Category: Hunting

Thanks a Hunter for Conservation

By Glen Wunderlich

Note: MDNR has provided the information on excise taxes and funding…

The contingent of hunters has been shrinking nationally for some years but recent news of growing numbers is cause to celebrate wildlife conservation.  That statement may seem counter-intuitive to the uninformed, or even to those who’ve chosen to oppose hunting in any form.  However, the fact is that hunting dollars fund conservation – and, not just for game animals but non-game species, as well.

Here is how our system works.   Through hunting and fishing licenses, tags, permits, fees and special excise taxes on firearms, ammunition, bows and arrows and all manner of fishing gear, sportsmen and women have paid — and state fish and game agencies have invested — billions of our dollars since 1939 with the introduction of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife

Squirrel Rig Dialed In

Just dialed in a new rig for squirrel season, which begins September 15th in Michigan.  It’s a TC Contender pistol with a 10-inch bull barrel topped with a Hawke 3×9 power .22 rifle scope with parallax adjustment.

TC Contender with Hawke Scope

I’ve found that rifle scopes work best for the Contender .22 long rifle because I always had trouble getting behind those long-eye relief (LER) scooes in hunting situtaitons.  I could shoot the LER scopes just fine off the bench but in the woods it was always difficult to get in the proper shooting position.  Solution:  Rifle scope. Read more

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Hunter Safety Course at Hunter-ed.com Features New Videos

Students who take their hunter safety course at www.hunter-ed.com will benefit from the 14 new videos now featured in the curriculum.
“These new hunter safety videos are great learning tools that are also fun to watch,” said Kurt Kalkomey, president of Kalkomey Enterprises, Inc. “What makes them unique is they engage students with opportunities to explore and select the best options for staying safe while hunting. This helps students develop true understanding rather than just memorizing the lesson.”

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Ammunition, Firearms, General, Hunting

Bushnell Rebate

Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics and outdoor accessories for more than 60 years, has announced a rebate offer on its Elite, Legend Ultra HD and Trophy XLT riflescopes and spotting scopes. Read more

Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife

Patriot LWM Outdoors Announces Release of The GunCaseBlanket® Featuring Mossy Oak® Camo

Wearing Gun Case Blanket

BARNESVILLE,  MD – Patriot LWM  Outdoors, a nationwide provider of outdoor industry related products  and services, introduces The GunCaseBlanket.

The  GunCaseBlanket is a revolutionary, patent-pending gun case that  combines superior protection for your firearm with the innovative  ability to instantly transform into an extremely quiet, cold weather  defying, and insulated camouflage blanket for your hunting comfort. Read more

Hunting

Ruger Produces One Millionth Firearm of 2012

SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT: – Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE-RGR) is on pace to beat its own record of 1,114,700 firearms produced in one year, set in 2011. On August 15, 2012 Ruger produced its one millionth firearm of the year, a Ruger® SR1911™ pistol which will be hand-engraved by Baron Technology, Inc. and auctioned off to support the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action. Read more

Firearms, Hunting, Self Defense
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