Archive for February 16th, 2011
February 16th, 2011
More on Project Gunwalker
Pdf letter here. I always figured Grassley was OK, nothing better, but this is extraordinary. It’s obvious (1) he isn’t going to let up and (2) he’s getting VERY good internal intel. He knows that the FFL who sold the…
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Eagle Takes Down a Deer
Some of the comments going with this video say that it’s not an adult deer as though that disqualifies the magnificence of this feat. I find it incredible. Related ArticlesMaine’s Disappearing Deer: The Prestidigitation of Predator Protection (3)Are Feds Further Reneging On Wolf Introduction ‘Deal’? (2)Calico Buck (3)Gray Wolves’ Wildlife Destruction Spreads (13)I Am An [...]
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Mt. Governor: I Will “uphold the rights of our citizens” and Begin Killing Packs of Wolves
In a letter written by Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar: Dear Secretary Salazar: I write to you today regarding wolf management in Montana. While almost everyone acknowledges that the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf population is fully recovered, as the Governor of Montana I am profoundly frustrated by the lack of [...]
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Weatherby® Guarantees SUB-MOA With New Vanguard® S2 Rifles
In recent years, accuracy-avid hunters and shooters have made Vanguard® rifles the top seller in Weatherby’s firearms line. Weatherby now takes the performance of Vanguard to an even higher level with the new Series 2 (S2), which is guaranteed to shoot SUB-MOA (a three-shot group of .99-inch or less) with factory or premium [...]
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Texas is a great place….
Most visitors to the Capitol have to go thru metal detectors, which can be a slow line on a busy day, but CCW permittees have a lane that sidesteps the metal detectors. So lobbyists and journalists are getting CCW permits…
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Muddy, Messy, and the Flu: Not a good time to be outdoors
As I write this, water continues to drip from the roof of the house – a sure sign that ice fishing is done for this year. And that water, once it reaches the ground, is turning everything into a muddy, brown mess; it’s covering the driveway, our cars, and every pair of footwear that comes [...]
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Reasons for the “Hang Up”
Guest posting by Scott Ellis Each spring millions of hunters take to the woods with visions of longbeards running into their set up. Taking into consideration the basics of nature, it’s not rocket science why birds stay out of gun range. Never the less, it leaves turkey hunters scratching their heads season after season. There [...]
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Apply for the Copp-Dash Inspire Award
There’s $20k waiting to be claimed by mountaineers who can convince the judges they’re worthy of following in the footsteps of two of America’s leading alpine climbers (and who can also pull together the necessary paperwork by March 31st). The Copp-Dash Inspire Award only asks that you somehow document your expedition to share once you’ve [...]
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Virginia House Committee Tables Deer, Elk, and Bear Damage Bill
Press Release – U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (Columbus, OH) – Sportsmen should thank Committee members for voting to stop a bill that would have allowed for the unlimited killing of deer, elk and bear. Senate Bill 868, introduced by Senator Richard Stuart (R- Montross), would have required the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to issue [...]
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Self-defense in Canada
It’s getting pretty ugly. Masked gang throws firebombs into man’s house at night, he shoots into air to drive them off, and he gets prosecuted for careless use of a firearm and pointing a firearm. The list of court cases…
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Virginia House Committee Tables Deer, Elk, and Bear Damage Bill
(Columbus, OH) – Sportsmen should thank Committee members for voting to stop a bill that would have allowed for the unlimited killing of deer, elk and [...]
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No Rational Wildlife Management Plan Without Predator Control
Ask not what your fish and game department can do for you. Ask what you can do to help save a deer herd. Click on Photo to Enlarge Related ArticlesRep. Edgecomb Presents Governor with Petitions to Save Northern Whitetail Deer Herd (7)Wolf Killed In Western Maine And Snaring Bill For Coyotes Proposed (2)$200 Bounty On [...]
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Absinthe Films 10 Years Later
Ten years may be longer than most snowboarders expect to live, but that’s how long Absinthe Films has weathered the ups and downs of the industry. YoBeat pulled together all of their film teasers from the last decade and dropped them in one spot.
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February 16th, 2011
It is Training Season
Now that I have begun my applications in other states, the realization has hit me that I have let my conditioning slip, even during hunting season. It is hard to go for a run when you could just as easily slip out for a quick leisurely evening hunt. Then the holidays seem to grab the [...]
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The Upland Nation Spreads Its Wings at the Safari Club International Convention
The Safari Club International Convention was the stage for key upland shooting developments. Quail Unlimited and the Safari Club Foundation laid plans for a UK-style game fare in Georgia plantation country. And the Beretta Trident Program upped the ante for securing top destinations for hunters and sporting clays shooters. Find out more at http://www.shotgunlife.com/.
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1/27/2011 – Wide 8 Down!
I was trying to squeeze in as many hunts in the last 10 days of the season as I could and I went out a couple more times since the last post without seeing anything even remotely intriguing. Warmer temperatures had kind of put a cramp in the rut, but on Thursday the 27th colder [...]
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Changes in Arches National Park Climbing Management Plan
The National Park Service has opened a comment period for a proposal to change climbing regulations in Arches. There are four tiers of possible changes that go from nothing changing in the existing plan to a very stringent regulation that would require loads of permits and ban bouldering, slacklining, wingsuit flying, etc. You can read [...]
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Meet the President of SEEMZ Technology
I sincerely want to thank Josh Clemence, President of SEEMZ Technology, for taking the time to answer some questions for my readers. If odor elimination is an important part of your hunt (and it should be), I strongly suggest you check out SEEMZ. ~DesertRat 1. How did you get into this business? What did you [...]
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You Will Not Get a VIP Table at the Yosemite Rangers’ Club
In the latest installment of Yosemite Nature Notes, filmmaker Steven Bumgardner takes a look at the Rangers’ Club. It’s one of a handful of buildings in Yosemite designated as a historical site, and it’s served as a lodging for park rangers for nearly 100 years.
via Adventure Journal
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Hunt, Join, Act!
Each year millions of hunters go afield in search of game species such as quail, duck, pheasant, deer, sheep, antelope, and elk. Hunters play a vital role in the overall maintenance of the wildlife populations that they hunt, but some may take hunting for granted. In part through the work of hunters, state game and fish agencies manage their wildlife resources. However, it’s conservation organizations that are the backbone of wildlife conservation in the [...]
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Hog Blog TV Reviews – I Promised, But…
I know, I know… I said I’d start doing a regular outdoors television review around here, but obviously it hasn’t happened. Sure, I squeezed in the post about crossbow hunting last week, but that’s been about it. Part of the problem is that I’ve been on the road for nine weeks out of the last [...]
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A Football Game Gives Hope
Could you do this? There was an unusual high school football game played in Grapevine, Texas . The game was between Grapevine Faith Academy and the Gainesville State School . Faith is a Christian school and Gainesville State School is located within a maximum security correction facility. Gainesville State School has 14 players. They play [...]
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QDMA 2011 Whitetail Report
QDMA has completed the 2011 Whitetail Report. The report is QDMA’s annual update on the status of white-tailed deer, the foundation of the hunting industry in North America. Compiled by QDMA staff biologists, the Whitetail Report takes a detailed loo…
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Wind Power and Precious Waters
Posted by Tom Remington on February 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Guest blog by David Miller The definition of hydrology is “A science dealing with the properties, distribution, and circulation of water on the surface of the land, in the soil and underlying rocks, and in the atmosphere.” So in essence, the hydrology of our land is in reality a life form of it own such [...]
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