ELITE Survival Systems’ Ultimate Drag Bag

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The Ultimate Sniper Drag Bag Rifle Case is the logical evolution of the Sniper Tactical Operations Drag Bag series. With rugged durability, all the “bells and whistles,” and our lifetime product guarantee, this deluxe tac ops drag bag begs to be put to the ultimate test!

    • 1000 denier nylon construction
    • Heavy-duty hardware
    • Internal cleaning rod pouch
    • Internal utility compartment
    • Adjustable tie-down system to secure weapon
    • Reinforced drag handle
    • Loops for Ghillie attachment
    • Two exterior zippered cargo pockets with full internal MOLLE compatibility for attaching modular pouches
    • Flat exterior zippered pocket
    • Removable and adjustable S-shaped backpack straps which can be tucked away when not in use. Straps can also be reversed to carry sniper drag bag tactical rifle case inverted
    • Heavy-duty zippers with storm flap design and secondary snap closures
    • Extra wide carry handle with Velcro handle wrap
    • Zipper opens so that case may lie completely flat
    • 53″ internal length, 53.5″ overall
    • MADE IN THE USA
    • LIFETIME WARRANTY
    • MSRP – $249.95

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Escort Dynamax Semi-Auto Shotguns

Escort Revolutionizes Shotgun Operation System

Escort Shotguns has taken the best cycling features and made them their own.

Bentonville, AR – Escort’s Dynamax Semi-Auto Shotgun is a marvel of modern engineering. Designed to be the perfect combination of speed and comfort, the Dynamax is loaded with features that maximize both performance and value.

The Dynamax is outfitted with Escort’s ultramodern, patented Hybrid Cycling System (HCS). It combines the best features from each of the two traditional cycling operating systems, gas and kinetic. The Dynamax will cycle light loads like a traditional gas system but uses much less gas. As a result, recoil is reduced, and the cycle rate is faster and more efficient. With less felt recoil, a shooter acquires targets faster, making follow up shots more effective. Using less gas to cycle the gun also means the Dynamax does not have to be cleaned as frequently. The HCS is easy to break down, making maintenance easier than ever. Read more

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“Wild Boar Fever: The Art of Boar”: Epic Driven Hunting Series Launches September 11

DENVER (September 7, 2021) – In 2019, Outdoor Channel introduced North American audiences to one of the world’s most popular and exciting hunting methods – driven hunting – with Wild Boar Fever presented by Aimpoint. On September 11, a new season of this most-celebrated global driven hunt series launches on Outdoor Channel and MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) – Wild Boar Fever: The Art of Boar, presented by Aimpoint.

Narrated and curated by the star of Wild Boar Fever, legendary German hunter Franz-Albrecht Oettingen-Spielberg, The Art of Boar showcases the very best scenes from 11 Wild Boar Fever seasons filmed over the past three decades.

Wild Boar Fever: The Art of Boar is the ultimate celebration of everything that has made Wild Boar Fever so popular with global audiences over three decades. Watch monster keilers being taken at full pace in France, Hungary, Croatia and Romania. See the precision marksmanship that defies the laws of physics, and of course, watch many of the most famous scenes of Franz-Albrecht doing what he does best. Franz-Albrecht also reveals to audiences for the first time what it was like starring in the most famous Wild Boar Fever scenes, which molded a generation of hunters and defined a category. Wild Boar Fever is an epic compilation of arguably the best driven hunting scenes ever filmed, all together in one Season for the first time, starting September 11. Read more

Hunting

New CL Curio 7×21 Binoculars from Swarovski Optik

Cranston, Rhode Island – SWAROVSKI OPTIK NORTH AMERICA, a subsidiary of the Austrian based company is pleased to announce the new CL Curio 7×21 binocular. Designed in an exclusive collaboration with world-renowned industrial designer, Marc Newson, the binoculars offer extraordinary design prowess, inspiring the question, “What can you discover when you look closer?”

With many people refocusing on the great outdoors, the CL Curio 7×21 is perfectly positioned for popularity amongst design lovers and outdoor enthusiasts alike. It offers both a striking design statement and a high precision way to access the great mysteries of the natural world in a compact form. A key point of focus for Newson was the seamless and clean looking bridge design.

“Our products sharpen the senses to perceive the beauty of nature – and understand the need to protect it. Experience the preciousness of the moment, connect with your essence and fall in love with Mother Nature”, states SWAROVSKI OPTIK CEO and Chairwomen of the Executive Board, Carina Schiestl-Swarovski. Read more

Optics

CZ Expands Striker Pistol Line with P-10 F Competition Ready

Kansas City, KS – The new P-10 F Competition-Ready offers all of the popular striker-fired pistol line’s features in an enhanced, competition-ready package.

While many of CZ’s tactical handguns were born of competition guns, the new CZ P-10 F Competition-Ready pistol followed the opposite trajectory. The CZ P-10 C, released in 2017, was the gunmaker’s first striker-fired pistol. It was designed as a compact polymer-framed gun for self-defense and military use and was followed by the subcompact P-10 S and the full-size P-10 F.

The new P-10 F Competition-Ready has a barrel and slide that are a half-inch longer than the full-size model, providing a longer sight radius for the included fiber optic front sight and fixed serrated rear sight, resulting in increased accuracy. Additionally, like other P-10 models, the slide is milled to accept mounting plates for the most popular micro red-dot optics on the market—a must for any competition gun.

The pistol is outfitted with an Apex Tactical extended magazine catch, Apex Tactical extended slide stop, HB Industries trigger and Apex Tactical back-slide cover for increased performance. The half-inch longer barrel also has improved ramp geometry and a match 9mm chamber; both features were designed to improve the reliability and accuracy of the P-10F Competition-Ready. Since every competition gun needs a little flash, gold accents on the barrel slide cover and on the trigger and Henning Group magazine bases make this handgun stand out in the P-10 line and on the firing line. Read more

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Michigan: Invasive New Zealand Mudsnails Found in Shanty Creek

Anglers urged to step up prevention efforts during salmon season

Invasive New Zealand mudsnails have been detected at the mouth of Shanty Creek, a tributary of the Grass River in Antrim County. The snails were found during routine monitoring in May by the Grass River Natural Area Stream Watch project and confirmed through DNA analysis by Oakland University in August.

New Zealand mudsnails were first discovered in the United States in Idaho’s Snake River in 1987. Since then, the snails have spread throughout the western states and into areas of the Great Lakes by attaching themselves to boats, waders and equipment.

The Grass River is now the sixth river system in Michigan known to be infested by the mudsnails. Their discovery in the Pere Marquette River in August 2015 signaled the first detection in a Michigan inland waterway. In 2016, populations were confirmed in the Boardman and Au Sable rivers. By 2017, the invasive snails were found in the Upper Manistee and Pine rivers.

Michigan’s salmon season, which peaks in September and October, draws thousands of anglers to Michigan’s premier rivers.

“This is a time when people are likely to visit multiple rivers and streams over a few days,” said Lucas Nathan, Michigan Department of Natural Resources aquatic invasive species coordinator. “If they are not cleaning equipment thoroughly each time, there is a potential to introduce New Zealand mudsnails into new waters.”

What harm can a snail do?

This brown to black, one-eighth-inch long mudsnail, a native of New Zealand, is considered invasive and is prohibited in Michigan due to the environmental harm it can cause to rivers, streams and lakes. Because the snail reproduces by cloning (females develop complete embryos without fertilization), a single snail can start an entire population.

One snail can produce over 200 young in a year. Since few natural predators or parasites of this species exist in North America, their numbers grow rapidly each year. In some locations in western states, researchers have documented snails reaching densities of 300,000 per square meter. With that many mudsnails, food for other stream invertebrate populations can become scarce. Read more
Fishing

Michigan: West Nile virus survey in ruffed grouse begins third study year

The study of West Nile virus in ruffed grouse will resume this fall in Michigan, after a one-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In partnership with Minnesota and Wisconsin natural resources departments, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources began this multiyear study in 2018 to better understand the prevalence and distribution of the virus in ruffed grouse in the Upper Great Lakes region.

Results from previous study years suggest that while the virus is present in the Great Lakes region, grouse exposed to the virus can survive and develop antibodies as an immune response. In 2019, 20 of the 281 samples collected tested positive for exposure to the virus. Viral antibodies were confirmed in seven birds and likely in 13 additional birds. Only one juvenile male tested positive for the virus. In 2018, 28 of 213 samples were positive for exposure to the virus, with viral antibodies confirmed in nine birds and likely in 19. Four samples were positive for the virus.

“Though the virus can impact the ruffed grouse population, the impact appears to be minimal in Michigan,” said Julie Melotti, a laboratory technician at the DNR Wildlife Disease Laboratory. “In the Upper Peninsula, the overall health of the grouse population is more dependent on high-quality habitat, such as areas of regenerating aspen stands near stands of mature timber. In these areas, grouse are more likely to be healthier and have stronger immune responses to disease, inclement weather and other limiting factors.”

Sample kits have been distributed to grouse hunters in key West Nile virus surveillance areas to collect samples for viral analysis. The samples will be analyzed for antibodies, which indicate exposure to the virus, and heart tissue will be examined to screen for current presence of it. Sample kits were not distributed in 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but recently have been distributed to Michigan hunters for data collection during the 2021 season. Hunters who have kits remaining from past seasons are welcome to use them and submit additional samples. Hunters who provide email contact information with their samples will be notified of their results next fall.

West Nile virus was first detected in ruffed grouse in Michigan in 2002. Transmitted by mosquitoes, the virus can cause inflammation of the brain, brain lining, and spinal cord and heart lesions in infected birds. Grouse that have contracted the virus may fly erratically, act abnormally, or appear sick, thin and in poor condition. However, these symptoms are not always present in infected grouse. If you find a bird that appears thin or sick, please report your observations to the Wildlife Disease Lab at 517-336-5030 or through the online reporting system Eyes in the Field. Read more

Wildlife

Pittsburgh Joins Lights Out Program to Protect Migratory Birds

Pittsburgh, PA – About one hundred thousand birds pass over the Pittsburgh region each year during migration, and a new initiative is encouraging businesses and residents to join in making birds’ journeys safer. A group of organizations that includes the Building Owners and Managers Association of Pittsburgh, BNY Mellon, BirdSafe Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, and the National Aviary have joined forces to inspire participation in a movement to mitigate bird window collisions and disorientation of birds caused by bright artificial light in the city at night.

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Michigan: developers seek land agreement modification for solar project in Marquette County

Developers seek land agreement modification for solar project in Marquette County

Superior Solar Project, LLC and the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. have submitted a land transaction application to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, involving approximately 1,080 acres of land in Sands Township.

The property is owned by Cliffs and is part of a larger land exchange agreement dating to 1979 between the DNR and Cliffs. The original agreement requires that the land be open to the public for recreation uses, except for areas used for active mining operations or those which must be restricted for safety purposes.

Superior Solar Project and Cliffs are asking that the agreement be modified to allow solar energy development on the 1,080 acres and remove the public recreation use requirement because of its incompatibility with solar development. Read more

General, Wildlife

GunsAmerica launches Armory Life Giveaway

Springfield Armory and Primary Arms, together with GunsAmerica and Brand Avalanche Media, have created the ultimate Armory Life Giveaway. The Armory Life Giveaway is about envisioning, designing, and creating your very own armory—a fully stocked home-defense system built specifically to your needs, starring Springfield Armory’s most popular firearms.

The Armory Life Giveaway is so full of amazing guns and gear that we can’t give it away all at once. In fact, The Armory Life Giveaway isn’t really one giveaway at all—but five!

The Armory Life Giveaway features five prize packages, one for each stage of building your dream armory. Beginning Wednesday, September 1 at 12:01 a.m. (CT), and continuing each Wednesday in September, we’re giving away a weekly package perfectly suited to the four critical elements of the ultimate armory life. Finally, from 12:01 a.m. on September 29th through 11:59 p.m. on September 30, there will be a Grand Prize package for one very lucky winner.

1. Build Your Armory

2. Build Your Range

3. Fuel Your Armory

4. Gear Up Your Armory

5. Winner’s Choice – choose one gun and receive selected products from the previous four weeks.

Our sponsors include the most exciting and trusted brands in America. We’re proud to partner with Springfield Armory, Primary Arms, GunsAmerica, MantisX, Federal Premium Ammunition, AXIL Hearing Protection, and We Knife to bring you The Armory Life Giveaway. Read more

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