VIKING SOLUTIONS Unveils the Super Hide Puller

Gone are the days of greasy fingers and excessive straining while removing the hide during game processing

Decatur, AL — Viking Solutions®, the industry leader in post-hunt trophy care accessories, introduces the Super Hide Puller, which was designed to make your post-hunt game care easier and faster than ever before. As simple as the task is, removing the hide from an animal for meat processing can be the most physically difficult part of the entire field-to-fork process. That’s no longer the case.

The new feature-rich design of the Super Hide Puller utilizes the tested and proven finger-puzzle principle of “the harder you pull, the tighter it grips” to make pulling the hide off most any animal much simpler and faster. Read more

Hunting

Find the perfect fall hunting spot with MI DNR’s online mapping tool

With fall hunting seasons under way in Michigan, the Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters and outdoor enthusiasts that Mi-HUNT – a cutting-edge, web-based, interactive mapping application – can help them plan their next hunting or outdoor adventure. Mi-HUNT is available at mi.gov/mihunt.

Mi-HUNT allows users to view and navigate through all public lands open to hunting and trapping in Michigan. It is easily accessible through the web browser on smartphones, tablets or computers and provides the most up-to-date information, customizable to fit each individual’s outdoor interests and trip-planning needs.

The interactive layers of Mi-HUNT allow the user to view:

  • All state game and wildlife areas, federal land, state forest land and private lands open to hunting and trapping.
  • Recently updated vegetation cover types on more than 7 million acres of state and federal land.
  • Topography of land.
  • Recreational facilities such as forest campgrounds, trails, boat launches and parking areas.
  • Aerial photography.
  • Street maps and directions.
  • Video tutorials are provided for assistance on navigating through Mi-HUNT’s key features. Read more
Hunting

Seasonal Lake Sturgeon Releases Put Nearly 8,000 Fish into Michigan Waters

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and several partners released more than 7,800 juvenile lake sturgeon into various public waters across the state this summer and fall in an effort to rehabilitate this culturally significant fish species.

The juvenile fish were collected from the wild last spring and reared in streamside facilities until they reached at least seven inches or larger in size. Most fish were tagged prior to being released into their respective rivers to allow future evaluations of stocked fish. Read more

Fishing

Firefield Stun Guns

(MANSFIELD, TEXAS) – Firefield Stun Guns are designed to ruin the day of any aggressor in need of a shocking reality check. With over 1.1 million violent crimes occurring in the U.S. each year, taking responsibility for your own protection and refusing to become a statistic has become more than a right; it has become a responsibility. While self-defense is critically important, many either cannot or will not carry a firearm. Whether you carry a stun gun with or in lieu of a firearm, self-preservation should never be a compromise.

Understanding and supporting your essential right to personal defense, Firefield now offers three highly effective stun gun models designed specifically for easy, single-handed operation: Firefield Microburst 7 Million Volt Stun Gun (FF24000), Firefield Volt 9 Million Volt Stun Gun and Firefield Surge 10 Million Volt Stun Gun (FF24002). All three Firefield Stun Guns are sure to deliver the electrifying results you want during a critical incident. Read more

Self Defense

Colt Introduces the Colt Combat Unit Carbine

WEST HARTFORD, CT – The Colt M4 continues to be the platform of choice amongst Military, Law Enforcement, and firearms enthusiasts alike. Now Colt is offering yet another option for enthusiasts looking for that robust and well-fielded platform – the Colt Combat UnitTM carbine, featuring Colt’s new mid-length gas system.

The Colt Combat UnitTM carbine offers many of the features you love about the Colt M4 platform, but now Colt is introducing its first production mid-length gas system. “Producing a mid-length gas system was the logical next-step for us, and it’s long overdue,” said Justin Baldini, Director of Product Marketing for Colt. “Shooters will find that by moving the gas block closer to the muzzle as this mid-length gas system does, the felt recoil is more constant with what is fielded by our troops carrying a 14.5″ barrel M4.” Read more

Firearms

Online Video Shows Deer Hunting With Bucks On the Move

More daytime activity of bucks makes for great times in the deer stand! Watch this video where the bucks put on a show in the food plot with a few sparring matches and more whitetail behavior. Then see Adam help out the plan to lower the deer population when he arrows a doe. Stay tuned for advice to a Georgia landowner on improving his hunting property. Visit www.GrowingDeer.tv to see this video and more today! Read more

Hunting

Youth waterfowl hunts at Michigan’s Wetland Wonders

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources invites waterfowlers to bring their young hunters to one of Michigan’s Wetland Wonders in October and November for a memorable hunting experience. Hunters can choose from several dates and locations for youth waterfowl hunts. Parties with at least one youth will be given priority in the draw at all seven Wetland Wonders:

Oct. 22 – Nayanquing Point Wildlife Area (afternoon hunt only) in Pinconning
Oct. 29 – Muskegon County Wastewater (morning and afternoon hunts) in Twin Lake
Oct. 29 – Fish Point State Wildlife Area (afternoon hunt only) in Unionville
Nov. 5 – Fennville Farm Unit of the Allegan State Game Area (morning hunt only) in Fennville
Nov. 5 – Shiawassee River State Game Area (afternoon hunt only) in St. Charles
Nov. 11 – Harsens Island Managed Hunt Area (afternoon hunt only) on Harsens Island
Nov. 13 – Pointe Mouillee State Game Area (morning hunt only) in Rockwood

Drawings for the youth morning hunts will occur at 5:30 a.m. and for the youth afternoon hunts at 11 a.m. (11:30 a.m. at Harsens Island). Read more

Hunting

Sportsmen’s Alliance Presents Oral Arguments in Wolf Case

On Oct. 18, attorneys for the Sportsmen’s Alliance, the federal government and the state of Michigan presented oral arguments in their appeal of the ongoing Great Lakes wolf case. Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota were joined by other states in support of the appeal.

In December 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed wolves from the list of endangered and threatened species, restoring management oversight of the species to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Unhappy with that delisting, and the subsequent possibility for a wolf hunt, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) sued. The HSUS lawsuit sought to return wolves to Endangered Species Act protections.

Despite overwhelming evidence that wolves are not only recovered, but thriving, in the Western Great Lakes region, in Dec. 2014, a Washington, D.C.-based, U.S. District Court Judge ruled that until the apex predators were deemed recovered throughout their entire historic range – which means from New York City to San Francisco – they could not be delisted. The Sportsmen’s Alliance and the federal and state governments appealed this ruling.

“Under the lower court’s ruling, it doesn’t matter that wolf numbers in the Great Lakes states are two or three times higher than the recovery goals adopted by the federal government in the 1990s. The ruling by the lower court means that until wolves are found in Chicago, Seattle and New York, wolves cannot be managed appropriately by state wildlife experts in the Great Lakes states,” said Evan Heusinkveld, president and CEO of Sportsmen’s Alliance. “The ruling makes absolutely no sense, is legally and factually incorrect, and spells disaster for the future of the Endangered Species Act, wildlife and our entire ecosystem, which is why we’re appealing it.” Read more

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