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  Applications may be purchased online at www.michigan.gov/huntdrawings or at any retail license agent.  Licenses are valid for the harvest of a bird of either gender.   Fall turkey season runs from Sept. 15 to Nov. 14 in eight wild turkey management units totaling 42,218 square miles, including most of the southern Lower Peninsula, Beaver Island, and the entire Upper Peninsula.   Read more

Current District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA) rules forbid law-abiding residents from owning a firearm for any lawful purpose. The National Rifle Association (NRA) is supporting and financing a lawsuit to challenge this policy. The case is Scott v. District of Columbia Housing Authority.

DCHA residents, just like all Americans, have a fundamental, individual right to keep firearms in their homes for self-defense. This right, affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in its landmark Heller and McDonald decisions, is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Denying anyone a basic right based on their zip code or tax bracket is unacceptable. The NRA will continue our fight to ensure that all law-abiding Americans can fully exercise their constitutional freedoms.

The NRA has successfully challenged a similar ban on firearms in public housing in San Francisco and is currently challenging one in Delaware.

Some basic principles to make sighting in easier.  Gotta try those targets.

http://youtu.be/uaez-qc39wk

Thursday, July 21st, 2011 at 10:27 AM

Canton Ohio Police Shocking Overreaction to Ohio Concealed Carry Holder
Duty To Inform “Promptly” only works if the “Only Ones” Shut up and listen – AmmoLand.com

Ohioans For Concealed Carry

Ohio –-(Ammoland.com)- We’ve all wondered what our first armed traffic stop is going to turn into. For me I was driving a 1996 Ford explorer with 4? tall white letters that read: OHIOCCW.ORG across the back of my hatch.

The officer stepped out of his vehicle and approached my car in a rather large arc so that when he could see into my doorway he was easily twenty feet away from my car. Read more

With the recent release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new “Food Plate” to guide Americans with dietary choices, the Humane Society of the US (HSUS) was quick to release its own twisted animal-welfare version. The HSUS’ Humane Healthy Plate version notes that the recommended protein guideline might be confused as “meat,” and then the group takes a direct stab at agriculture with “from the nearly 10 billion animals raised for food in the United States, many of them in crowded, inhumane conditions.”

For the real facts, visit the USDA’s website (www.myplate.gov) and you’ll find numerous types of meat (equals protein) listed as those recommended for consumption on the “choose my plate” program.

Interestingly, HSUS also overlooked the USDA’s recommendation for healthy American diners to eat “venison.” It’s right in there beside bison and rabbits – other abundant and hunted species by sportsmen and sportswomen from coast to coast.

Michigan Becomes One of The Great Success Stories of The Families Afield Program
7/22/11 

House Bill 4371, sponsored by Representative Peter Pettalia (R- Presque Isle) and Senate Bill 207, sponsored by Senator Joe Hune (R- Hamburg Township), were signed into law this week by Governor Rick Snyder.  The bills eliminate the state’s arbitrary minimum hunting age and create a new mentored youth hunting program. Read more

It was 1911 when the boys from Chicago first climbed aboard a steamship to head into wilds unknown.

They were among a new breed who called themselves Boy Scouts, committed to being helpful, loyal, obedient and brave, among other virtues.

When the Boy Scouts finally disembarked in Whitehall ( more here…)

Scouts Camping in 1916 - The fifth year of scouting

Overland Park, Kan. – Bushnell Outdoor Products is now offering the extended-range precision of its popular DOA (Dead On Accurate) reticle to the vast number of slug gun hunters. The new Trophy XLT DOA 200 riflescopes help hunters improve their accuracy at longer ranges and increase their success rate.

The new Trophy XLT slug gun riflescope features the patented DOA 200 reticle, helping hunters take the guesswork out of holdover when shooting slugs. Read more