Barnett™ Crossbow Team Hunts Hogs from a Helicopter

Barnett Crossbows™, one of the several brands owned by Synergy Outdoors™, is pleased to release the unofficial, first ever video of feral hogs being eradicated using a Barnett Ghost 350 Crossbow out of a helicopter.   The video and hunt were arranged with the help of Heli-Hunter, located south of Dallas, TX. The owner of the company, Craig Meier, is hired to eradicate the growing and destructive population of feral hogs in Texas. Read more

Nightime is the Right Time for Coyotes

By Glen Wunderlich

Friday’s snowfall is sure to have the returning migratory birds second-guessing their programmer’s sanity for compelling them to return to their spring nesting grounds.  If I could understand the calls of the sandhill cranes, I’m sure they’d be translated to HELP!  For predators, however, it’ll be just another day of winter; for me, it means one more chance at a coyote after dark before nighttime hunting concludes March 1st. Read more

Outdoors Groups Rally Around California Fish and Game Commissioner

Dan Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission and an avid angler, hunter and friend to sportsmen and women, is being unfairly attacked by extreme environmental and animal rights organizations for taking part in a legal hunt in Idaho. While hunting cougars may not be licensed in California, it is both legal and well-managed in Idaho.

But what is the real issue here? The organizations leading the charge against Richards have a much broader agenda.

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On Poaching in South Africa

Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, February 22, 2012, NBC’s “Rock Center with Brian Williams” aired a detailed segment on rhino poaching in South Africa. Because the price of rhino horn has increased dramatically over the past few decades, statistics show poachers killed nearly 450 rhinos last year. In 2012 alone, poachers have killed one rhino every 18 hours. Read more

Montana Group Wants Predator Bounties

Some Bitterroot Valley, Montana livestock producers are gathering signatures on a  petition to allow the county to institute a bounty they believe would create a  wide-open season on wolves and mountain lions in Ravalli County.

The bounty would pay $100 for a wolf or mountain lion and $20 for a wolf pup  or mountain lion kitten. Coyotes will bring $5 for an adult and $2.50 for a  pup.  More here…

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