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Huachucha Gold’s NWTF Chapter Hunter Heritage Banquet on July 31st

The Huachuca Gould’s Chapter would like to invite you to their 12th Anniversary Hunter Heritage Banquet to be held on July 31, 2010 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 156 W. Kayetan Drive, in Sierra Vista, with doors opening at 4:30PM. Thirteen quality firearms will be raffled, along with activities for children, women package raffles, [...]

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Az Deer Association Deer Hunting Clinic

The Arizona Deer Association will be holding its Annual Deer Hunting Clinic on Saturday August 14, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility located at 5000 W. Carefree Highway Phoenix, AZ. For more information visit us at www.azdeer.org or call (602) 395-DEER. This year’s clinic is free of charge [...]

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Stick Em Archery Interviews Spook Spann

My friend Brian Stephens over at Stick ‘Em Archery has an awesome site going over there. Below is an interview with TV personality Spook Spann. If you’re a bowhunter, have a look at Brian’s site ASAP! Related Articles:Ben Pearson Introduces The LegendEric Price Talks About LumenokArchery Lessons Online – Check Them Out!Ben Pearson Pride Nearing [...]

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Montana Bear Kills One, Injures Two

Please read the full article on MSNBC.com here: Rampage in Montana. HELENA, Mont. — At least one bear rampaged through a heavily occupied campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park in the middle of the night, killing one person and injuring two others during a terrifying attack that forced people to hide in their cars as [...]

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Kudos to The Survival Mom

Last month I attended the AESA conference in Carefree. Emergency planning is one of my responsibilities at work, and the AESA (Arizona Emergency Services Association) is an association of emergency planning professionals, first responders, law enforcement and other folks involved in emergency planning, in Arizona. One of the speakers at this year’s conference was Lisa [...]

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Ken Clay of Winslow named Shikar-Safari Wildlife Officer of the Year for Arizona

Ken Clay of Winslow named Shikar-Safari Wildlife Officer of the Year for Arizona On just about any frosty morning in autumn, you’ll find Wildlife Manager Ken Clay III bunking at the Vincent Ranch Wildlife Area so he can get up at O-dark-thirty and patrol the big game hunts in the Mogollon Rim area. Ken has [...]

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Remington® set to introduce HyperSonic Steel™

Remington® set to introduce HyperSonic Steel™ The World’s Fastest Waterfowl Shotshell. Featuring the New Xelerator® Wad Technology Madison, NC – Few things are more challenging than hitting fast moving, high flying waterfowl. To meet this challenge, Remington is proud to introduce the fastest velocity, highest downrange pattern energies ever produced in the history of steel [...]

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Up to $6,000 reward offered in Rocky Mountain bighorn ram poaching near Alpine

Note to non-hunting public – hunters don’t do this. Brain-dead thieving pieces of fecal matter do. ~DesertRat Up to $6,000 reward offered in Rocky Mountain bighorn ram poaching near Alpine PINETOP, Ariz. — The Arizona Game and Fish Department is asking for the public’s help in finding the individual or individuals responsible for the illegal [...]

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Draw Results Up

Zilch for me, but i only put in for December deer hunts so it’s not a big surprise. I’m going to focus my efforts on archery hunting this fall and winter, and maybe some predator hunting also. Congrats to all those who drew tags! For draw results and a list of leftover tags, go here: [...]

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Cunningham’s Grand Opening A Success

The southeast valley has a new state of the art shooting range thanks to the efforts of the folks behind Cunningham’s Shooting Range located in Queen Creek, near Power and Germann. I was able to make it over to the event for about an hour and I bet 50-100 people passed through the place, during [...]

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Cunningham’s Shooting Range Set to Open

I’m very excited at the prospect of having a shooting range 5 minutes away from my house! Cunningham’s Shooting Range is set to open July 3rd, and am excited to get in there and get some rounds down range. I have spoken with Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham and I can tell you that they have [...]

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Boating Enforcement Activity

Good news: Few arrested at checkpoint But many still cited for equipment shortcomings Five law enforcement agencies recently worked together to help provide a safe boating environment for watercraft users along the Colorado River. The Arizona Game and Fish Department, Nevada Department of Wildlife, National Park Service, Bullhead City Police Department, and Yavapai County Sheriff’s [...]

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Game and Fish and Alpha Energy cut a “green” ribbon

Game and Fish and Alpha Energy cut a “green” ribbon The Arizona Game and Fish Department headquarters on Carefree Highway in Phoenix is now officially partially solar powered. Approximately 20 percent of the power used by the building is being supplied through an array of solar panels on the roof. “Being a natural resources conservation [...]

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Arizona’s only satellite-tracked bald eagle returns to the sky

Arizona’s only satellite-tracked bald eagle returns to the sky After months of rehabilitation and preparation, Arizona’s first adult bald eagle fitted with a satellite GPS transmitter was released June 7 at Watson Lake near Prescott. The 7-year-old male was found east of Prescott with a wing injury and elevated lead levels and has spent the [...]

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Game and Fish participates in second annual Operation Dry Water campaign

Game and Fish participates in second annual Operation Dry Water campaign Heavy law enforcement patrol efforts from the tri-state region will remove alcohol-impaired boaters from the Colorado River at the end of the month as part of Operation Dry Water, a countrywide movement that has more than 40 states increasing OUI enforcement and awareness. Operation [...]

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Check out the Fresh Air Fund

I was approached by the Fresh Air Fund and asked to promote their cause this summer. Poking around their site, it looks like a great organization. Those of us who grew up in rural areas can’t imagine what it would be like to grow up in a big city, and to have never ventured out [...]

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Happy Father’s Day!

This is a reprint from a newspaper column I wrote a few years ago. Happy Father’s Day, Dad and Gramp – I wish I was closer. My passion for hunting and fishing is a direct result of excursions with my Dad and Grandfather, when I was young. Granted, Gramp was never a hunter, but an [...]

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Father’s Day Indeed

OK, I know I re-post this every year. I’m a sap. Maybe I’ll write a new one next year. Love you, Baby Miky. Fathers Day, Indeed Every year, when Father’s Day rolls around, the mushy poems, odes, and tributes spring up all over. Heart-wrenching stories will fill our e-mail inboxes. The department stores will tell [...]

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Artist Could Use Some Help

A couple of years ago, I made a post about artist Ryan Jacque. Now, I can’t even remember where I ran across his work, just that I was struck by it, and wanted to spread the word about his incredible talent. Well, today I heard from him, out of the blue. A couple of months [...]

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Garbage

I’ve received some traffic regarding my post about the trash on the southern border. Here are some more photos.

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Wildlife group threatens suit against feds to protect jaguar

“Wildlife group threatens suit against feds to protect jaguar”. Of course they do. Because they’re all about the lawsuits. They’re all about their politics. They’re all about preservation (denial). Funny they’re not trying to sue anybody over the tons of trash being left along the southern border. Or the roads and trails being carved into [...]

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Taser International sees new opportunities in wildlife control

Of course, PETA is already flapping their collective gums about this.
You can read the full article here on AzCentral.com : Taser Stun Gun Targets Wildlife
Taser and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game are testing the guns on distressed or aggressive wayward animals, including moose, bears and deer. Officials say the devices are successful because [...]

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Environmentalists Absent From Border Debate

I can’t remember the last time a week passed where I didn’t read about an environmentalist group that was upset about something. Sheep in Kofa, air quality in Maricopa county, owls, little fish, wolves – you name it. Groups like the Sierra Club and Center for Biological Diversity are not shy about speaking their minds [...]

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Another great Arizona blog!

Hey folks – there’s another great Arizona blog to visit! Carmen Cavolo recently started the Ragu Outdoors Blog and already you’ll find some awesome posts! Be sure and check out his posted videos as well.
Good luck, Ragu, and welcome to the Blogosphere!
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HOAL Raffle

Here is an opportunity to win an awesome Christensen Arms rifle worth over $3500
This is a Christensen Arms Hunter Custom in .270 Winchester with a Leupold Century Scope. Features include: Mossy Oak Treestand Camo stock, trigger worked to 3 lbs, muzzle brake, bedded barrel, bolt lightened and jeweled. Comes with a custom Christensen hard [...]

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Is the UN After Your Guns?

Many of us “pooh-pooh” the worries about gun control as alarmist. I can’t verify the facts in this video, but there is enough information raised here to heighten my vigilance. ~DesertRat

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Awesome Concept From Ribz

Awhile back, I was contacting purveyors of spices and rubs, in order to start building relationships to support my new smoking blog, the Dry Rubbed Rat. One of the responses I received back was from Ray Richardson from Raptor Rubs. So anyway, Ray indicated in his response that he was doing some restructuring in his [...]

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Public shooting ranges provide safe shooting environment, positive impact on local economies, and major funding source for wildlife conservation

Public shooting ranges provide safe shooting environment, positive impact on local economies, and major funding source for wildlife conservation
PHOENIX — The demand for public shooting ranges in Arizona continues to increase at a pace to match recreational shooting demand and gun ownership, based on a March poll and recent report issued by the National [...]

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AZGFD Hosts Bighorn Sheep Workshops

Bighorn sheep take center stage at workshops
Free opportunity to learn about and view the animals
The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Region III office in Kingman is serving as host to the popular Desert Bighorn Sheep Workshops.
There will be two separate, two-day workshops from July 30-31 and Aug. 6-7. The first night of the workshop [...]

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Orange Beach Fishing Gearing-Up for Stellar Summer Season in Waters Not Affected By Oil Spill

Orange Beach Fishing Gearing-Up for Stellar Summer Season in Waters Not Affected By Oil Spill
Orange Beach, AL – 5/14/10 – You’ll never find fishing better off the coast of Orange Beach, Alabama, than right now. Anglers who are fishing in the abundant Gulf of Mexico or inshore waters are pulling-in monster fish daily in waters [...]

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