The Dirty Dozen

Courtesy of the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (www.ussportsmen.org)

There are groups that undermine and manipulate systems across America to end hunting, trapping and fishing. These same “less-than-honest” groups also often then exploit wildlife and conservation issues in the name of raising dollars for their devious causes. Here are a dozen organizations that have taken efforts in the past year to prevent you from hunting or trapping: Read more

Squirrel Rig Dialed In

Just dialed in a new rig for squirrel season, which begins September 15th in Michigan.  It’s a TC Contender pistol with a 10-inch bull barrel topped with a Hawke 3×9 power .22 rifle scope with parallax adjustment.

TC Contender with Hawke Scope

I’ve found that rifle scopes work best for the Contender .22 long rifle because I always had trouble getting behind those long-eye relief (LER) scooes in hunting situtaitons.  I could shoot the LER scopes just fine off the bench but in the woods it was always difficult to get in the proper shooting position.  Solution:  Rifle scope. Read more