This came up a couple of years ago. I didn’t agree then, I don’t agree now. I’m not so sure hunting should be a “right”. Rather, I see it better as a privilege. The problem with making it a right is that it is then harder to take away – think poachers, for example. I [...]
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January 31st, 2010
Snow Day and New Camera Photo Shoot
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January 31st, 2010
Old Hunting Pictures
Someone over at Bowsite started a thread of old hunting pictures. Some you have seen before, but most are just old family pictures. There are some very cool old photos you should see. Check here.
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American Oystercatcher Research Presentation at Centennial Campus
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The NCWRC and NC State University is offering a public seminar on the American Oystercatcher a shore bird that is listed as a “Special Concerns Specie” in North Carolina.
RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2010) – The 2010 Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar series at the Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education [...]
January 31st, 2010
VCDL patch in an unusual location
A Der Spiegel Online image of two rescuers evacuating an injured Haitian. It sure looks like the seal of Virginia Citizens’ Defense League, a blue minuteman image against a white background surrounded by a red circle, and in the circle…
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Camp Wild Girls’ “Hunting Party” is a Success!
This week brought the introduction of the first Camp Wild Girls “Hunting Party” featuring Prois Hunting Apparel and Camp Wild Girls Gear.
What is a “hunting party” you might be asking yourself? Well remember all those home parties that you didn’t really want to go to because they didn’t have anything you really wanted to buy? [...]
January 31st, 2010
Outdoor Dormancy
The original plan, last weekend, was to head on out to one of our local lakes and put my first ice fishing trip under my belt. I was honestly pretty excited, and had my 20 layers of winter clothing laid out for the late morning excursion, only to have Mr. Simplyoutdoors himself, Jeff, call and [...]
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Officer handcuffs victim
A CCW permitee phones 911 after he finds his office was broken into. When an officer responds, he informs her that he has a CCW permit. She asks has a firearm, he says yes, so she handcuffs him , removes…
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Very Proud Father
Well I think I might have created a MONSTER! Until recently, my 6 year old son Kolby has been scared of the loud noise a rifle makes. He has very sensitive ears and has not let me fire a rifle or shotgun around him. This past Thanksgiving he and I went hunting. I was hunting [...]
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Snow In The Carolinas
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The duck season ended for most with a winter storm across most of the state. I was suppose to head to Orange county but given the weather forecast and the fact that scouting of the area by a few of the guys had shown that there was very few ducks there the days leading [...]
January 30th, 2010
Unity
There are three ways to reach Second Amendment incorporation, at least two of which have present and powerful advocates. I can only say that I’m in correspondence with both, and they really wish there could be an end to to…
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KU at K-State Today
I won’t say anything bad about KSU today. I probably should. I definitely could. But somehow it seems cheap after such a great game. Props to Kansas State and Kansas on a great game, great environment, and gut wrenching final 10 minutes.
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Desert Rat Welcomes CameraLand
Camera Land is a new friend of the Desert Rat Blog. As a member of Vortex Shooting Staff, I have long known about Camera Land. They are prevalent on a lot of hunting websites and are becoming well-known for their knowledge of cameras and optics. More and more I hear accolades regarding their Customer Service. [...]
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Human end of the Chicago case
Here’s the story. Interesting. Lead plaintiff, Otis McDonald, is a 76 year old grandfather and lives with his wife in a risky neighborhood. He’s been burglarized repeatedly and once threatened with death. He has shotguns, but can’t keep them on…
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The Wilderness Experience
There are lots of opinions out in the world as to what actually makes a wilderness a wilderness. Does a New England pine forest make a wilderness? Does the untamed expanse of Alaskan woodlands, mountains and rivers make it a wilderness? How about a Mid-west desert or the Rocky Mountains? A Louisiana swamp? Central Park [...]
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An analysis of Chicago’s legal position
Right here….
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Milt’s Corner – Ibis And Egret
Sounds like a law firm doesn’t it? But here a couple of ibis jockey to hold their position as a larger egret seems intent on dismounting the perch.
Milt Inman Photo
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January 30th, 2010
Big Fish, Little Fish…Photo Envy
If one were to observe the fishing magazines, or stroll through all the profile portraits on Facebook or even visit various fishing blogs and websites, one might start to think the only fish to be caught were monsters that require a forklift to haul them out of the water. It’s almost enough to nudge those of [...]
January 30th, 2010
Cool Coues Video
My friend Amanda who runs Coueswhitetail.com thought my readers might enjoy this video. I agree! What a beautiful buck. Thanks Amanda!~DesertRat
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January 30th, 2010
X Games Gets a Little Weird
Remember about 8 or 9 years ago when they kicked mountain biking out of the Summer X Games because it wasn’t Xtreme! enough? It was about that time that I lost interest. Too much street luge, and the word ‘extreme’ had already jumped the shark at that point. Now a woman in Aspen is [...]
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Quick analysis of reply briefs
I read Alan Gura’s brief last night while waiting to meet with my surgeon (1. I will live. 2. it wasn’t much fun) and NRA’s brief while bombed in the aftermath of that. So I went back this morning to…
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Math, Americans, and the FYI Page
I’m one of the few people who still reads the print newspaper every day. Sometimes I wonder why. Today the FYI section had an interesting graph comparing the money Avatar has made with other all-time revenue generating movies. It was essentially a copy of this graph:
The above chart came from here.
Maybe it’s [...]
January 29th, 2010
The Grand Finale
With my cull buck finally down, I was left with only a couple of hunts remaining to try and get within range of a management 8 point or another big cull buck for that matter.
My next time out was Tuesday morning. With temperatures right at the freezing mark, a heavy frost, bluebird skies, and bucks [...]
January 29th, 2010
Idaho Groups Sponsor Free Dinner To Educate Public About Diseases Carried By Wolves
FREE DINNER
February 10, 2010
6:00 PM
Washington County Fairgrounds
Cambridge, Idaho
URGENT: Two-Thirds of Idaho Wolf Carcasses Examined Have Thousands of Hydatid Disease Tapeworms. Despite warnings from experts, FWS and IDFG ignored diseases, parasites spread by wolves. These disease can spread to humans! — Wolves are infecting livestock pastures and moose habitat with Neospora Caninum, the parasite that causes [...]
January 29th, 2010
Reply briefs are online
Right here. I’ve read Gura’s, and it is first rate, now reading NRA’s. As with the opening briefs, it’s a good spread, with Alan’s tackling privileges or immunities, and NRA tackling due process. (I’ve been intending to put up an…
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Monster Reservation Muley!
The buck pictured below was, I’m told, shot on the Jicarilla Reservation in New Mexico. Long noted for its excellent elk hunting, the Jicarilla obviously hosts some monstrous mule deer as well….
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Tree Sitters Blocking Mountaintop Coal Mine to Meet with West Virginia Governor
Oh boy, now anyone who wants to meet with the West Virginia Governor knows that they only have to sit in a tree for a week. WV Gov Joe Manchin responded to national pressure and called an emergency meeting with tree sitters over a mountaintop mine in the state. This is the eighth day [...]
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Guest Column:Extreme Huntress! Prois and Primal Adventures Announcement!
Prois Hunting & Field Apparel Announces Primal Adventures “Extreme Huntress” Contest Winner at SHOT Show…Congratulations REBECCA FRANCIS!
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Helping OUT the Bobwhite Quail with a S.J. Refuge
Speaking of coming full circle like a hovering flock of quails for a good cause . . .
the federal government is restoring habitat at a wildlife refuge in Ocean County displaced, ironically enough, by a former state game farm once dedicated to raising wild birds.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to spend about $520,000 [...]
Ed Bangs, USFWS: “They’re No Big Deal” re: Wolves
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Last week Ed Bangs, head wolf recovery guru for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said that the decline in moose populations in the Yellowstone National Park area was due to climate change and that his reintroduction of wolves has nothing to do with it. He also was quoted as saying that the presence of [...]
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