Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
The Department of Natural Resources today announced the recipients of the 2015 Wildlife Habitat Grants. A total of $1,062,807 was awarded to various conservation organizations, units of government, landowners and nonprofit organizations. Read more
Department of Natural Resources’ parents love to share their hunting passion with their kids. This year, many of those kids participated in the Youth Waterfowl Hunting Weekend. Several bagged ducks or geese.
Mariah Niewoonder of Greenville, age 14, is like a lot of kids and brutally honest. “Deer and turkey hunting are kind of slow,” she said. “You just sit there, and you have to be quiet all the time. Duck hunting is much more exciting, and you get to talk and move around.” Mariah and her dad, DNR Wildlife Division Southwest Field Operations Manager John Niewoonder, hunted public land in Ionia County. Mariah’s older brother shot his first duck in the same spot four years earlier. Read more
Michigan’s bowhunting season opens today, Oct. 1, and Department of Natural Resources conservation officers are sharing tips for a safe bowhunting experience. Read more
Game Commission executive order temporarily halts hunting and trapping in seven townships.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has temporarily closed all hunting and trapping seasons within seven townships in northeastern Pennsylvania, where the search continues for a fugitive wanted in the shooting death of a state police trooper. Read more
Chantilly, VA – Aimpoint, the originator and world leader in electronic red dot sighting technology, has announced the addition of the new Micro T-2 sight to the company’s professional product line. The Micro T-2 will be available for shipment in mid-October 2014, and will be offered alongside the company’s existing Micro T-1 product.
Since its introduction in 2007, the Aimpoint Micro sight has become the worldwide standard for compact reflex sights. Law enforcement and military end users have embraced this sight for its compact size, durability, and extremely long battery life. Feedback received from professional end users identified a series of desired product enhancements that have now been added to this new product. These changes include: a new sight housing which allows the addition of front and rear protective flip covers and anti-reflective devices, additional physical protection for the sight’s adjustment turrets, and increased ruggedness for the sight’s internal electronic components. Read more
Today, Adams Arms is proud to announce the Introduction of their Revolutionary new Piston Driven Small Frame .308 Rifle! With their years research and development they’ve engineered the finest .308 to ever hit the market. Weighing in at under 8 pounds and more than 50% reciprocal to standard AR-15 components, their innovative .308 rifles will be setting a new standard in the firearms industry. Read more
Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics and outdoor accessories for 65 years, was recently named a winner in the Field &Stream annual Best of the Best awards for their new Wireless Trophy Cam HD trail camera.
With hunting seasons starting up all across the country, the Wireless Trophy Cam HD is the ultimate next generation scouting tool. With the transmission of thumbnail images via email or text, hunters can monitor activity and keep an eye on the woods in near real time, while an exclusive free smart phone app allows hunters to quickly modify camera settings. Hi-res images are saved to the web portal (www.wirelesstrophycam.com) where users can download images or change camera settings remotely. Now hunters no longer need to walk around their hunting areas, making noise and spreading scent around. You can literally have the camera scouting for you right up until it’s time to go hunting. Read more
Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a measure which allows family members to ask judges to remove firearms from relatives who appear to pose a threat. Prior to the measure’s passage, Connecticut, Indiana and Texas were the only states where law enforcement officials could seek a judge’s order allowing them to seize guns from people they deem to be a danger. The California measure expands the scope by allowing relatives to seek the same restraining orders. Under the bill, whomever seeks the restraining order would be required to sign an affidavit under oath. Falsifying an affidavit is a misdemeanor. A court hearing is mandated within 14 days of the order’s issuance to allow the gun owner a chance to argue they pose no danger. Previously, officials could only seize guns from those convicted of felonies, violent misdemeanors, under a domestic violence restraining order or determined to be mentally unstable.
Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California says the organization feels the law “just misses the mark and may create a situation where law-abiding gun owners are put in jeopardy.” Brown also signed SB505, a companion measure that will require law enforcement officials to develop policies that encourage officers to search the state’s database of gun purchases as a regular part of routine welfare checks.
Bad guys in Ohio get some of their own deadly medicine. Video here…
Kim Weeks is standing up to Bloomberg’s gun control agenda. Watch NRA’s latest ad and read Kimberly’s message below.
A MESSAGE FROM KIMBERLY WEEKS
Hello,
My name is Kimberly Weeks and I am a survivor of violent crime. I’m not just another statistic; I could be you, your mother, your sister, your wife, your daughter, or your friend. I was given a second chance at life and I want to make each minute count. I am giving a voice to every American who wants to exercise their Second Amendment rights and protect themselves and their family how they see fit.
A billionaire with armed guards does not know how it feels to be totally defenseless at the mercy of an evil person who holds your life in their hands. Read more