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MOJO Introduces Variety of New Products

January 14, 2013 Glen Wunderlich

Continuing MOJO’s history of developing significant products that change how we hunt, I would like to personally invite you to visit our SHOT Show Booth (No. 1452) to preview our exciting new line of products.

While we have a number of new products that will peak your interest, I would like to especially introduce you to the following products: Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Laser Genetics Expands Laser Illumination Line

January 14, 2013 Glen Wunderlich

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., January 14, 2013 – Gamo Outdoor USA (www.gamooutdoorusa.com), distributor of Laser Genetics® (www.lasergenetics.com), unveils two new models in its growing product lineup of night vision solution. The use of this increasingly popular technology will continue to expand when the ND5 Subzero Mini and the ND1 Subzero are unveiled at SHOT Show 2013. Read more

Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife

Michigan Man is New President of Boone and Crockett Club

January 10, 2013

MISSOULA, Mont. (Jan. 10, 2013)?A hunter, angler and businessman, Bill Demmer of Lansing, Mich., has been elected president of America?s first conservation organization, the Boone and Crockett Club. Read more

Ammunition, Animal Rights, Firearms, Hunting, Wildlife

Michigan NRC Hears Wolf Status Update

January 10, 2013

Wolf Season Structure Could Be Proposed By Early Summer

A presentation during the January meeting of the Michigan Natural Resources Commission outlined a process that could produce recommendations by early summer for a potential wolf season. Public Act 520 of 2012 (Senate Bill 1350) designated wolves as a game species in Michigan when it was signed into law in December. Read more

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

New Young Birders Network Launched

January 9, 2013

Ithaca, NY-Teen birders now have a place to go online to connect with peers and drill down into a wealth of birding resources, as well as explore college and career opportunities. The Young Birders Network (www.youngbirdersnetwork.net), launched by the Cornell Lab of Ornithologyand Ohio’s Black Swamp Bird Observatory, serves as a hub for the many young birding clubs sprouting up across the country, while providing an online community for teens to share information and learn more about birding. Read more

Wildlife

Mexican wolf scheduled for January release in Arizona

January 9, 2013

PHOENIX — An adult male Mexican wolf, designated M1133, may soon be exploring its new territory in the Apache National Forest of east-central Arizona. The Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project’s interagency field team (IFT) recently received approval from Dr. Benjamin Tuggle, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) Regional Director, in coordination with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, to conduct this initial (a wolf born and raised in captivity) release in mid-January adjacent to the Bluestem pack to replace the pack’s alpha male that was illegally killed last summer. Read more

Wildlife

Bushnell Enhances 2013 Trophy Cam HD With Hybrid Capture Mode

January 9, 2013

Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry leader in high-performance sports optics for more than 60 years and a market leader in the trail camera industry, has introduced new upgrades to the Trophy Cam HD line for 2013. Leading the industry with a one-year battery life and superior image clarity, Bushnell has enhanced its 2013 product line with a host of new features including hybrid capture mode, hyper PIR, freeze frame shutter, and an ultra-low flash mode. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Wolverines in Limbo

January 8, 2013

Wolverine trapping has ended in Montana and a fight ensues relative to its status in the future. Eight environmental and conservation groups sued the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to stop the trapping season and won the injunction before the 2012-13 wolverine trapping season was to commence. Details follow here…

Wildlife

Bobcat Attack

January 8, 2013

A man, minding his own business, was blindsided by a crazed bobcat and was bitten in his face and back. The cat’s ninth life was terminated on the scene. Details here…

GW: I have learned that the bobcat was indeed infected with rabies.

General, Wildlife