Category: Hunting

Aimpoint® Hunter H34s Wins Editor’s Choice Award

Chantilly, VA, – Aimpoint, the originator and worldwide leader in electronic red dot sighting technology, has announced that the Aimpoint Hunter Series H34S sight has received an “Editor’s Choice” award from Petersen’s Hunting magazine as part of the publication’s recently published 2012 Annual Gear Issue. This is Aimpoint’s second year in a row receiving this honor. The Aimpoint Micro H-1 was selected as the “Editor’s Choice” in the red-dot sight category in 2011. Read more

Firearms, Hunting

Food Plots React to Non-Stop Rain

I had a lot going on so I took a chance and planted my food plots in the last days of July – a bit early but rain was predicted and fell some 9 hours later.  Now, we’ve had non-stop rain for three days and the brassicas are singing my song.  In the top photo, you can see the turnips and rape emerging.

QDMA Special Brassica Mix

In the lower photo, I planted a brassica mix and clover into a stand of alfalfa.  The alfalfa remained after an early-spring spraying with glyphosate (RoundUp).  After that, I just ran a disk across it a few times and over-seeded followed by cultipacking.

Alfalfa stand with over-seeded brassicas and clover

Total acreage planted this fall was about 6.5.  These plots feed the wildlife year-round, with a mix of perennials and annuals.  The worse the December weather, the better the late-season deer hunting.  The foliage on the turnips and rape stays green well into December – even under the snow, when all the farmers have picked their crops.  After that, the deer feast on the turnips themselves.  If enough are planted, some will rot in the spring and subsequently go back to the earth as nutrients for the next planting.
Lots of work, lots of fertilizer and lime ($) and seed but it’s worth it to me when the snow is on.

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Winchester Repeating Arms Celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the Model 70

 

Anniversary Model 70

For 75 years the Winchester Model 70 has been the chosen rifle for thousands of sportsman on hunting adventures all around the world. The reliability and the smooth-handling pre-’64 style action and legendary accuracy has allowed this rifle to stand the test of time making it “The Rifleman’s Rifle.” To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Model 70, Winchester Repeating Arms has introduced the Model 70 75th Anniversary Super Grade.  Read more

Firearms, Hunting

Whackos File Suit to Stop Wisconsing Wolf Hunt

GW:  Really?  Not that I didn’t expect the relentless whackos to fire away at game management based on science.  No, that’s not it.  But, “animal cruelty?” as a basis to stop the control of wolves?  How ’bout cruelty to livestock?  Oh that’s right, it’s better that the wolves eat the meat before we do.

This from my friends at The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation…

On Wednesday, August 8th a coalition of animal rights groups filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) in an attempt to stop the state’s upcoming wolf hunt.

The hunting season, which was passed by the state’s legislature earlier this year and was recently approved by the WDNR, allows the use of dogs to track wolves.  The anti-hunting groups are claiming that the use of dogs to hunt wolves is a violation of the state’s animal cruelty laws and are seeking to stop the issuance of wolf hunting licenses. Read more

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Natural Resources Commission to meet Aug. 9 in Lansing

GW:  Remember how so many hunters squawked about closing down artificial baiting when we had that one case of CWD in a captive herd?  The DNR was acting on its approved plan, that’s all.  So, here’s your chance to be heard.  It could be very interesting.  There’s other good stuff to be discussed, as well.

Just read the whole post, because not much of it relates to baiting, but it’s in there.

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 9, at the Michigan State University Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health, 4125 Beaumont Road, Lansing. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Vote Your Favorite Photo in Sportsman and Nosler Be a BIG SHOT Giveaway

New Berlin, WI – – More than 1,000 have entered, but only one will win in Sportsman Channel and Nosler’s Be a BIG SHOT giveaway. For the past two weeks, viewers have submitted their best big game photos for a chance to win a Nosler firearm (valued at $2,495) or numerous Sportsman Channel gear packages. Sportsman Channel and Nosler have narrowed the entries down from more than 1,000 to just 15. And now it’s YOUR chance to vote for your favorite submitted photo. Read more

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