Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
San Antonio, Texas – Blaser is pleased to introduce the new R8 Professional Success rifle with its new, revolutionary, state of the art stock design. Once again, Blaser has developed a rifle that will provide hunters with the crucial edge for continuous success in the field with the new R8 Professional Success. Read more
GW: Love this stuff! Sometimes I just have it on with sound, while doing something else. The audio is like an alarm when there’s some action. Like the eaglecam, too at http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles#utm_source=Ustreamsocials&u%E2%80%8Btm_media=Facebook&utm_campaign=%E2%80%8Bdecoraheagles
Ithaca, NY–In a first for technology and for bird watching, thousands of people watched live this weekend as a tiny Great Blue Heron emerged from an egg in between its father’s gigantic feet. Read more
Miami, FL – Taurus®, the world’s foremost manufacturer of firearms announces the acquisition of Heritage Manufacturing, Inc. of Opa Locka, Florida, an American company proudly producing an American legend, the Western Single Action Revolver. Terms of the transaction are undisclosed. Read more
Black Shadow pictured below
Ready for the turkey woods or flooded fields, the Winchester Repeating Arms Super X® Pump is now available in 12 gauge 3 ½ chambering.
The Super X® Pump will be offered in a Waterfowl Hunter, Turkey Hunter and Black Shadow models. All SXP models feature the fast and dependable speed from the inertia-assisted rotary bolt design that delivers three shots in a half-second. Invector-Plus choke system, hard chrome chamber and bore and drop-out trigger group are also featured on the new 3 ½” SXP® Pump. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Preparing American athletes to win Olympic medals is no small challenge. USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995 and gets no governmental financial help, as do competing foreign shooters. And, plenty of practice is required. However, practice itself doesn’t make perfect; only perfect practice does.
Firearms and technique are most important but until now, our athletes had been at a bit of a disadvantage in the technological aspect of matching ammunition to specific firearms. Not anymore.
Lapua, maker of some of the most accurate ammunition in the world, has opened new Rimfire Service Center in Mesa, Arizona. Patterned after the world-renowned Lapua Service Center in Schönebeck, Germany, this facility Read more
AUSTIN, TX – In a letter to U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Texas Governor Rick Perry is calling for a review of the federal government’s “Idle Iron” policy that threatens to dismantle what is regarded as the largest artificial reef system in the world. In the letter, Perry says that the policy, which orders non-producing oil and gas rigs and other structures in offshore waters to be removed within five years of the issuance of the directive, will have profound negative implications for marine fisheries and the local coastal communities and businesses that rely on the fishing opportunities that these structures provide in the Gulf. Read more
Aanalysts say and gun owners know that the “Obama effect” has translated into a financial windfall for the gun industry. The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates that firearms and ammunition had a $31 billion economic impact in 2011, up from $19 billion four years ago. Funny, you never hear Obama pat himself on the back for his work on stimulating the firearms industry – and, he didn’t have to extract any of my money to do it! More on the continuing salses increase here…
The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) proposes to require that all antlered deer harvested in a 12-county northwest area must have at least three antler points on one side. Current regulations allow hunters to take bucks that have at least one antler that is 3 inches long or longer. The proposal would continue the current statewide requirement that hunters taking two bucks must ensure at least one of those bucks has four or more antler points on one side.
Certainly, some hunters are going to kick and scream, because of their shortsightedness; however, they’ll be singing another tune in a few years. That’s what happens when the young bucks are permitted to grow to maturity. More here…
A knife wielding man seriously injured two people. “There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms.” However, a citizen with a gun stopped the madness.
This is why people desire to carry firearms: Whack jobs are among us. Just don’t look for this story to be told by the Brady Bunch. More reality here…
“I’ve told them publicly I will disobey this order because it’s illegal and unconstitutional,” said rancher Mark Baker, who raises hogs and chickens in Michigan northern Lower Peninsula. And he’s not about to kill his animals to comply with the new law. More here…