Coyote Hunting to Exercise the Heart
Coyote hunting is best right now. Tips and techniques here…
Montana Group Wants Predator Bounties
Some Bitterroot Valley, Montana livestock producers are gathering signatures on a petition to allow the county to institute a bounty they believe would create a wide-open season on wolves and mountain lions in Ravalli County.
The bounty would pay $100 for a wolf or mountain lion and $20 for a wolf pup or mountain lion kitten. Coyotes will bring $5 for an adult and $2.50 for a pup. More here…
Gun Grabbers Running out of Ammo
With private firearm ownership at an all-time high and violent crime rates plunging across the nation, none of the scary scenarios they advanced has materialized. See why groups like the Brady Campaign have missed the target here…
Hornady® Recalls 7 Lots of 500 S&W 300 grain FTX® Custom™ Pistol Ammo
Grand Island, NE – Hornady® Manufacturing announced the recall of seven lots of 500 S&W 300 gr. FTX® Custom™ pistol ammunition. Hornady ballisticians have determined that some cartridges from Lot numbers 3101327, 3110256, 3110683, 3110695, 3110945, 3111388, 3111885, may exhibit excessive chamber pressures. Use of this product may result in firearm damage and/or personal injury. Read more
MidwayUSA Opens New Customer Order Pickup Area
COLUMBIA, MO – FFast shipping and friendly service are two things Customers expect from MidwayUSA. Thanks to the new state of the art conveyor system, the Nitro Express, Customers can call or place their order online and pick up that order in our new Customer Order Pickup Area. Read more
QDMA Urges Hunters in Seven States to Oppose Deer-Breeding Legislation
BOGART, Ga. – The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is urging hunters in seven states to oppose the expansion of the deer-breeding industry, which QDMA perceives as a growing threat to wild deer and the deer-hunting heritage. Legislation designed to loosen or dismantle regulatory barriers to white-tailed deer breeding and farming is being considered in Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. Read more
Peeping Tom Pinched by Trailcam
The West Baton Rouge, LA Sheriff’s Office arrested a man accused of trying to sneak a peek at a woman getting dressed in Port Allen. The neighbor had set up a trailcam and found one Randy Thigpen on all fours stealing a cheap thrill. He awaits trial here…
NOAA Undercover Boat Uncovered
Here we have a 35-foot, 14-passenger boat purchased for a measley $300,000 by the feds with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Funding was from money seized from violator-fishermen. Oh, but what’s interesing is how this water craft is being used. To raise your blood pressure, click here…
Birders Say Wind Eagle Take Permit Not Justified
Washington — American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, has sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) voicing strong concerns about the first-ever application for a special permit that would allow Golden Eagles to be incidentally killed.
Golden Eagle by Glen Wunderlich
The proposed “incidental take permit,” submitted under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, would allow Oregon’s West Butte Wind Project to kill, harm, or disturb up to three Golden Eagles over five years, as long as certain conservation measures were implemented.
ABC’s letter charges that the data upon which an FWS decision would be based are markedly deficient, and that the federal government is not meeting standards prescribed in its own regulations published less than three years ago. ABC also cites emails, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, between senior Department of Interior staff casting doubt on the whether the project could ever be safe for birds, including Golden Eagles. Read more
A Lesson in Gun Registration from Canada
Gun-control advocates like The Brady Campaign have forever claimed that registration is a safety issue; their reasoning is simple: If a gun has been left at a crime scene and it was registered to the person who committed the crime, the registry will link the crime gun to the criminal. But, the criminals have proved to be smarter than the politicians and gun grabbers.
Despite spending $2.7 billion on creating and running a long-gun registry, Canadians never received any benefits from the liberal’s dream. The legislation to end the program finally passed the Parliament on Wednesday. Even though the country started registering long guns in 1998, the registry never solved a single murder.
More here…