Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
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
By Glen Wunderlich
Since archery deer season is nearly upon us, it’s incumbent upon us to take inventory. Let’s see… We have sharpened our broadheads, waxed the strings, checked the cables and we’ve been practicing longer and longer shots at targets.
Certainly the integrity of treestands, that have been in place for years, has been checked, along with pull-up ropes and safety harnesses. In a nutshell, we are feeling pretty good about this season’s preparations.
But, there’s another inventory item that must be added to the list: a mirror. No, not for signaling when you become “disoriented” (although a good companion piece in the wild), but one that will return an image of a sportsman. All of us have one of these tools handy, so here are some tips to fine tune that reflection. Read more