Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
MISSOULA, Mont.–The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) extended the public comment period until October 28 on two proposed rules to remove the gray wolf from the List of Threatened and Endangered species. Read more
The Liberty Hunt – a firearm deer season for youth 16 years of age or younger and veterans with 100% disability- takes place on all lands in Michigan Sept. 21 – 22. During this two-day hunt, a firearm or combination license may be used for antlered or antlerless deer. The bag limit for this season is one deer. Read more about this hunt, including qualifications and other regulations in the 2013 Hunting and Trapping Digest on pages 26 and 30. |
It may sound like fun to ride horses to pack into a camp when hunting out West, but the novelty will soon wear off, if you haven’t prepared for saddle time. A few tips are here from Mossy Oak.
Young hunters, ages 16 and under, will once again have the opportunity to get a free junior hunting license at all Meijer stores in Michigan on Sept. 13 and 14.
Youths must be accompanied by an adult, and should print out and bring the free junior hunting license coupon to the store’s sporting goods department. The coupon is valid for any junior hunting license or mentored youth hunting license. Read more
A good piece breaking down the what and why it happened in Colorado relative to the gun-control-spawned recall from the Washington Post is here…
A trapper education course is now being offered in classroom settings and online for Michigan residents who are interested in trapping furbearing animals. The course is not a requirement in Michigan, but the Department of Natural Resources and the conservation community strongly encourage new trappers to take advantage of the knowledge and skills taught in the course. Read more
Colorado’s pro-gun advocates succeeded in removing Senate President John Morse from office yesterday in that state’s first-ever recall election. A second recall effort aimed at Senator Angela Giron was also successful. Read more
MUCC Applauds Steps to Overhaul License System and Invest in Fisheries and Wildlife Management Bill now heads to the Governor’s desk.
LANSING—As the last piece of the natural resource budget puzzle for Fiscal Year 2014, the Michigan House of Representatives just concurred in the Senate amendments to House Bill 4668, a bill which would implement a fairly substantial overhaul of the state’s hunting, fishing and trapping license system. Upon the Governor’s approval, the new prices will go into effect when the new license year sales begin on March 1, 2014. Read more
NEWTOWN, Conn. –The future of hunting is brighter today than it was nearly a decade ago thanks to the extraordinary success of Families Afield, an innovative program that has introduced 1 million newcomers to hunting. Read more
Overland Park, Kan. — Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics for 65 years, has introduced a new Elite Tactical 4.5-30x 50mm extreme range riflescope (XRS). This high-powered first focal plane riflescope is built for long-range target acquisition and available with three reticle options: Horus H59 or TreMoR2 and the G2DMR. Read more