Leupold® Reduces Prices on RCX™ Trail Camera Systems
BEAVERTON, Ore. – With hunting season on the horizon, Leupold® is lowering the price on its line of award-winning RCX™ Trail Camera Systems and Kits. Read more
Category: Hunting
Ruger’s New Single Nine Revolver
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is proud to announce the Ruger® Single-Nine™, a nine-shot, single-action revolver chambered in .22 Winchester Magnum. Read more
Vice Presidential Nominee, Ryan, to Address Sportsmen’s Rally
Sportsmen have a unique opportunity to meet and hear the 2012 Republican Vice Presidential Nominee, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, as he headlines the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance 16th Annual “Save Our Heritage” Rally, sponsored by the Ithaca Gun Company. The event will be held on Saturday, September 29 at the Aladdin Shrine Temple in Columbus, Ohio. Read more
MidwayUSA Round-Up Contributions Reach All-Time High
One of the MidwayUSA programs is the NRA Round-Up program. Since the NRA Round-Up program started, MidwayUSA has asked Customers to Round-Up the total of each order and donate the change to the NRA/ILA. Each week, these donations are sent to the NRA/ILA National Endowment for the Protection of the 2nd Amendment. Read more
Antlerless Deer License Drawing Results Posted Online Today
The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that antlerless deer license drawing results and leftover antlerless license quantities are now posted on the DNR website at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings. Read more
Demonstration Days at DNR shooting ranges give mentored youth hunters the chance to get properly fitted for firearms
The Department of Natural Resources will present Demonstration Days for mentored youth hunters at its Pontiac Lake, Rose Lake and Sharonville shooting ranges in September.
Mentored youth hunting regulations require that mentors ensure the hunting device is properly fitted and appropriately suited to the youth hunter. The Demonstration Days events will give young hunters a chance to try a variety of firearms – rifles, shotguns and muzzleloaders, get fitted with help from gun experts and conservation officers, and try out the DNR’s hunting simulator. Read more
Bushnell Adds Two New Reticle Options in its
Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics for more than 60 years, has introduced two new reticle options in its Elite Tactical 6-24x 50mm riflescope. Previously available with a standard or illuminated Mil-Dot reticle, the Elite Tactical 6-24x riflescope is now also available with first focal plane G2DMR and BTR-Milreticles.
G2DMR Reticle
The Elite Tactical 6-24 x 50mm riflescope features fully multi-coated optics and the new anti-reflective Ultra Wide Band (UWB) Coating, a customized coating process designed to deliver the best possible light transmission from the front of the scope to the eyepiece. What that means for shooters is enhanced clarity, exceptional brightness and true color from dawn to dusk. Read more
Can Technology make Hunting Unfair?
By Glen Wunderlich
Widely distributed research has indicated that a vast majority of Americans support hunting in general. However, when the conversation turns to values and ethics, or animal welfare, opinions can vary as much as that of a politician who wants a vote. And, when one mixes in mind boggling technological advancements in bows, arrows, firearms, optics, and the like, hunting can seem downright unfair to some. Read more
Fair Chase Hunts Anything But
GW: Another “anti hunter” lands himself in my dishonorable category of “Poachers”
Thanks a lot, Joe Norbert Hendricks.
Anchorage, Alaska U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that an Anchorage man has been sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Fairbanks on Friday, August 24, following his guilty pleas to 16 counts of commercial big-game guiding offenses. Read more
Upcoming Michigan Hunting Season Dates
Don’t forget to markthese upcoming hunting seasons on your calendar!
Ruffed Grouse Sept. 15 –Nov. 14,Squirrel (Fox and Gray)Sept. 15 – March 1,Wild Turkey Sept. 15 – Nov.14
View the 2012 Hunting and Trapping Digest fordetails.