GLOCK Professional Announces A New Training Class for First Time Shooters

GLOCK Professional, headquartered in Smyrna, GA hosted the first ever GLOCK Brilliance in the Basics Course as it prepared to announce the class addition to the 2021 Training Schedule.

SMYRNA, GA — GLOCK Professional announces the launch of a new firearm training course designed specifically for new shooters called GLOCK Brilliance in the Basics. This course is designed for entry level individuals who are seeking professional instruction on the safe and proper use of GLOCK firearms.GLOCK, Inc. does not stop at firearm manufacturing but extends beyond the sale of firearms to support the customer through end-user programs for both sport shooting and professional firearm training. These programs are offered through GLOCK Professional and include GLOCK Training and the GLOCK Sport Shooting Foundation which are valuable resources for new and experienced shooters alike.

GLOCK Training offers a variety of courses for all levels of shooters to include the Armorer’s Course, GLOCK Operator Course, GLOCK Modular Optic System (MOS) Operator Course, GLOCK Low Profile Carry Course, and Instructor Workshop. With an increase in first time firearm purchasers and a priority in education for safe firearm handling, GLOCK Professional recently introduced its newest training course, GLOCK Brilliance in the Basics. Read more
Firearms

Christensen Arms QUEST “Precision Hunter Training” Event

Exclusive Christensen Arms QUEST™

“Precision Hunter Training” Event in Partnership with FTW Ranch and Swarovski

Gunnison, Utah – Christensen Arms, manufacturer of state-of-the-art precision firearms and custom carbon fiber barrels, is pleased to announce – the ultimate VIP Precision Hunter Training Event. Christensen Arms QUEST, in partnership with FTW Ranch and Swarovski Optik, offers shooters and hunters alike the opportunity to improve their marksmanship skills in actual field conditions during the 3-night/2-day event.

Christensen Arms QUEST will take place on March 23rd to 26th at the famous FTW Ranch in Barksdale, Texas. Here, FTW Ranch instructors will help improve participant’s shooting and/or hunting skills in realistic situations. Shooters and hunters will come away with a better understanding on what effects environmental and terrain conditions have on ballistics of their ammunition which impacts accuracy and shot placement. From this, participants will learn how to compensate for those effects on the FTW Ranch’s diverse number of shooting range configurations. The unique range setups are situated throughout the 12,500 acre FTW Ranch and simulate the types of hunting pressures covering mountainous terrain, valleys, ever-changing wind directions and more that may be encountered when hunting and precision shooting throughout the world.

Participants will receive training from the FTW Ranch instructors which include former Special Ops Instructors along with individuals having decades of worldwide hunting and marksmanship experience. The Christensen Arms QUEST event also includes the unique opportunity for participants to build their perfect precision hunting setup which includes a choice of a select assortment of Christensen Arms rifles and Swarovski Optik riflescopes. Read more

Firearms

2020 Whitetail Report Condensed for Michiganders

By Glen Wunderlich

Charter Member Professional Outdoor Media Association

Condensed from the QDMA 2020 Whitetail Report

Once again, the Quality Deer Management Association has gathered and assembled data from the 2018/2019 season from state and provincial wildlife agencies to provide a “State of the Whitetail” account relative to deer numbers and how hunters are affecting the balance of the collective herd.  Overall, positive trends have been established and we’ll see just how Michigan’s hunters stack up to states across the whitetail range.

Countrywide, yearling (1½) year-old buck harvest rates are at the lowest ever recorded, and the percentage of 3½-year-old and older bucks in the harvest is 37% of the total antlered buck harvest, which is the highest percentage ever recorded. Hunters are clearly reaping the benefits of more naturally balanced age structures in herds across the whitetails’ range. In addition, the antlered buck harvest (those 1½ years or older) is at near record level, and last season’s buck harvest was 5% above the previous 5-year average.

On the contrary, antlerless harvest was down slightly from the prior year, and it was 4% below the 5-year average. The antlerless harvest has now declined nearly 20 percent in the past decade.

Michigan hunters shot the most antlered bucks per square mile (PSM), and Delaware hunters shot the most antlerless deer PSM.

Crossbows, which have been a relatively new option for hunters, exceed the vertical bow harvest in 11 of 25 states (44%). Over half of the wildlife management units east of the Rocky Mountains have deer densities at the established goals, while 23% have densities above goals and 22% have deer densities below goals.

The biggest issues and trends include the continued spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Twenty-eight states reported a combined CWD budget of just under $11 million ranging from $500 in Massachusetts to $3 million in Pennsylvania.

Overall, Texas shot the most bucks (508,155) and Rhode Island shot the fewest (994). Michigan, South Carolina and Pennsylvania more than doubled the national average and shot 3.3 to 3.7 bucks per square mile (PSM), while North Dakota shot the fewest (0.3 PSM). Michigan hunters shot nearly 2½ times the national average of bucks PSM, Texas alone shot nearly as many bucks as the entire Northeast region, and the Southeast region dominated the buck harvest per deer hunter category.

*  Top states antlered buck harvest:  Texas 508,155  with a distant toll – yet second place from Michigan of  211,754 .

*  Top states antlered buck harvest per square mile:  Michigan at 3.7  and South Carolina at 3.6.

*  Michigan antlered buck harvest:  211,754 –  down 17 percent.

*  Top states with lowest percentage of yearling bucks taken:  Arkansas at 9 and  Florida and Mississippi at 11.

*  Top states with highest percentage of yearling bucks:  Wisconsin at 53 and Maryland at 42.   Although Michigan’s figures for yearling bucks were not made available, it should be noted that its numbers were right up there (or, down there, if you will) at approximately 47 percent the previous two seasons.

*  Top states with highest percentage of 3½-plus bucks:  Mississippi at a whopping 77, Louisiana at 75 and Arkansas at 72 percent.  Again, Michigan did not report figures for this report but the two previous years show a meager 27 and 22 percent totals.

*  Top states antlerless harvest:  Texas at 375,408 , Pennsylvania 226,940, Wisconsin 175,168 and Michigan 155,898.  Although Michigan’s numbers are comparatively high, our DNR indicates we need to take more bald deer.  To put these figures in perspective, Maryland took 75 antlerless deer per 100 hunters (75 percent), while Michigan posted a mere 27 percent per 100 hundred hunters.

*  Top states with lowest percentage of fawns in antlerless harvest:  Texas at 2 percent, and Louisiana and Mississippi at 7 percent.  Michigan is still taking too many fawn, although down minimally over the past three seasons at 21 percent.

So, there you have it:  the good, bad and ugly of it all.  Michigan’s tallies continue to reflect a huge herd, but with better management by hunters has room for improvement when it comes to balancing the herd for a more natural state of bucks and does.

Hunting, Wildlife

CCRKBA: Jackson Lee’s H.R. 127 Gun Control Bill “Insanity on Steroids”

BELLEVUE, WA – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s H.R. 127, a gun control measure requiring gun owner licensing, psychological evaluations, retroactive gun registration and separate licensing for modern sporting rifles is “insanity on steroids,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.

“Over the years,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “we’ve seen some astonishingly bad legislation originate on Capitol Hill, but this one takes the term ‘abomination’ to an entirely new level. One look at this bill and you wonder whether Congresswoman Jackson Lee ever heard of the Bill of Rights, which includes the Second Amendment.”

H.R. 127 would require the owner of any firearm to supply the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the make, model and serial number of every gun he or she owns, and that includes guns people may have owned for years. They would also have to report the identity of any person to whom, and any period of time during which, the firearm will be loaned to that individual.

The licensing requirement mandates that the license applicant undergoes a criminal background check, and then submits to a psychological evaluation to determine whether the person is psychologically unsuited to possess a firearm. Successful licensees must show they have an insurance policy which will cost $800.

“H.R. 127 is a constitutionally-challenged monstrosity,” Gottlieb stated. “It ignores the fact that the Second Amendment protects a fundamental right to keep and bear arms, not some strictly-regulated government privilege. Government cannot require a psychological evaluation to exercise a right enumerated in the Constitution. Read more

Gun Control

Winchester USA Ready Defense

EAST ALTON, IL — Be ready when you need it most with Winchester® Ammunition’s new USA Ready Defense™ handgun ammunition. Offering the ideal combination of stopping power, penetration and reliable expansion through popular concealed carry pistols, USA Ready Defense ammunition provides the go-to solution for personal defense and home protection.

USA Ready Defense ammunition features a distinctive Hex-Vent™ bullet design. Nested inside the jacketed hollow point cavity is the revolutionary Hex-Vent rigid insert that shields the hollow point from obstruction while channeling material flow for positive bullet expansion. This results in highly consistent terminal performance. Fired through common personal defense pistols, the 9mm Luger +P 124-grain variant demonstrates 12-inch penetration with 95% weight retention. Read more

Ammunition

MDT Metal AICS Mag for .300WSM / 6.5 PRC

MDT is excited to announce the addition of the .300WSM / 6.5 PRC / 7RSAUM calibers to the MDT Metal Short Action Magazine family. Now available in 3 round and 7 round capacity with a COAL of 2.955”.

MDT Metal AICS Magazines are manufactured from high strength steel, nitride-finished and coated with Cerakote Elite for the ultimate in durability and strength. These magazines are designed with a unique Double Stack to Single Feed (DSSF) transition design for reduced overall height compared to the industry standard.

Available options: .300WSM / 6.5 PRC / 7RSAUM, .308WIN / 6.5mm Creedmoor, 6BR family of cartridges. 3-12 round capacity available depending on caliber. Read more

Ammunition

ALPS OutdoorZ Releases New Alpha Waterfowl Blind

NEW HAVEN, Mo. – ALPS OutdoorZ, premier manufacturer of extreme-duty gear and accessories for big-game, upland, and waterfowl hunters, has just introduced the new Alpha Waterfowl Blind for 2021.

Part of the company’s expanding lineup of professional-grade waterfowl equipment, the new Alpha Waterfowl Blind was developed by seasoned bird hunters with an eye toward solving issues common with conventional stand-up blinds. Designed for optimal concealment, function, and environmental adaptability, the Alpha Waterfowl Blind delivers all the features experienced duck and goose hunters expect in a premium blind. Read more

Hunting

Michigan: Women’s Only Pheasant Hunt March 6 in Evart

Saturday, March 6 At Meemo’s Farm
12081 3 Mile Road, Evart

This women’s-only hunt, for beginners and experienced hunters, is sponsored by Pheasants Forever Montcalm County.

Cost is $250 for Pheasants Forever members or $300 for nonmembers. Guides and dogs will be provided at no extra charge. The day includes:

    • 10:15 a.m. – Registration (with coffee/donuts)
    • 10:30 a.m. to noon – Clay shooting (warm-up)
    • Noon to 12:50 p.m. – Upscale lunch
    • 1 to 5 p.m. – Hunt with five fields/teams of four women, each with an experienced, friendly guide and a bird dog. There will be five pheasants and two chukars per hunter. Birds will be cleaned and packaged on site.

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Hunting

Vihtavuori’s New N568 Smokeless Powder

Sedalia, MO – Vihtavuori powder, long known as the cleanest and most accurate smokeless propellant produced anywhere in the world, introduces the new N568 propellant.

N568 is the ideal choice for today’s most popular large capacity cartridges, including 6.5 PRC, 300 PRC, 338 Lapua Magnum, and an assortment of classic belted magnums such as 7mm Remington Magnum and 300 Winchester Magnum.

N568’s slow burning characteristics and short-cut grains provide extremely consistent metering for long range competitive shooters, accuracy enthusiasts, and hunters alike. N568 excels with heavy-for-caliber projectiles and provides exceptional temperature stability. It’s also insensitive to humidity changes. Read more

Ammunition

New Berger 25 Caliber 133 Grain Elite Hunter Bullets

Mesa, AZ – Berger is excited to announce the addition of the new .25 Caliber, 133 Grain Elite Hunter projectile to the popular long-range Elite Hunter product line.

The .25 Caliber, 133 Grain Elite Hunter offers a heavy-for-caliber bullet solution for .25 caliber hunting platforms that maximizes both energy and terminal performance. Elite Hunters utilize Berger’s industry-leading hybrid ogive design, that blends tangent and secant designs to optimize efficiency, reduce wind-drift, and minimize sensitivity to seating depth. Their sleek profile features an ultra-high ballistic coefficient (BC) and increased sectional density, delivering the highest energy upon impact. Elite Hunters are easy to load and shoot, and provide unmatched accuracy and performance. Read more

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