The Pope And Young Club Announces A Potential New World’s Record Non-Typical Coues Deer

Chatfield, MN – In December of 2015, Terry Edwards of San Carlos, Arizona took an incredible Coues deer that may be the new Pope and Young Club Non-Typical World’s Record.

“My heart was racing and I could hear it beating loud in my ears. My hunting partner Trevor Chapman shared many words of excitement as we followed the blood trail. I knew I had shot one of the biggest deer I had ever laid eyes on, but little did I know he would be a potential P&Y World’s Record. I was just happy to fill my tag. The terrain was treacherous and thick with dense oak trees and waist-high brush. Any Coues deer hunter knows that such habitat is prime big buck country. After tracking the buck and finally being able to put my hands on this ghost-like creature, I felt a sense of accomplishment and pride. This moment put all my hunting efforts into perspective. This was why my father took me hunting since I was a kid; this was why he taught me all I know about hunting. It was through my father’s knowledge and character that I grew up loving the outdoors. I thank God and my father for blessing me with such an amazing animal… an animal of a lifetime.” Read more

Hunting

ZEISS Introduces the New Terra ED Color Binoculars

NORTH CHESTERFIELD, VA. – Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, the world’s leading manufacturer in high performance sports optics, is pleased to introduce the new Terra ED color binoculars. The Terra ED color binoculars combine the benefits of quality German engineering and design with the performance and features you’ve come to expect from ZEISS – all at an incredible value.

The new Terra ED color binoculars incorporate a sleek new design and include hard carrying case at no extra charge (a $39.99 value). Models are available in Black, Grey, Green and Brown models, complimenting the already successful Terra ED line of binoculars.

Available Terra ED color models:
8×32 Black 10×32 Black 8×42 Black 10×42 Black
8×32 Grey 10×32 Grey 8×42 Grey 10×42 Grey

Special order only colors:
8×32 Green 8×42 Brown 10×42 Brown
10×32 Brown 8×42 Green 10×42 Green
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Optics

Sightmark Core SX 10-40×56 CBR Riflescope

(MANSFIELD, TEXAS) – When targets are extreme distances away, many important variables come into play for a successful shot. Designed specifically for competition shooting and hunting, the Sightmark Core SX 10-40×56 CBR Riflescope (SM13081CBR) delivers big on long-range precision for serious shooters.

Built from hard-anodized 6061-T6 aircraft-grade aluminum, the durable Core SX 10-40×56 CBR boasts a single-piece 30mm tube with IP67 waterproof and dustproof protection. This high-powered, second-focal-plane scope solves long distance problems by utilizing fully multi-coated lenses and a red/green illuminated competition benchrest reticle (CBR) with 5 brightness settings per color. The Core SX’s exposed, lockable turrets make adjustments easy and ensure the scope doesn’t lose zero unintentionally during use and a side focus adjustment helps remove parallax.

When accuracy matters for remote shots, professional competition shooters and long-distance varmint hunters alike will find comfort in the Core SX 10-40×56 CBR’s 1/8 MOA windage and elevation adjustments. This precision riflescope includes a neoprene scope cover, 30mm rings and a CR2032 battery providing up to 100 hrs of reticle illumination. Read more

Optics

Alaska Sues U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Over Refuge Predator Program

 By Etta Pettijohn
The state of Alaska has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of a federal agency’s restrictions on predator harvests on wildlife refuges and national parks there.

State attorneys filed the lawsuit Jan. 13 in the U.S. District Court of Alaska, claiming new rules adopted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) violate a 1980s law authorizing the state to manage wildlife, impairs indigenous peoples’ ability to harvest food for sustenance, and sets a precedence to restrict future fish and game harvests, intended to be under state control. Read more

Hunting

Federal Premium Provides Lethal Performance Through Any Waterfowl Choke with Redesigned Black Cloud


Any Waterfowl Choke with Redesigned Black CloudANOKA, Minnesota –– Federal Premium Ammunition is pleased to announce it has redesigned its industry-leading Black Cloud line of waterfowl ammunition. Now equipped with the new FLITECONTROL FLEX wad, the improved loads deliver better pattern density and consistency through both ported and standard waterfowl chokes. Shipments are currently being delivered to dealers.

The wad’s redesigned rear-opening petals are engineered to deploy through ported chokes that reduce muzzle pressure, and side-mounted vents stimulate the payload for separation from the wad at the ideal moment for dense, deadly patterns. Plus, the efficient Catalyst lead-free primer and clean-burning, temperature-stable propellant significantly decrease residue in the barrel. Read more

Ammunition

Michigan Man Lured into Fishing by the Art of Decoys

When most people see a cedar fence post or an old, broken cedar limb on the ground, Dave Kober sees a trout; or a perch; or maybe, a bluegill.

Kober carves fish decoys.

Decoys have long been used by ice fishermen to lure large fish – generally pike, but also sturgeon and others – within range of the spearing hole, though some hook-and-line anglers use them as well.

Dave Kober shows off a perch decoy outside his shop near Cadillac.Primarily turned out by home-shop artisans, fish decoys were once manufactured by major bait companies – James Heddon’s Sons Co. in Dowagiac produced them decades ago – but the homemade models have become highly collectable, unique examples of American folk art that can fetch six figures.

Kober, 78, has been carving decoys since he was a young boy.

“It’s grandpa’s fault,” said Kober. “My grandfather was an ardent hunter and fisherman and he liked to carve decoys. He taught me everything I know I guess. I started it as a hobby. Read more

Fishing

SB Tactical SBM47 Pistol Stabilizing Brace

Saint Petersburg, Fla. – SB Tactical™, inventors and manufacturers of the Pistol Stabilizing Brace®, is proud to bring to market the SBM47™ for AK47/74 platforms. Installation of the SBM47 does not change the classification of a pistol in accordance with GCA provisions.
Now shipping in both black and FDE, the SBM47 features a slim profile and enhanced cheek weld ergonomics. As the third Pistol Stabilizing Brace released to support AK-platforms, the SBM47 demonstrates SB Tactical’s commitment to supporting the entire PDW pistol community. Read more

Firearms

CCRKBA Slams Seattle Mayor for Hypocrisy

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is condemning Seattle Mayor Ed Murray for “monumental hypocrisy” after he declared that the City of Seattle will fight a new Trump administration directive on so-called “sanctuary cities” by going to court to “insure…that the United States Constitution is not violated.”

“When it comes to violating the Constitution, Ed Murray has expert experience,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “This is the guy who was publicly embarrassed in 2013 when, as a state senator, he sponsored a gun ban bill that would have allowed warrantless searches of gun owners’ homes by sheriff’s deputies. After that was reported, Murray and his co-sponsors scrambled to remove that language from the bill, but it still failed.”

Gottlieb accused Murray of “trotting out the Constitution only when he can use it for a political prop.”

“Murray would eviscerate the Second Amendment,” Gottlieb said. “He signed a gun violence tax into law that penalizes law-abiding firearms owners and amounts to a poll tax. He has a track record of supporting gun control, including an attempt to ban an entire class of firearms.” Read more

Firearms, Gun Control

Ruger Expands LCRx Line with .357 Magnum

Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. (NYSE: RGR) is pleased to announce a new Ruger® LCRx® 5-round revolver chambered in the hard-hitting .357 Magnum cartridge. This durable and reliable revolver is equipped with a 1.87″ barrel and features an exposed hammer that allows it to be fired in either double-action or single-action mode.

When it was originally introduced, the Ruger LCR® was one of the most significant new revolver designs in over a century and has since been awarded three patents. The new LCRx in .357 Magnum maintains all the features of the original LCR, including Ruger’s patented friction-reducing cam, a next-generation design in fire control systems that results in a smooth, non-stacking trigger pull. The double-action trigger pull force on the LCR builds gradually and peaks later in the trigger stroke, resulting in better control and a lighter felt trigger pull. The LCRx also incorporates crisp single-action functionality for precise shooting. Read more

Firearms
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