As Fierce Habitat Loss Storm Rages, PF’s Impact Grows

It’s already been tough for the wild birds this season with all the snow and ice cover courtesy of Mother Nature.  Hats off to Pheasants Forever for all it does.

Saint Paul, Minn. – For the third consecutive year, Pheasants Forever spent more than $50 million on its wildlife habitat conservation and education mission. In 2013, $53.8 million mission dollars helped accomplish 13,281 wildlife habitat projects spanning 1.46 million acres – the highest annual acreage total in Pheasants Forever’s 31-year history. The year’s total pushes Pheasants Forever over the 10 million acre mark since the organization’s 1982 inception. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Zumbo Recipient of Grits Gresham Shooting Sports Communicator Award

GW:  I am honored to have been able to meet the man and talk with him on several occasions.  He is a fine ambassador for outdoors people everywhere, who cherish our freedoms and traditional lifestyles.  Congrats, Jim and looking forward to your next brand of home cooking at the POMA conference in Knoxville this March.
Jim Zumbo

Jan. 14, 2014, LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) honored shooting industry communications veteran Jim Zumbo with the prestigious POMA/NSSF Grits Gresham Shooting Sports Communicator Award. The award recognizes extraordinary achievements in communications and in support of our hunting heritage and firearm freedoms.

 

Zumbo is a 40-year veteran outdoor writer with more than 2,000 articles and 3,000 photos published. He has dedicated his life to supporting and defending hunting, and describing ways for people to become better hunters in his books, lectures, magazine articles, and television show Jim Zumbo Outdoors on Outdoor Channel.  Read more

General

Spring turkey hunting applications on sale now through Feb. 1

The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages hunters to start dreaming of spring by purchasing their spring turkey hunt applications today.
The DNR reminds hunters that spring turkey hunting applications are on sale now through Feb 1. The application fee is $4. Applications and licenses may be purchased at any authorized license agent or online at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Why Didn’t HSUS Stop This Rhino Hunt?

This from www.HumaneWatch.org and I could not agree more…
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The Humane Society of the United States has been indignantly complaining in the media recently about an auction that occurred on Saturday. The Dallas Safari Club auctioned off a permit to hunt a black rhino, an endangered species, in Namibia for $350,000.
Sound troubling? At first glance, probably. But consider the situation:

  • A few rhinos a year are shot by the government of Namibia as a part of population management;
  • The rhino will be older and not capable of breeding;
  • Older, non-breeding rhinos can harm younger, breeding rhinos;
  • The money raised is going towards anti-poaching efforts (poaching is a major threat to the rhinos). Read more
General

Franchi Introduces 3½-inch Intensity

ACCOKEEK, MD– Franchi’s Intensity is a 3 ½-inch 12-gauge powerhouse featuring the versatile Inertia Driven® system. The new Intensity shotguns embody the feel of smaller gauge guns, which is possible because the recoil spring encircles the magazine tube located forward of the receiver. This is what keeps recoil in line with the shooter and helps reduce muzzle flip. Read more

Firearms, Hunting
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