Category: Hunting

2014: The Year of the Ballot Issue?

This from the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance…

As sportsmen and women are gearing up for the year ahead, the fight for the future of hunting appears headed for the ballot box next fall as ballot issues are popping up from coast to coast.  While the November election might seem far off, hunters and trappers across the country are hard at work preparing for the upcoming battles.

In July, we reported on the ongoing fight over Michigan’s wolf management program.   Now, sportsmen are staring down the barrel of two ballot initiatives that seek to bar the state from designating wolves as a game species.  Sportsmen, not willing to sit idly by, have begun to fight back – and are circulating petitions for a citizen-initiated law to counter the anti’s efforts.  If successful, the law would ensure the ability of the state’s Natural Resources Commission to designate game species. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

EZ Access™ Gear Introduces the Snap Shot™ Shotgun Sight

Drop your tom with ease this spring with the innovative new Snap Shot™ Sight. You won’t find anything else like it anywhere. Whether you run and gun or sit in a blind, the Snap Shot increases your chances of bagging your bird.
The Snap Shot easily snaps on almost any shotgun barrel, whether it’s a vent rib or smooth bore. The Snap Shot’s patented design enhances any existing sight system or works great alone. This unique sight, available in black or camo, provides instant target acquisition. If it’s in the sight, it’s history.
Similar to a scope, the Snap Shot forces you to keep your head down on the barrel and the gun up, but its quicker and much less expensive than a scope because no magnification is involved. If the target is in the circle, then  your aim is perfect. Because of its ease of use, the Snap Shot is ideal for youth as well as experienced hunters. Read more

Firearms, Hunting

New ATN X-Sight Rifle Scope Line

American Technologies Network Corp. (ATN) introduces a line of digital night vision rifle scopes representing the latest in electro-optical technology.
South San Francisco, CA – American Technologies Network Corp. (ATN), makers of cutting-edge digital night vision and thermal applications, have developed a smart HD optics night vision rifle scope line: the ATN X-Sight 3-12x and 5-18X. The X-Sight rifle scopes utilize the newest in electro-optical technologies with an advanced low-light HD sensor providing superb image quality with high resolution at an affordable price. Read more

Firearms, Hunting

3 Things You Didn’t Know About Trophy Whitetails

MISSOULA, Mont.–A Boone and Crockett Club reference book on trophy whitetails has received top honors in a national book awards competition. The Club is celebrating with a just-for-fun trivia quiz based on data that readers could glean from the pages of the heralded book.

Competing against books of all genres, “Records of North American Whitetail Deer” won a Gold Medal in the 2013 PubWest Book Design Awards. It’s one of four recent honors for Boone and Crockett-published books. More on that after the quiz.

Three things you didn’t know about trophy whitetails (see answers below):
1. There are currently 8,568 typical whitetails listed in Boone and Crockett records. What percentage are 8-pointers (eastern count)?
2. Which antler characteristic factors most heavily into the score of a typical whitetail?
3. Continent-wide, what are the odds of a deer hunter collecting and entering a Boone and Crockett-qualifying whitetail?

“Records of North American Whitetail Deer” is the most complete book of trophy info and records on America’s favorite big-game species. The PubWest Gold Medal was given for the fifth edition, which includes detailed tabular listings of 12,254 whitetail trophies ranked according to their all-time Boone and Crockett scores. Read more

Hunting

Redfield® Accelerator™ Reflex Sight is Lightning Fast, Lightweight

Accelerator™ Reflex sight delivers an immediate, crisp sight picture, no matter the firearm.  Rugged, lightweight aluminum keeps bulk down, but performance high.  off feature helps preserve battery life.  The Mangin lens delivers an extremely wide field of view and superior image quality, which are critical in picking up or transitioning between targets. Read more

Firearms, Hunting, Self Defense

CQB Optics Redefined with the Burris AR-1X™ Prism Sight

GREELEY, Colo. – Burris® is proud to introduce the new AR-1X™ Prism Sight, a rugged CQB sight made for ultra-fast shooting in intense competitive or tactical situations. A new, highly visible reticle design is ideal for close quarters shooting, and provides trajectory compensation out to 600 yards. 1X magnification creates greater situational awareness by encouraging both-eyes-open shooting, but the optic pairs perfectly with magnifying devices like the Burris AR-Tripler. Read more

Firearms, Hunting, Self Defense

Winchester® is Lok’d & Lethal With Rooster™ XR™

GW:  If only we had some Michigan roosters to hunt…

EAST ALTON, Ill. (Jan. 8, 2014) — Upland hunters rely on long-range lethality when it comes to flushing ringnecks. Winchester® Ammunition is proud to introduce its most innovative pheasant load, the new Rooster™ XR™.

Featuring the same Shot-Lok™ Technology as found in Winchester Long Beard™ XR™, Rooster XR delivers more consistent and tighter patterns at longer ranges. It also includes deeper penetration and extreme knockdown power. Rooster XR is ideal for upland hunters that experience challenging shots in tough conditions.   Winchester Rooster XR will be offered in the following specifications:

SKU RDS/BX Length Velocity Shot Wt Shot Size
12 15 3 1300 1½ 4,5,6
12 15 2¾ 1300 1¼ 4,5,6

SHOT-LOK TECHNOLOGY— Shot-Lok Technology, found in Rooster XR, is a hardened resin that eliminates air space around the pellets preventing movement, which ultimately leads to virtually no pellet deformation. Read more

Ammunition, Hunting

New Shot Trak HD High Definition Gun Camera from ATN

South San Francisco, CA – American Technologies Network Corp. (ATN), makers of military, law enforcement, security and outdoor night vision and thermal applications, announce the Shot  Trak HD, the high definition gun camera for capturing personal outdoor adventures with 5-times the magnification of any standard action camera. The Shot Trak HD is extremely compact and rugged, built using military-grade materials. It is easily removable and attachable on 3-sides of the device to a standard Weaver mount on a rifle, shotgun, handgun or bow. Read more

Hunting
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