Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
BEAVERTON, Ore. – Redfield’s new Revenge™ line offers an exclusive “in-scope” ballistic ranging system and other premium features at commonly affordable prices for hunters and shooters. The Revenge line, which is now becoming widely available at retail outlets around the country, includes five riflescope magnifications as well as a scope for crossbow hunting. Read more
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Colt Defense LLC, one of the world’s leading designers, developers, and manufacturers of rifles and carbines, has advanced its one-piece monolithic upper receiver to introduce the LE6940P. This modular carbine has an articulating link piston (ALP) operating system and offers shooters a highly accurate, lightweight and easy-to-clean AR-platform rifle with an extended lifespan. Read more
“And this confirms it. They are not endangered. There are concerns about the effects of global warming, but [polar bears] are not endangered.”— Decide for yourself here…
Oh, yeah, about that global warming, or the lack thereof here…
Alaska hunters are able to register bear bait stations with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game now but they must pass a bear baiting class to be legal. More here…
By Glen Wunderlich
April 15th – that mournful day when we must reckon our financial gains in the form of “contributions” to the government so that it can” invest” in the future for us. The date is also well known in Michigan predator hunting circles as the last day to save a turkey poult or new-born fawn from the mouths of coyotes. After that, coyotes are free to raise another crop of killers for three months. And, effective killing machines they are!
In the third year of an ongoing study in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by folks at Mississippi State University, coyotes topped the charts above wolves and bobcats as the number one predator of fawns. The study found that predators killed 73 percent of 80 radio-collared fawns that died of the total of 142 being tracked. Rabbits and hares have vanished, as well.
So, when I spotted a coyote den in an area where I hunt deer, I knew it was time to get a varmint rifle dialed in. This particular site was in a wide-open alfalfa field, with the best possible ambush site exactly 220 yards away.
I grabbed a true varmint rifle – a Remington 700 in .22-250 caliber – and headed to the sight-in bench. Because of a concern for wind drift, I selected the heaviest bullet – a 55-grain missile traveling at 3610 feet-per-second. The computer had me sighting in .22 inches high at 50 yards so that the tiny projectile would be perfectly elevated, zeroed if you will, at exactly 200 yards. After that, the long-range proposition would be up to faith in a computer-generated ballistic report. Read more
The warm weather experienced earlier this year has brought out the biting bugs early. All about ticks here…
An intruder kicked in the side door of a Detroit home and came looking for trouble. He got his wish at the hands of an armed woman, who took him out of the gene pool. No charges will be filed and the story’s here…
Flying glass and facial cuts result, as Michigan’s turkeys are on the move. See more here…
The Oregon Department of Agriculture, working with Governor Kitzhaber’s office, has approved $82,970 in funding appropriated by the 2011 State Legislature for county-level work to implement the Oregon Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance County Block Grant Program. Funds have been distributed to eight counties east of the Cascade Mountains for actual livestock losses caused by wolves and for proactive efforts to prevent wolf impacts on livestock. Read more
BRIGHTON, Colo. – Join Barr Lake State Park’s celebration of the hatching of this spring’s clutch of eaglets. For over 25 years, bald eagles have nested in Barr Lake’s wildlife refuge. The habitat of Barr Lake is perfect for one pair of nesting bald eagles because of the park’s large old cottonwoods, rich food sources, and little disturbance. Read more