New Advanced Wildlife Photography Guide from Alaskan Guide Joseph Classen

Join Kodiak Island author, photographer, and guide, Joseph Classen, as he explores the art of wildlife photography from a hunter’s perspective. In this just released book, the reader will learn:

* How to select and use the appropriate gear required for the rigors of wildlife photography
* How to mentally and physically prepare for an outing in which your wits must be as keen as your eye
*Detailed insights into planning and packing for a wilderness adventure                                  *Choosing the best clothing and accessories to ensure a safe, productive time in the field   *Scouting out prime locations, tracking and attracting photographic subjects using time-honored techniques
*How to read animal behaviors and know where your best photographic opportunities will arise.   And much, much, more Read more

Wildlife

DSC Supports Use of Live Testing for CWD

DALLAS – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department-mandated killing and post-mortem study of deer potentially exposed to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) illustrates an urgent need for the use of live testing for white-tailed deer, elk and other cervids.

Currently, post-mortem testing of brain tissue is the only form of CWD testing approved by the USDA even though an effective, non-lethal alternative test exists.

Results of a study of rectal mucosa testing for CWD in white-tailed deer published by the USDA’s National Veterinary Research Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, shows extremely high diagnostic accuracy, one which could eliminate the need to destroy herds simply suspected to have been exposed to the disease.

“The overall diagnostic specificity was 99.8 percent. Selective use of ante-mortem rectal biopsy sample testing would provide valuable information during disease investigations of CWD-suspect deer herds,” states the report “Diagnostic Accuracy of Rectal Mucosa Biopsy Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease within White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Herds in North America: Effects of Age, Sex, Polymorphism at PRNP Codon 96, and Disease Progression.” Read more

Wildlife

Court Affirms Sentence, Colorado Poacher Remains in Prison

DENVER- Convicted poacher and former outfitter Dennis Eugene Rodebaugh, 73, of Meeker, Colorado, learned on Tuesday that his appeal to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has failed, affirming the 41-month prison sentence and fines the former outfitter received in early 2013 for illegally baiting deer and elk with salt.

According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigators, between 2002 and 2007, Rodebaugh and an associate used large quantities of salt to attract elk and mule deer to an area in the White River National Forest where he had installed tree stands, enabling their clients to easily kill the animals.

In September 2012, a jury in Denver found Rodebaugh guilty of six felony violations of the Lacey Act, a federal law that prohibits the transportation of illegally taken wildlife across state lines, applicable because most of his clients came from out of state. Read more

Poachers

Boyds Adds Replacement Stock Options for Remington 710 and 770 Models

MITCHELL, S.D. – Boyds has recently released new hardwood gunstock options for the popular Remington 710 and 770 models. The Remington Model 770 and its predecessor, the Model 710, are affordable, high-performance bolt-action centerfire rifles that are a popular choice among hunters. Boyds now offers hardwood replacement gunstocks for the 710 and 770 models in their Classic, Featherweight Thumbhole, Heritage, Platinum, Prairie Hunter, Pro Varmint, and Varmint Thumbhole designs. Read more

Firearms

Camo at the Capitol Slated for September 9

Camo at the Capitol

CaCorangeIf you hunt, fish or trap, and you want to keep the places, fish and wildlife and rights to do so in Michigan, make sure your legislators know it! Come to Camo at the Capitol to rally in defense of the rights to hunt, fish and trap!

We’ll be advocating for policies which:

  • Keep public lands in public hands! Public lands ensure the democracy of hunting, fishing and trapping by making sure we all have a place to do so. Lands purchased and/or managed with hunter, angler and trapper license dollars should be open for and managed for those purposes.
  • Crack down on poaching! Poachers steal the resources from all of us and jeopardize hunting rights by giving us all a bad name. A bill package to increase penalties for poaching elk, bear, moose, waterfowl, turkeys and eagles will be before the House Committee on Natural Resources. Let’s pack the room to make sure everyone knows that hunters are leading the charge to eliminate poaching!
  • Protect Great Lakes fisheries! Recent proposals to put cage culture aquaculture fish farms in the Great Lakes could negatively impact Great Lakes fisheries through effluent, disease and escapement. Let your legislators know that fish farms don’t belong in the Great Lakes!
  • Enhance private land hunting and trapping access! A bill to allow hunters with disabilities to hunt from personal mobility devices will be up in the Senate Committee on Outdoor Recreation, and we expect it will be amended to eliminate the unnecessary 150-yard hunting safety zone from buildings for trapping, archery and hound hunting. Let’s pack the committee room to let them know we support hunting access and private property rights!

 

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Hunting

Michigan Small Game Outlook

Small game hunting season begins Sept. 1 with the opening of the early Canada goose season and teal seasons and continues until rabbit and hare season ends March 31. Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologists across the state say hunters should find conditions similar to last year. Hunters are reminded that due to changes in licensing, all licensed hunters may pursue small game. Read more

Hunting
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