Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
PHOENIX — After three consecutive years of failing to fledge its young bald eagles, an important Arizona nest site is back to adding to the growth of the state’s bald eagle population with two nestlings surviving to fledge on their own.
The nest became a challenge for Arizona Game and Fish Department bald eagle biologists when it began to fail at producing young eagles that made it to fledging age after many years of consecutive success. Read more
(Columbus, Ohio) –This election, avid sportsmen and women will know for sure that one of the candidates running for President and Vice President is one of their own. This past weekend former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney made sure of that when he tapped Wisconsin Congressman, Paul Ryan (R–1, Janesville, WI) to join him in his effort to unseat President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on November 6th.
While many candidates for elected office profess to be hunters and don flannel shirts at this time of year, Ryan doesn’t dabble. He is an avid bowhunter, a fact that has been a point of pride to Wisconsin sportsmen and women over the years. Read more
Governor Rick Snyder and Department of Natural Resources Director Keith Creagh today announced the state will become an important partner in a collaborative effort to construct a new sea lamprey barrier in Manistique on the Manistique River. Read more
GW: When POMA began years ago, it was the NRA that provided funding for the hook and bullet outdoor media. And, to this day, it has been a strong supporter of our traditional values. Hats off to J.R. Roberts and his supporting staff.
The Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) inducted the National Rifle Association (NRA) into POMA’s elite group of Diamond Cornerstone honorees. The announcement was made during the NRA dinner at POMA’s annual business conference in Tunica, Miss. Read more
This Wednesday, August 15, the Michigan Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on legislation to repeal Michigan’s “permit-to-purchase” and registration requirements for handguns. House Bill 5225, which seeks to replace the state handgun “permit-to-purchase” requirement with the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), already passed in the state House of Representatives by an overwhelming 74 to 36 vote (found on page 14 of the House Journal) on June 13. Read more
Emerald ash borer, beech bark disease infecting hardwoods…
Foresters from the Department of Natural Resources and Michigan Technological University are examining more than 30,000 acres of state forest land for signs of emerald ash borer (EAB) and beech bark disease (BBD). The process of harvesting ash and beech from identified areas is ongoing in an attempt to recover timber value before the resources are killed by the two exotic forest pests. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Mid-summer is a time for county fairs, cool drinks, barbeques, swimming, fishing, vacations and just plain being lazy in the shade. Ah, that would be the life, but when it comes to farming – in my case wildlife food plots – it’s business before pleasure.
With only days remaining before heading down South for a business conference, I had put the food plot work on the back burner until returning the first week in August. Read more
Chantilly, VA, – Aimpoint, the originator and worldwide leader in electronic red dot sighting technology, has announced that the Aimpoint Hunter Series H34S sight has received an “Editor’s Choice” award from Petersen’s Hunting magazine as part of the publication’s recently published 2012 Annual Gear Issue. This is Aimpoint’s second year in a row receiving this honor. The Aimpoint Micro H-1 was selected as the “Editor’s Choice” in the red-dot sight category in 2011. Read more
Mogadore, OH. TenPoint Crossbow Technologies®, an industry leader in crossbow technology and performance, has received Petersen’s Hunting’s 2012 Editor’s Choice award for their new Carbon Elite XLT crossbow. This is the first time Petersen’s Hunting magazine has conducted a comparative crossbow model evaluation and assigned an Editor’s Choice award. Read more
PROCTOR, MN (August 13, 2012) – As the popularity of crossbow hunting continues to grow, it is no surprise that Nockturnal Lighted Nocks is leading the way with a series of new Crossbow Lighted Nocks with an exclusive patent-pending Universal Fit Technology™, that allows the Nockturnal nocks to fit virtually any crossbow bolt. Read more