Category: Hunting

HSUS Gets Testy in Palm Beach

This from www.HumaneWatch.org…

PalmBeach3The Humane Society of the United States held a fundraising benefit last Thursday at the fancy Club Colette in posh Palm Beach. We had been educating residents, via a mailing and a TV ad, that HSUS gives only 1% of its budget to pet shelters, that it gets a “C-minus” grade from the independent watchdog CharityWatch, and that it is in federal court facing a racketeering lawsuit.

We decided it would be best to show up in person to the event, too. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

Michigan Gains in Better Deer Management Strategy

By Glen Wunderlich
The Quality Deer Management Association’s 2014 Annual Deer Report has just been released and it gives us a thumbnail status of today’s white-tailed deer. The 2014 report compares kill statistics over years 2010 through 2012 from 36 states of the Midwest, Southeast, and Northeast.

Interesting trends continue to evolve and Michigan appears to have reversed course by actually shifting its focus from sheer numbers to stronger, healthier deer strategies. Given that, some of the numbers are not bad, either.

Michigan hunters shot the most bucks by a large margin in the Midwest region. The figure of 222,640 represents about 10,000 more bucks taken than either of the past two years. Not all states in the region were able to boast these results with South Dakota and Nebraska taking 25 and 29 percent fewer bucks respectively. Read more

Hunting

Opening Day Crow Hunting

L-R: Glen, Matt, Shawn

L-R: Glen, Matt, Shawn

February 1st opening day of crow season found us in some rather deep snow. We used a FoxPro electronic caller with sounds such as crow in distress and fighting crows. Shotguns were all 12-gauge shooting shot size of number 7 1/2s, 8s and 9s.

Hunting

Polar Bear Population Increasing?

Northern Canada’s Hudson Bay region has been noted as the area of the most threatened Polar bear population, but new evidence shows estimates as much as 67 percent higher than suggested.  Details here…

An Alaska scientist, Charles Monnett,  whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has been forced out of his position as part of a settlement with a federal agency.  Turns out he made things up and left other fact out of his argument to support an animal-rights agenda.  More here…

Hat tip to John Lott.

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

House Bill Will Help Hunters Gain Access to Public Lands

MISSOULA, Mont.–Congressman Steve Daines (R-MT) today introduced legislation–the “Making Public Lands Public Access Act”–that guarantees funding for improving hunter access to existing public lands. This legislation, H.R. 3962, is supported by the Boone and Crockett Club and other hunting organizations. The bill directs the U.S. Forest Service and BLM to acquire rights of way and other land interests from willing-seller landowners to open access to existing public lands where public access for hunting and fishing is closed or impractical.  Read more

Hunting

U.S. Hunters Set New Record-Low Harvest Rate of Yearling Bucks

More 1.5-year-old bucks (yearlings) are getting a pass from deer hunters than at any time in modern history, according to data gathered by QDMA for its 2014 Whitetail Report, now available free online.

 

In the 2012-13 season, the most recent season with complete deer harvest data available from all states, only 37 percent of antlered bucks killed by hunters in the United States were yearlings, down from over 62 percent in 1988, the year QDMA was founded. Antlered bucks do not include “button bucks,” so this means that nearly two-thirds of antlered bucks killed by hunters in 2012-13 were 2.5 years or older. Read more

Hunting

The M4 Scirrako From Alpha-TAC’s ExtremeBeam Offers Exceptional Performance at an Affordable Price

Alpha-TAC’s ExtremeBeam has manufactured some of the best tactical flashlights available today. Now, the company has released the M4 Scirrako – a long-range workhorse of a flashlight worthy only of the ExtremeBeam name.   Machined from solid bar stock aluminum, this powerful flashlight features a 230 lumen bulb that can easily outshine and outperform other flashlights with twice their lumen rating. Read more

Firearms, Hunting

World’s Record Moose Verified by Boone and Crockett

MISSOULA, Mont.–A bull moose taken by a hunter in 2013 in Yukon Territory has been verified by the Boone and Crockett Club as a new World’s Record.   With a final score of 263-5/8 Boone and Crockett points, the bull has the largest antlers ever recorded for the Alaska-Yukon moose subspecies. The previous record, taken in Alaska in 1994, scores 261-5/8. These are the only two specimens on record to score over 260. The third-largest bull scores 256-6/8. Read more

Hunting

Get The Job Done With ProGrade® Varmint Grade Rounds

You’re a varmint hunter, and whether it’s to protect your land, or for sport, ProGrade® has created a special grade of ammunition just for you. ProGrade Varmint Grade is a series  of cartridges hand-selected by its in-house ballistic specialists and is the best ammunition available to take down everything from coyotes, foxes and wolves to squirrels, rabbits  and groundhogs. Read more

Ammunition, Hunting
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