Boone and Crockett Club Loses Member Jack Ward Thomas

The Boone and Crockett Club is grieving the recent passing of Boone and Crockett Club Honorary Life Member Jack Ward Thomas. The former Chief of U.S. Forest Service and Boone and Crocket Professor Emeritus of Wildlife Biology at University of Montana lost his battle with cancer on May 26. Along with many environmental conservation leaders, Thomas was a close friend of the Boone and Crockett Club. Honorary Life Member is the highest bestowed by the Club.

“The hunter-conservationist community lost a great leader and friend,” said Club President Morrie Stevens. “Jack’s bold, no nonsense approach served wildlife, forests, conservation, and the students he cared for well throughout his career. He understood that the people living with wildlife and our national forests were the ultimate caretakers. Passion is what they need, and his passion is what we lost.”
Throughout his life, Thomas exemplified the core values of the Boone and Crockett Club and served as an excellent example for conservation leaders, employees and students. His accomplishments and foundational contributions in the areas of conservation, applied research and ecosystem management continue to guide leaders today.
A native of Texas, Thomas began his career with 10 years as a biologist for the then Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He joined the U.S. Forest Service in 1966. Rising through the ranks, he was appointed as Chief of the Forest Service by President Bill Clinton in 1993. Read more
Wildlife

Aguila Ammunition Now Available at Cabela’s

CONROE, TEXAS – Texas Armament & Technology (TxAT)/Aguila Ammunition’s growth continues! Aguila’s rimfire and centerfire product lines can now be found at Cabela’s.

“Having our products available in Cabela’s is a significant step forward for our brand. The Aguila brand continues to generate significant awareness and demand. That, combined with the quality of our products and our reliable delivery, played a huge factor in Cabela’s choosing to stock Aguila Ammunition. You know your products have gained respect in the industry when they can be found at this leading retailer,” says John Domolky, Director of Sales for TxAT/Aguila Ammunition. Read more

Ammunition

TacticalWalls Reveals Hide-A-Mag


Shenandoah, Va.-Those looking for an under-desk or counter-top solution to conceal a firearm or spare magazine now have an answer. Any spot measuring 4″x1″x1/4″ can be a mounting spot for the TacticalWalls Hide-A-Mag, a magnetic mount that requires no gravity.A rare earth magnet enveloped in an inconspicuous, matte black, durable plastic protects your firearm’s finish while providing more than 35 pounds of retention. Simply attach the Hide-A-Mag assembly to your desired surface using the supplied attachment screws. Read more
Firearms

Colt Introduces Updated Models for Summer 2016

Colt Introduces Updated Models for Summer 2016 – Colt Delta Elite®, Colt Defender®, 9mm Colt Combat Unit™ Rail Gun®, and 9mm Stainless Colt Rail Gun®

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Building on the momentum achieved in early 2016 with the release of the Colt Competition Pistol™, Colt Combat Unit™ Rail Gun®, and Colt Expanse™ M4, Colt wastes no time in updating its current handgun lineup. Updated models include the Delta Elite® and Defender® which have been thoroughly revised, and the Colt Combat Unit™ Rail Gun® and stainless steel Rail Gun® which are now offered in 9mm. Read more

Firearms

SIG Electro-Optics TANGO6 Riflescope


Patented LevelPlex technology provides 6 times the accuracy of a bubble level for eliminating cant while shootingNEWINGTON, N.H. – SIG SAUER, Inc. and SIG Electro-Optics is pleased to unveil the TANGO6 5-30x56mm tactical riflescope with patented LevelPlex technology. This scope introduces a new degree of long-range accuracy to any firearm by allowing the shooter to virtually eliminate gun and scope cant from the shooting equation.

Powered by MOTAC (Motion Activated Illumination), LevelPlex appears to the shooter in the form of illuminated arrows on the horizontal axis of the reticle, informing the shooter of firearm cant, direction of cant and severity of cant. The illuminated arrows guide the shooter back to a level hold until the cant is corrected: No more taking your eye off the target to check a level.

In addition to on-range use, LevelPlex allows for super-fast and remarkably accurate level scope-to-rail mounting: Level the rifle in a gun vice and simply use LevelPlex to level the scope to the rifle upon setup—no more fumbling with magnetic bubble levels on turrets.

The new TANGO6 5-30x56mm with LevelPlex and T120 Turrets offers shooters the ideal high-precision shooting solution and unparalleled technological advancements. LevelPlex allows the shooter to remove unwanted cant from the shooting system to +/- .5° of accuracy, which is 6 times more accurate than a typical bubble level. The T120 high-speed low-profile turrets help the user to quickly dial-in their shooting solution—because time and accuracy always matter.

“LevelPlex is yet another technological fusion of electronics and optics unleashed by SIG SAUER,” said Andy York, President SIG SAUER Electro-Optics Division. “For all of us—long range shooters and hunters alike—this technology provides the incredible degree of accuracy we have been searching for.”

FEATURES
· LEVELPLEX Anti-Cant System utilizes an integrated digital level that is accurate to +/- 0.5°, offered in FFP with four different reticle options (MOA Milling, MRAD Milling, MOA DEV-L Holdover, and MRAD DEV-L Holdover).

· T120 Highspeed Turrets feature LockDown™ Zero System including 120 clicks per rotation (12 MRAD or 30 MOA) with a resettable zero, zero-stop and is lockable at any location.

· HDX™ optics extra-low dispersion glass (LD) combined with high transmittance glass (HT) provide industry leading light transmission and optical clarity for any situation.

· MOTAC ™ (Motion Activated Illumination) powers up when it senses motion and powers down when it does not. Provides for optimum operational safety and enhanced battery life.

· Dependable waterproof (IPX-7 rated for complete immersion up to 1 meter) and fog-proof performance.

SPECIFICATIONS
· Reticle Options: MOA ILLUM, MRAD ILLUM, MOA DEV-L and MRAD DEV-L
· Exit Pupil: Low-8.8mm High-1.9mm
· Linear Field of View at 100yds: Low-20.2ft High- 3.4ft
· Eye Relief: Low-3.8in High 3.8in
· Objective Filter Thread: M 58 X 0.76
· Objective Clear Aperture: 2.2in or 56mm
· Weight: 42.2oz or 119grams
· Elevation Adjustment Range: 80 MOA and 23 MRAD
· Windage Adjustment Range: 80 MOA and 23 MRAD
· Illumination Settings: 8 Daytime and 1 Night

SIG SAUER® INFINITE GUARANTEE™
We will repair or replace your SIG SAUER product in the event it becomes damaged or defective, at no charge to you. If we cannot repair your product, we will replace it with a product in perfect working order of equal or better physical condition. It doesn’t matter how it happened, whose fault it was, or where you purchased it.

INFINITE GUARANTEE FEATURES:

• Unlimited Lifetime Guarantee

• Fully Transferable

• No Warranty Card Required

• No Receipt Required

• No Time Limit Applies

• No Charge

Please note that our Infinite Guarantee excludes coverage for intentional damage, misuse, cosmetic damage that does not affect the performance of the optic, loss, theft, or unauthorized repair or modification. All electronic and Tritium components are covered for 5 years from manufacturing date, please see website for full details.

For more information and to see the entire lineup of SIG SAUER Electro-Optics visit http://www.sigoptics.com/. Follow SIG SAUER on social media, including Facebook at www.facebook.com/sigsauerinc, Instagram at www.instagram.com/sigsauerinc, and on the SIG SAUER YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/sigsauerinc.

About SIG SAUER, Inc.
SIG SAUER, Inc. is a New Hampshire-based weapons systems provider leading the industry in American innovation, ingenuity, and manufacturing. SIG SAUER® brings a dedication to superior quality, ultimate reliability, and unmatched performance that has made it the brand of choice among responsible citizens, and many of the world’s most elite military, government, and law enforcement units. As a complete systems provider, SIG SAUER offers a full array of products to meet any mission parameter, from handguns and rifles to silencers, optics, ammunition, accessories, and airguns. The largest member of a worldwide business group of firearms manufacturers that includes SIG SAUER GmbH & Co. KG in Germany and Swiss Arms AG in Switzerland, SIG SAUER is an ISO 9001: 2008 certified company with approximately 1,000 employees. For more information on SIG SAUER, any of its products, or the SIG SAUER AcademySM, log on to www.sigsauer.com.

Optics

John Lott, Jr. on Clinton’s Gun Control Ideas

President Obama is taking a big step towards creating a national gun registry.  Hawaii looks like it is about to provide the federal government with the list of all the gun owners in the state.  Supposedly, keeping a list of gun owners’ names will enable the FBI to tell police if a gun owner ever gets arrested.

But a national gun registry isn’t necessary to do this check.  The FBI isn’t the only organization that can do background checks on already existing gun owners.

Hawaii already has a gun registry, and can regularly run its list of names to see if people have gotten arrested.

Some concealed carry states do that for their concealed handgun permit holders.  For example, Kentucky checks its list of permit holders every month.

Hawaii is going to pay for entering the names in the new federal registry by charging gun owners a new fee.  But, even if this registration reduced crime, it would hardly be just the gun owners who have registered their guns who would be the only ones who benefit.  Economics would indicate that the people who benefit from this proposal should be the ones to pay for it.

If Hawaii officials really think that this will reduce crime for everyone and they aren’t just pushing this as a way to reduce gun ownership even further, they can pay for these checks out of general revenue.

This will undoubtedly be a waste of money. Out of all the guns owned in the US, just hundredths of one percent are used in committing crimes, and the rate that registered guns are used in crimes is a tiny fraction of that.  For concealed handgun permit holders the revocation rate for any firearms related violation is thousandths of one percent, and almost all of those are trivial, nonviolent offenses.

Gun control advocates have long claimed that gun registration will help solve crime. Their reasoning is straightforward: If a registered gun is left at a crime scene, it can be used to identify the criminal.
Unfortunately, it rarely works out this way. . . . .

The rest of the piece is available here.
Firearms, Gun Control

Supreme Court Rules Against Corps of Engineers Rulings

News of the latest Supreme Court of the United States ruling regarding the Corps of Engineer’s very-controversial attempt to regulate “waters of the US’ hasn’t reached everyone -yet- but those who have seen the latest ruling are applauding the SCOTUS decision.

Yesterday, the nation’s highest court ruled that landowners may challenge the federal government whenever the Corps attempts to improperly regulate land use with regulations designed to protect water.

The decisions had been couched as “wetlands protections” but farmers and other landowners have argued- unsuccessfully to this point- that the Corps of Engineers was really only seeking to federalize land where they should have no authority.

Landowners have, in many instances, tried to challenge the Corps of Engineer rulings -known as “jurisdictional determinations” – but the government has, until this point, argued that their determinations were not “final agency actions” and lawsuits were dismissed.

The long and short of the SCOTUS ruling is that when the court asserts jurisdiction over low spots that look more like land than water, they will do so knowing they can be challenged in court. Read more

General, Wildlife

Michigan is home to 18 different species of snakes, 17 of which are harmless to humans

When encountering Michigan’s snakes, it is best to leave them alone.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources gets many questions this time of year about Michigan’s snakes. Michigan is home to 18 different species of snakes, 17 of which are harmless to humans.

“Whether you think snakes are terrifying or totally cool, it is best just to leave them be,” said DNR wildlife technician Hannah Schauer.

One snake that can cause quite a stir is the eastern hog-nosed snake. When threatened, hognose snakes puff up with air, flatten their necks and bodies, and hiss loudly. (This has led to local names like “puff adder” or “hissing viper.”) If this act is unsuccessful, they will writhe about, excrete a foul-smelling musk and then turn over with mouth agape and lie still, as though dead. Despite this intimidating behavior, hog-nosed snakes are harmless to humans.

Another snake the DNR gets many questions about is the eastern massasauga rattlesnake, the only venomous species found in Michigan. This snake is quite rare and protected as a species of special concern here in Michigan due to declining populations from habitat loss. As its name implies, the massasauga rattlesnake does have a truly segmented rattle on its tail. It should not be confused with the other, harmless species of Michigan snakes that do not have segmented rattles but also will buzz their tails if approached or handled. Read more

Wildlife

This Week on GrowingDeer.tv


In the newest online video from www.GrowingDeer.tv they are planting food plots for late season bow hunting action! Learn how you can protect your property and the investment of food plots by planting with the “messy” technique. Stay tuned to see a strategy to convert a field that previously was strictly used for rifle hunting into a bow hunting hot spot. Click here to watch this online video today!

About GrowingDeer.tv: a popular on-demand web series that shares current information about deer hunting and deer management. The videos focus on what the GrowingDeer team of experienced hunters and deer managers are doing in the field week to week: action packed hunts, proven hunting strategies, habitat management, food plots, trail camera techniques and the gear it takes to get it all done. A new episode is released every Monday, 52 weeks a year with no repeats. Videos are available for viewing anytime at www.GrowingDeer.tv. The site automatically converts for mobile viewing or the shows may be shared and embedded with the link supplied on the player. Social media users may join the conversation with the GrowingDeer.tv team on Facebook and @GrowingDeer on Twitter. Also follow the team on Instagram (http://instagram.com/growingdeertv) and Pinterest (http://www.pinterest.com/Growingdeertv/)!

Hunting, Wildlife

PahaQue Adds New Dimension to A-Fram Trailers


The new A-Frame Visor from PahaQue Custom was designed to add shade and shelter to A-frame style trailers, which are growing in popularity for their compact size that provides easy, economical hauling.The PahaQue visor attaches quickly and easily to the folding side wall for a precision fit on the side of the trailer. It’s available in two sizes: Regular, 8’x6′ for trailers with box sizes up to 12′; and XL, 10’x6′ for models 13′ and up. The 210D Polyester has waterproofing and UV inhibitor coatings. It’s available in a wide range of color options, with 13 main colors and 13 accent colors to choose from. Read more
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