PROS: Lightweight, Durable (it can get run over by a truck!), Forgiving, Accurate, Quiet, Shock-free, Holds Rock Solid on Target
CONS: Doesn’t have build in mounts for a two piece quiver (Hoyt sells an adapter to allow for a two-piece quiver to be u…
Go to GEAR GUIDE: Hoyt Carbon MatrixOutdoor enthusiasts have a new tool to help plan the perfect trip to visit any of the 2,500 miles of recreational trails throughout New York, Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today. DEC’s Mapping Gatewa…
Go to DEC Expands Online Google Earth OfferingsThe 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, [...]
Go to Huachucha Gold’s NWTF Chapter Hunter Heritage Banquet on July 31stStory here. Again, a careful choice of plaintiff, facts, and law. Plaintiff had a permit to carry after his house was broken into; then renewal was denied for lack of demonstrated cause, even though the perp is now out of…
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department recently announced the allocation of nearly 3,000 additional licenses to help control the burgeoning deer population near my home. Much of the thinning is focused on whitetails as reported by the department personnel.
That brings up a topic I struggle with when conversing with whitetail nuts like myself. Is one to one the best? I’m referring to the buck to doe ratio. Professional deer managers push for this and there are two main arguments for the one to one ratio.
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Article here. As always he does a serious job of refutation, find their figures (tiny though they are) include a large proportion of self-defense shooting, and even suicides, which don’t have a lot to do with CCW permits. Hat tip…
Go to Lott takes apart antis’ claims about CCW permitteesAs of today, Arizona’s ban on CCW without a permit has expired. Not that it makes much difference to us 1911 lovers. Sorta hard to conceal one — in AZ, it wasn’t concealed if any part of the firearm was…
Go to New AZ law in effectIt’s what all the best, dressed hog hunters will be wearing this coming year! Just saw this photo over at Rex’s Deer Camp Blog, and had to share it here (I hope he doesn’t mind). It’s simply classic! Not every day you see something like this at the skinning rack, but it’s sure to set [...]
Go to The Hottest Thing In Hunting Attire For The 2010 Fall SeasonHSS renews marketing agreement for 6th straight year and gets official endorsement from TV hosts. Hahira, GA (June 22, 2010) – Backwoods Life Television, beginning its 6th action-packed television season, announced today it has renewed its marketing agreement with hunting industry safety innovator Hunter Safety System (HSS). Under the disclosed terms of the agreement, HSS [...]
Go to Hunter Safety System Continues As Official Safety Vest Of Backwoods Life On Pursuit Channel And ICTVQAD Ultra Rest named official arrow rest of popular Pursuit Channel and ICTV outdoors program. Hahira, GA (July 28, 2010) – Backwoods Life Television, the “in your face” reality hunting program that airs 5 times a week on Pursuit Channel and ICTV, announced today it has renewed is marketing agreement with leading archery industry manufacturer [...]
Go to Quality Archery Designs Renews Marketing Agreement With Backwoods Life TV On Pursuit ChannelThe Foreign Policy blog offers you Good Times in Really Bad Places. Just make sure you stay on the Iraqi side of the desert hike if you go near the Iran border – it’s no good being accused of spying and confined to lengthy imprisonment for no good reason.
Thanks Jeff
July is usually the dip in my website traffic counts. Looks like we are beginning to climb out of the rut as summer moves closer to the start of some hunting seasons and I start having more interesting things to post about. Right now I’m tossing around the idea of doing a hunt-by-hunt video diary [...]
Go to Traffic picking back upAmericans and probably a host of most people in the world are ignorant when it comes to animals, wild or domestic. If someone began messing with your baby, there’s no telling to what extent you would go to protect them. Somehow we tend to not think of such things when it comes to animals and [...]
Go to When The Instincts Of Animals RuleI’ve mentioned a couple times that there is a work-in-progress going up in my backyard. Totally framed out now. Just need to get some siding up this weekend and then it will be on to the roof. Dimensions are 10×14 with 8 foot walls and two 4 foot lofts – one in front and one [...]
Go to Storage Shed ProgressThe 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 [...]
Go to Az Deer Association Deer Hunting ClinicForget for a moment that the massive whitewater park in Charlotte, North Carolina – one of the largest parks around and an Olympic training ground – is on the verge of bankruptcy. Instead, turn your mind to the straight economics pitched by whitewater dreamers across the U.S. There are 86,000 dams in America, and [...]
Go to Kayakers Dream Big: Convert Old Dams into Whitewater ParksMISSOULA, Mont. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., today introduced legislation that guarantees funding for improving hunter access to existing public lands. Included within the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Spill Accountability Act is a provision supported by the Boone and Crockett Club and other hunting organizations which directs the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to work with volunteering landowners to enhance access to existing public lands for the purposes of hunting, fishing and other recreational [...]
Go to Senate Bill Will Help Hunters Gain Access to Public LandsMISSOULA, Mont.–Wildlife conservation and public education projects in seven Minnesota counties have been selected to receive grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in [...]
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One camper is dead and two injured after at least one bear rampaged through a campground near Yellowstone National Park. The animal or animals crushed tents, killing one male and injuring two others. Authorities put the campers in their cars by 6am and closed the Soda Butte campground in case the bear returns. The [...]
Go to 1 Dead, 2 Injured in Yellowstone Bear AttackI wasn’t aware and I wonder how many of you are that it is illegal in some states to collect rainwater that falls on your property. And the reason for this is……………………………? Tom Remington Related ArticlesWhen Americans Need Leadership (3)Thomas Jefferson: Declaration Of Independence And Deterring A Dictatorship (2)“Coyotes In The State Of Nature” (0)Do [...]
Go to The Absurdity Of Limiting Our Freedoms ContinuesMy 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 [...]
Go to Stick Em Archery Interviews Spook SpannHere’s one from the archives, written by Greg Staggs. For what it’s worth, ever since Greg wrote this piece for me a couple years ago, I have tied my own D-loops exactly as he describes…
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Go to How-To Thursdays: Tie a Better D-LoopA California teacher bought a box of glass negatives and stored them under his pool table for a decade. He joked to friends that they were shot by Ansel Adams since they were Yosemite images, and eventually his joking culminated in an investigation that verified their authenticity and valued them at $200 million. The [...]
Go to It’s Time to Redecorate the Dorm Room: New Ansel Adams Photos DiscoveredLEE, Maine – Five Disabled Maine Veterans were selected through a lottery to receive permits for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Controlled Moose Hunt in Aroostook County. Four alternates also were selected during a special lottery drawing barbecue on Friday, July 23 in Lee. The lottery was hosted by Paul and Deanna [...]
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Go to Git er Done!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 [...]
Go to Montana Bear Kills One, Injures TwoComplaint here, in pdf. The new California statute requires handgun ammunition to be sold face-to-face, with ID from the purchaser, and delivered at his address to himself and no one else. Plaintiffs challenge this as violating the Federal Aviation Admin….
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Questioning The Ability Of Me’s Senators, Collins And Snowe, To Judge Character
Posted by Tom Remington on July 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
What is one to think? Anyone who spends 5 minutes researching the background of Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, Barack Obama’s nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court, can discover that Elena Kagan is not a person of good character. Forget for the moment about political ideals and whether she does or does not emulate the ideals [...]
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