Outdoor commentary and legislative issues.
A Texas woman attempted to shoot a skunk and missed. However, the ricochet from her .45 nailed her husband, who was minding his own business indoors. Accounts of the stinkin’ shot are here…
Hint: That ball ammo is non-expanding and the relatively slow velocity makes it prone to ricochets and can even bounce back from hard targets. Be careful out there.
Columbia, MO – The MidwayUSA Foundation, Inc. and Scholastic Shooting Trust, a public charity established by MidwayUSA founders Larry and Brenda Potterfield, is pleased to announce that Whitetails Unlimited (WU) has donated $84,875 to the endowment accounts of High School Shooting Teams from across the United States. Read more
A bear nicknamed, Boo Boo, still needs a temporary home after being rescued from the Mustang Complex fire in central Idaho last weekend. He’s eating and healing and the rest of the story is here…
Mike Avery’s Outdoor Magazine radio show has added two more Michigan affiliates.
Starting this weekend, ESPN 1400 (WKNW) in Sault St. Marie, will air the award- winning program.
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is “encouraged by the strong pro-gun rights platform” put forth at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Read more
Lew Horton Distributing is excited to announce its new association with M&M Inc. of Eastlake, Colorado. Horton’s is now distributing M&M’s new line of semi automatic Romanian AK type rifles. Read more
Bend, OR- Nosler® has drawn and announced the winner of their Model 48 Trophy Grade Rifle, the first rifle in their 3-Rifle Summer Sweepstakes. Nosler recently announced that the second rifle in the giveaway is a Model 48 Professional Rifle chambered in .30-06 and topped with a Leupold VX-6 scope! Read more
We have found our next mass-murder threat: A 3 1/2 year-old boy from Nebraska. His name is Hunter and he is deaf, so he uses sign language and signs his name by crossing his forefinger and index finger and moving his hand up and down. That’s enough for school officials, who want him to change his name. The threatening youngster’s dilemma is here…
The Department of Natural Resources reminds hunters that fall turkey hunting license drawing results and leftover license quantities are available at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings. Hunters are encouraged to visit this website for updated license availability information. Unsuccessful applicants could begin purchasing one leftover license online or from any license agent on a first-come, first-served basis for a one-week period beginning Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. EST. Read more
The Department of Natural Resources’ Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) program will present two archery workshops and a handgun shooting workshop, all for beginners, in Lansing this September. Read more