Category: Wildlife

Goldfinch

Deer Breeders, Privatizing Wildlife Draw Criticism from Boone and Crockett Club

MISSOULA, Mont. – Once a wild game animal, now a product of commercialism and chemistry.

Today‘s upward trend in deer (and elk) breeding and shooting operations is reaching critical mass, compromising traditional hunting and conservation, and fueling a strong new response from America’s first conservation and hunter advocacy organization, the Boone and Crockett Club.

The Club today published a new position statement outlining its concerns. Read more

Wildlife

Nebraska Senator Back with Effort to Ban Mountain Lion Hunting

Nebraska state Sen. Ernie Chambers is back with his anti-hunting crusade against scientific management of mountain lions. The senator led an identical charge in 2014 when the legislature passed a bill to ban mountain-lion hunting, which was ultimately vetoed by then-Gov. Dave Heineman.

Chambers reintroduced his legislation (LB 127) on Friday, Jan. 9, along with a new effort to ban the management of prairie dogs, including on private property (LB 128).

“The Sportsmen’s community in Nebraska did a great job last year in rallying opposition to this ideological attack on wildlife management, and we’ll need a similar response this year,” said Adam Wright, USSA’s associate director of state services. “Sportsmen across Nebraska, and really across the country, must speak up and let their state senators know how misguided this effort is.” Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

USSA Weighs Legal Options in Great Lakes Wolf Battle

On Dec. 20, a federal district court judge in Washington D.C. struck down the delisting of wolves in the western Great Lakes region, and returned them to federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. This move was not based upon the population of wolves—which have clearly recovered in the area—but instead, U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled that until wolves are re-established in their historical range (which would apparently include New York City, Washington D.C., Seattle, etc.) they cannot be considered recovered in Michigan, Minnesota or Wisconsin, no matter how large the wolf populations in those three states.

For nearly a decade, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation and our partners have led the attempt to delist recovered populations of wolves from the Endangered Species List and to return them to management of individual states.

Judge Howell’s ruling leaves two realistic options for sportsmen, conservationists and those interested in the sound management of fish and wildlife:  legal and congressional action. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

Deer Breeders, Privatizing Wildlife Draw Criticism from Boone and Crockett Club

MISSOULA, Mont. – Once a wild game animal, now a product of commercialism and chemistry.

Today’s upward trend in deer (and elk) breeding and shooting operations is reaching critical mass, compromising traditional hunting and conservation, and fueling a strong new response from America’s first conservation and hunter advocacy organization, the Boone and Crockett Club.

The Club yesterday published a new position statement outlining its concerns.

“We encourage every hunter to read this position in its entirety,” said Morrie Stevens Sr., president of the Club. “The core topic – privatizing a public resource for individual profits – has the power to change the foundations of hunting and its historic ties to conservation. And crossing the line from wildlife to agricultural commodity represents a fundamental shift in American culture. We think the ramifications are worth considering carefully.” Read more

Wildlife

Nesting Pennsylvania Bald Eagles Eagle Cam

The camera recently installed in the treetops at Codorus State Park already has captured stunning images of the pair of bald eagles nesting there.

A lift reaches skyward toward the bald-eagle nest at Codorus State Park in Hanover, York County, during the recent installation of a camera there. Video from the camera is being streamed live on the Game Commission’s website.

The eagle cam is back, and better than ever.

After a successful pilot run in 2014, the Pennsylvania Game Commission yesterday launched its new live stream from a bald-eagle nest, hopefully just in time for viewers to see the laying of the nesting pair’s first egg.

The 2015 live stream differs from last year’s in a number of ways.

First, the camera has been installed in a completely new location – near Codorus State Park in Hanover, York County – and features a different pair of eagles.

Secondly, the camera itself represents a significant upgrade from the one used during the pilot program. This camera captures high-definition footage, and it’s already recorded some remarkable images.

Additionally, the camera this year is hard-wired to a power source, which should eliminate the live stream losing power due to the lack of a solar charge. Read more

Wildlife

Stealth Cam GXW: Wireless Image Transmission to Mobile Devices

Grand Prairie, TX- Stealth Cam, introduced in the year 2000, quickly became the leader in scouting camera innovation. Continuing to advance technology to the next level, Stealth Cam introduces the next generation of feature-packed scouting camera for 2015 advanced scouting cams, the GXW. This 12.0 Megapixel- 3 resolutions; 12.0mp, 8.0mp, 4.0mp, integrates 45 ‘BLACK’ IR emitters with a 100-foot range making it great tool for land management, property security, or for hunters tracking potential trophies through their mobile devices.

Taking advantage of today’s technology and the outdoor enthusiast’s busy schedule, Stealth Cam’s GXW provides real time updates using wireless technology. The GXW transmits images or video clips straight to the users mobile device via the free Stealth Cam Remote app giving the avid hunter new opportunities to plan his or her hunting strategies. The Remote app delivers a highly functional user interface with complete control of camera and wireless settings from the palm of your hand also allowing the user to create & manage multiple image galleries as well as instant sharing via text, email or social media. The Remote app can operate multiple cameras with one login, showing a pattern of movement for the game they are seeking. Stealth Cam’s GXW now supplies another patterning tool to hunters to help manage their property using modern technology. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Ultra-High Definition and German Precision in Steiner Wildlife XP Binoculars

GREELEY, CO – The new Steiner Wildlife XP series roof prism binoculars feature fluoride glass, precision ground Schott lenses and a new Ultra-HD optical system with phase corrected prisms to offer birders, naturalists and even hunters a wider field of view, true color fidelity and crisp edge-to-edge sharpness.

“The new Wildlife XP binoculars’ classic European styling and premium German glass will be a hit with anyone who appreciates fine optics, quality construction and rugged design,” says Tom Frane, VP of Sales, Marketing and Business Development. “Naturalists will love the extraordinary detail and industry leading light transmission the fluoride glass delivers.”

Available in 8x44mm and 10x44mm, the Wildlife XP’s open-bridge design is lightweight, compact and extremely robust. For faster reaction time the XP’s unique Distance-Control-System™ lets users pre-focus to a known distance, eliminating the need to refocus. Precision dual diopter settings provide a greater range of visual acuity, and the Comfort Grip System’s textured rubber armoring with TechnoGel® thumb pads reduce hand fatigue over long periods of viewing. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

$10M Forest Restoration Project to Benefit Imperiled Golden-winged Warbler, Other Species

Washington — A large forest management and habitat conservation effort was announced today by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that will target improvements on approximately 64,000 acres of key habitat in the Great Lakes states of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin with one of the key anticipated outcomes being the avoidance of an Endangered Species Act listing for the imperiled Golden-winged Warbler (GWWA).

This tri-state project is part of a new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) announced today that includes 100 high-impact projects involving all 50 states. The program will provide more than $370 million for targeted conservation efforts in the states through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

The project is scheduled to begin this year with funding for the program available through 2019. The project will be managed in partnership between NRCS and American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and is complemented by work being conducted on public lands by ABC and its partners with support from the Minnesota OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND. Read more

Wildlife

USFWS Conducting Five-Year Review for Canada Lynx in Preparation for Recovery Planning

HELENA, Mont. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced yesterday that it will be conducting a Five-Year Status Review under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) for the contiguous United States distinct population segment (DPS) of the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). The Five-Year Status Review will clarify the extent, magnitude, and nature of the threats to the lynx DPS so that recovery planning may target those specific threats.

Lynx are highly specialized predators that are dependent on snowshoe hares as a food source. The North American distribution of the lynx overlaps much of the range of the snowshoe hare, and both are strongly associated with boreal forests. Read more

Wildlife

Redesigned Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Aggressor Low Glow LED Trail Camera

Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell®, an industry leader in high performance sports optics for more than 65 years and a market leader in the trail camera industry, has introduced a completely redesigned Trophy® Cam HD low-glow trail camera. Leading the industry with true one-year battery life and fast 0.2 second trigger speed, the Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Aggressor offers a host of valuable features.

Featuring 36 low-glow Infrared LEDs with a flash range of 100 feet, a 14MP camera and high definition 1080p video, the Trophy Cam HD Aggressor produces the absolute best images and video day or night ever offered in a Trophy Cam. The cameras include hybrid capture mode, a hyper passive infrared sensor (PIR) and an extended detection range.

The Trophy Cam HD Aggressor series has an aggressive design with a latch system that is more durable and easier to operate and a strengthened cable lock channel for enhanced security in the field. Also included with the camera is a removable ARD (anti-reflective device) that offers additional concealment of the LEDs.

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Hunting, Wildlife
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