EHD and Bluetongue Virus Having Minimal Impact on Deer in 2014

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is pleased to report that hemorrhagic disease (HD), including EHD and bluetongue virus, seems to have taken a summer vacation in 2014, and the danger of a serious outbreak this year has now passed. Transmitted by biting gnats, the disease usually hits deer hardest in late summer and early fall, especially in unusually hot, dry years.

“A small number of reports are trickling in from scattered states, but we’re not seeing any nationwide trends or large outbreaks this year,” said Dr. David Stallknecht with the Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS) at the University of Georgia. “This year is definitely below average so far.” Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

EHD and Bluetongue Virus Expected to have Minimal Impact in 2014

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is pleased to report that hemorrhagic disease (HD), including EHD and bluetongue virus, seems to have taken a summer vacation in 2014, and the danger of a serious outbreak this year has now passed. Transmitted by biting gnats, the disease usually hits deer hardest in late summer and early fall, especially in unusually hot, dry years.

“A small number of reports are trickling in from scattered states, but we’re not seeing any nationwide trends or large outbreaks this year,” said Dr. David Stallknecht with the Southeast Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS) at the University of Georgia. “This year is definitely below average so far.” Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Caldwell Introduces The DeadShot Chairpod

The DeadShot ChairPod provides true benchrest accuracy from a single shooting unit. No need to bother with carrying chairs and separate rests out to the ground blind or the range to sight-in your weapon. The ChairPod provides all of that in one package; it has a comfortable heavy duty chair with a built in post and swing arm assembly that fully supports your weapon front and rear. Extend your effective shooting range by stabilizing the entire weight of your gun or crossbow with this convenient package.

The ChairPod holds your weapon securely in the ready position while freeing up hands for binoculars, rangefinder or warm pockets. The innovative multi bearing swing arm system provides smooth and stable movement from extreme angles left to right with minimal body movement and the chair silently spins 360

Hunting

Longer Range & Tighter Patterns with Trulock Precision Hunter Chokes

An extended choke tube like the Precision Hunter offers a better pattern with fewer “holes” than a flush-mounted tube. The extended choke tube from Trulock also does a better job handling heavier payloads of shot and larger shot sizes. Pattern your shotgun with a Precision Hunter extended choke, and you will see that this choke tube will increase your effective barrel length while increasing muzzle velocity.

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Hunting

Sportsman Channel Partners with Bear Archery for Exclusive Giveaway

NEW BERLIN, WI – Sportsman Channel, the leader in outdoor television for American sportsmen and women, has announced a unique partnership with Bear Archery to promote and give away the new “Arena” bow. The sweepstakes will begin Wednesday, September 24 and run through Sunday, October 12. Participants are eligible by visiting www.thesportsmanchannel.com to enter for a chance to win. Bear Archery will offer an exclusive first look at the “Arena” bow at www.beararchery.com on Thursday, September 25. Read more

Hunting

Boycott Discover for its Support of HSUS

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GW:  This from www.humanewatch.org

We’ve launched a new site: BoycottHSUS.com. And we have our first campaign. The credit card company Discover recently started a new affinity card to benefit the deceptively named Humane Society of the United States. For every $100 someone with one of these cards spends, Discover will donate between 1 and 20 cents to HSUS. That may not seem like much, but Discover expects it will add up to slightly over $1 million. In fact, according to the contract, Discover paid HSUS $150,000 up front in advance royalty payments. And HSUS gets $100 from Discover for every person that signs up for the program from an HSUS communication and spends $100 within the first three months.

But where will that money go? Discover may not like the answer, and the company’s decision-makers should know the following:

Please visit BoycottHSUS.com and pledge to boycott Discover until it cancels its support for one of America’s most deceptive charities. And please share on Discover’s Facebook page to reach out to its 1.5 million followers. Until Discover affirms that it will either end (or not renew) its partnership with HSUS, it’s time to find another credit card company.

Animal Rights, Hunting, Wildlife

Preliminary exam for Beaverton man accused of robbing Amish set for Sept. 25

The Department of Natural Resources today announced that the preliminary exam for a Beaverton, Michigan, man who is accused of robbing an Amish buggy at gunpoint in Clare County has been set for Thursday, Sept. 25, in Clare County’s 80th District Court.

Doyle Robert Dell, 20, of Beaverton, was arrested for armed robbery and is currently lodged in the Clare County Jail awaiting trial.

Dell allegedly robbed an Amish buggy at gunpoint in May in Sheridan Township. According to law enforcement reports, Dell allegedly stopped the buggy while brandishing a firearm and demanded money from the family in the buggy. Read more

General

Disappear in the RedHead® Pit Stop Layout Blind

There are several great reasons to add a Redhead® Pit Stop Layout Blind to your waterfowl hunting arsenal. One reason is you want to disappear when ducks or geese approach. It sounds simple. Yet the birds’ eyes are so keen, and pressured waterfowl become so wary, invisibility is a tall order. Besides blending flawlessly with the background, a good layout blind must be comfortable, rugged, lightweight, easily hidden, RedHead® Pit Stop Layout Blindand versatile.

The Pit Stop Blind meets every demand.  At its core is a lightweight, collapsible steel frame.  It deploys in seconds and folds to packable size just as quickly with no nuts, bolts, or pins to lose in the dark, and no tools required.

The shell is 600 D fabric in Realtree Max-5 camouflage for maximum versatility in the field, among the cattails, or on a mid-river sandbar.  Brushing blinds is tedious and stressful as the morning’s first birds  buzz the decoys, but the PitStop’s brush straps are ample in both quantity and size so you can get the job done fast.   Once you’re inside, a padded headrest and precisely angled back support allow you to wait in comfort, ready for instant “bust ‘em” action.  The large size allows easy movement inside the blind, and there are flagging ports for both your hands.  Mesh pockets keep shells, calls, dog collar controller, and more conveniently in reach. Read more

Hunting

Birchwood Casey Introduces Larger 16.5”x24” Dirty Bird Targets

The new 16.5”x24” Dirty Bird® Targets from Birchwood Casey® provide shooters with a larger target area for shooting at a wider variety of ranges.

The new Dirty Bird 16.5”x24” Targets come in both BC-27 Blue/Orange Silhouette and BC-IPSC Practice versions. Both targets work great for handgun practice as well as rifle and defensive shotgun.

Dirty Bird Targets are constructed of a durable weather resistant plastic. They are non-adhesive, making it easy to write notes on the target and take it with you for future reference. Dirty Bird Targets show a white “halo” around each bullet impact allowing for fast adjustments while shooting.

Dirty Bird 16.5”x24” BC-27 Blue/Orange Silhouette and BC-IPSC Practice Targets come in packs of three for $12.70 or in multiples of 100 for $3.40 each. Read more

Ammunition, Firearms, Self Defense
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