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PETA Slams Duck Dynasty Stars for Popularizing Hunting

duckDynPosted on October 23, 2013

The popular TV series, Duck Dynasty, has captured the attention of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), with the animal rights group criticizing the show for promoting hunting.    Photo credit www.foxnews.com

Duck Dynasty, a popular show on A&E, follows the lives of the Robertson family, owners of the Duck Commander duck call brand. Family members are seen sporting camouflage, building duck blinds, and often times follows the family into the field while hunting.

PETA’s Vice President Dan Mathews is speaking out against the show, claiming that hunting encourages would-be criminals. Read more

Ammunition, Animal Rights, Firearms, Gun Control, Hunting, Wildlife

Service Extends Comment Periods for Gray and Mexican Wolf Proposals, Reschedules and Adds Public Hearings

As a result of delays caused by the lapse in federal appropriations, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Thursday announced rescheduled dates for the remainder of a series of public hearings on two proposed rules-one to list the Mexican wolf as an endangered subspecies and delist the gray wolf elsewhere, and the other to improve recovery efforts for the Mexican wolf in the Southwest. Comment period deadlines also are extended until December 17 to allow these hearings to take place within the public comment periods on the proposed rules. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

Squirrel Migration Raising Questions In North Georgia

ARMUCHEE, Ga. – Recent reports of squirrels, large numbers of squirrels, on the move has created quite a bit of interest, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.   “Our offices have been taking reports and noting unusually high numbers of road-killed squirrels for weeks, especially in the mountains.  We also have received several reports of squirrels seen swimming in Lake Blue Ridge in Fannin County, with one particular angler reporting 10 or more in a day,” said wildlife biologist Adam Hammond.  “What we are observing this year seems to be above and beyond the typical ‘fall shuffle’ that occurs each autumn when squirrels, especially young males searching for their own territory, are on the move.” Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Vixen New 1-6×24 Dangerous Game scope

Since our doors opened in 1949, Vixen optical products have remained one the Astronomical Industries most respected brands, by delivering uncompromising optical quality, states-of-the-art product innovation and superior customer service.   “We are extremely proud to announce the introduction of a new 1-6×24 dangerous game riflescope to the US market. Said Walter Seace – Dir. Sales & Marketing, Vixen Sport Optics. Read more

Firearms, Wildlife

Wolf advocates: Hunters may have killed 5 wolves in well-known Yellowstone pack

Wildlife officials have indicated that it is impossible to determine if five wolves recently killed are members of a certain pack.  Meanwhile, and totally predictable, Wolves of the Rockies President Marc Cooke says he believes the five wolves killed were from Yellowstone.

Of course, no supporting documentation is provided to help us understand Mr. Cooke’s perspective, other than the fact that he adores wolves.

Anyway, wolf seasons are aimed at controlling the burgeoning wolf populations throughout their range.

No animal-rights organization will ever go along with any type of managed hunt; they’re anti hunters!  They never agree on population numbers or goals being met.  If it’s hunting, they don’t agree.  And, that may explain Mr. Cooke’s feelings.

More here…

Ammunition, Animal Rights, Firearms, Gun Control, Hunting, Wildlife

A Helping Hand for Old Apple Trees

By Glen Wunderlich

A sure sign that deer season is upon us becomes obvious each year:  bags of bait at every corner store and gas station.  High on the list of preferred foods is apples and this year Michigan has them in record numbers.  While I’m not into hauling buckets of bait to the field, I am well aware of where the wild apple trees are growing; so are the opportunistic deer.

To begin, I am not an expert on the subject of growing fruit trees, but I am smart enough to know where to turn for advice.  In Ed Spinazzola’s book, Ultimate Deer Food Plots, an entire chapter written by Charlie Morse (www.MorseNursery.com) is devoted to the subject.  Also, on the website provided, a forum is available for those that have specific questions.

Charlie describes how to choose trees for planting and how to protect them from damage in the wild.  All good stuff, but what if you already have some established fruit trees that have been neglected over the years?   Here are some tips to bring them back. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Videos offer virtual tours of Michigan’s ‘Wetland Wonders’ for waterfowl hunters

Videos offer virtual tours of Michigan’s ‘Wetland Wonders’ for waterfowl hunters

Hunters can check out Michigan’s seven “Wetland Wonders” – the seven premier managed waterfowl areas in southern Michigan – in a series of new YouTube videos highlighting some of these treasures. The DNR invites hunters to explore these areas this fall, and the videos offer a great resource, especially for hunters wanting to try a managed waterfowl hunting area for the first time. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Wildlife

The Best Hunter Safety Training

If experience is the best teacher, there’s probably nowhere in the world where it’d be better to take hunter safety training than Michigan.

Veteran hunter safety instructor Larry Martin shows his granddaughter Tracie how to sight a firearm.

Among Michigan’s coterie of volunteer hunter safety instructors, more than 130 of them have 30 years or more of experience. And that translates into many thousands of safe hunters. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, General, Gun Control, Hunting, Self Defense, Wildlife

Remington 2020 Digital Optic System for Greater Confidence and Accuracy Over Extended Ranges

Madison, NC – Created through a collaboration between Remington Arms Company, LLC (“Remington”) and TrackingPointTM, an applied technology company in Austin, Texas, the Remington 2020 Digital Optic System revolutionizes long-range accuracy by combining hand-selected rifles, matched ammunition, digital optics and target-tracking technology into an integrated shooting system. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife
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