I was pretty excited when Erin from Organic Works asked if I’d like to try Dr. Drip coffee. I’m a coffee fanatic, guzzling about a [...]
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July 29th, 2011
Hog Blog On TV – Look Who’s Back In Reruns
On Tuesday, a friend of ours told Kat that she’d just seen me on TV. I was a little puzzled at first. Did she see me [...]
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Don’t Let New York Bowhunters, Inc. Eat Our Young
Sometimes hunters just seem to be their own worst enemies. They get all wrapped up in their own special interests and forget to keep the big picture in mind. Case in point: a group called the New York Bowhunters, Inc., is opposing a new youth hunting s…
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Kawasaki Caption Contest Winner Announced!
You all really got into this caption contest. Was it the photo or the prize that drew a staggering 776 entries? There were so many good ones, it took a while to whittle them down, but here are our editors’ picks:
BClear was gold with the simple, “You should see his bow.”
gxx9sdb had us rolling with, “My wife said I could only have one gun.”
But the prize has to go to Jeff4066:
“Dear Mr. Coyote,
Your ACME order, #184-56, will be shipped next Wednesday. Our engineering department is having some difficulty attaching the anvil.
Respectfully,
Kim Fong
ACME Customer Service”
Congrats Jeff4066 on your new Kawasaki Hedge Trimmer. Email this address with your contact info to claim your prize.
July 29th, 2011
Mathews Z7 Xtreme Buck-Scoring Contest, Final Round
by Dave Hurteau
Okay people, this is it. This is your chance to show off your buck-scoring prowess and win a brand new Mathews’ Z7 Xtreme, the company’s flagship bow for 2011 and a prize worth about $900.
All you have to do is guess the …
July 29th, 2011
Mathews Z7 Xtreme Buck-Scoring Contest, Final Round
by Dave Hurteau
Okay people, this is it. This is your chance to show off your buck-scoring prowess and win a brand new Mathews’ Z7 Xtreme, the company’s flagship bow for 2011 and a prize worth about $900.
All you have to do is guess the …
July 29th, 2011
Jarrett Signature Rifle Review Part III: Give Me A Brake!
by David E. Petzal
For Part I, click here
For Part II, click here
Oddly, one of the most striking features of the Jarrett Signature is the muzzle brake. Kenny’s recommendation is that any rifle he builds of .30 or above should come with a brake and I see his point. I’ve shot a good many guns with muzzle brakes, and while they all work, this one is uncanny. There is almost no recoil. John Blauvelt shot the rifle and could not get over it. We guessed that with the brake in place this .300 Win Mag kicked about like an 8-pound .243. To an experienced shooter, who knows what to expect from the .300 Win Mag, it is unsettling.
July 28th, 2011
Hunt With Ted Nugent On His Texas Ranch?
I know that, despite his recent legal troubles here in CA, Ted Nugent still has a lot of fans in the hunting and shooting community. I [...]
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Dabbling with Interior Design – a Kitchen
My parents recently purchased a beat-up house to fix up. One of the big problem areas is the kitchen. Here is what the kitchen looks like now:After talking to Daddy and hearing his vision for the space – dark wood cabinets, light wood floors, butcher b…
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Dabbling with Interior Design – a Kitchen
My parents recently purchased a beat-up house to fix up. One of the big problem areas is the kitchen. Here is what the kitchen looks like now:After talking to Daddy and hearing his vision for the space – dark wood cabinets, light wood floors, butcher b…
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John M. Browning
An interesting history of the greatest gun designer who ever lived….
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Using Whitetail Vocalizations Deer Hunting
I have been learning about whitetails and the types of vocalizations they use and when and why they use each type. I have been calling whitetails while deer hunting for 31 years and have used calling techniques to help me harvest several nice bucks and have missed a few along the way, but we won’t [...]
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Calguns challenges arbitrary county obstruction of carry permits
The suit is Rossow v. Merced, brought by Jason Davis [thanks for the tip, Gene] and Don Kilmer. Complaint downloadable here. The gist is that Merced County is extensively violating California law by “may issue” permits, refusing to make public…
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Cert reply brief in Williams v. Maryland
Steve Halbrook and Dan Peterson have filed a reply brief on their petition for certiorari in Williams v. Maryland, which upheld a conviction for carrying a handgun outside the home. When first I heard of the case, I was concerned…
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Firearms industry continues to boom
At least, Ruger certainly does!…
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Countdown to F&S’s Best of the Best Bows #10
by Scott Bestul
Well we’re finally at the Top 10 Bows submitted for our annual Bow Test. As I noted in my review of the last bow, we’re looking at some truly fine shooting equipment from here on out. The 10th place bow was easily the faste…
July 27th, 2011
Countdown to F&S’s Best of the Best Bows #10
by Scott Bestul
Well we’re finally at the Top 10 Bows submitted for our annual Bow Test. As I noted in my review of the last bow, we’re looking at some truly fine shooting equipment from here on out. The 10th place bow was easily the faste…
July 27th, 2011
Preparing to Hunt with a Handgun
by Phil Bourjaily
This week on the Gun Nuts TV show, Eddie visits the Smith & Wesson shooting center, a place of many wonders where I received my first and only handgun shooting lesson last September prior to going hunting with a .357 Magnum.
As Eddie does in the video, I started with rimfires and worked my way up to a big gun, in my case the .460 S&W. The .460’s recoil is manageable, but its muzzle blast (for me) was not.
July 27th, 2011
Saving Endangered Species Through Game Ranching?
Here’s someplace I seldom dip for post topics… San Francisco Chronicle columnist, Mark Morford. Before I begin, however, I must offer a warning to my [...]
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Review: Mossy Oak Graphics Gun Camo
by Phil Bourjaily
Back before matte finished and camo guns were common, taping up my gun in the spring was an important pre-turkey season ritual, as was holding my breath after the season as I peeled the tape off, wondering if anything had happened to the blued steel underneath. If you hunted in a downpour and didn’t pull off the tape and wipe the gun down right away it would be spotted with rust.
Now there is a better way. Mossy Oak Graphics sells a kit containing a version of its vinyl truck cladding cut for covering one pump or semiauto shotgun. It’s waterproof and, if you follow the instructions, it’s safe to leave on your gun for as long as you want without fear of rust. You trim the pre-cut pieces to shape, then fix them on with a hairdryer, which shrinks the material on for a tight fit. The gun doesn’t quite look dipped but you can make out the checkering pattern beneath the cladding. It looks good.
July 27th, 2011
Whitetail Management Tips: How to Keep Trespassers Out
The last thing you want to deal with on opening day is a trespasser walking under your stand and blowing up your hunt. This is especially true if you’ve spent the summer growing food plots and manicuring your property into a big buck sanctuary. To avo…
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DNA Testing Shows Dead Connecticut Mountain Lion Came from South Dakota
In what has to rank as one of the most bizarre yet fascinating outdoor tales we’ve heard of in years, biologists have now confirmed that the mountain lion struck and killed by a Tucson in Connecticut was originally from South Dakota! Confused? Okay, let’s back up.
In early June, I reported on a spate of reported mountain lion sightings in Fairfield County Connecticut. Before the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection and state police could even get rolling on their investigation, a mountain lion turned up dead on the Wilbur Cross Parkway—run over in the dead of night by a motorist in a Hyundai Tucson. Considering that the last confirmed mountain lion sighting in Connecticut was a century ago, the DEP was quick to conclude that the cat was likely someone’s pet that had somehow escaped captivity. When their search for mountain lion permitees turned up nothing, the hunt for a better explanation as to the cat’s origins and movements was on. The long-awaited necropsy results tell an incredible tale.
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Accessories for the Bowhunter from TruGlo and Apex
TruGlo and Apex Gear came out with some great gear for 2011 at this years ATA Show. They all teamed up with the Bone Collector’s for a signature line including sights, stabilizers and quivers.
The Bone Collector Pro Tune XS Stabilizer features a tri…
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Accessories for the Bowhunter from TruGlo and Apex
TruGlo and Apex Gear came out with some great gear for 2011 at this years ATA Show. They all teamed up with the Bone Collector’s for a signature line including sights, stabilizers and quivers.
The Bone Collector Pro Tune XS Stabilizer features a tri…
Go to Accessories for the Bowhunter from TruGlo and ApexJuly 26th, 2011
Talking to Scott Sapire of Sweetwater Spice Co.
Hopefully you read my last post where I sang the praises of the Sweetwater Spice Company and their amazing brines. I’m having a ball experimenting [...]
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Wrap up of today’s hearings
Here’s an interesting slide that was shown. Newell was the head of the Phoenix office. The recipient, Kevin O’Reilly, is the White House’s National Security Director for North America. Some interesting segments from the transcript are in extended remarks, below….
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Bittersweet Outdoor Adventure
When we first hit the highway, the skies were clear and blue; as we headed south, however, the fog, which had already burned off closer to home, was still holding its firm grip on the southern portion of the state. We welcomed it with open arms, though, because we knew it would keep the direct [...]
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Save Some Whitetail Fawns and Learn to Hunt Coyotes in the Summer
In recent years, there have been several studies conducted by wildlife biologists over fawn mortality rates caused by natural predation. Many experts believe that whitetail fawns account for nearly 80 percent of a coyote’s diet during the late sp…
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Gunwalker — the media dam breaks
So yesterday the WaPo carried a story on Gunwalker, and the world did not end. That must mean it is now a safe topic…. so today The New York Times gives it space. So does the LA Times. USA Today…
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