WildEar U.S. Distributor for Minuendo

WALKER, Minn. (Aug. 22, 2022) — WildEar, a leader in innovative hearing protection for the avid outdoor enthusiast, the weekend warrior, the swimmer, music lovers, cell phone users and those desiring comfortable, undisturbed sleep, announced today that it is now a distributor for Minuendo’s Lossless Earplugs, a fully adjustable hearing protector.

Hearing loss prevention, while usually regulated on major job sites, is a concept that is not a primary consideration for many musicians who are playing or listening to music for prolonged periods. The Minuendo Lossless Earplugs have been designed specifically for musicians and anyone who is exposed to loud noise in recreational settings. The amount of noise reduction is adjustable, allowing the user to choose the amount of protection suitable for the noisy setting. The ability to self-adjust gives users more control over reducing the potential for hearing loss over the long term. Read more

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Michigan: Porcupine Mountains Music Festival Returns

After three years’ absence, the Porcupine Mountains Music Festival returns to the winter sports complex for the 16th time at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County.

The Aug. 26-27 festival – known for its wide variety of musical styles ranging from Americana, bluegrass and folk to R&B, rock, blues, world music and more – is presented by the Friends of the Porkies, a non-profit organization that supports and promotes the state park. The Michigan Arts and Culture Council also supports the festival.

Organizers have been hard at work since the last festival, which was held in August 2019.

“The downtime was very challenging for us,” said Chery Sundberg, festival director. “The past three years gave us time to examine our own personal commitments to the festival, to envision its future, and to make the adjustments needed to help us return fresh and strong, with the demand for live music now greater than ever.”

The festival is staffed by a handful of year-round volunteers and more than 50 event volunteers.

Tickets cost $95 for a two-day pass. Daily passes are available at the gate for $50. Tickets for children ages 7-12 are $10 for either a two-day or single-day pass, and children under 6 are admitted free of charge when accompanied by a parent or guardian.

The festival will be held rain or shine. A Recreation Passport is required for entry to the state park. Park staffers will be selling passports near the festival entrance.

This year’s festival headliners’ schedule is:

A group photo of the group JigJam is shown.Friday, Aug. 26: JigJam will do a special Q & A session inside the Chalet at 6 p.m. EDT and will hit the stage as the opening day headlining act at 8:30 p.m. Read more

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Entry Fees to be Waived on National Public Lands Day

In honor of National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 24, entry fees will be waived at national parks and other federal public lands, including national monuments, forests, recreation areas, seashores, wildlife refuges, historical sites, battlefields and grasslands.

National Public Lands Day is a great day for a visit, and it also is the nation’s largest single day of volunteering for parks and public lands, with 100,000 volunteers expected at federal sites as well as state and local parks. People can find hundreds of already-planned volunteer events and other cool activities in most states https://www.neefusa.org/npld-event-search with more added every day. Read more

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Buck Knives Offers Dove Hunting Tips

POST FALLS, ID—Dove season heralds the beginning of the fall hunting seasons for many hunters across America. Dove hunts are also great times to meet family and friends for an enjoyable day outdoors.

The professionals at Buck Knives offers these tips for dove hunters:

*Scout your hunting site and search for dove travel zones, such as open corridors between tall trees, or lanes from a resting area to the field. Position yourself off to one side of these dove flight lanes when you hunt.

*Select a hunting location where you can sit with the sun at your back so you have better visibility of the sky overhead without enduring sun glare and sit slightly ahead of brush or fence lines that can help break up your outline. Read more

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Register for APEX Outdoor Rewards

Reserve your Spot in the 2022 Whitetail Challenge Before September 1st and SAVE

– APEX Outdoor Rewards is preparing for the upcoming fall hunting season and another successful Whitetail Challenge. For 2021 APEX paid out almost $60,000 to APEX Hunters and this fall is setting up to be even bigger. APEX Outdoor Rewards offers state specific hunting challenges awarding a cash prize purse to hunters who successfully record and submit their harvest(s).

Participation in the APEX Whitetail Challenge is simple. Hunters must register in the state or states that they plan to hunt, video record and document a hunt that results in a harvested buck, score that buck with the provided antler measuring tape and submit the animal to APEX. Upon completion of the hunting season the winners for each participating state will be announced. Payout is based off the number of entries with a maximum of only 1,500 entries per state. Read more

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TriStar Arms Product Safety Recall

Tristar Arms, Inc. (“TriStar”) has recently discovered a potential safety issue with certain TriStar Viper G2 .410 Shotguns which may lead to serious personal injury and/or damage to the shotgun. TriStar is voluntarily initiating a recall to protect the safety of its customers, because if a user prematurely releases a shotshell while loading or unloading, the unretained shotshell could potentially contact the Bolt Lock Button inside the loading port and detonate.

WARNING: Use of the Viper G2 .410 Shotgun that is affected by this Recall Notice without the safety upgrade may cause serious personal injury and/or damage to the shotgun.

This Recall Notice only applies to the Serial Numbers of the Viper G2 Shotguns chambered in .410 and listed in the List of Serial Numbers of Affected Viper G2 Shotguns linked to this document. If your Viper G2 .410 Shotgun is among those listed, DO NOT LOAD, FIRE, USE, SELL, OR OTHERWISE MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY PERSON YOUR VIPER G2 SHOTGUN until the upgrade is completed. Once you verify your Viper G2 .410 Shotgun is among those listed, contact TriStar immediately and arrange to have the trigger housing assembly of your Viper G2 .410 Shotgun returned to TriStar for a product upgrade, free of charge, using the following steps: Read more

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Brownells Donates to SAF Lawsuit Against Magazine Ban

GRINNELL, Iowa –– Brownells donated a check for $59,884 to the Washington-state-based Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) to help fund the lawsuit against the state’s ban on standard-capacity magazines signed into law on March 23, 2022.

“The Second Amendment Foundation really appreciates the financial support that Brownells has given us to make our lawsuit possible,” said Alan Gottlieb SAF Executive Vice President. “This is not the first time Brownells has helped fund our Winning Firearms Freedom One Lawsuit at a Time efforts.”

Brownells raised the funds during its “Mag Dump for Washington State” event – lasting from March 14 until June 24, 2022. The event promised consumers that a percentage of sales from every Brownells aluminum 30-round magazine sold would be donated to aid in SAF’s Washington legal effort.

“Brownells is a passionate defender of the Second Amendment,” said Ryan Repp, Brownells VP for Marketing. “We support several pro-Second Amendment organizations, but we see SAF as a stalwart in the fight preserve our Constitutional freedoms. It’s a pleasure to make this donation to aid in their fight to help the citizens of Washington.” Read more

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Utah: What Hunters Should Know for 2022 Deer and Elk Hunts

SALT LAKE CITY — Several years of ongoing drought conditions have impacted mule deer populations across the state. Here are a few things people hunting deer and elk in Utah this fall should know.

Drought impacts deer by decreasing their body fat (because there are fewer plants and available food sources on the landscape). If the does have poor body fat and nutrition, it leads to smaller fawns, and those fawns have a decreased chance of surviving. If an adult deer has too little body fat at the beginning of the winter — especially a severe winter — it will often not survive the winter months. Recent deer research, conducted in Utah, has shown that the amount of fat deer have going into the winter has more of an impact on their likelihood to survive than the conditions and severity of the winter itself.

Drought conditions have persisted for several years in Utah, and long-term drought-related impacts to Utah’s deer and elk populations are still lingering. However, monsoon rains last fall and again this summer have improved vegetative conditions, especially at higher elevations, and deer appear to be in good body condition.

“We still need a few more years with favorable weather patterns to help us fully recover from drought and increase deer numbers,” Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Big Game Coordinator Dax Mangus said. “Elk populations are more stable, but could also benefit from increased precipitation and better forage on the landscape.” Read more

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10 Mind-blowing Big Game Entries 

With some hunting seasons underway and others right around the corner, your head should be in the game by now. If not, then let us help with some of the top trophies of the 31st and upcoming 32nd Awards periods for Boone and Crockett. If this doesn’t get your blood pumping, then you should really check your pulse.

NEW COUNTY RECORD

Dana Haff connected with this great buck at 12 yards in . It’s the new record in Cayuga County, New York.

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