A great service from the American Veterinary Medical Association. This was posted by Dr. Billy Griswold over on the Arizona Sportsman’s Journal. You can get to the podcast here: Hunting and Food Safety. Thanks Dr. Griswold! Related Articles:Sighting In Your New Scope by Vortex OpticsAwesome Safety Video Goes ViralCheck Out The Trophy RoomPrairie Dog Brouhaha [...]
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January 18th, 2011
Hunting HAM This Year
I’ve said it a million times – javelina are my nemesis. I’ve been hunting them a few years now, and have yet to fill a tag. My daughter even got one before me (read about the Sunset Sow). All of my tags so far have been archery tags. I have hunted 37B, 37A, and 20A. [...]
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A Review of the Dodge Ram Outdoorsman Truck
In keeping of my touting fellow Skinny Moose bloggers, I’d like to send you over to Moose Droppings, one of the most successful blogs in the Skinny Moose Network. Daniel “Moose” McLaughlin, had an incredible opportunity to do an extended test on the Dodge Ram Outdoorsman truck. You can read his review here: Moose drives [...]
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January offers extensive hunting opportunities in Arizona
January offers extensive hunting opportunities Deer, javelina, quail, duck and rabbit are all in season By Doug Burt, public information officer Now that we’re into the new year, the Arizona Game and Fish Department wants to remind sportsmen and women that January offers a wide variety of hunting opportunities. Getting back into the field can [...]
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Interested in Hunting Coyotes?
My friend Rizzo is a predator killing machine and does lots of different seminars around the state. Perusing his website, it looks like he enjoys taking rookies out as well. I’m definitely going to have to hook with him one of these days! Anyway, Rizzo is putting on a Coyote Clinic on Januray 21st and [...]
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Check Out The Black Bear Blog
One thing that I don’t do well as a blogger is cross-post with my co-bloggers in the Skinny Moose Network. This isn’t deliberate, it just seems that I have a hard time getting my blog filled up with my own stuff. That being said, my competitive juices are now flowing – for the first time [...]
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Tucson Hero Talks About Gun Control
If you get bored with the MSNBC host, advance to around the 5-minute mark. This gentleman gets it right. ~DesertRat Related Articles:Two Pro-Gun Bills Making Progress in the Arizona HouseDon’t miss the largest hands-on Outdoor Expo in Arizona on March 27-28Dove, pigeon, sandhill crane hunt regulations are onlineThe Other “New” Arizona Gun Laws
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BOGgear LLC introduces the PSR – Precision Shooting Rest™
The patent pending Precision Shooting Rest™ (PSR) is a new, quick-change accessory for BOG-POD® tripods. The PSR is the perfect shooting platform specifically designed for use with crossbows, handguns, and AR-style rifles. PSR features: • Made of lightweight, aluminum construction • Base is approximately 13” long and 2” wide • U-shaped rest adjusts from 2” [...]
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Skeet Shooting With A Twist
This is a pretty cool video. How real men shoot skeet! Related Articles:Tucson Hero Talks About Gun ControlBOGgear LLC introduces the PSR – Precision Shooting Rest™Hats Off To Coleman Tyler, LLCCunningham’s Shooting Range Offers Special
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Interesting Deer Video
Two deer locked up on the ice Related Articles:January offers extensive hunting opportunities in ArizonaPoachers SoughtTalking With Tim Austin From Vortex OpticsMossberg 4×4 Review Part 1
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Great Vortex Spotting Scope Sale
Thanks to friend Doug at CameraLand for bringing this great sale! ~DesertRat The Vortex Skyline 20-60×80 Spotting Scope was $444.99 for the Angled and $429.99 for the straight, however, we are now offering your choice of straight or angled (while supplies last) for only $299.99. Impressive in low light The Skyline is an amazing scope [...]
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The Economic Impact of Wildlife in Arizona
What you do is more than just a hobby. Desert Rat Related Articles:October An Important AnniversaryArizona hunting and fishing licenses now available onlineDesert Rat Blog Gets A New URLHunting To Be A “Right” in Arizona?
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Camp Patriot Update
I always enjoy getting news from Camp Patriot. Camp Patriot is an awesome effort from Micah and Bill Clark which provides an opportunity for disabled veterans to get back outside and partake of the great outdoors. ~DesertRat Here is part of the e-mail that I recently received from Bill: We are preparing several events; snow [...]
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Great Offer For My Readers From FoodSavers
Hey I want to thank Elyse from Jarden Consumer Solutions for contacting me on behalf of the folks from FoodSavers. A lot of Outdoorsmen and women know how great these things work and 50% off a GameSaver Outdoorsman Gift Set is AWESOME. They have graciously extended the offer for a couple of weeks past Christmas. [...]
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Kiwi Camp Dry Contest
A big thanks to the folks at Kiwi for providing a giveaway. If interested in being entered to win a bottle KIWI Camp Dry Heavy Duty Water Repellent, please send an e-mail to muskrat89@gmail.com with “CONTEST” in the Subject line. From Kiwi: Now just because we’ve gone eco friendly and changed our look that doesn’t [...]
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Arizona Elk Society Offers Scholarships
Another great program from my friends at the AES. ~DesertRat Do you know any college bound High School Seniors or continuing college students that might need a scholarship? The Arizona Elk Society gives out up to three scholarships to students that qualify. Check it out at www.arizonaelksociety.org, look under the accomplishments tab at the youth [...]
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Stealth to Unveil New Utility Vehicle at 2011 ATA Show
Stop by the Wildgame Innovations booth #2515 at 1 p.m., Thurs., Jan. 6 at the ATA Show for a gander at Stealth’s newest electric utility vehicle. This impressive 4×4 boasts more power and standard features than the competition, powering through mud and over obstacles with little effort. Stealth’s electric utility vehicles have become the industry [...]
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Winchester Archery Is On The Scene!
I’ve been waiting on this one for awhile. Am anxious to see how they do. ~DesertRat From Winchester Check out the new Quicksilver 34 and Quicksilver 31 bows. Designed by bowhunters, both bows highlight the patent pending AST Two Track cam system, offering speed, quietness, and exceptional consistency with very forgiving brace heights. Crossbow fans [...]
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Federal Court Of Appeals Ruling Deals Blow To Wildlife Conservation
Leave it to the 9th Circuit whack-jobs. Let the “environmental groups” start paying for stuff, instead of adding costs to game management. DesertRat (Columbus, OH) -The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling which protected active wildlife conservation efforts on National Wildlife Refuge lands. In 2007, environmental groups filed a lawsuit [...]
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Wrong Way To Kill A Bear?
OK, hunting ethics gurus – what say you? Takes some onions to crawl in a bear’s den but really – doesn’t seem ethical to me personally. Read the full CBS article here: Colorado Bear. A snippet: (CBS) A hunter from Craig may have killed one of the biggest bears ever in Colorado, but how the [...]
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Highlights from the December Game and Fish Commission meeting
Highlights from the December Game and Fish Commission meeting The Arizona Game and Fish Commission met Dec. 3 and 4 to provide guidance to the department on a variety of items. During the two-day public meeting held at the Game and Fish headquarters in Phoenix, with teleconference at regional offices and live webcast over the [...]
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Tracking Rifles Sold Near Mexico?
Give me a break. What seems lost on many is that Mexican Customs and Law Enforcement is responsible for keeping contraband from entering Mexico. The US Federal Government is responsible for keeping contraband and people from entering the US, not leaving it. If the Mexican authorities don’t want legally purchased US guns entering their country, [...]
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2011 Elk and Antelope Regs Posted
PHOENIX — The Arizona Game and Fish Department today posted the 2011 Pronghorn Antelope and Elk Hunt Draw Information booklet at www.azgfd.gov/draw. Hunters with visions of a bugling elk in their sights or a broadside buck antelope in range can now start applying for a hunt permit-tag issued through the drawing process. All applications must [...]
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Celebrity Turkey Call
OK – I try to keep the material on my site at PG-ish. This might overstep that a bit. Not for kids please. Funny though Related Articles:Watch “Wild Justice” on NatGeoHuachucha Gold’s NWTF Chapter Hunter Heritage Banquet on July 31stSnow conditions may hinder some spring turkey huntsNatGeo Wild is Coming!ISE Show Coming to PhoenixThe Wild [...]
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Thanks To Vet’s Best
I want to thank Zach Hausauer for offering me some product to evaluate, and offering some product for a giveaway, which I posted over at the AHT Forums. Vet’s Best has an awesome-looking line of products. I encourage everyone to peruse Vet’s Best website – they have a wide range of products for your dog [...]
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Last Minute Stocking Stuffer? AZBGSR!
Holiday shopping have you scrambling? We have the perfect idea to help you with your last minute gift giving. Why not give the chance for the Hunt of a Lifetime $9700 Swarovski Optics Package New Mexico Trophy Elk Hunt Purchase your tickets online today. Ticket prices range from $5 – $25 each. We will even [...]
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Poachers Sought
Boy, just when I think nothing will surprise me, I read this. These are scum. Not hunters. Make no mistake. Arizona Game and Fish Department NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release, Dec. 7, 2010 Up To $4,000 Reward Offered in Slaughter of Nine Does, Fawns Near Willcox WILLCOX, Ariz – The Arizona Game and Fish Department [...]
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Heritage Fund celebrates 20 years of conserving Arizona’s wildlife
If you voted in Arizona in 1990, chances are you voted in favor of the initiative that created the Heritage Fund. Arizonans showed their overwhelming support for wildlife by passing the measure by a 2-to-1 ratio. For the past 20 years, the Heritage Fund has made a difference not just to wildlife conservation efforts, but [...]
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Watch “Wild Justice” on NatGeo
NatGeo is one of our favorite channels and I am really looking forward to this series – Wild Justice. This show chronicles the stories of California Game Wardens who patrol the state’s 159,000 square miles defending the environment and endangered wildlife against human threats such as poachers, polluters, and illegal marijuana growers. The first episode [...]
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Future for Arizona’s endangered black-footed ferrets shines
Future for Arizona’s endangered black-footed ferrets shines thanks to recovery efforts The future for Arizona’s endangered black-footed ferrets looks promising with two new exciting developments: the opening of a new breeding facility for the species at the Phoenix Zoo and the best-ever population survey results. Fourteen years after they were first reintroduced to the state, [...]
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