Michigan law enforcement patrols contact more than 700 snowmobilers during busy snowmobiling weekend

Despite frigid temperatures, the Upper Peninsula was the place to be this past weekend for snowmobile enthusiasts, with the International 500 Snowmobile Race in Chippewa County and plenty of good snow elsewhere for riding.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers teamed up with U.S. Forest Service officers, Michigan State Police and local sheriff’s office deputies to conduct “Ride Right” snowmobile safety patrols, which in total contacted more than 700 snowmobilers.

The Ride Right campaign emphasizes the importance of riding sober, at a safe speed and on the right side of the trail.

The patrols will continue for another anticipated busy weekend ahead. Read more

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Primary Arms Government Announces Free FN15 SRP G2 Carbine Giveaway

HOUSTON, TEXAS – Primary Arms Government has announced their February giveaway, which includes a brand-new FN America FN15 SRP G2 16” AR-15 with a Primary Arms Optics SLx® 1x MicroPrism.

For entry information or to learn more about this giveaway, click here.

Every month, Primary Arms Government offers professional customers a chance to win exclusive firearm sweepstakes, often including some of the most popular premium tactical brands. This giveaway is only open to Active-Duty Military, Veterans, and First Responders, who can enter to win for free—no purchase necessary.

This February, Primary Arms Government is giving away a special duty carbine setup, which includes FN America’s FN15 SRP G2 16” AR-15, chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO. This high-performance AR15 features a 16-inch button-rifled barrel with a 15-inch free-float M-LOK handguard, ensuring precision when you need it most. Read more

Firearms

Primary Arms Free ‘Ultimate Recce Rifle’ Giveaway

HOUSTON, TEXAS – Primary Arms has announced a new rifle giveaway with free entry! The ‘Ultimate RECCE Rifle’ Giveaway will run through the month of February and has a combined value of over $3,000, living up to its name as a masterful RECCE-style rifle build.

To enter, visit the Primary Arms Blog article, posted here.

RECCE rifles have quickly become a popular subject in the firearms community, finding discussions and builds throughout the AR-15 world. These optimized AR15s find a balance weight with accuracy, enabling a scout to maneuver their environment, identify targets, and engage with unparalleled precision. Primary Arms’ giveaway rifle leans into this concept, building on the proven performance of the Bravo Company Manufacturing RECCE-16 Rifle. Primary Arms also includes their own GLx® 2.5-10x44mm FFP Rifle Scope, a GLx® 30mm Scope Mount, and a SureFire M600DF Scout Light, ensuring this rifle runs effectively for any distance or environment. Additional accessories are included from top names like Ferro Concepts, Magpul, and Hexmag. Read more

Firearms

Century Arms BFT47

Delray Beach, Fla. –– The people asked for it and Century Arms has delivered! Introducing the all new BFT47 AK rifle! This All-American made rifle directly answers the requests of the American consumer with the addition of new features and components to the already dependable Century Arms platform. The name of the platform pays respect to the foundation of this rifle, a bulged and forged trunnion. This new flagship rifle of Century Arms is truly the culmination of American engineering at its finest!

The BFT47 was designed with the purpose of being a reliable, durable, and accurate AK at a price point the blue collar American can afford. With a Bulged and Forged 4140 steel front trunnion, a carburized 4140 steel bolt, 1.5 mm heat treated stamped 4130 steel receiver, manganese phosphate finish, and 16” 1:10 chrome-moly 4150 steel barrel, this rifle is designed to operate under stress with all commercially available ammo on the market. Simply put, this rifle is designed from the trunnion out to “Just Keep Going!” Read more

Firearms

National Deer Association’s Kip Adams Hosts February Beer and Deer Webinar

February 9, 2022 – The National Deer Association (NDA) February Beer and Deer Webinar will feature NDA’s Chief Conservation Officer, Kip Adams. Supporters can tune in today, February 9 at 7:00 p.m. EST for this month’s episode: Deer Report 2022 – Trends in Harvest and Management Programs. To register for this, and other NDA Beer & Deer webinars, please visit the Beer & Deer webpage at DeerAssociation.com.

“All of our frequent listeners know that Kip is such a key player within our organization and offers and endless amount of knowledge on a variety of topics so important to our mission,” said NDA President and CEO, Nick Pinizzotto. “We were able to gather a ton of valuable information from our 2022 Deer Report, and this segment will cover all of that and more.”

Kip Adams is a certified wildlife biologist and NDA’s Chief Conservation Officer. He has a bachelor’s degree in wildlife and fisheries science from Penn State University and a master’s in wildlife from University of New Hampshire. He’s also a certified taxidermist. Before joining NDA, Adams was the deer and bear biologist for the New Hampshire Fish & Game Department.

Join NDA the second Wednesday of every month to sit in with NDA’s staff and guests as they cover a topic related to deer hunting, habitat management, or the latest in deer research. Additionally, each episode includes a message from Nick Pinizzotto where he discusses everything from behind-the-scenes business at NDA, to important updates in grassroots conservation, advocacy and hunter recruitment efforts. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

South Florida Bonefish on Drugs

File this one under the more we know, the less we wish we knew.

A three-year study by Florida International University (FIU) and Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT) has discovered pharmaceutical contaminants in the blood and other tissues of bonefish in Biscayne Bay and the Florida Keys.

Since the study began in 2018, FIU scientists and BTT research associates, in partnership with Sweden’s Umeå University and the University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), have sampled 93 fish in South Florida, finding an average of seven pharmaceuticals per bonefish.

One bonefish had an incredible 17 pharmaceuticals in its system! 

The list includes blood pressure medications, antidepressants, prostate treatment medications, antibiotics and pain relievers. Researchers also found pharmaceuticals in bonefish prey—crabs, shrimp and fish—suggesting that many of Florida’s valuable fisheries are exposed, not only the bonefish fishery.

While the amount of the drugs is minimal in most cases, and the level needed to cause harm to the fish is not known at this point, the fact that they are there, and widespread, and that multiple prescription drugs are involved indicates that southeast Florida and the Keys have sewage treatment and waste disposal issues.

According to the USGS, drugs get into U.S. sewage systems both because prescriptions consumed are not fully utilized in the human system and so go into the waste system, and also because most of us flush unused pills down the drain. While treatment gets rid of many of the harmful components of sewage, it evidently does not get rid of the remnant drugs. Read more

Fishing

Louisiana: First Case of CWD Detected at Louisiana/Mississippi Border

BATON ROUGE—The Louisiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab (LADDL) in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries (LDWF) detected Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer at the Mississippi/Louisiana border. CWD had not been detected in deer in Louisiana as of February 1, 2022, though it has been detected in 26 states, including three states bordering Louisiana. On February 4, LADDL reported a confirmed CWD case in a deer from Louisiana to LDWF. The specimen for testing came from a hunter-harvested adult buck taken on private land in Tensas Parish. After initial testing by LADDL, the specimen was sent to the National Veterinary Services Laboratories, (NVSL) in Ames, Iowa, which further confirmed the diagnosis.

LADDL received a grant of more than $380,000 entitled “Increase Capacity for Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)” from the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) USDA Farm Bill for 2022. The purpose of this grant from NAHLN is to increase the CWD testing capacity in Louisiana. In the event CWD is detected in Louisiana, regional sampling rates will be dramatically expanded in an effort to determine prevalence of the disease in the affected area. Statewide CWD surveillance will increase as well. The NAHLN USDA Farm Bill funding will be used to expand LADDL’s immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing capabilities through automation and additional equipment for IHC staining to accommodate future CWD testing needs of LDWF. Read more

Wildlife

CCRKBA: “Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrel Wrong About State Preemption”

BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell wasted no time in attempting to create a myth early in his tenure when he told reporters Washington is “one of the few states” with a firearms preemption law, and he needs to come clean immediately, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

At his presser, Harrell—a longtime opponent of state preemption, which guarantees uniformity of firearms law from border to border—declared, “You will hear this year me lead efforts on trying to get relief from the exemption RCW 9.41.290. You’ll hear me talking about that. I don’t know how many lives have to be lost before we realize we’re one of the few states that has that kind of restriction allowing the state to govern the laws we need for our city of Seattle.”

“Bruce Harrell needs to reload his brain before shooting his mouth off,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Forty-two states have preemption laws, and that is hardly ‘a few’ states, as Harrell would have the public believe. Washington was among the first to adopt this law in 1983, and its statute has been used as a model by other states when they adopted similar statutes because they all saw the common sense of gun law uniformity. Read more

Gun Control

Riton Optics Partners with SAR USA

Tucson, AZ – Riton Optics is proud to announce a partnership with SAR USA on the SAR9 X pistol. This pistol will be packaged and shipped with Riton’s MPRD 2.

From Istanbul, Turkey, Sarimilaz Silah Sayani has been producing high quality firearms since 1800. SAR USA is the exclusive U.S. importer of SAR firearms and supplies NATO allies with quality firearms. SAR USA product developers worked closely with Sarimilaz engineers to create a great product that has proven itself in the American market.

Brady Speth, Riton founder and CEO, “The collaboration between Riton and SAR USA has been highly anticipated, and we’re excited that the SAR9 X pistol with the MPRD 2 is finally available. I’m proud to put one of our red dots on this great pistol.”

Waterproof, fog proof, and shockproof up to 1500Gs, Riton’s MPRD 2 is made from 6061 aircraft grade aluminum and has fully multi-coated, HD glass lenses for optimal clarity and long-lasting performance. With shake awake technology, auto brightness, auto shutoff, and low battery indicator, this ret dot is extremely versatile and a great match for this fine pistol. Read more

Firearms, Optics

FN Awarded Army Contract for M240L Machine Guns, Titanium Receivers

(McLean, VA) FN America, LLC is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract, valued up to $49,973,579, to supply the U.S. Army with M240L medium machines and titanium receivers. The M240L, roughly 18-percent lighter than the M240B, was officially adopted in 2010 after a joint effort by FN and the U.S. Army to reduce the overall weight while maintaining performance and durability of the machine gun.

“The M240L is the product of a collaborative effort between FN, the Army and the individual soldier to further enhance the M240B to be more effective for the warfighter,” said Mark Cherpes, President and CEO for FN America, LLC. “The development saw the introduction of new materials along with new manufacturing techniques that have paved the way for the future generation of military equipment. I am extremely proud of the innovation and ingenuity that went into the development of the M240L and look forward to working with the U.S. Army to deliver against this contract.”

The joint efforts between FN, the Army to reduce the overall weight burden to the soldier resulted in a major leap forward in the materials and manufacturing methods for today’s machine guns. The M240L has been the cutting-edge for lightweight medium machine guns with an overall weight reduction of 5 pounds from the M240B without any impact to performance or longevity. The 18-percent weight reduction was achieved by incorporating titanium into the design, including the receiver, and introducing new manufacturing methods to adjust for the material properties. The M240 general purpose machine gun, derived from the FN MAG 58, was adopted by the U.S. military in the late 1970s, and has been in continual service since being introduced. Read more

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