Rocky Boots Oak Creek Camo Slip-On Shoe in Realtree Timber Camo

Rocky Boots Oak Creek Camo Slip-On Shoes in Realtree Timber Camo are all about rugged, casual comfort. They’re perfect for hunt camp or home. These 3-inch Realtree Timber shoes are constructed with full-grain leather, waxide canvas and a cork-infused rubber outsole making them perfect for hanging out in the yard or around the campfire.

The slip-ons provide all-day comfort with a cushioned footed and a fiberglass shank for added stability.

  • Full-grain leather
  • 900 denier CORDURA®
  • Fiberglass shank
  • 3 Inches in height
  • Cushion footbed
  • Cork-infused rubber outsole
  • Sidewall stitch construction

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New study shows abundant high-quality wolf habitat in Mexico

Analysis reinforces the importance of Mexico for recovery of endangered Mexican wolves

PHOENIX – A peer-reviewed scientific paper published last week in the conservation journal Diversity and Distributions demonstrates that the Mexican wolf’s historical range in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico contains ample high-quality habitat to focus recovery efforts within that range.

The research, a multi-year collaboration between Mexican and U.S. scientists, is significant because it supports the 2017 Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan and contradicts the contention of some advocacy groups that Mexico does not include enough adequate habitat to support recovery efforts there. Read more

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Delta Waterfowl Already Prepping Hen Houses for Return of Nesting Mallards

BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA — Mallards hatched last spring in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada and the northern United States continue to drop in on hunters during these final days of the 2020-21 season as far south as Louisiana, Texas and California. Meanwhile, a thousand miles north, Delta Waterfowl Hen House Specialist Travis Quirk is already working to boost next season’s migration of North America’s favorite duck.

Quirk, of the Colonsay region of southern Saskatchewan, Canada, is an agri-business execuctive and waterfowling outfitter. He is also a former Delta Waterfowl research student. Importantly, as a seasonal contractor for The Duck Hunters Organization, Quirk is responsible for the upkeep of 300 Delta Hen House nest structures. He installed the structures for Delta, and maintains them each winter to ensure they’re ready to greet mallard hens when they return to the prairie wetlands to nest in April and May.

The Delta team of Hen House specialists in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota maintains nearly 10,000 mallard nest structures across the PPR, where up to 70 percent of the ducks migrating down all four North American flyways are hatched. Read more

Hunting, Wildlife

What Birds Eat

What Birds Eat

This comprehensive and interesting source book explains bird physiology and natural diets, including extensive feeding profiles that describe what a variety of birds eat naturally, and how we can support those diets in our yards and feeding stations. Author Kim Long and publisher Mountaineers Books provide a robust selection of photos and illustrations, and help birders to understand birds in more meaningful ways in the field and in our yards in the new book: What Birds Eat. Read more

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Where Do Our Backyard Orioles Winter?

Article and photos by Paul Konrad

Baltimore Orioles are among our most identifiable and more popular songbirds, but where do they spend the winter months?
A single-week winter range map for Baltimore Orioles. The eBird Science maps are animated to show the annual movements and abundance of each species, which can be paused at week to week increments.
Western birders will appreciate learning about the movements and annual abundance of Bullock’s Orioles – and comparing that information to the other neotropical oriole ranges.
Where do fledgling Orchard Orioles spend the winter after they leave American feeding stations?

Orioles are some of the most popular songbirds that regularly visit feeders stocked with grape jelly and sugar-water nectar from late April through mid-September. Along with most warblers, tanagers, thrushes, and other neotropical migrants, orioles “disappear” from northern latitudes, leaving during late summer and early fall. But where do they go? Now, we have some remarkable new animated maps that provide a wealth of information about birds like our Baltimore Orioles, Bullock’s Orioles, and Orchard Orioles to show their respective nesting ranges, coupled with their migration routes to wintering areas – where they spend most of the year. Read more

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What to do with Millions of New Gun Owners

— Jim Curcuruto

Curcuruto is a noted Hunting and firearm industry consultant. He also happens to be a senior member of The Hunting Wire’s Voice of Leadership Panel.

With a record setting year for the firearm industry behind us, many industry professionals are starting to ask; “Now what?” Before answering that question, let’s take a look at some statistics that made 2020 a record year.

The boom in gun sales emptied racks in gun shops across the country. What can we do to turn the new owners into enthusiastic shooters?

Using adjusted FBI NICS data as a proxy for firearm sales, 2020 recorded a massive 60 percent increase over 2019. The record 21+ million adjusted background checks in 2020 bested the previous record high of 15.7 million set in 2016 by 34 percent. Recent survey data shows that approximately 40 percent of firearm purchasers in 2020 were buying their first gun, which equates to more than 8 million first-time gun owners.

Record growth was also realized in hunting license sales as double-digit gains have been reported during the first three quarters of 2020 over 2019. To put that in perspective, data from the most recent USFWS National Survey showed a 16 percent decline in hunting participation from 2011 to 2016. Should the 2020 increases hold through the 4th quarter, it will equate to more than one million additional hunters that went afield in 2020 over 2019. All these additional hunters will need plenty of gear, which means plenty of new sales. The lifetime retail sales value for a million new hunters, on just their primary hunting related equipment purchases, is more than $20 billion.

So “Now what?”.

With the lingering pandemic and the new political administration there is no shortage of uncertainties for 2021. One thing that is for certain, is the fact that if the firearm industry does not engage with, and recruit the millions of people that purchased their first gun in 2020, a major opportunity will be lost. Read more

Firearms

Michigan: recent real estate transactions improve western UP trail access

Michigan Department of Natural Resources Director Dan Eichinger recently approved two real estate transactions that have secured permanent trail easements, which will help ensure trail connectivity in the western Upper Peninsula.

These permanent trail easements, totaling 52 miles at a purchase price of $985,969, contribute to DNR and division goals and strategies by providing additional public recreation opportunities and securing trails for future generations.

“This certainly is good news,” said Ron Yesney, U.P. trails coordinator with the DNR’s Parks and Recreation Division. “Having permanent trail easements is an important advance for our western Upper Peninsula trail network.”

In the first of the two transactions, the DNR purchased 56 miles of 30-foot trail access in portions of Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron and Ontonagon counties. Read more

General, Wildlife

Rambo Bikes announces Three new 2021 Models

Rambo Bikes, a Minnesota based hunting electric bike company has three new exciting bikes launching for 2021. The Venom, Megatron, and Prowler have new technology giving them an edge over the competition while you’re out in the field.

Nathan Stieren, CEO of AOG:

“The Rambo team and I are super excited to show the world the 2021 lineup. The team worked hard on raising the bar in the Rambo lineup and providing bulletproof bikes that take the tough conditions our customer’s ride. I’ve personally been testing the Megatron all fall and putting it hard through the brutal testing process – simply put, it’s an amazing machine. It makes me smile knowing the capabilities that our loyal customers will soon be able to add to their arsenal.”

The Venom is the best of the best! Delivering it all in one solid bike featuring a new Rohloff internal 14 gear speed rear hub, 48v 17AH battery and a 1000w Ultra Drive motor – no terrain is going to stop you! Paired with Maxxis Minion 26×4.8” tires and 4 Piston Hydraulic brakes, you have the recipe of a perfect hunting bike. From the mountains to the flat prairie, The Venom is you’re all-in-one ebike! Read more

General, Hunting

TrueTimber, Winchester Repeating Arms Host “21 Days to WINchester” Giveaway

INMAN, S.C. –– TrueTimber has teamed up with Winchester Repeating Arms to host the 21 Days to WINchester giveaway beginning today. One lucky winner will be randomly selected at the end of the 21-day promotion period to win a Winchester XPR Strata MB in TrueTimber Strata camo and a $500 TrueTimber gift card. To enter, fans should visit TrueTimber.com/giveaway and fill out the online entry form. Promotion ends February 16, 2021.

“We are really excited to start the new year with this great giveaway alongside our friends from Winchester,” said TrueTimber CEO Rusty Sellars. “Winchester has knocked it out of the park once again with this new XPR and we absolutely love it in our Strata camo pattern. Winchester has long been a trusted name in the industry for creating high-performance, reliable guns that are extremely popular with all kinds of hunters. We are thrilled to see the XPR Strata MB added to the long list of Winchester guns available in TrueTimber camo and we can’t wait to crown a winner.” Read more

Firearms

Virtual workshop showcases Michigan wildland firefighting innovation

Upcycling used military transports into rugged trucks destined for fighting wildfires, engineering improved designs for fire-line plows and even getting into the nitty-gritty of dreaming up a better rake for ground crews – it’s all in a day’s work at the DNR’s Roscommon Equipment Center.

Program design and fabrication specialists recently shared what they have to offer in the first virtual workshop provided to firefighting program managers in the U.S. and Canada.

Located in the pine forests of northern lower Michigan near Roscommon, the REC is a federally supported program serving wildland firefighting agencies across the nation. Read more

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