Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
One man is dead and another in stable condition at the hospital, after a 77-year-old Florida man found them in his Redland home, grabbed his gun, and fired and struck them both, police said. Details here…
New for 2015 in Browning’s Black Label flashlight lineup is the Disrupter. Though no bigger than a can of soda, the Disruptor pumps out a stunning 2800 lumens of bright white light that reaches out 500 yards.
Its rugged all-aluminum construction houses a 10400 mAh rechargeable lithium-ion battery. The anti-roll bezel profile helps prevent the Disruptor from rolling off a table. The lamp head incorporates heat-dissipating fins to keep the light running cool. Optically clear and scratch-resistant, the glass lens is built for years of rugged duty. Read more
More than 100 years ago on April 21, 1909 President Theodore Roosevelt began an 11-month safari in Africa. With him was a Winchester lever-action rifle chambered in .405 Winchester, and Roosevelt soon deemed it Big Medicine for animals that might bite back—lions in particular. The president knew that he needed a hard-hitting and fast-firing repeater to deal with animals with an attitude. It is no different today, but now we have a rifle that retains the reliability and fast-firing capabilities of Roosevelt’s famous Winchester chambered in a cartridge with even more attitude than the one the president used.
However, if Roosevelt was alive today, there’s a good chance he might have taken Big Horn Armory’s Model 89 rifle with him to the Dark Continent. Chambered for the bone-crushing .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum, this American-made rifle is tailor made for hunting big animals at moderate ranges. When fired from a 22-inch barreled Model 89, the .500 S&W Magnum has 10-percent more velocity than the .405 Winchester and 11-percent more energy. The Model 89 churns up some 38-percent more velocity and 45-percent more energy than the time-honored .45-70 Government factory load. Read more
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By Glen Wunderlich
With Michigan’s late turkey hunting season well under way, it was time for me to see if I could bag a bird of my own. A Day 6 Plotwatcher Pro trail camera showed a few hens as regular visitors at one property, but not one gobbler. Another riverfront property, where I’ve had permission to hunt for many years, had been good to me during previous turkey seasons, so I made an early morning visit to see what I could hear.
The raucous gobbling of toms from the roost before sunrise can give their location away. With that in mind, I cupped my hands at my ears for increased volume and patiently waited for the call of the wild. Nothing.
My hunting partner, Joe, later phoned to let me know he’d be available to operate the video camera on a hunt, (he already tagged a turkey) but Tuesday would be his only chance during the workweek. Without a clue, I knew I had to put the Browning Powerhouse blind up somewhere, so I loaded the ATV with the gear on Monday and headed to familiar grounds.
In the cutover corn field, I poked along and viewed a hen turkey several hundred yards away. The bird soon noticed my approach and scampered to the confines of the nearby woods. Proceeding down the lane at the field’s edge, I noticed some distant tom turkeys in full display that hadn’t seen me, but I proceeded, nonetheless.
After scaring them off, I set up the portable blind under a shagbark hickory conspicuously located alone in the field, trusting that the turkeys would have a short memory of my intrusion into their world.
The next day at 5:15 am, Joe and I made our way to the hideout and I set the cheap rubber decoy, dubbed Miss Direction, about 30 yards in front of us. Shortly after 6 am, far-off gobbling from the roost commenced, while a lone hen worked the cornfield.
Before long, several whitetail deer emerged from the forest, and one in particular realized the presence of the blind and began protesting with foot stomps alerting the others. Finally, it snorted loudly and the field cleared. The fact that the deer picked off our shelter reaffirms my belief that wise deer must get used to blinds for them to be effective hunting tools; however, we weren’t hunting deer today.
The gobbling got louder as the toms edged closer – still undetected visually. I scratched out the first hen calls of the morning with my cherished Ring Zone slate call and was rewarded with an immediate and resounding response. Game on!
At long last, two proud toms revealed themselves only a hundred yards from us. With the decoy in their sights, their purposeful approach continued with no additional effort from me. That same blind that spooked the deer earlier meant nothing to these love-struck fellas!
I’ll never know which of the two was a better choice but the Winchester Long Beard XR shotshell ammo with number 4 shot and my Browning Silver shotgun made the comparison a moot point, as a mature gobbler lay on the ground 35 yards away.
The beard measured 10 ¼ inches and one spur was 1 ½ inches long, while the other had been broken off quite shorter than that.
At 7:08 am – the first day of my hunting – the season was over, all because we had become “invisible” in plain sight with the help of a little misdirection.
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has launched a new national campaign aimed at countering the multi-million dollar gun control lobbying effort of billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s “Everytown for Gun Safety.”
“While Bloomberg is spending millions of dollars to create Astroturf,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb, “our mission is to cultivate honest grassroots activism.”
CCRKBA has already aired a 30-second spot on some key cable networks, and the full program will have spots appearing on the following networks: FOX Business, SPIKE, Velocity, American Heroes, History and H2, TNT, Do It Yourself, AMC, Discovery and Investigation Discovery, the Outdoor Channel, the Sportsman Channel, CMT, Trinity Broadcast Network, Fox News, The Blaze and the Weather Channel. Read more
LEWISTON, Idaho – Shooters can now get magnum rimfire performance in a semi-automatic rifle, thanks to new CCI® A17 Varmint Tip ammunition. Shipments of this ammunition are currently being delivered to distributors.
CCI engineers literally built this 17 HMR load around the A17 rifle from Savage Arms™. The round is optimized for feeding and function in the all-new semi-automatic rifle, and produces muzzle velocities 100 fps faster than other 17 HMR loads with the same bullet weight. Its Varmint Tip bullet ensures explosive expansion and quick, clean kills. Read more
SUFFIELD, Conn. – Savage Arms™ continues its track record of innovation with the all-new A17, the first high-performance semi-automatic rimfire rifle specifically designed for the 17 HMR cartridge. Shipments of this rifle are currently being delivered to distributors.
The A17’s unique delayed-blowback action performs to its peak with new A17 Varmint Tip ammunition, which CCI® developed specifically for the rifle. The A17 also provides safe, reliable operation with standard 17 HMR loads. The hard chrome bolt, case-hardened receiver, 10-round rotary magazine and button-rifled barrel boost performance even further, while the user-adjustable AccuTrigger™ provides a crisp, light pull for the best possible accuracy. Read more
More than 100 years ago on April 21, 1909 President Theodore Roosevelt began an 11-month safari in Africa. With him was a Winchester lever-action rifle chambered in .405 Winchester, and Roosevelt soon deemed it Big Medicine for animals that might bite back—lions in particular. The president knew that he needed a hard-hitting and fast-firing repeater to deal with animals with an attitude. It is no different today, but now we have a rifle that retains the reliability and fast-firing capabilities of Roosevelt’s famous Winchester chambered in a cartridge with even more attitude than the one the president used.
However, if Roosevelt was alive today, there’s a good chance he might have taken Big Horn Armory’s Model 89 rifle with him to the Dark Continent. Chambered for the bone-crushing .500 Smith & Wesson Magnum, this American-made rifle is tailor made for hunting big animals at moderate ranges. When fired from a 22-inch barreled Model 89, the .500 S&W Magnum has 10-percent more velocity than the .405 Winchester and 11-percent more energy. The Model 89 churns up some 38-percent more velocity and 45-percent more energy than the time-honored .45-70 Government factory load. Read more
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today won a preliminary injunction against the District of Columbia and Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier’s enforcement of a requirement to provide a “good reason” when applying for a concealed carry permit.
Judge Frederick J. Scullin ordered that the city is “enjoined from denying handgun carry licenses to applicants who meet the requirements of D.C. Code 22-4506(a) and all other current requirements for the possession and carrying of handguns under District of Columbia law.” Read more