Barnett’s New HyperGhost™ Crossbows

Grand Prairie, TX – New for 2019, Barnett launches the all-new Hyper™ series – Barnett’s fastest, hardest-hitting hunting crossbows ever. The HyperGhost™ 405 and the HyperGhost™ 425 harness Barnett’s newest technology and design to offer crossbow hunters the speed and power to take down big game.

The HyperGhost™ 405 features a new upgraded stock and Barnett’s patented step-through riser. The crossbow kit includes three HyperFlite™ arrows designed exclusively for use with Hyper™ Series crossbows. These .204″ small-diameter arrows hammer through deer, hogs, and other large game. Another patented addition: the Retractable Underarm Counter Balance Support (RUCS), hooks under the shooter’s arm to counteract the weight of the riser for a balanced, secure shot when shouldering the bow. The HyperGhost™ 405 features a monochromatic Mossy Oak® Treestand finish with skull detail delivers arrows at 425 fps.

 

Barnett HyperGhost™ 425

The powerful HyperGhost™ 425 high-performance crossbow comes packaged with Barnett’s exclusive HyperFlite™ .204″ small diameter arrows. The combination of the HyperGhost™ 425’s unstoppable speed and power with the HyperFlite arrows means ultra-deep penetration and one-shot kills. The HyperGhost™ 425 features premium enhancements, including a 1.5-5×32 illuminated scope, CNC machined aluminum flight track, retractable counterbalance underarm support, Soft Lok™ floating bristle arrow retainer and anti-dry fire TriggerTech™ trigger. Read more

Archery

Michigan: don’t miss early antlerless firearm deer season this weekend

Hunters eager to get a start on Michigan’s deer seasons will take to the woods this weekend, Sept. 21-22, for the early antlerless firearm season – open on private lands in select Lower Peninsula deer management units. Page 40 of the 2019 Hunting Digest shows open DMUs.“If you’re hunting in an area with high deer numbers or a disease-prevalent area, consider taking a doe this year to do your part in managing Michigan’s deer herd,” said Chad Stewart, DNR deer, elk and management specialist.

Stewart said that since does are the drivers of the deer population, doe harvest is key to herd management.

“It’s important to consider increasing doe harvest in areas with stable or over-populated deer numbers in order to keep deer numbers within healthy population ranges,” Stewart said. “This is especially crucial in known disease areas where deer numbers often need to be lowered to help minimize the future spread of the disease.” Read more

Hunting

Les Cheneaux Islands fish community survey starts next week

In September 1969, the DNR began a netting survey of the channels and embayments (coastline recesses that form bays) of the Les Cheneaux Islands, located along the Lake Huron shoreline on the Upper Peninsula’s southeastern tip. For 50 years since, the DNR has returned to repeat the survey using the same gear types and same approximate sampling stations to detect changes in fish populations. This year’s survey gets underway next week.

“We’ll count each fish by species and weigh and measure them,” said Dave Fielder, a fisheries research biologist out of Alpena. “We’ll also collect spines from some species to allow us to age the fish, which helps determine growth and mortality rates.” Read more

Fishing

Savage AXIS II in 300 Blackout

Savage Chambers Its AXIS II Bolt-Action Rifle with AccuTrigger In Hard-Hitting 300 BlackoutWESTFIELD, Massachusetts –– Savage has expanded the AXIS II line to include a chambering for 300 Blackout, providing the ballistics that made the cartridge famous in a bolt-action platform built for hunters. Shipments of these firearms have been delivered to dealers.

The light, compact rifle gets the most performance from 300 Blackout thanks to its 16 1/8-inch heavy barrel with threaded muzzle for use with a suppressor or muzzle brake. It also carries the AccuTrigger, which allows the shooter to adjust trigger pull from 2.5 to 6 pounds.

Features

·User-adjustable AccuTrigger

·Rugged black synthetic stock

·16 1/8-inch carbon steel heavy barrel

·Threaded for suppressor (5/8-24)

·Detachable box magazine

·Two sling swivels

·Drilled and tapped with one-piece Picatinny rail

Part No. / Description / MSRP

18819 / AXIS II 300 BLACKOUT, 16.25-inch barrel / $419 Read more

Firearms

Michigan Small Game Opener

First fox squirrel of the season

Took a couple of fox squirrels on opening day of Michigan’s small game season in Shiawassee County.  This one was taken with a Marlin 39 A lever-action .22 rimfire and Lapua Center X ammo.  Also, ran across an early buck rub in the timber.

Whitetail buck rub

 

Hunting

Primary Arms Optics Gold Series Rifle Scopes

Enhanced glass clarity and optimized optical designsZLock™ locking windage and elevation knobs

ZStop™ elevation return to zero system

AutoLive™ motion activated reticle illumination

Lifetime warranty

HOUSTON, TEXAS – Primary Arms has just released their first Gold Series precision rifle scopes, starting with six models. Equipped with top quality, low-dispersion glass and innovative new turret technologies, the Gold Series is now available in 3 magnification ranges: 2.5-10×44, 4-16×50, and 6-24×50 variants. All are First Focal Plane (FFP) scopes.

“The Gold Series of scopes are a breakthrough in technology, bringing a new level of sophistication to our optics lineup,” says Marshall Lerner, CEO of Primary Arms. “All the new scopes in the Gold Series feature our exclusive, patent-pending turret design, bringing a quality and innovation unheard of at the price point.” Read more

Optics

TETRA Hearing Protection Products

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — According to a recent survey* on hearing protection, 86% of hunters do not use any type of hearing protection while hunting. By the time they realize they should, it’s often too late. TETRA™, a new player in the outdoor industry, is here to change those statistics, from comfortable protection when waterfowl hunting or shooting on the range, to targeted enhancement of an elk’s bugle or a wild turkey’s gobble.

TETRA founders Bill Dickinson, Au.D., and David Gnewikow, Ph.D., combined their 50 years in the hearing-care industry and 80 years of hunting experience to provide outdoors men and women with innovative hearing products like TETRA’s new AlphaShield and AmpPods.

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General

Beretta 694 Competition Shotgun

(Accokeek, MD) Beretta is excited to announce the launch of a brand-new competition shotgun, the 694. Created specifically for clay shooting, the new 694 over-and-under platform was designed and tested in collaboration with the Beretta Shooting Team with the objective to match a shooter’s passion for the sport with a reliable and accurate competition shotgun.

Featuring improved stock ergonomics for an increased field of vision and a new pistol grip design, the 694 adopts the perfect ballistics of the Steelium Plus Optima HP barrels and features a redesigned steel forend with a new, self-adjustable auget button and a lower profile opening lever with an anti-glare finish. Read more

Firearms

Ruger Custom Shop 10/22 Rifle

Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR) is proud to introduce a new 10/22® Competition Rifle to the Ruger® Custom Shop line of firearms. This new variation boasts a skeletonized green mountain laminate stock and a stainless steel bull barrel.The 16-?” stainless steel bull barrel features black Cerakote® accents and is fluted to reduce weight and dissipate heat. The ½”-28 thread pattern accommodates the included muzzle brake or other popular muzzle accessories. The barrel also features a proprietary, enhanced semi-auto chamber which has proven to increase accuracy and precision while not compromising reliable feeding and extraction.

The attractive skeletonized green mountain laminate stock decreases the overall weight of the rifle to help provide increased speed when transitioning quickly between targets.

The 10/22 Competition Rifle features a hard-coat anodized, CNC-machined, heat treated and stress relieved 6061-T6511 aluminum receiver with an integral, optics-ready, 30 MOA Picatinny rail. The custom receiver is paired with a heat treated and nitrided CNC-machined match bolt that creates a tight-fitting, smooth action, enabling the highest level of performance. The dual bedding system incorporates a second bedding lug, ensuring the receiver is securely bedded to the stock. This rifle also features an innovative second barrel locator to provide a free-floating barrel for superior accuracy. The receiver incorporates a rear cleaning port, providing access to the barrel from the rear of the receiver for ease of cleaning. Read more

Firearms

Coast Guard, Partners Rescue 7 Adrift for 6 Days in Western Pacific

SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Federated States of Micronesia Police, and good Samaritans teamed to successfully rescue seven people adrift on their 18-foot vessel for six days during a joint rescue mission near the Mortlock Islands, Chuuk State, Saturday.

The boaters, missing since Sept. 8, were located by a Navy Commander Task Force (CTF)-72 P-8 Poseidon aircrew, 224 statute miles east northeast of Satawan Atoll and were then rescued by the crew of the patrol vessel FSS Micronesia. The rescued boaters were brought to Pohnpei to meet emergency medical personnel for evaluation, reportedly arriving in good health despite drifting for 145 hours.

“It’s a beautiful thing when multiple nations, agencies, and services develop a plan and successfully execute a multiday search covering thousands of miles to locate all survivors and return them safely to their loved ones,” said Chief Corley Myres, a Joint Rescue Sub-Center (JSRC) Guam watchstander. Read more

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