Silent, Invisible and Scentless in a Gamekeeper Deluxe Blind


Enclosed hunting blinds have always done a great job of masking you, your movement and your sound from deer. But, the knock on them has been that it is difficult to keep deer from smelling you, especially when the blind is installed on the ground.Advantage Hunting’s Gamekeeper Deluxe line of rigid hunting blinds solves the problem. The Deluxe Blind uses a patented scent-proof design, which allows you the flexibility to hunt in comfort on the ground or from an elevated position without the worry of being smelled, seen or heard.

Advantage’s solution to scent control in the Deluxe Blind works like this – intake ports near the floor of the blind pull air in, as air warms in the airtight Deluxe Blind, that air – and your scent – is drafted out through the top of the blind through an exhaust pipe that ends over 30 feet above the blind. Even when the Deluxe Blind is on the ground, you leave no more scent at “deer level” than if you were in a tree stand. Read more

Gov. Rick Snyder approves nearly $28 million in outdoor recreation development and acquisition grants

LANSING, Mich. – More opportunities for quality outdoor recreation will be available from $28 million in Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grants undersigned today by Gov. Rick Snyder.

“No matter where you are in Michigan, you’re never far from a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund-supported project,” said Gov. Snyder. “These important grants create better, broader access to public recreation opportunities for individuals and families in every county statewide.”

House Bill 5377, sponsored by state Rep. Jon Bumstead and co-sponsored by state Rep. Al Pscholka, approves funding for 70 recreation projects and land purchases recommended by the board last December. It is now Public Act 61 of 2016. Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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
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