Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
GW: A great way to help others and to get a tax deduction at the same time.
With more than 1.1 million Michigan residents annually seeking food assistance, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages hunters to keep this critical need in mind as they head out this season. Read more
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ROCHESTER, New York, (October 31, 2012) –Crosman Corporation, long known for innovation and quality in the shooting sports, today announced it will give away a .22 caliber Benjamin Trail NP XL1100 air rifle on the popular NRAhuntersrights.org website during the month of November. Read more
Position a buck decoy facing you so the real thing will be looking away when it approaches. (Bob Humphrey photo)
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By Bob Humphrey
Want to play a trick or treat with the whitetails this Halloween? Use decoys to trick them into thinking there’s a treat.
Buck or Doe? Doe decoys might work most any time. Early in the season, the sight will put other deer at ease and may draw them nearer. During the rut a doe represents a potential mate, and a buck might approach, particularly if they can pick up olfactory signals like estrus scent.
BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should shoulder some of the blame for his city’s on-going bloodbath because his policies are leaving citizens defenseless against the violent criminal element, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Read more
GW: Anti-hunting whackos are sure hate this post, but who cares? Certainly not the real conservationists – hunters – who want, and ensure, that healthy, stable populations of game exist in the first place.
MISSOULA, Mont. (Oct. 30, 2012) In commemoration of its 125th anniversary, Boone and Crockett Club has released an historic list of the Top 125 trophy counties across the U.S. The list is based on Boone and Crockett big-game records/trophy data going back to 1830 and long used by conservationists to gauge outstanding habitat, strong recruitment of game animals into older age classes, sustainable harvest objectives and other elements of sound wildlife management and fair-chase hunting. Read more
An afternoon hike turned deadly, when one man was attacked by a swarm of bees and fell 150 feet to his death in an attempt to evade the bees. The link is here…
The Department of Natural Resources today remembered two Upper Peninsula conservation officers who died in the line of duty during the month of October. Read more
After a week off, a whacko is back at his attempts to shoot passing motorists along the I-96 freeway in Michigan. This time, however, he shot a driver who was heading to the Detroit Tigers baseball game in Detroit. The story is here…
By Glen Wunderlich
As a past shooting range officer, it became apparent that some people were not prepared to sight in their deer guns and had to settle for “close enough.” That type of thinking, and ultimately results, can lead to unexplained misses afield. Since the purpose of sighting in is to minimize human error while placing shots in small groups on target, let’s look at ways to get the job done properly. Read more
Edwards, IL – Lone Wolf Treestands has recently been made aware that rejected Lone Wolf product originally produced overseas sometime in 2010 is currently being made available for sale by XOP, Inc. of Dubuque, IA. All goods being sold by XOP as Lone Wolf product failed to meet Lone Wolf Treestands’s standards and were rejected by Lone Wolf Treestands. Therefore, these rejected products are in no way warrantied or supported by Lone Wolf Treestands. Read more