ZEISS Swings Into Spring With An Electrifying Deal

NORTH CHESTERFIELD, VA – Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium sports optics, is kicking off their Spring Promotion by offering a free Goal Zero Green Power Pack when you purchase VICTORY HT Binoculars or CONQUEST HD Binoculars between March 1, 2015, and April 30, 2015.

The Goal Zero Switch 8 solar recharging kit combines the Switch 8 battery pack with a Nomad 3.5 solar panel, allowing you to gather and store solar power, and recharge your devices almost anywhere. Read more

Optics

Hunter’s Specialties Adds A New Decoy To The Snood Family Line With The Penny Snood Feeder Hen

The Penny Snood Feeder Hen Decoy adds incredible realism to any turkey hunters’ decoy spread. The decoy’s relaxed feeding position puts both gobblers and hens at ease as they come in to your calls.

The lightweight Penny Snood Decoy is incredibly lifelike with highly realistic head and feather detail. It is painted with specially formulated no-flake paint for lasting durability season after season. The built-in air valve allows the decoy to be quickly inflated and set up. The Penny Snood Decoy is constructed with a durable expanded rubber that resists creases and dents, while allowing the decoy to be folded for easy transport. It is engineered with a self-balancing stake tube for easy placement, even in the dark.

The new Penny Snood Feeder Hen Decoy sells for a suggested retail price of $79.99. Read more

Hunting

SCI Foundation’s Hunter Legacy 100 Fund Aid Anti-Poaching Efforts in Tanzania

March 4, 2015 Tucson, AZ – Joseph Hosmer, President, Safari Club International Foundation (SCI Foundation), announced that SCI Foundation’s Hunter Legacy 100 Fund (HLF) donated $100,000 to provide the Wildlife Conservation Foundation of Tanzania (WCFT) with vehicles to be used by anti-poaching patrols.

SCI Foundation has outfitted anti-poaching units with two fully equipped Toyota Land Cruisers to monitor the Selous Game Reserve. These new Cruisers will allow teams to locate and track areas most susceptible to poachers.

“I am very sure that the elephants and other wildlife are more secure today and we already see the difference in the bush,” WCFT Trustees and Executive Vice President Eric Pasanisi said. “On behalf of the Wildlife Conservation Foundation of Tanzania, I would like to sincerely thank you for your generous donation to our fight to preserve our wildlife in Tanzania.”

The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent decision to ban elephant imports from Tanzania has limited conservation funding considerably; but SCI Foundation’s grant has allowed the WCFT to mobilize additional scouts and maintain programs in place to protect Tanzania’s wildlife. Read more

Hunting, Poachers

Early Spring Herbicide Tips & Food Plot Preparation

Pigweed (Palmer Amaranth) has been a frequent topic of conversation among farmers and food plot guys in the last several years. Pigweed has been causing severe problems because of its rapid growth and in many parts of the county, resistance to glyphosate which leads to problems in glyphosate resistant crops that are being grown. In warm season food plots, whether it is a spring planted perennial or annual blend, pigweed can very quickly become a problem and overtake the plot.

When left to mature and go to seed, pigweed grows a substantial amount of seeds that can continue to cause problems for years down the road. The key to killing and controlling pigweed is early identification and proper herbicide application. Imazamox is a great broadleaf control herbicide with chemistry that has excellent results and residual control on pigweed and other broadleaf weeds. Imazamox (brand names Weed Reaper or Raptor) can be sprayed over legumes including clover, alfalfa, beans, peas, and lablab. Ideally, broadleaf weeds should be less than 6 inches in height for the best kill.

My first experience in testing Imazamox was on a severe infestation of pigweed on over 10 acres of spring planted Lablab a few years ago. Read more

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Did Wolves Really Change Rivers?

This from the Boone and Crockett Club…

One year ago, the pro-wolf movement produced a video titled “How Wolves Change Rivers”. The video proclaimed that wolves interaction with elk and deer populations was responsible for a trophic cascade in Yellowstone Park which ultimately improved the ecosystem. The dramatically narrated video went viral, and to date has had nearly 15 million views, undoubtedly altering millions of non-hunters’ perceptions of wolves, while creating fanatical support for unmanaged wolf populations.

A recent study covered by Discover Magazine challenges that claim.

“Changes in the system were perceived as a consequence of wolves,” Middleton explains, but these reintroduced predators actually have a relatively small impact—one that is far outsized by the hoopla surrounding them. The elk population in Yellowstone is at the mercy of a much larger, human-altered ecosystem.”

Discover Magazine’s Article

Video: How Wolves Change Rivers

Boone and Crockett Club’s Stance

Animal Rights, Wildlife

The Conservation Fund And Google Maps Create Virtual Tours Of Treasured American Places

Journey Beyond the Road Features Conservation Victories, Mapping Land and Sea from the Chesapeake Bay to Chimney Rock

Arlington, VA – Virtual tours of some of America’s most important places—its parks, waterways and even battlefields—went online this week in Street View in Google Maps. The Conservation Fund and its partners unveiled a host of sites across the Eastern seaboard that they hiked, paddled, and explored with the Street View Trekker, a mapping tool from Google that allows anyone with a screen and internet access to journey beyond the road for a tour of iconic American sites where The Conservation Fund played a role in permanent protection.

Last year, Conservation Fund staff and its local partners borrowed and set out with Trekker, a 4-foot-tall, 40-pound camera and backpack, that’s part of Google’s project to create a digital reflection of the world for people to explore and enjoy. Now, these spectacular places that The Conservation Fund and its partners protected are online for the world to see. The result is a virtual tour of eight sites, stretching from Delaware to North Carolina. Now, the fields of Antietam National Battlefield, the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay, and the misty caves of North Carolina’s Chimney Rock State Park are available to visitors and outdoor enthusiasts across the globe seeking a glimpse of places they might not typically see on the web-based mapping service. Read more

General

Winter Food Plot Combinations That Work on Growingdeer.tv

The winter weather around the country has been tough. Watch this video as the GrowingDeer.tv team shows food plot combinations that work to feed whitetails during these harsh conditions. Plus, it may seem early but they’re getting ready for turkey hunting! See what they’re doing in this video today at www.GrowingDeer.tv.

Be one of the first to know when the GrowingDeer.tv team releases a new video. They send out an e-mail every Monday about the new show along with a useful hunting tip. Your email address will be treated respectfully. It will not be shared or abused. Click HERE to subscribe today! Read more

Wildlife

New Serious Stopping .223 Ammunition

Winder, GA- G2 Research announces a devastating new .223 round for hunting and tactical use. The new G2 Research .223 Ripout “Trident” Round produces a massive wound channel that helps hunters achieve accurate, sure, swift and quick kills.

This new (and suppressor-friendly) round uses a fast-expanding, premium-grade copper alloy 65-grain bullet made by G2 Research in CNC machines. Read more

Ammunition

New Hi-Point .380 Carbine

Dayton, OH, March 3, 2015 — MKS Supply, LLC announces the NEW .380 ACP caliber Hi-Point carbine.www.mkssupply.com

Finally, a fun, tough .380 carbine that almost anyone can afford! The Hi-Point Carbine is the same size as its larger-bore brothers in 9mm, .40S&W, and .45 ACP and it’s hard shooting, accurate and almost recoil-free.

Its 16.5-inch barrel will launch .380 bullets as hard and fast as a full-power 9mm handgun, maybe even harder (when you add several inches of barrel over that of a handgun, you gain 100-150 feet per second higher velocity and possibly more with hot or +P loads). With the added velocity performance the .380’s effective range (the distance a shooter can expect to get reliable on-target hits) is extended to a couple hundred yards. Read more

Firearms

Meprolight Adds Self-Illuminated Night Sights For Smith &Wesson M&P Shield

Farmingdale, NY-Meprolight, leading innovator and manufacturer of pistol night sights announced the addition of high visibility night sights designed specifically for the popular Smith & Wesson M&P Shield.

Meprolight has led the industry in the development of tritium gun sights, which provides the shooter with a more accurate sight picture in low-light conditions. Their proprietary state-of-the-art manufacturing process provides gun owners the highest quality, highest visible night sight on the market at an affordable price. Read more

Firearms
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