March 10th, 2010
Today’s Picture (K-State Sucks Edition)
March 10th, 2010
PBS’ Wolf Poll
Do you believe wolves in the Northern Rockies require federal protection? Vote now!
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March 10th, 2010
Panel Roundtable: Canadian Gray Wolf Introduction into Yellowstone
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*Editor’s Note:* Following is no doubt the most candid discussion you will find anywhere in North America today about predators and their diseases. The discussion surrounds the introduction of the gray wolf to the Greater Yellowstone area and the impact this has had on not only the ecosystem but economically, socially and in [...]
March 10th, 2010
Rock Climbing Game in Development for Nintendo Wii
Oh man, now I’ll never have a reason to go outside. A San Diego software firm has announced that it’s in development of a rock climbing video game that somehow uses the Wii-mote to simulate hanging off a cliff. I have my doubts, and they’re not placated by this press release:
With no harnesses or [...]
March 10th, 2010
Snowflakes in Hell: NRA Board recommendations
Here are Snowflakes in Hell’s recommendations in the ongoing vote for NRA Board members. [Oops. Deleted the double posting!]…
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Canada Lynx Captured On Film In Maine
The below picture is of a Canada lynx captured on a trail camera somewhere in the deep woods of Maine.
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2 Rare Bird Guns Come to Light
It’s a double-hitter as Shotgun Life reveals two rare and beautiful upland bird guns. The first is the new Purdey Hammer Gun. The legendary English gunmaker started work on it in 2004 and to date less than 20 of these $95,000 gems have been manufactured – most of them in matched pairs (we tell you [...]
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An Easily Understandable Explanation of Derivative Markets
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Or, how the Government screws you, rewards its cronies and it’s all business as usual.
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit.
She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with new [...]
March 10th, 2010
Ben Pearson’s Predator
I own two Ben Pearson bows now and love them. I wish they’d get more of a presence here in Arizona. ~DesertRat
Ben Pearson’s Predator
The world’s top predators attack with deadly stealth and speed. Few escape these silent hunters and all fear their presence. The same can be said for Ben Pearson’s Predator. New for 2010, [...]
March 10th, 2010
Ohio Supreme Court to hear pre-emption case
Story here. Cleveland adopted a bar on open carry, maintaining that the legislature’s pre-emption statute violates its home-rule powers, under the State constitution. The Court of Appeals agreed with that, but the Ohio Supreme Court, after being petitioned by the…
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Bestul: Helicopters and Ice Skating Deer
It’s rare for a winter to pass without some word of a whitetail stuck on ice, and it’s easy to see how that situation occurs. Many frozen waterways offer deer comparatively easy travel to…
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Rock Slide in Colorado on I-70
People who work at Vail and need to commute on I-70 are choosing between a five-hour drive each way or sleeping at their office. A massive rockslide has closed I-70 for at least a few days while they sweep the pebbles off the road. That’s one helluva pebble.
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Petzal: Just Because You Can
Thirty-odd years ago I got a pistol permit for the county in which I live, and because the law was so vague I asked the detective who processed my application what it meant in real terms when it came to carrying the gat.
“We don’t care what you do,” he said. “Just don’t go showing it off in public.” This was good advice 30 years ago, and it still is.
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Will Graves’ Comments To Environmental Quality Council On Hydatid Disease
The following is a copy of Will Graves’ remarks to the Montana Legislatures’ Environmental Quality Council about wolf worms or echinococcus granulosus and other related diseases. For those interested, earlier I post similar comments made by Gary Marbut of Montana Shooting Sports Association.
Environmental Quality Council
Helena, Montana, 59620
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Council;
This [...]
March 10th, 2010
Bad Call: Gun Retailer Denied Little League Sponsorship
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Nothing is more aggravating to baseball fans than a bad call by those officiating a game. And in New Jersey last week, the committee in charge of a little league program made a real…
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Artificial Stupidity
By Thomas Sowell
“People are all born ignorant but they are not born stupid. Much of the stupidity we see today is induced by our educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities. In a high-tech age that has seen the creation of artificial intelligence by computers, we are also seeing the creation of artificial [...]
March 10th, 2010
Praying Mantis vs Hummingbird
Boing Boing pointed their readers towards a couple slow-motion videos of tiny animals at war, including this shot of a praying mantis taking down a hummingbird. They also have this Venus Flytrap eating a frog, which is pretty rad. I never even knew these rivalries existed. The juicy bits of the Mantis video are [...]
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Elk Callers from 8 States Medal in World Championships
RENO, Nev. – Amateur and professional elk callers from eight states – California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington – have medaled in the RMEF/Leupold World Elk Calling Championships for 2010.
Competition concluded March 6 in Reno, Nev., held as part of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s 26th Annual Elk Camp & Hunting, [...]
March 10th, 2010
Woman Killed In Alaska. Possible Wolf Attack
Thirty-two-year old Candice Berner had just moved from Pennsylvania to a small town on the Alaska peninsula about 475 southwest of Anchorage. Her dead body was discovered on a road by a passerby. It is believed but not confirmed that she was attacked and killed by a wolf or wolves. An autopsy is being performed.
Tom [...]
March 10th, 2010
Report from Ohio State University campus
Reader Mark Noble emails his thoughts in relation to yesterday’s shooting at OSU: I’ve been very disappointed in OSU PD’s handling of public safety. The campus is surrounded on 3 sides by some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Columbus….
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Elk Callers from 8 States Medal in World Championships
RENO, Nev.— Amateur and professional elk callers from eight states—California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington—have medaled in the RMEF/Leupold World Elk Calling Championships for 2010.
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“Wolf Worms” And Other Wolf-Born Diseases
The following is a copy of the written testimony submitted to the Montana Legislature by Gary Marbut, President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, in regards to information provided about Echinococcus Granulosus. (Similar comments made by Will Graves, author of “Wolves in Russia: Anxiety Through the Ages“, can be read here.)
March 7, 2010
Environmental Quality Council
Re: [...]
March 10th, 2010
First Bass of 2010
I was down at the research site yesterday collecting my GPS radiocollars that had fallen off some of my bucks and decided to cast a crankbait out over the main point of the lake for 20 minutes. I was starting to think the water was still a bit too cold for the bass to be [...]
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Game and Fish places employee on administrative leave
Well, this doesn’t sound good… ~DesertRat
Game and Fish places employee on administrative leave
March 9, 2010
PHOENIX – The Arizona Game and Fish Department yesterday formally placed one of its employees on administrative leave with pay as a result of an interim finding in the department’s ongoing internal administrative investigation into the events surrounding last year’s [...]
March 10th, 2010
Hog Hunting Report
Last Thursday we took 5 hunters to the woods in search of wild hogs. In terms of seeing hogs, it was quite an off day. In fact, it was plain horrible. Nobody saw a single pig. It wasn’t for lack of sign as there was fresh rooting, tracks, and rubbed trees around most of the [...]
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Solo Female Hiker Missing in Washington
Friends are searching for 24-year-old female hiker Kate Heuther, who’s been missing since Thursday on the Pacific Crest Trail. They have her dog in tow while searching along the PCT, where she told her landlord via text message she’d be hiking last week. It’s especially troubling because another lone female hiker in the area [...]
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Walks: Getting Outside Anyway We Can
Sure, a lot of the sidewalks are a muddy mess, and a few of them are quite treacherous – ice-covered and very slick from the snow that has melted during the day and then re-froze at night. But that hasn’t kept the wife, Abby, or myself from enjoying a walk the last couple evenings.
It’s interesting [...]
March 10th, 2010
Dixie Deer Classic Continues The Focus on Youth
The last few years the Dixie Deer Classic has really worked to improve the offerings at the show for youth and this year was no exception. The Outdoor Lore program offered a variety of educational and fun activities throughout the Show area. A Wake County Wildlife member reports… “We had over 1200 [...]
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M2D Snow Camo is Here
This just in from Sparky over at M2D Camo ~DesertRat
“I just received the new M2D CAMO Snow pattern. I have very limited supplies, like only 55 sets.
I am selling as a set only to the first come first serve. Pants are Med, Large, or XL [...]
If It Looks Like A Duck…….
Posted by Tom Remington on March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
*Editors Note* – Following is perhaps one of the best “rants” of all time. I have had my share from time to time and I usually end up making little sense. I received this in an email exchanged and like it enough that I asked the person who wrote it if I could post it. [...]
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