Category: Hunting

NSSF Study Shows Lower-Than-Expected Rates of Hunting Among Recent Hunter Ed Graduates

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – Filled classrooms at Hunter Safety courses are a good thing, but perhaps more important is the number of students that actually participate in hunting after they graduate.  A recent survey, funded by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and conducted by Southwick Associates, focused on participation levels of students in the years immediately following their graduation from hunter education class.  The survey revealed that a significant percentage of hunter education students do not buy a license after graduating. Read more

Hunting

What to do after Bagging a Gobbler

After many months of scouting, planning (and irritating all around you with your calling practice) and many early mornings, your dedication has paid off with you bagging your first…or possibly second…wild turkey of the season. But now that you have that trophy gobbler (all are of course), many of you are thinking and asking…what do I now?  How do I make sure that tasty meat makes it to the dinner table? Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

The Barnett Vengeance

GW:  I test shot this bow a couple of months ago and found it to be easier to shoot than my Horton Vision – namely because of a better trigger.  It’s much lighter and faster, too.

Leave nothing to chance with the Barnett Vengeance crossbow. Representing a major leap in crossbow evolution, the Vengeance is the first crossbow to combine reverse draw technology with a lightweight CarbonLite Riser. The combination produces a bow with significantly less vibration and noise than a traditional draw crossbow without sacrificing speed or accuracy. Read more

Hunting

Turkey Hunting and the Art of Getting Stepped On

By Glen Wunderlich

Opening morning of the late turkey season began at 5am with a walk in the dark.  Heavy dew, a crescent moon amid a starry sky accompanied me on the way to my chair blind a quarter mile from my truck.  With calls, binoculars and assorted paraphernalia at the ready, and a hen decoy positioned some 27 yards from my hideout, a rousing chorus of gobbles from nearby roosting toms began at 5:40 am.

My Day 6 PlotWatcher Pro surveillance camera had provided 10,000 photos daily of the activity in the winter wheat field, and as scheduled, my first glimpse of a hen turkey came within the hour.  Atop a camouflaged tripod sat a Cannon Vixia HD movie camera just outside the blind to capture the anticipated action.

For the next several hours, only hens were spotted along with a few crows out for morning breakfast.

Sneaking a peek

Sneaking a peek

But, I was in it for the long haul in secluded comfort waiting for a good tom knowing that a majestic gobbler could appear at any moment.  Then, a distant hen was in high gear as it raced back toward the security of the woods.

Obviously, something spooked it and at precisely 9am I learned the cause.  It was a Deere, as in John Deere.  The massive field sprayer rig barged right in the field a thoroughly covered every inch with fertilizer.  Before it could run over my decoy, I ran from the shelter and watched my highly anticipated opening morning get destroyed. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

NSSF Dumps Reed, SHOT Management Still Undecided

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms industry, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Reed Exhibitions to terminate the agreement the parties had for the management of the SHOT Show®. Accordingly, effective immediately, Reed Exhibitions will no longer be manager and producer of the SHOT Show. Read more

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One Man’s Turkey Hunting Strategy

By Glen Wunderlich

Recent rains have increased water levels across the state in our rivers and lakes, and for those among the fishing and boating industry, more water is generally welcomed.  However, for ground-nesting birds such as the wild turkey, the diminished ground cover is going to make raising a family more difficult than ever. 

Hunters may have already noticed that wild turkeys have changed their spring movement patterns relative to years past and will do well to perform some advance scouting.  Birds may not be where they are normally found.

The typical success rate of turkey nests can range from 0 to 50 percent and only Mother Nature will dictate how environmental conditions continue to affect this season’s survival rate, but we are not off to a good start.  Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife

Is Giving to HSUS an Efficient Use of Money?

This from Humane Watch…

Donors want their dollars used effectively. There’s only so much money that each person has budgeted for charity. So is the Humane Society of the United States deserving of animal lovers’ donations? We certainly don’t think so.

For starters, the American Institute of Philanthropy gives HSUS a “D” grade for high spending on fundraising and overhead and low spending on programs. This is similar to a finding from the animal rights newspaper Animal People.

But in terms of actual animal care, we looked a little closer. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

Statement on Endangered Species Talks in the House of Representatives

GW:  Can I get an Amen!

MISSOULA, Mont. (May 9, 2013)–As the two oldest sportsmen groups with decades of commitment to fundamental wildlife policies, the Boone and Crockett Club and Wildlife Management Institute welcome the initiative of members of the House who have joined to consider the Endangered Species Act. We encourage Democratic members to do likewise and for the two parties to come together on this issue.  Read more

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