Benjamin Applauds Michigan Approval of Air-Powered Bows

BLOOMFIELD, NEW YORK- Benjamin applauds the Michigan Legislature for approving the use of air-powered bows last Wednesday, September 30. House Bill 4332 is a step in the right direction for hunter’s rights and allows people to use air-powered bows during firearm season, while hunters with certain disabilities could also use them during the bow hunting seasons.

Republican State Representative Beau LaFave of Iron Mountain, who sponsored the legislation, is advocating for the change, hoping it will keep hunters active longer as well as get new hunters with disabilities into the field. The technology of an air-powered bow allows users to handle the weapon safely with one hand, which helps those who have birth defects like himself, along with handicapped hunters and military service members who were wounded in combat.

“We are extremely proud of Mr. LaFave and his motivation to get this passed”, said Steve Upham, Senior VP of Sales and Marketing for Velocity Outdoor. “Air powered bows such as the Benjamin Airbow are great options to help increase the number of hunters that have been declining over the last few years.”

LaFave’s plan received overwhelming bipartisan support from the House and the Senate, and will now move on to Gov. Whitmer, who can sign it into law or veto the legislation.

Pictured: Benjamin Airbow

 

About Benjamin Airguns

Walter R. Benjamin of St. Louis, Missouri introduced the first quality Benjamin air rifle in 1882. Today, that legacy continues as Benjamin leads the high-performance PCP category with products like the iconic Marauder as well as premium pellet ammo and PCP filling solutions. In 2015, Benjamin introduced the Airbow and Bulldog that brought airguns into the world of big-game hunting while continuing the tradition hand-made excellence through the Benjamin Custom Shop.

Hunting

SDS Imports announces arrival of PX-9 pistol

Knoxville, TN-

SDS Imports LLC, importer of quality pistols and shotguns, is proud to announce the arrival of the PX-9. This striker-fired 9mm pistol comes with a black finish and an 18 round capacity! It features a steel slide, polymer frame and interchangeable grip inserts. The low-profile and ambidextrous safety switch is frame mounted and the rear sights are fully adjustable. With cocking serrations on the front and rear of the slide this pistol has a very familiar aesthetic. It’s designed to use “226 style” magazines but it ships with (3) mags already.
Additionally, it ships in a hard case for maximum protection and includes a holster, a cleaning kit, and a magazine loader.

For more information on this and other fine products from SDS Imports, check out their website:

SDSImports.com

Firearms

5 Card Draw-A Sure Food Plot Winning Hand

Grand Prairie, TX – Evolved’s new 5 Card Draw™ combines the growing powers of oats, wheat, white clover, turnip and chicory for a food plot that’s as diverse as it is palatable. The forage variety annual/perennial blend is designed to be eaten, grow back, then be eaten again. With a deer favorite always growing, you’ll quickly build regular hoof traffic and a stronger overall herd.

5 Card Draw™ is a unique annual/perennial blend that features 42 percent forage oats, 42 percent forage wheat, 4 percent perennial white clover, 2 percent Barkant turnip, and 2 percent chicory. Each 10 lb. bag will cover approximately one-quarter acre, or 11,000 square feet, and is best planted in tilled soils with a pH range of between 6.0-8.0. It can be planted in summer through fall.

MSRP is $19.99 per 10 lb. bag. More information is available atwww.evolved.com. Read more

Wildlife

Michigan: DNR to Replace Newberry Facilities With Mass-Timber Buildings

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will use mass timber – an innovative technology to build large buildings from wood – to construct a $5 million facility in Newberry.

The new building, still in the design stages, will house both the DNR’s customer service center and field offices in Newberry, in the eastern Upper Peninsula. Current facilities are outdated. The new building will include about 10,000 square feet of office space, 16,500 square feet of garage space and a community room that will be available for public use. Funding was approved when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the fiscal year 2021 budget last week. Read more

General

Missouri: Department of Conservation Says Noodling Can Hurt Catfish Populations

Conservation Agent Eric Abbott nabbed four men handfishing and possessing this fish in the Tarkio River in Atchison County in August 2012. Abbott released the large flathead, topping 40 pounds, back into the river.

MDC Staff

Q: What is noodling?

A: Noodling is a common term for hand-fishing.

This is the method of reaching underwater into natural cavities formed in riverbanks or by tree roots, logs, or rocks and capturing a catfish by hand. When the catfish bites onto the hand, the noodler pulls the fish off the nest and out of the water. This method is primarily used to catch flathead catfish and blue catfish in Missouri when these fish are spawning or nesting in small rivers or streams.

Q: How popular is noodling or hand-fishing?

A: The common estimate is about 2,000 people in Missouri hand-fish. That number could top almost 13,000 if the practice was legalized.

A Missouri Department of Conservation survey of Missouri anglers shows that about 4.6 percent of those surveyed would be “very likely” to participate in hand-fishing if it was legalized. Based on fishing permit sales, that number could amount to almost 13,000 noodlers statewide.

Q: If other states allow hand-fishing, why does the Conservation Commission of Missouri oppose it? Read more

Fishing

Henry Repeating Arms’ “Prayers For Preslie” – “Guns For Great Causes”

RICE LAKE, WI – Under Henry Repeating Arms’ charitable “Guns For Great Causes” banner, company President and owner Anthony Imperato is donating a series of 65 custom “Prayers For Preslie” edition rifles to raise funds for the family of a 3-year-old Michigan girl battling leukemia. The rifles are available for purchase directly through Henry’s website except for the first and last in the series, which are up for auction on Gunbroker.com. All of the proceeds collected from the “Prayers For Preslie” rifles will be presented to the Mantsch family of Iron River, Michigan.

In April of this year, amidst a worldwide pandemic, Preslie Mantsch was diagnosed with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The news was delivered over the phone to her father, Thomas Mantsch, who was waiting in the Milwaukee Children’s Hospital parking lot, unable to be in the same room as his daughter and Preslie’s mother due to COVID-19 restrictions. Thomas is a frontline healthcare worker and first responder in his town’s ambulance and fire department. Preslie is currently undergoing treatment in Milwaukee, four and a half hours away from home, four to five days a week, and she still has two years of treatment left.

Thomas says of his daughter, “Preslie is a magical, kind-hearted, wonderful, smart, and caring little girl. She has a fighting spirit, and I am praying that she beats this.” He continues, “It is nerve-wracking to be working so close to the coronavirus frontlines with a daughter that is immunocompromised because of her chemo. We’re taking every precaution to keep her safe, but it’s hard.”

The “Prayers For Preslie” Edition Golden Boy Silver rifle, chambered in .22 S/L/LR, features a nickel-plated receiver cover, buttplate, and barrel band with a deeply blued steel octagon barrel. The genuine American walnut buttstock is engraved with an orange leukemia awareness ribbon in the middle of stylized butterfly wings, symbolizing hope and Preslie’s endurance. Above the butterfly are the words, “Prayers For Preslie,” in matching bright orange. Baron Engraving of Trumbull, Connecticut, donated the engraving work and hand-painted details. Each rifle in the series is marked with a unique serial number ranging from “PRESLIE01” to “PRESLIE65.

Henry President and owner, Anthony Imperato, says, “It is heart-wrenching to think of what children like Preslie and their families have to go through when they get a diagnosis as serious as leukemia.” Imperato continues, “We get so personally invested into each of our Guns For Great Causes benefits as soon as we see the first photo of the kid’s smile, and we hope this goes a long way to helping the Mantsch family in these most challenging of times.”

To learn more about the “Prayers For Preslie” Edition or to make a purchase, visit www.henryusa.com/prayersforpreslie. The auction for serial number “PRESLIE01” is available on Gunbroker.com, item #880628196. The last rifle in the series, “PRESLIE65,” is also listed on Gunbroker.com, item #880628718. Both auctions end on October 20, 2020.

 

The “Prayers For Preslie” .22 S/L/LR lever action rifle features an engraved and hand-painted genuine American walnut buttstock with a bright orange leukemia awareness ribbon in a butterfly motif.

Firearms

Federal Ammunition Fusion 10mm Auto Hunting Loads

GW: The best structural integrity of any common bullet. The molecular fusion of the jacket to the bullet really works. The jacket will not separate like other brands touting their own bonding or interlocking process. 

ANOKA, Minnesota – – Federal ammunition introduces a new load to its popular handgun hunting ammunition lineup. The new Fusion 10mm Auto load uses a 200-grain bullet and 1200 fps muzzle velocity take full advantage of the 10mm Auto cartridge, with more energy and better terminal performance on impact. Shipments of this product have begun to arrive at dealers.

“Our Fusion 10mm Auto load delivers the toughness, accuracy, reliability and terminal performance that handgun hunters are looking for,” said Federal Centerfire Handgun Product Manager Chris Laack. “Built with the same molecularly-bonded hunting bullet used in Fusion rifle ammo, it produces ideal upsets and deep penetration when striking game. We know this new load is everything any hunter could hope for in a 10mm Auto hunting cartridge.”

Features & Benefits

  • New 10mm Auto load
  • 1,200 fps muzzle velocity
  • Copper jacket is electro-chemically to the core
  • Perfectly uniform jacket
  • Skived, pre-programmed nose provides consistent expansion
  • Maximum weight retention for deep penetration

Part No. / Description / MSRP

F10FS1 / 10mm Auto Fusion, 200-grain, 1200 fps, 20-count / $32.99 Read more

Ammunition

Primary Arms Online Halloween Pistol Giveaway

HOUSTON, TEXAS – Primary Arms Online has announced its Ghostly Halloween Giveaway, which centers around a custom Grey Ghost Precision Combat Pistol Compact. This exclusive pistol comes complete with accessories and gear from Holosun, SureFire, Magpul, Walker’s, Hexmag, Vertx, and Pro-Shot.

The focus of this giveaway is on the custom-made Grey Ghost Precision Combat Pistol Compact. This high-performance striker-fired pistol includes all the features demanded of a custom pistol, including a contoured and textured frame with extended magazine and slide controls. The slide’s tight tolerance and match-grade threaded barrel ensure superior accuracy on target. This pistol also features an optics cut, which hosts the yet-unreleased co-branded Holosun HS507C-X2-ACSS with ACSS® Vulcan™ Reticle. This revolutionary reticle system allows the user to quickly acquire and engage targets through the use of a large outer circle, which naturally draws the user’s eye to the center aiming point, eliminating the ‘search’ for the reticle when it falls outside the window.

In addition, Primary Arms includes a SureFire X300U-A weapon light, 5 17rd Hexmag Magazines, Walker’s Electronic Hearing Protection, Magpul Explorer eye protection, and a Pro-Shot cleaning kit. For the first time, Primary Arms is also including some purpose-driven tactical apparel from Vertx with their Assessor 2.0 Polo and Defiance Jeans.

This giveaway will run through the end of October, and a winner will be announced on Primary Arms Online social media in early November. The value of the giveaway package totals over $2,500, but entry is completely free. To enter, visit the Giveaway Landing Page or Primary Arms Blog and complete the required form. Read more

Firearms

Garmin Introduces Alpha 200i: Next-Generation Tracking and Training for Sporting Dog Enthusiasts

First sporting dog system to incorporate inReach satellite technology

OLATHE, Kan./October 6, 2020 – Garmin® International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), today announced Alpha 200i, the newest generation tracking and training system for hunters and their canine companions. Building on the legacy of its predecessor, the Alpha® 100, the new 200i features enhanced mapping capabilities; a larger, 3.5” sunlight-readable touchscreen display; six-button, easy operation of the dog tracking-focused user experience; and inReach® satellite technology1, allowing for two-way messaging and interactive SOS alerts so users can focus on their dogs and the hunt. Read more

Hunting

HAWKE® Optics Releases New Red Dot And Reflex Sights

Hawke® Optics, the worldwide leader in high-quality, high-value sporting optics, has pulled out all the stops with new Endurance Red Dot Sights and two new Reflex Dot Sights. These new products bring the pin-point accuracy of a 3MOA red dot to your ARs, hunting firearms, and handguns.

Red dot and reflex sights allow for lightning fast target acquisition and preciseness. This makes them popular with hunters and shooters for all types of firearms, including rifles, ARs, shotguns, revolvers, and pistols. Hawke developed the new Endurance Red Dot sights to meet the demands of shooters looking for an accurate red dot for hunting, target shooting, and competition. The Endurance sights have a 3 MOA red dot with eight-stage digital brightness controls, so you can match lighting and shooting conditions. The sights come in a 25mm and 30mm body size and both have 25 layer multi-coated optics for ultimate clarity and are parallax-free from 10 yards. Endurance Red Dots are supplied with 2 Weaver-style bases: a low mount ideal for shotguns and pistols, and a quick-detach high mount for co-witnessing AR iron sights. Read more

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