placement, even in the dark.

The new Penny Snood Feeder Hen Decoy sells for a suggested retail price of $79.99. Read more

SCI Foundation’s Hunter Legacy 100 Fund Aid Anti-Poaching Efforts in Tanzania

March 4, 2015 Tucson, AZ – Joseph Hosmer, President, Safari Club International Foundation (SCI Foundation), announced that SCI Foundation’s Hunter Legacy 100 Fund (HLF) donated $100,000 to provide the Wildlife Conservation Foundation of Tanzania (WCFT) with vehicles to be used by anti-poaching patrols.

SCI Foundation has outfitted anti-poaching units with two fully equipped Toyota Land Cruisers to monitor the Selous Game Reserve. These new Cruisers will allow teams to locate and track areas most susceptible to poachers.

“I am very sure that the elephants and other wildlife are more secure today and we already see the difference in the bush,” WCFT Trustees and Executive Vice President Eric Pasanisi said. “On behalf of the Wildlife Conservation Foundation of Tanzania, I would like to sincerely thank you for your generous donation to our fight to preserve our wildlife in Tanzania.”

The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent decision to ban elephant imports from Tanzania has limited conservation funding considerably; but SCI Foundation’s grant has allowed the WCFT to mobilize additional scouts and maintain programs in place to protect Tanzania’s wildlife. Read more

ScentBlocker’s new BugBlocker

Cannon Falls, MN — ScentBlocker, the constant innovator of hunting and scent control technology, brings two specially formulated insect repellents developed to provide long lasting, multi-species protection. Both have been extensively tested, from the swamps of southern Florida to Alaska’s northern reaches. These two new sportsmen’s strength products contain no added fragrances or additional scents. Read more

Michigan Turkey Hunting Info

Video thumbnail, click to playTurkey hunting season will soon be underway and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds hunters to check their spring turkey drawing results and leftover licenses, available online now at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings.

Leftover spring turkey licenses go on sale to unsuccessful license applicants at 10 a.m. Monday, March 9. Licenses go on sale to all other hunters, including those who did not participate in the application process, at 10 a.m. Monday, March 16. Leftover licenses will be sold until quotas are met.

“Hunters looking for the greatest flexibility may wish to purchase a Hunt 234 license, which will be available March 16 at 10 a.m.,” said DNR upland game bird specialist Al Stewart. “The Hunt 234 license is valid from May 4-31 and includes all open areas of the state except the public lands of southern Michigan. New this year, hunters may purchase Hunt 234 through May 31.”

Hunting licenses can be purchased online at www.mdnr-elicense.com. Hunters may purchase only one spring turkey license in a season. Read more

Michigan DNR appeals federal court’s wolf decision

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today filed an appeal of a December 2014 federal district court ruling that returned wolves in Michigan and Wisconsin to the federal endangered species list and wolves in Minnesota to federal threatened species status. The appeal – filed by the Michigan Attorney General in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia – asks the court to uphold the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s December 2011 decision that removed the Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of wolves from the federal endangered species list.

 

“Returning wolf management to wildlife professionals in the state of Michigan is critical to retaining a recovered, healthy, and socially-accepted wolf population in our state,” said DNR Director Keith Creagh.

 

“Michigan residents who live with wolves deserve to have a full range of tools available to sustainably manage that population.” Wolves in Michigan are 15 years past the population recovery goals set by the federal government. The DNR will argue against the federal district court’s ruling that wolves must recover across their historic range – which includes the lower 48 states and Mexico – before Michigan’s wolf population can be removed from the federal endangered species list. In addition, the state will argue against the district court’s conclusion that the USFWS failed to demonstrate that Michigan’s laws and regulations adequately protect the wolf population within Michigan.

 

“Wolves in Michigan and the other western Great Lakes states are fully recovered from endangered species status, which is a great success story,” said DNR Wildlife Division Chief Russ Mason. “Continuing to use the Endangered Species Act to protect a recovered species not only undermines the integrity of the Act, it leaves farmers and others with no immediate recourse when their animals are being attacked and killed by wolves.”

 

Michigan’s wolf population numbers approximately 636 in the state’s Upper Peninsula. With the return to federal protection in December 2014, the DNR lost the authority to use a variety of wolf management methods, including lethal control, to minimize wolf conflict with humans, livestock and dogs. The change in status also suspended state authority that allowed livestock and dog owners to protect their animals from wolf depredation when wolves are in the act of attacking those animals.

 

The federal district court’s December 2014 decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Humane Society of the United States, in which the State of Michigan participated as a defendant-intervener arguing against returning the Great Lakes DPS of wolves to the endangered species list. Michigan joins the USFWS and a number of hunting and conservation organizations in appealing the ruling.

 

For more information about Michigan’s wolf population and management plan, visit www.michigan.gov/wolves.

Ducks Unlimited Launches New Online Film Series for Waterfowlers


Memphis, Tenn. – Ducks Unlimited has launched a new online film series for anyone who is passionate about waterfowl and waterfowl hunting. “DU Films” includes six short films that will premiere on the DU website this spring. Viewers can watch the first film, “Carving a Legacy,” and find more information about the series at www.ducks.org/dufilms.

“This new film series captures the essence of what it means to be a waterfowler,” said DU CEO Dale Hall. “We set out to explore the lives and stories of duck hunters across the country—to find out why they became hunters, what drives their passion, how they are passing on the traditions and why they are giving back to the resource. I think viewers will really enjoy the thoughtful and artistic approach we have taken with this project. These short films help to convey some critical values that drive us to do what we do: Family, love of our country and our responsibility to take care of the natural gifts from our creator.” Read more

HSUS Declares Maine Bear Hunting a Target in 2016

Just months after a resounding defeat by Maine voters, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has announced plans to bring yet another ballot issue on bear hunting back to Maine.

On Tuesday, Feb. 24, lawyers for HSUS and the state of Maine were in court to debate the lawsuit brought by HSUS against the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. That suit sought to stop the state’s wildlife experts from explaining to voters the true dangers of HSUS’s bear hunting ban. Despite an overwhelming decision by Maine Superior Court Justice Joyce Wheeler that sided with the state’s right to provide comments, HSUS continues to pursue a legal challenge.

As part of the discussions about the pending litigation, an attorney for HSUS, Rachel Wertheimer, advised the court that they will again put the question on the 2016 ballot, and will be filing the initial paperwork soon. Read more

2016 Extreme Huntress™ Competition

Congratulate the 2015 Extreme Huntress!

After nine months of competition, Erika Bergmark earned the coveted title of 2015 Extreme Huntress. The 24 year old resident of a small town in Sweden is an avid and passionate hunter– sometimes logging over 150 days per year in the field. Bergmark reloads her own ammo and built her own shooting range so she can properly hone her rifle skills. Learn more

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Are you the next Extreme Huntress?

Now accepting applications for the 2016 Extreme Huntress™ Competition, presented by Brownells®. The deadline to enter is April 15, 2015.

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