Category: Hunting

Vortex Introduces Viper HS-T Riflescope

Middleton, Wis. – Blending many of the best features of Vortex’s incredibly popular Viper HS and Viper PST riflescopes, the new Viper HS-T (Hunting Shooting Tactical) is positioned to be big a hit among hunters, as well as tactical enthusiasts.
Available in 4-16×44 MOA and mrad models, the Viper HS-T boasts an all-new, hashmark-based second-focal-plane reticle, perfect for accurate holds at extended ranges. Mrad reticle hashes subtend in .5 and full-value increments. MOA reticle hashes subtend in 2 MOA increments. Both are set for use at the riflescope’s maximum 16-power magnification. Read more

Firearms, Hunting

Bushnell Offers $50 Instant Savings on G-Force 1300 ARC

GW:  I compared the clarity of the lens of the current Bushnell model rangefinder to an older model and what a difference.  They’ve really upped their game.

Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell Outdoor Products, a provider of sports optics for 65 years and an undisputed leader in laser rangefinder technology, announces a $50 instant savings on its G-Force 1300 ARC laser rangefinder. The instant savings is available from July 1 to August 31 2013 at participating retailers. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

National Education Association Vice President: NRA, Second Amendment Supporters “Are Going to Hell”

On the previous post, it’s no wonder why some teachers get bent out of shape when a youngster expresses any type of support for gun rights when their leaders think this way…

Speaking to all 3,000 of the assembled “progressive activists” at this year’s Netroots Nation conference, National Education Association vice president Lily Eskelsen Garcia boldly declared a “prophecy” about the eternal destiny of NRA and Second Amendment supporters, and of politicians and lobbyists working to promote gun rights:  “I’m not an ordained minister; I’m not a theologian, but these guys are going to hell.”

Ammunition, Firearms, General, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense

CalGuns Asks for Help to Combat Brady Campaign

Unsurprisingly, the Brady Campaign is strongly backing two very extreme anti-rights bills, SB 53(Senator Kevin de León’s Orwellian ammunition purchase and sales restrictions) and SB 755 (Senator Lois Wolk’s outrageous expansion of those categorized as “prohibited persons” who can’t possess or acquire guns or ammunition). They’re asking their supporters to call, write, and fax the Legislature — running a drill on our rights — but we can make sure to give the Legislature something else to consider by sending letters using FPC’s built-in Take Action tools, sending faxes, and keeping the phones ringing off the hook Monday and Tuesday. Read more

Ammunition, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense

Sportsmen Help Drive the Economy

By Glen Wunderlich

For some, it’s hard to comprehend how sportsmen and women – those that hunt and fish – are anything but thieves when it comes to natural resources.  They may see, and unfortunately believe, the rhetoric from the opposition that we are nothing but a bunch of blood-thirsty Neanderthals out for thrills.  Although thrills certainly play a role in what we do, here are some facts from the National Shooting Sports Foundation and Safari Club International that are worth considering. Read more

Ammunition, Animal Rights, Firearms, Gun Control, Hunting, Wildlife

DU celebrates first sale of 2013-2014 federal duck stamps

The winning artwork for the 2013-2014 federal duck stamp: a common goldeneye, painted by San Francisco wildlife artist Robert Steiner (Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The new 2013-2014 federal duck stamp goes on sale this Friday, June 28. The stamps, which cost $15, are valid through June 30, 2014. Purchased by millions of waterfowl hunters, wildlife enthusiasts and collectors every year, duck stamps help raise money to purchase and protect wetlands for ducks, geese and other wildlife species. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife ,

First NRA Outdoors Long-Range Shooting School Receives High Grades From Students

TULSA, OK – The recently completed NRA Outdoors Long Range Hunting/Shooting School helped 10 NRA members extend their effective shooting distances, enhancing the students’ chance at success on their next western big-game hunt. The school, in its inaugural session, combined classroom instruction with range time and real-world scenarios, improving students’ accuracy and understanding of the variables that come into play when shooting at long ranges. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Hunting
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