Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
Overland Park, Kan. – Simmons, a leader in high-quality, high-value sports optics for more than 25 years, is offering a $20 instant savings on the purchase of any Simmons riflescope or laser rangefinder. The instant savings is available from June 15 to July 31, 2013 on products with an original retail price of more than $49.95. Read more
MISSOULA, Mont.–Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) accepted a $25,000 donation from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation this week to assist with its state wolf management efforts. Read more
GW: This from the NRA and I couldn’t agree more…
We’ve been reporting very regularly on ridiculous cases involving over-zealous school officials misinterpreting and wrongly enforcing “zero-tolerance” rules.
In March, we reported on an outrageous case of a seven-year-old Baltimore, Md. student who, according to a March 2, Daily Caller article, was suspended for two days for the nefarious act of shaping a breakfast pastry into what his teacher thought looked like a gun. Yes, a breakfast pastry. Read more
Gun Free Zones are supposed to protect our children, and some politicians wish to strip us of our right to keep and bear arms. Those same politicians and their families are currently under the protection of armed Secret Service agents. If Gun Free Zones are sufficient protection for our children, then Gun Free Zones should be good enough for politicians.
Check out the petition and/or sign it here… and good luck getting a response.
AMERISTEP®, an industry leader in innovative hunting gear and accessories, announces the addition of the Gun Hunter and Snow Hunter 3D Chair and 3D Cover Systems to their 2013 line-up. Read more
Thompson/Center Arms™ has identified a condition that may cause the safety lever on certain ICON®, VENTURE™ and DIMENSION® rifles to bind, preventing the safety from becoming fully engaged. In this situation, closing the bolt may move the safety to the fire position.
The rifle will not fire unless the trigger is pulled. However, out of an abundance of caution, we are taking this action to recall the rifles so that the firearm can be inspected by our technicians to ensure that the safety lever functions as designed.
This recall applies to all ICON, VENTURE and DIMENSION rifles manufactured by Thompson/Center Arms prior to June 13, 2013. Read more
Web viewers watched Pintail 004 hatch seven ducklings
EGELAND, N.D. — What a show! Viewers of the Delta Duck Cam, a live-streaming web feed of a wild nesting duck on the prairie of North Dakota, were treated to the dramatic hatch of seven ducklings late Saturday night.
Pintail 004, a hen northern pintail that chose a Conservation Reserve Program field near Egeland, N.D., as a nest site, successfully incubated her eggs for 23 days, all while being watched live by web viewers from around the world. About 14 hours after the hatch was complete, the hen led her brood to a nearby pothole, where the ducklings will forage for food and grow throughout the summer. Read more
Curious whitetail deer attempt to get a turkey decoy to react. It doesn’t seem to compute.
How nice to see some good birds have made it so far. Hope they can get through the fall season so that they’ll grow just a bit for next year.
GW: A fine way to treat a war veteran…
Officers entered his home without his consent and seized his three guns and FOID card. When Arthur Lovi asked if they had a warrant, he was told “they could go get a warrant and if he insisted they do that, they would come back and tear the (expletive) out of his house,” according to the suit. Details here…