NSSF Reminds Shooters to Take Precautions Against Starting Wildfires

NEWTOWN, Conn. — Wildfires have many causes, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation® is urging shooters and hunters to not be one of them.

NSSF’s “Help Prevent Wildfires” infographic contains sobering facts about the scale and costs of wildfires, noting that 90 percent of all wildfires are human-caused — accounting for more than 60,000 per year. Wildfires threaten animal and human life and burn millions of acres land. Fighting wildfires is dangerous work, and the costs of suppressing wildfires is staggering — more than $2 billion in 2017. We often think of the largest, most destructive wildfires taking place in the arid landscapes of the West, but as the infographic points out, the southern and eastern parts of the United States have a large number of wildfires as well. Read more

Firearms, General

IQ DEFINE Laser Finding Bowsight

GW:  On stand-by for such a unit designed for crossbows…
Taking the guess work out of shooting up to 99-yards

 Superior, WI —Built on the foundation of quality construction and world’s most accurate archery sighting system, IQ Bowsights introduces the new DEFINE bow-mounted laser rangefinder sight.   Known for quality and innovation, IQ has once again raised the bar by integrating a laser rangefinder system directly into a premium-quality 5-pin archery sight.

Purpose built to be durable, precise and accurate, each component of the DEFINE is optimized for ultimate performance in the field. By incorporating a laser rangefinder and pin sight into a single unit, users can realize the benefit of less movement during critical moments leading up to the shot and precision ranging while at full draw.

Driven by high-performance circuitry, the backbone of the DEFINE’s laser-rangefinding system provides exceptional resolution with accuracy to +/- 1-yard, instantly displayed on a vivid blue OLED conveniently placed within the user’s line-of-sight.   One-touch trigger-activated scan mode and full angle compensation take the guess work out of moving or stationary targets for up to 2-minutes and eliminate additional movement associated with reaching for a handheld rangefinder.  Simply touch the bow-mounted external trigger, view the inline yardage display, select the proper pin and execute the shot!  Powered by a single CR2 battery, the rangefinding unit is both compact and lightweight with minimal impact to the pin sight’s overall measurements and weight. Read more

Archery

Introducing the Rage X-Treme 4-Blade

Superior, WI — When Rage® introduced the Rage X-Treme in 2013 as the most lethal broadhead to ever hit the market, the company turned the broadhead world on its ear.  With a deep-penetrating sweeping blade angle, HUGE 2.3-inch cutting diameter, and field point accurate shooting, it’s difficult to think how such a devastating and reliable design could be taken any further.  2018 welcomes the next generation of the X-Treme broadhead; the Rage X-Treme 4-blade – Rage’s first expandable broadhead to feature a 7/8” leading edge cut-on-contact tip. Read more

Archery

Garmin® introduces Panoptix LiveScope, the first and only live scanning sonar for recreational fishing

OLATHE, Kan. – Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN), today announced Panoptix LiveScope™ – a live scanning sonar that gives anglers higher resolution and easier-to-interpret images of structure, bait and fish swimming below and around the boat than ever before. Garmin’s revolutionary Panoptix™ all-seeing sonar technology was the first to deliver live sonar images in real-time – forwards, backwards, sideways and below the boat – even while stationary. Now, thanks to the active scanning capabilities of Panoptix LiveScope, anglers can see images and movement so clear and precise that it’s even possible to distinguish between species of fish. See LiveScope in action here.

“We took scanning sonar and made it Panoptix,” said Dan Bartel, Garmin vice president of global consumer sales. “By combining two game-changing innovations – scanning sonar and live sonar – Panoptix LiveScope delivers the best of both technologies and there’s nothing out there even close to it. Once you’ve seen fish in this level of detail in a live, real-time image on your chartplotter, all other sonar is history – literally.” Read more

Fishing

Amazing Battery Life With Holosun Technologies’ Optics

Walnut, CA – When you purchase a battery-powered optic from Holosun Technologies Inc., there’s a good chance the first battery you install will be the only battery you will ever need. Sound far-fetched? Well, consider that Holosun’s dot only reticles run on one CR2032 battery–for up to an amazing 50,000 hours of use!

In fact, many of Holosun’s Micro and Open Reflex and Tube Reflex Sights are rated at up to 50,000 hours of use from a single battery. That’s 50,000 hours or 2,083 days from one small battery, in both Holosun’s Classic and Elite lines of optics. The HS507C pistol sized Open Reflex Sight can work for up to 100,000 hours (4,166 days for those wondering!) before you need to change out the battery. Read more

Optics

Finding answers about Lake Michigan’s juvenile lake whitefish

Visitors to various sites off Lake Michigan between Charlevoix and Frankfort now through June 29 may see DNR crews conducting a survey to look for juvenile lake whitefish.

Lake whitefish is the most important commercial fish species found in the Great Lakes, but populations have declined in recent years due to fewer numbers of juvenile fish surviving to adulthood. This survey will target whitefish younger than a year old to evaluate how many were produced each year.

The survey work is done from shore, often on public beaches. The public is welcome to observe this Great Lakes field work – a rarity, since most survey work is done offshore on boats or large vessels. Several agencies are partnering with the DNR on the survey to better understand and, hopefully, reverse the declines in this species.

“This survey will give us critical information about the variability in lake whitefish reproduction across the Great Lakes and help us with predictions about the future commercial fishery,” said Dave Caroffino, a DNR fisheries biologist based out of Charlevoix. Read more

Fishing

Beretta APX Centurion Now Available

(Accokeek, MD) Beretta is pleased to announce that the APX Centurion is now available in retail stores. Previewed at the recent NRA Show with great reviews, we are excited to extend the ultimate striker-fired pistol family with this new mid-size offering.
This pistol features aggressive slide serrations and a trigger that breaks at 6lbs with a clear tactile and audible short reset.
Focused on controllability and ergonomics, the APX Centurion features a low bore axis, an ambidextrous slide catch, and a reversible magazine release.
With an end-user removable serialized chassis, this APX model can be easily modified with our line of replaceable grip frame housings, available in Flat Dark Earth, Wolf Grey, Black, and Olive Drab.
With the availability of the APX Centurion, the Beretta APX family now offers a model that fits every shooter’s needs. The APX Centurion retails for $575. Read more

Firearms

Timney Calvin Elite Custom Triggers Now Available for Ruger 10/22

Timney Calvin Elite Trigger for the Ruger 10/22 (Model 1022CE – Retail $269.95)

Phoenix, Arizona (June 11, 2018) — Timney Triggers, the oldest and largest trigger manufacturer in the world and the leader in the aftermarket trigger category, announced today the expansion of its wildly popular Calvin Elite series of trigger to include models for the Ruger® 10/22® rifle.

The all-new Calvin Elite replacement trigger for the 10/22 platform features one-piece complete trigger assembly of CNC machined 6061-T6 aircraft grade billet aluminum.  The trigger, sear, and hammer are wire EDM cut and heat-treated steel for exceptional durability.

The new Timney Calvin Elite is a self-contained, 100% drop-in trigger ready to install in your rifle for an exceptionally smooth, crisp, trigger pull with no gunsmithing, fitting, or adjusting required – Simply push out the two action pins and “drop in” the new Timney complete trigger assembly. Read more

Firearms

CWD is Cause for Aggressive Action in Michigan

By Glen Wunderlich

After months of talking with citizens and hunting and wildlife stakeholders and reviewing the best available science regarding chronic wasting disease (CWD), the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will present CWD recommendations to the Natural Resources Commission at its next monthly meeting Thursday, June 14, in Lansing as a means to begin aggressive measures to contain or slow the pace of growth of the fatal disease.

The department’s recommendations are the result of a six-month-long public engagement effort, during which DNR staff and NRC members met with people around the state, hosted 11 public meetings, and offered online survey and comment opportunities. The recommendations are being presented for information to the commission, as part of the public input process.

In a lengthy memo from the DNR the sad facts and cause for drastic action based on the Michigan’s Surveillance and Response Plan for Chronic Wasting Disease of Free-Ranging and Privately-Owned Cervids follows in abbreviated fashion:

 

·        Since the finding of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a free-ranging white-tailed deer in Michigan on May 20, 2015, CWD-positive deer have been found in Clinton, Ingham, Ionia, Kent, and Montcalm counties. As of mid-January 2018, after testing approximately 30,600 free-ranging deer, 57 were positively confirmed with CWD, with 48 occurring during the 2017 deer hunting season.  In addition, two Privately-Owned Cervid (POC) facilities in Mecosta County were positively confirmed with CWD in 2017. 

·        The DNR recommends restricting the possession and use of non-synthetic cervid urine-based lures and attractants while hunting or trapping game species.  Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Pennsylvania (within CWD areas), Vermont, and Virginia have banned the use of urine-based lures or attractants. 

·        The DNR recommends instituting a baiting and feeding ban effective January 31, 2019, for the entire Lower Peninsula. A delayed implementation provides opportunity for those with economic interests to shift business models for next year.  However, The Department recommends granting a baiting exception for qualified hunters with disabilities outside of the 13-County CWD Management Zone and Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) Management Zone (Alcona, Alpena, Montmorency, and Oscoda counties) during the Liberty and Independence Hunts.  The DNR recommends instituting a baiting and feeding ban effective immediately for the 13-County CWD Management Zone.

·        The DNR recommends providing public and private land antlerless licenses for individual DMUs located in the 13-County CWD Management Zone that will be valid for the entire season. 

·        To provide an early firearm opportunity to harvest antlerless deer, the DNR recommends an early antlerless season for all hunters for antlerless deer on private land in the 13-County CWD Management Zone for a total of four days starting the Thursday prior to the second Saturday in October and for three days thereafter. The season will occur October 11 through October 14 for the 2018 hunting season.

·        To expand opportunity in existing seasons, the DNR recommends opening opportunities to more hunters in the muzzleloader season by allowing centerfire firearms, thus making in effect a second firearms season.  All firearms that are legal during the firearms season for that respective zone will be legal during the muzzleloader season. 

·        The Director may authorize a disease management hunt, lasting no longer than nine days between January 2 and March 31 where additional harvest is deemed necessary.

·        The Department recommends resuming the 4-point antler point restriction on the restricted tag of the deer combination license.

·        The DNR is recommending expansion of areas open to both the early and late antlerless seasons in the Northern Lower Peninsula (NLP) Region. Clare, Gladwin, Mason, and Osceola counties.

The NRC will review, discuss and possibly modify recommendations before making a final decision at a future commission meeting. Comments may be submitted to the commission via email at NRC@michigan.gov.

Hunting, Wildlife

Arizona: Time Running Out to Submit 2018 Fall Hunt Online Applications

PHOENIX – The Arizona Game and Fish Department encourages hunters to apply online now for 2018 hunt permit-tags issued through the draw process for deer, fall turkey, fall javelina, bighorn sheep, fall bison and pheasant.
All online applications must be received by the Arizona Game and Fish Department no later than 11:59 p.m. (Arizona time) Tuesday, June 12.
To apply online, visit https://draw.azgfd.gov/ and scroll down to “Apply for a Draw.” As a reminder, applicants must possess a valid Arizona hunting license to apply online for a hunt permit-tag. That license must be valid on the last day of the online application period (June 12). Licenses are available online and at department offices and license dealers statewide.
Customer service representatives will be available at all statewide offices until 5 p.m. for those who need assistance filling out an online application. Online application assistance only will be offered until 6 p.m. Tuesday by calling (623) 236-7424.
Meanwhile, the department encourages all online applicants to sign up for a free AZGFD portal account. A portal account allows customers to create a secure account where they can view and manage their contact information, as well as their licenses, draw results history and bonus points in their personal “My AZGFD Dashboard” section. That’s also where draw results will be posted once the process is completed. Read more

Hunting
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