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A Florida family says their fishing trips will never be the same after the terror they experienced when a large barracuda jumped into their boat and chomped their teenage…
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Go to Toothy Terror on the GulfAt least many of us did as the North Carolina lawmakers failed to pass laws to overturn the addition of crossbows as archery equipment, the addition of a second week of muzzle loader season, opening up Sunday’s to hunting on private land and a number of other rules that were delayed. I think it was [...]
Go to They Adjourned… Left Town… and Hunters CheerComplaint here, and here’s the take at No Lawyers, Just Guns and Money. Claims include an FFL’s argument that the continuing ban on sale of handguns is unconstitutional, attacks on one gun a month and other provisions of the replacement…
Go to Another Chicago suitNordyke is the incredibly long-lived challenge to a California ban on gun shows at a county facility. A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel had ruled that the Second Amendment applies to the States via the 14th, but that the ban was…
Go to Development in Nordyke v. KingI know, it’s been awhile since I posted here. I have a legit excuse, really. I’ve been camping in the Mountains in a bubble where cell service is wishful thinking and the concept of Internet access is about as futuristic as the hovercraft car I thought I’d be driving by now when I was an 8 year old [...]
A common complaint among hunters (myself included) in the wake of many deer poaching convictions is that the punishment isn’t tough enough. So I’ve got a simple question for you: What…
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Go to Hurteau: What Should The Penalty Be for Jacking Deer?I killed a deer this weekend. Or at least I’m pretty sure I did. But it didn’t really happen at all like I’d planned when I set out on Friday evening. To begin with, it wasn’t a magnificent, blacktail buck, emerging unsuspecting on a foggy, cool morning from a cluster of oaks. It wasn’t even [...]
Go to A Zone Archery Opener RecapThe beauty encountered in the backcountry affects people in different ways. It surprises me a bit that I watched an entire 3:29 video about a double rainbow, but I can’t say I’m sorry I did.
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July 11th
Today was a busy day. We were all up early. I had a 13.1 mile training run in Healdsburg, Kelsey and Natalie had hunter safety, Erin and Sydney were helping at the Two Rock VFD Pancake Breakfast.
After finishing my run in 2:09:55 while doing a 6 minute run/1 minute walk [...]
July 10, 2010
California’s A zone Archery Deer Season opened today. It also was The first day of my daughter Kelsey’s Hunter Safety class. It was hosted by Black Point Gun Club, and taught by Steve Jacobs. It will Go all day today from 8-5, and tomorrow 8-2.
While I had to work in [...]
A 25-year-old making his way up Denali was plucked from the mountain on July 7th after his odd behavior on the climb alarmed others. The park rangers received numerous reports that they guy didn’t have the equipment or the knowledge for safe travel, was throwing trash on the trailside, and behaving oddly when he [...]
Go to Military Called in to Handle Erratic Climber on DenaliDURANGO, Colo. – Colorado Division of Wildlife officers shot and killed a bear early Saturday morning that bit a man near the Animas River in Durango.
The victim reported he was sleeping outside when he was bitten by a bear through his blanket at about 2:30 a.m. He received a minor wound during the [...]
The other night I was regaling some non-hunting friends with tales of traveling with guns, and they asked me which countries were the worst and the best as far as being a pain in the ass to the armed…
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After stumbling across this picture, I’m starting to get a little concerned. I know that bears inhabit many of the woods around us, and while their population may be small in my area of Michigan, if they are starting to get this smart I might need to be careful when scouting, hunting, or simply heading [...]
Go to Role ReversalIt happens occasionally when you’re climbing that you’ll notice you’re hanging off a huge flake that’s become separated from the rest of the geology. It seems as though nothing is holding it on, and you wonder why it doesn’t fall off with you on it. Well, sometimes it does. The latest episode of Yosemite [...]
Go to Rock Falls in YosemiteA 66-year-old historian who works at the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch punched a 300-pound black bear in the face. The bear was attacking the ranch’s goat in the middle of the night, and the historian ran outside in his ‘long nightshirt’ to see what was going on.
“I was sound asleep in my long nightshirt [...]
Bible Study Verse
II Corinthians 12:9a
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
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Backpacking with our kids on the coast of Lake Superior we were on a gorgeous yet rugged trail. Half way through our week long trip, my wife was crossing a small river when [...]
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Samuel 17:8-10
He stood and shouted to the battle formations: “Why do you come out to line up in battle formation?” He asked them, “Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me. If he wins in a fight [...]
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James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. (NIV)
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This is a difficult thing for us all to do. It’s bad enough we have to face our sins, but to confess to friends [...]
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Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. (ESV)
Thoughts
When a buck steps into view during gun season, I have a whole different set of realities to deal with than does my son, a junior hunter. The [...]
EDGEFIELD, S.C. – The National Wild Turkey Federation’s New York State Chapter budgeted $133,000 from its state Hunting Heritage Super Fund to invest in outreach, education, conservation and other projects in 2010.
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“Freedom Of Speech Is A Two-Way Street”
Posted by Tom Remington on July 12, 2010 · Leave a Comment
As strange as it may seem to some that I would positively quote a pro Islamic institution, the title of this blog is a statement made by CAIR – Council on American-Islamic Relations. Freedom of Speech, not so indifferent from all our freedoms, is a two-way street and for those who truly cherish liberty, sometimes [...]
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