DNR advises caution to prevent spread of oak wilt disease

For most people, April 15 is the annual tax-filing deadline. For people like Roger Mech – and other forest health professionals – April 15 also marks the beginning of the yearly window when oak wilt can be transmitted from diseased to healthy red oak trees.

Oak wilt symptoms According to Mech, forest health specialist for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Forest Resources Division, oak wilt is a serious disease of oak trees. It mainly affects red oaks, including northern red oak, black oak and pin oak. Red oaks often die within a few weeks after becoming infected. White oaks are more resistant; therefore, the disease progresses more slowly.

“The normal time-tested advice is to prevent oak wilt by not pruning or otherwise ‘injuring’ oaks from April 15 to July 15,” Mech said. Read more

Wildlife

Sportsmen’s Alliance Launches Spring Sweepstakes

Sportsmen’s Alliance, a nonprofit dedicated to the protection and promotion of hunting, fishing and trapping, recently launched a “Spring Sweepstakes” that includes a slew of remarkable prizes from iconic outdoor manufactures, such as YETI, Legendary Arms Works, Havalon Knives and ScentLok. One lucky grand-prize winner will hunt Idaho black bear over dogs or bait at world-class Table Mountain Outfitters, where hunters mostly harvest color-phase bears.

Sportsmen’s Alliance is requesting a small donation of $10 for each entry into the sweepstakes. For $50, donors will receive a one-year individual membership. To enter, visit http://www.sportsmensalliance.org/spring-sweeps/ Read more

Hunting

MDF Funds Over $1.1 Million in Utah Habitat and Research Projects


Salt Lake City, Utah: Today the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) announced that it was providing over $1.1 million for habitat projects and mule deer research in Utah. The funding is generated from the sale of Utah Conservation Permits (Governor’s Tags) and money raised from the 200 Big Game Tag drawing held at the Western Hunting and Conservation Expo in Salt Lake City in February. The $1.1 million sets a record for the amount of money a wildlife conservation group has contributed to the Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative since its inception in 2005 in a single year. Read more
Wildlife

Beretta U.S.A. Passes All M9 Lot Acceptance Tests to Date


Accokeek, MD – Beretta Defense Technologies (BDT) is pleased to announce that the first five M9 Lot Acceptance Tests (LATs) conducted to date by Beretta U.S.A. under the Company’s current contract to supply the standard 9mm sidearm to the U.S. Armed Forces successfully passed, with the pistols then being delivered to the U.S. Army. “Fifty pistols from these 5 lots have successfully undergone 100% complete individual component interchangeability testing with no issues. These same 50 pistols then passed all of the same individual pistol tests after the Interchange Test, including Headspace Verification, Firing Pin Indent, Trigger Pull, Function, and Targeting & Accuracy. The 2,500 pistols (to which these 5 lot tests applied) also each passed the function and other individual pistol tests 100%”, stated Gabriele de Plano, Vice President of Military Marketing and Operations for Beretta Defense Technologies. Read more
Firearms

NWTF’s New and Improved Gobble Map is Back

Gobble Map is available for free on both Android and Apple devices.

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Spring is in the air and turkey seasons are opening up across the country. To help ring in the 2016 turkey season, the National Wild Turkey Federation and Powderhook have released Gobble Map 2.0, a completed updated and more robust version of the original must-have-app for turkey hunters. The free app is available on both Android and Apple phones.

Users of the original Gobble Map will instantly see a variety of new features based on user feedback – push notifications of area activity, harvest reports, liking and comments on reports, free public land mapping and much more. Original features such as access to reports of turkey activity in their area, viewing trends on an interactive heat map and tracking their own turkey hunting activity remain. Read more

Hunting

Walther Arms Q5 Match


(FORT SMITH, Ark.) – Walther is excited to announce the addition of the new Q5 Match pistol to their expanding line of competitive shooting pistols. The new production class 9mm is Built for Performance and optimized for competition. The innovative new Q5 Match features an integrated optics mounting system with adapter plates for Trijicon® RMR, Leupold® Delta Point and Docter Red Dot Optics.Walther continually works to create products that uniquely fit shooters’ expectations. Accuracy makes a winning difference during competitive shooting and the new Q5 Match is equipped with a blue quick defense trigger for fast, accurate first and second shots. As an extension to the PPQ line, this new production class competitive shooting pistol is constructed with the signature Carl Walther ergonomic grip and interchangeable back straps, allowing it to perfectly fit in the hand of any shooter. Read more
Firearms

Steiner Launches Compact Wildlife XP Binoculars


GREELEY, CO. — Following the successful 2015 launch of the premium Wildlife XP binoculars, Steiner is proud to announce the expansion of the product line to include the 8×24, 10×26 and 10.5×28 Wildlife XP Compact binoculars.The Wildlife XP Compact roof prism binoculars feature fluoride glass, precision ground lenses, and High-Definition optics with phase corrected prisms.

“The Wildlife XP Compact binoculars offer birders, naturalists, and hunters a wide field-of-view, true color fidelity, and crisp edge-to-edge sharpness,” said Steve Schweitzer, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Steiner USA. “By introducing the new 8×24, 10×26 and 10.5×28 compact models, these lightweight binoculars are small and tough enough to tag along on any adventure.” Read more

Optics

Wilson Combat’s New CQB Shotgun


The Wilson Combat CQB Shotgun has been developed at the request of tactical shotgunners looking for the ideal tactical shotgun package with the added adjustability and modularity inherent to a collapsible AR-compatible buttstock.This customized Remington 870 12 gauge has been tuned by our gunsmiths for smooth, flawless function and reliable performance in extreme use. From the low-maintenance Armor-Tuff® finish to our time tested Trak-Lock® fiber optic adjustable sights, this model is all business-on the range and on the street.

The Wilson Combat aluminum collapsible stock adaptor allows the use of an AR-compatible pistol grip and buttstock and is equipped with QD sling sockets to make adding a tactical sling to your shotgun easier than ever before. A host of other custom options ensure that the CQB Shotgun is a top choice for self-defense or duty shotgun use. Read more

Firearms

MKS Supply Offers Enhanced Capacity Hi-Point Carbine 9mm Mags


A need finally filledMKS Supply, LLC, Dayton OH, April 2016-Hi-Point 9mm (Model 995) carbines are known for their robust construction, accuracy, reliability, and affordability.

The only “problem”: The 9mm Hi-Point OEM magazines hold 10 rounds. For engineering reasons and due to the huge volume of sales of the 9mm carbine with the 10-round magazine, there were no plans by Hi-Point to make a higher capacity magazine.

The solution: The Redball, a one-piece, 20-round, single-stack magazine for the Hi-Point carbine. This great-looking articulated magazine fits and feeds the 9mm Hi-Point carbine without fail. Moreover, it is the only high-capacity magazine tested and approved by Hi-Point firearms and MKS Supply. Read more

Firearms
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