Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is “encouraged by the strong pro-gun rights platform” put forth at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Read more
Lew Horton Distributing is excited to announce its new association with M&M Inc. of Eastlake, Colorado. Horton’s is now distributing M&M’s new line of semi automatic Romanian AK type rifles. Read more
Bend, OR- Nosler® has drawn and announced the winner of their Model 48 Trophy Grade Rifle, the first rifle in their 3-Rifle Summer Sweepstakes. Nosler recently announced that the second rifle in the giveaway is a Model 48 Professional Rifle chambered in .30-06 and topped with a Leupold VX-6 scope! Read more
We have found our next mass-murder threat: A 3 1/2 year-old boy from Nebraska. His name is Hunter and he is deaf, so he uses sign language and signs his name by crossing his forefinger and index finger and moving his hand up and down. That’s enough for school officials, who want him to change his name. The threatening youngster’s dilemma is here…
The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that fall turkey hunting license drawing results and leftover license quantities are available at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings. Hunters are encouraged to visit this website for updated license availability information. Unsuccessful applicants could begin purchasing one leftover license online or from any license agent on a first-come, first-served basis for a one-week period beginning Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. EST. Read more
The Department of Natural Resources’ Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program will present two archery workshops and a handgun shooting workshop, all for beginners, in Lansing this September. Read more
On July 30-31, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers collected 150 water samples from the Sandusky Bay and Sandusky River. Analysis of these water samples indicated 20 samples out of 150 taken from throughout Sandusky Bay and Sandusky River have tested positive for the presence of silver carp environmental DNA (eDNA). Read more
FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — When the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) recently reported the number of hunters grew by nine percent since 2006 and the number of anglers grew by 11 percent in that same time frame, sportsmen and the sporting industry were thrilled. The numbers, which are preliminary results released as the initial look into the USFWS’s 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, reversed what had been dropping participation levels in fishing over the past 10 years and indicated the first jump in hunter numbers in more than two decades. But what were the reasons for the turnaround? Read more
Grand Island, NE – Hornady® product information is now in the palm of your hand with the launch of the new mobile website, http://m.hornady.com. The site includes many of the key features of the standard Hornady.com site, all touch screen-formatted for easy use and readability from any smartphone platform. Read more
Students who need to complete a hunter safety course to get their hunting license can now take the first step of that training on their smartphone, tablet or laptop at www.hunter-ed.com. Read more