Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
Weatherby® now offers a 20-gauge version of three PA pump shotgun models: PA-08™ Synthetic, PA-08 TR and PA-459™ TR. The versatile PA-08 Synthetic is built to be a reliable, easy-to-use workhorse for various bird hunting applications, from doves to turkeys. TR (Threat Response) shotguns are designed for home and personal defense. Read more
MISSOULA, Mont.-The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation maintained its call for the science-based management of wolves as Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) released its 2012 estimate of the state’s wolf population. FWP reports there are a minimum of 625 wolves in Montana, which amounts to a four percent drop since the last count in December 2011 and equates to a wolf population remaining well above the state’s management objective. Read more
MOBILE, Ala. – The Coast Guard has identified a sunken fishing vessel missing since 1972. The Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel Falkor in concert with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management found an unknown sonar target object December 2012.
The research vessel sent a remote operating vehicle to investigate. Read more
The Department of Natural Resources has approved six Dam Management Grant Program projects totaling $2.35 million. This program was designed and launched in late 2012 to support Gov. Rick Snyder’s initiatives concerning local infrastructure needs, and was funded by General Fund dollars appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose.
Grant recipients will use the approved funds to remove dams without an economic purpose or repair dams with an economic purpose that are an imminent public safety issue and are deemed in unsatisfactory condition or under order by the Department of Environmental Quality, Dam Safety Division. Read more
Do you love fishing, camping, hunting, the shooting sports or wildlife conservation? Do you want to work in the traditional outdoor sports industry as a writer, public relations representative, website designer, magazine editor, or even TV personality? If you do, tell us about your dream. Enter the Professional Outdoor Media Association’s (POMA) “POMA<25, My Dream Outdoor Career” writing contest. Read more
The watered-down gun control bill introduced by Senator Feinstein now comes down to “universal background checks.”
Senator Reid puts the strategy this way: “I want to be clear: in order to be effective, any bill that passes the Senate must include background checks.”
But the Department of Justice indicates Reid’s strategy is flawed unless total gun registration is put into place. In a white paper dated January 4 and obtained by NRA-ILA, the deputy director of the National Institute for Justice–DOJ’s research and evaluation agency–said that the proposals before Congress are unlikely to have an effect unless they are made even more draconian. For instance, the document makes clear that the effectiveness of “universal” background checks “depends on … requiring gun registration.”
Any wonder why there’s so much opposition to seemingly good legislation?
The president of the National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association testified at the United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty negotiations on March 22, stressing that there exists no justification for the inclusion of antique firearms and their replicas within the scope of the ATT. Read more
A good account of the benefits of trapping in northern Michigan is here…
It’s true we can’t do much but complain about the weather but one Ohio prosecutor wants the “weatherman” dead. See his indictment here…