Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – Colt’s Manufacturing Company LLC, celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, is proud to announce a contest on Facebook in which fans can enter to win a 1911 series Colt 1991 Government Model, as well as a MidwayUSA prize package. Read more
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: SWHC), parent company of Smith & Wesson Corp., the legendary 159-year old company in the global business of safety, security, protection, and sport, announces that it has recently received a contract from the Belgium Federal Police calling for 20,000 Smith & Wesson® Military & Police (M&P) 9mm polymer pistols over a ten-year period. The police agency, a force with 12,500 officers, has received an initial shipment of 2,500 pistols as part of the full department conversion to Smith & Wesson duty firearms. Read more
A Warren, Michigan man is accused of dragging his puppy behind his van. Keith John Parker was jailed in lieu of $25,000 bond says he was only taking it for a walk.
An interesting case is moving forward which challenges the U.S. Postal Service’s authority to ban guns in post offices.
Hmmm, and where did that term “going postal” originate? If ever a law-abiding citizen may need protection, it’s on or near the post office.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19423472
How prophetic is the above? Find out here… For whatever reasons, this current episode of postal shootings is nothing new. Neither is government’s role in perpetuating the myth that gun-free zones make any sense whatsoever.
A fellow writer, Herb Boldt, with whom I had shared print space in The Argus-Press, has died at the age of 84. Herb wrote a weekly column called “Woods and Water”. He retired in 2005 and once commented that he had the greatest job in the world.
I agree, Herb. In fact, it never seems to be a job at all. Some of Herb’s work is below.
http://www.freep.com/article/20111128/NEWS08/111128041/Herb-Boldt-journalist-outdoors-writer-dies-84
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/650ed360aaf842e0a847fb612f754b88/MI–Woods–Water/
Wayne Allen Root has some interesting advice for anyone running for president: Do the opposite of Obama. It’ s hard to argue with – unless, of course, you are on the receiving end of handouts and bailouts. The Washington Times has this.
Another quiz on whitetail deer from Whitetails Unlimited at www.whitetailsunlimited.com
Multiple Choice
1) Deer are a member of the Cervidae family. What other animal is not included in this family.
a) Moose
b) Elk
c) Sheep
d) Caribou Read more
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Shawnee Mission Kansas, — Hodgdon® The Gunpowder People® proudly announces its 9th Annual Manual. The 2012 Hodgdon Annual Manual features so much more than any typical manual: 100+ pages of rifle and pistol data with well over 5,000 shown loads, information on 30 Hodgdon, 19 IMR® and 10 Winchester® brand powders, new 300 AAC Blackout data, lead free bullet recipes for 21 rifle cartridges, and seven highly anticipated articles on such topics as economical handloading with lead free “green” bullets by some of the top industry outdoor writers. Read more
By Glen Wunderlich
Shortly before the start of firearms deer season, I had set up a portable blind within archery range of a brassica food plot. The one-person hideout was inconspicuously concealed in a row of brush and young trees facing the prevailing wind. Experience has shown that deer – especially the more mature, and thus more educated among the herd – can spot the hideouts immediately and shy away from them. But, the new blind would provide a potential opportunity to view activity from a different perspective. Read more
So, nothing’s gonna stop you from climbing into your favorite tree stand, huh?
I was here first. Any questions?
OK. I guess we can share the woods.