Category: Hunting

Businesses That Support Animal Rights

GW:  Guess I’ll have to change where I spend my money. 

Ever wonder which groups are supporting the animal rights movement through partnerships and dollars?  The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) works to end trapping and hunting.  On the group’s website, ASPCA boasts of partnerships with:

  • Bank of America
  • Lowes
  • Wal-Mart
  • CVS Pharmacies
  • Big Lots!
  • Family Dollar Stores
  • Morton Salt
  • Subaru
  • Walker’s Shortbread

Ironically, the Lowes outdoor dog kennels that ASPCA promotes online would become illegal in several states, if recently introduced laws prohibiting keeping dogs outdoors unsupervised, are passed. Who’s going to explain this self-induced predicament to the company and ASPCA?

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Introducing the Barnett Vengeance

 

Barnett Vengeance

Personifying a steely resolve and determination, the new Barnett Vengeance crossbow is aptly named.  The Barnett Vengeance represents a quantum leap in crossbow evolution. It is the first crossbow to combine a lightweight CarbonLite Riser with reverse draw technology. As a result, the Vengeance exhibits significantly less vibration and noise than a traditional draw crossbow without sacrificing speed or accuracy. Read more

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Bushnell Introduces Legend Ultra HD Crossbow Scope

Overland Park, Kan.- Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics and outdoor accessories for more than 60 years, has introduced a new 1.75-5x 32mm Legend Ultra HD crossbow scope. Crossbow hunting has grown significantly in the last few years with states implementing special crossbow seasons and allowing the use of crossbow scopes during established hunting seasons as well. Read more

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Scouting for Turkeys

With my turkey hunting season opener less than one week away, it was time for some scouting.  I perched myself above a wildlife food plot in a deer hunting shack so that I could remain comfortable with a clear view.  Within 15 minutes, a lone hen appeared and seemed to be on a mission, never slowing much and disappearing to the north.   The action continued throghout the 3.5 hours of observation with wildlife in view the entire time.

A few deer here and there and at about 8:05 the first distant gobbles sounded.  From the broken-off calls, I assumed they were jakes, and my suspicion was confirmed 30 minutes later.

All in all, a good day of viewing, but still looking for the boss gobbler.

Distant Jakes

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Public Lands: Biospheres Under Glass? Not If USSA Can Help It

by Bill Horn

As regular U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance readers know, on April 17th, the House of Representatives passed the most important fishing and hunting bill in 15 years – HR 4089, The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act – by a lopsided 274 to 146 vote.  A bipartisan majority of 235 Republicans and 39 Democrats voted yes.  The bill has two fundamental features: (1) establishing that 700 million acres of federal public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service are open to fishing, hunting, and recreational, as a matter of law, until or unless closed for good specific reasons and (2) confirming recent EPA decisions that the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act does not allow the agency to regulate lead in fishing gear or ammunition.  The overwhelming support from America’s real conservationists, the angling and hunting community, demonstrates this is good public policy and ought to be non-controversial.

But nothing in Washington, D.C. ever is.  So it’s little surprise that the usual suspects are screaming about the bill and peddling disinformation about what it does.  Read more

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Two Studies Show Environmental Lawsuits Paid For By Program For Seniors, Veterans, and Small Business

– Government Not Accounting for Costs

MISSOULA, Mont. (May 2, 2012) Studies released independently by Notre Dame Law School and the Government Accountability Office show that environmental groups pad their claims for reimbursed legal fees using a social program entitled the Equal Access to Justice Act, and the U.S. is not keeping track of expenditures.

A Notre Dame law review article shows that a 1980 law intended for seniors, veterans, and small businesses is utilized by environmental groups to get pay-backs for their lawsuits as well. A GAO study shows that no one really knows how much money has been spent, but the amounts are at least several million dollars a year.

See the Notre Dame Law School study at the link below:

http://www.boone-crockett.org/images/editor/ND_EAJA.pdf

See the GAO study at the link below:

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-417R Read more

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