Another successful spring fish stocking season creates opportunities for anglers

The Department of Natural Resources today announced the final totals from its spring fish stocking efforts. The DNR’s Fisheries Division stocked a total of 19,130,659 fish that weighed 664,338 pounds and consisted of eight different species and one hybrid. To complete this task, it took 394 stocking trips to 729 stocking sites, with drivers travelling 106,235 miles in 2,648 hours using 17 specialized stocking trucks. Read more

Wildlife

The Secret to Painlessly Removing Ticks

It can start with pain, itching, redness and swelling in the area of the skin, and in more pronounced cases, it can include fever, headache, fatigue, and/or a skin rash. The culprit is a tick bite, and if left untreated, it can lead to Lyme disease, which can spread to the joints, heart and nervous system.
According to Lauren Allen, who just completed her undergraduate degree with a double major in communication media studies and journalism from DePaul University, and writing for RadioMD.com (www.radiomd.com) , “you can have a tick (or three) burrowed in your skin without even feeling a thing.” She notes that ticks are usually most active from April until September.
But she also reveals that removing ticks, once an onerous task using tweezers (which often did not remove the tick and was impossible to use for some parts of the body) is now a swab of cotton balls away.
Her advice: Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Enter to Win a Nosler Rifle & More in Sportsman Channel and Nosler’s “Be a BIG SHOT” Giveaway

New Berlin, WI – (July 19, 2012) – If you are in need of a new firearm, don’t ‘misfire’ on this prime opportunity. Sportsman Channel and Nosler, Inc. are teaming up for Nosler’s Be a BIG SHOT giveaway. Starting Monday, July 22 through Sunday, July 28, viewers can submit their BEST big game hunting pictures at http://thesportsmanchannel.com under the “Contests & Giveaways” page for a chance to win a Nosler firearm (valued at $2,995) or one of many Sportsman Channel gear packages. Read more

Firearms, Hunting

Brighton Recreation Area holds Second Annual Veterans Appreciation Picnic for Livingston County veterans and their families Aug. 3

Veterans and their families who reside in Livingston County are invited to attend the Second Annual Veterans Appreciation Picnic at the Brighton State Recreation Area in Livingston County on Saturday, Aug. 3 from noon to 5 p.m. The picnic, which is totally funded by area donations and veterans’ organizations, provides a full barbecue lunch for discharged veterans and active-duty members from all military branches. The event will also feature outdoor recreation activities such as archery and boating and a discounted rate for horseback riding. Read more

General

Hunter’s Specialties’ new Storage Utility Strap and Heavy Duty Reflective Rope

The Storage Utility Strap comes with 25′ of tangle free webbing that will hold up to 50 pounds. The webbing can be quickly wound into the storage reel for easy transport. It comes with heavy duty carabiners on each end to attach it to your gear on one end and tree stand on the other.

 

HS Reflective Rope The Reflective Pull Up Rope has 30′ of larger diameter cord for added strength and reduced memory, which helps eliminate coiling and knotting. It has heavy duty carabiner clips on each end that are quiet and non-marring. The rope has reflective glow in the dark fibers woven in, making it easy to spot when walking to your stand in the dark.

 

The Storage Utility Strap sells for $16.99 and the Reflective Rope for $10.99.

 

For more information about other Hunter’s Specialties products, log onto the Hunter’s Specialties website at www.hunterspec.com, write to 6000 Huntington Court NE,  Cedar Rapids, Iowa  52402, or call a Consumer Service Specialist at 319-395-0321.

Hunting

New Bushnell Elite Tactical 8-40x 60mm

Overland Park, Kan – Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics since 1948, has introduced a new compact roof prism spotting scope in the Bushnell Tactical line. The versatile Bushnell Elite Tactical 8-40x 60mm Lightweight Modular Spotting Scope (LMSS) represents the best in optical quality and engineering from a company that’s been an industry-leader for 65 years.

 

Bushnell Elite Tactical LMSS Bushnell Elite Tactical LMSS Field Image

 

 

The Elite Tactical 8-40x 60mm LMSS features ED Prime glass, BAK-4 prisms and fully multi-coated optics, resulting in incredible image brightness and color resolution. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

Antlerless deer applications on sale now through Aug. 15

The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that the application period for antlerless deer licenses is now open through Aug. 15. Hunters can apply for a quota-limited license online at E-license, at any authorized license agent or at a DNR Customer Service Center. A nonrefundable $4 fee is charged at the time of application. Hunters may only apply for a single public-land or private-land license. Read more

Hunting

I’ll Pick Berries for Food

I was challenged to come up with enough black raspberries for some cobbler, but the heat drove me out with only about half of the requisite amount of one quart.  On the way, however, I found enough red raspberries to liven up my breakfast cereal.

Wild Red Raspberries

Wild Red Raspberries

One thing’s for sure, a berry picker must be prepared to do battle with the elements.  In this case, it also encompasses mosquitoes and biting deer flies.  Some deet repellent, long pants, and a headnet did the trick.

Full Gear

Full Gear

 

One more trip should do it.

General, Wildlife , ,

Crosman Hosts USA’s Largest Field Target Match

ROCHESTER, New York – The 2013 Northeast Regional Field Target Championship (NRFTC), hosted by Crosman Corporation, concluded with international teams from Venezuela and Canada competing alongside Team USA. Over one hundred competitors participated in the two-day airgun match, single day air pistol match and Quigley Bucket Challenge. “What began as a helping hand to a local field target club has grown into the largest regional competition sanctioned by the American Field Target Association,” said Mark DeBoard, Crosman Shooting Services Manager, of the event hosted by the company on their Bloomfield, NY campus July 12 through 14. Read more

Firearms

NSSF Expands West with Hunting Works for America

The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, is excited to announce that the Hunting Works For America program has grown yet again and now includes a state chapter in Utah. Hunting Works For Utah joins Arizona, Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri and Pennsylvania, which launched just last month, as the seventh state to be included in the award-winning Hunting Works For America program. Read more

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