Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
Salt Lake City, UTAH – The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) recently pledged $50,000 to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s Platte Valley Habitat Partnership (PVHP).
The PVHP was formed to establish partnerships and work collaboratively to improve habitat for mule deer and other wildlife in the area, as well as to address declining numbers of mule deer in the Platte Valley. Read more
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (July 16, 2013) – SIG SAUER®, is pleased to announce a $25,000 donation to the Pease Greeters organization to help support the group’s work in welcoming servicemen and women who pass through the Pease International Airport heading overseas or returning home. Read more
BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO – Today, AcuSport® announces an exciting new addition to their inventory lineup, compliments of Advanced Armament Corp®. (AAC). This unique product offers an AAC marked pistol based on the popular Remington® 1911 R1 platform, which includes an enhanced threaded pistol and silencer. This marks the first time in industry history that a pistol and silencer have been paired together as a packaged kit. Read more
Brownells – The World’s Largest Supplier of Firearms Accessories, Ammunition and Gunsmithing Tools™ – is proud to announce its support of the newly created Iowa Valley Community College’s Gunsmithing Technology program, located in Grinnell, Iowa.
On Tuesday, July 9, 2013, Brownells’ CEO Pete Brownell (right) presented a check for $75,000 to MaryAnne Nickle, (left) Dean of Iowa Valley Grinnell, and Gunsmithing Instructor Dave Bennetts, (center) a former Brownells Gun Tech. The money will be used to purchase machinery and equipment for the program’s workshop. Read more
Barnett Crossbows is proud to announce that its new Barnett Ghost 410 Crossbow is the recipient of two prestigious Outdoor Life awards – the Editor’s Choice award for best crossbow and the Great Buy award. Read more
On July 2nd, animal rights groups launched a petition drive to stop the state from controlling the growing wolf population. If enough signatures are gathered, Michigan voters will decide on November 4, 2014, whether to overturn Senate Bill 288, which granted authority to designate game species to the state Natural Resources Commission. The anti-hunting coalition, called Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, is backed by the nation’s most powerful animal rights organization, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Read more
This week’s outrage comes to us from a rather unlikely source: the Google Play app store. The new app is called the Gun Geo Marker, and encourages users to “geolocate dangerous guns and owners” in their communities. According to Google Play, “Geolocation means marking dangerous sites on the App’s map so that you and others can be aware of the risks in your neighborhood.”
Think about that for a minute. The purpose of the app–other than sensationalism and profit–is to encourage people to anonymously “flag” locations in their community they subjectively deem “dangerous” and to make that information as public as possible. The probability for abuse and the certainty of inaccurate “reporting” cannot be overstated. Read more
The Humane Society of the United States has come under fire for getting a “D” grade from the charity watchdog American Institute of Philanthropy. AIP finds that HSUS spends up to 50 percent of its budget on overhead and spends up to 48 cents to raise every dollar.
Kill aimed at managing the state’s wolf population…
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) today took action to name the wolf a game species in the state and approve a limited public wolf harvest in three distinct regions of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Read more