Interesting interviews over at Only Guns and Money….
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Unfortunately, Michigan has an oil spill of its own
Unfortunately, Michigan has its very own oil spill. Apparently, a pipeline that carries oil from Indiana to Ontario malfunctioned and pumped 840,000 gallons of oil into Talmadge Creek, which runs directly into the Kalamazoo river – a prominent river in the southern portion of the state – and local residents now not only get to [...]
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Fly Fishing New Waters…
See that visual on the left there? The one of me holding my fly box open, hand running across possible fly choices? The look of intense concentration? As I went through the pictures taken on my trip to Oregon, there seems to be a lot of those same types of pictures. The, “well hell….now what” [...]
July 28th, 2010
Wilderness Personality Gets Frontline Practice with Charging Grizzly
Jack Hanna, the guy who used to hangout with Johnny Carson and Dave Letterman, recently filmed a PSA urging hikers to carry pepper spray instead of guns into national parks to deal with charging grizzlies. Yesterday he was able to offer some firsthand notes along with his PSA. The guy was hiking with his [...]
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Clinton-Appointed Judge Blocks Arizona Immigration Laws
A Federal Judge, appointed by Bill Clinton when he was president, has blocked the Arizona Immigration Law from taking effect at midnight tonight. Rest assured, Obama’s Justice Department, hand picked Judge Susan Bolton to hear their case as she would be a lackey to do the bidding of the anti-American administration of Barack Obama. Here’s [...]
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Hurteau: Announcing The Winner of The Moose-Shed Scoring Contest
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Petzal: The Wonderful World of Eric Holder
At no time did the Obama administration’s disconnect from reality shine more brightly than last November, when Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four…
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July 28th, 2010
Alex Honnold’s ‘How to’ Climb Three El Cap Routes in 1 Day
Alex Honnold filed a blog post for Black Diamond on how one goes about climbing the Nose, the Salathe Wall and Lurking Fear in one day. The post is worth reading, even if you have no intentions of ever dragging yourself up a big wall. He describes it like a 24-hour marathon, complete with [...]
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Lead Ban Chronicles – New Website With Non-Lead Ammo Info
Just got an email from my friend, Jim Petterson. As some of you may remember, Jim was the fella from the National Park Service who took me and Holly on a hog hunt down near Pinnacles National Park (you can read about my take here, and Holly’s report here), and then spent a good bit [...]
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90 days incarceration
They don’t tolerate arachnid rustling in Carroll County, MD….
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Tom Remington: Guest On Jim Slinsky’s “Outdoor Talk Network”
Earlier this summer, I was a guest on Jim Slinsky’s Outdoor Talk Network. This is that interview. Download audio file (slinsky4.mp3) Related ArticlesTom Remington On “Outdoor Talk Network” Radio With Jim Slinsky, Sat. May 29 (0)Outdoor Talk Network Radio Interview (3)Outdoor Talk Network Radio Interview (0)Jim Slinsky – Outdoor Talk Network (1)Radio Interview With Jim [...]
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Backcountry.com Athletes in the Off-Season
It’s not exactly the ‘Where are they now’ VH1 special about The Folksmen, but it’s an interesting read. Ever wonder what pro winter sport athletes do when they’re not soaring over terrain parks or getting towed into secret backcountry pow runs? Andy Anderson filed a story for Backcountry.com on just what the hell all [...]
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Border Country from Jeremy Collins & Mikey Schaefer
The short film Border Country is in its final form online. The story follows these two climbers through 70 bolts and 1,800 feet of climbing while putting up a new route in Yosemite. Jeremy Collins and Mikey Schaefer came and went on the route, until they found renewed sense of purpose in the memories [...]
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Deadline For Maine Any-Deer Permit PAPER Applications Is Friday
AUGUSTA – The deadline for paper applications for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Any-Deer Permit Lottery is 5 p.m. Friday, July 30. That is not the last deadline for the lottery, however. The Department will be accepting applications online through 11:59 p.m. on August 16. To apply online, go to www.mefishwildlife.com and [...]
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Elena Kagan Is The Master Of Cheat And Cover-up
At least two United States Senators, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine, have declared they will vote to confirm the nomination of Elena Kagan as a Supreme Court Justice because they saw her as a decent, honest and trustworthy person. I’m not sure what world they live in or perhaps more [...]
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California Waterfowl Expo & Hunter Skills Challen
What: California Waterfowl Expo & Hunter Skills Challenge Where: Waterloo Gun & Bocci Club – Stockton When: Saturday, September 18th, 2010 Planned Daytime Activities 1. Waterfowl Hunter Skills Challenge – Tests of your shooting and hunting skills, for all ages and abilities. 2. Trap, skeet and sporting clays shooting 3. Vendor booths 4. Product trials [...]
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dv Goes to Africa – Packing List and Packing
By Jerry Long, July 27, 2010 As departure for South Africa looms large I finalize my packing list, see what luggage I need and do a packing “dry run”. Strategy “Pack your bags then throw out about one-half of everything you packed.” I’ve seen that recommendation a couple of times when people ask what to [...]
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A Painful Wildlife Lesson
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A family in the northwestern part of the Hawkeye State learned the hard way why state game and fish agencies continually warn folks not to adopt young animals they discover in the…
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Bear Steals, Crashes Car
A black bear climbed into a high school kid’s unlocked car trying to steal a peanut butter sandwich from the backseat. He honked the horn for a bit waking up the neighborhood before he put the car into neutral and drove it into a tree. The car door slammed shut when it stopped trapping [...]
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More Summertime Bucks
This big 8 pointer has been hanging around our area for a few weeks now. When we first spotted him we had a few pictures of him during the day, but now he seems to just be visiting at night.
Hopefully we can figure out where he’s coming from and set …
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Bourjaily On “Modern Sporting Rifles”
Maybe the rifle shown here is the answer to the AR 15’s “black rifle” image problem. Who couldn’t love a rifle like this? I think it’s cute. My son took one look and…
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July 27th, 2010
Matt Hart Runs 484-mile Colorado Trail
Backcountry.com Athlete Matt Hart just ran the 484-mile Colorado Trail in 9 days, 7 hours, 48 minutes. He covered over 75,000 feet of vert and logged the third fastest time ever. He filed a post on his blog, Tales of Endurance that included the above video of having fun with mosquitoes.
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July 27th, 2010
The Last Roll of Kodak Kodachrome
The photojournalist who shot the iconic National Geographic cover of an Afghan woman in a refugee camp says he’s down to his last roll of Kodachrome. The film made famous by Paul Simon was revered by photographers for its bright, bright colors and was known for achieving those greens of summers. You might be [...]
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I think we need a new organization
Perhaps call it Sheriffs for Civil Liberties. Add to this fellow Sheriff Printz, of the NRA Board, Sheriff Mack, my former client, and I’m sure we could round up quite a few more….
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Hurteau: Test a New Broadhead for Free
Who says you can’t get something for nothing? Okay, a lot of people say that and are pretty much always right. But other than shipping and handling, you can get a brand new Carbon Express F-15…
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Trail Marathon Hampered by Trail Animals
Ultra marathoner Eric Strabel came in third place with a time of 2:59:41 on the mountain-pass marathon over Crow Pass Crossing. He would have done better, but a bear surprised him on-trail, causing him to scramble off the path until he became disoriented and lost. Then he ran into a moose before falling down [...]
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The Quest For The Mythical Blacktail Buck
So the quest begins… I thought this would be a little more fun than the usual 10 minutes of footage in which I don’t get anything. Hope you enjoy. Related Articles:A-zone Blacktail and Hog Hunt- RecapA little video from the past weekendHog Blog is Gone Hunting! Training WheelsHog Blog Friends Success StoriesA Zone Archery Opener [...]
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Vacations, Parties, Golf
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The $41,000 Electric Car: The Chevrolet/Obama Volt
Posted by Tom Remington on July 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Ah, yes! The electric car that will save the planet! Or was that the car that was going to rid us of dependency on foreign oil? Anyway, it’s here and for a measly 41 grand you can own one. That’s all! Just $41,000. But hey, let’s be completely forthcoming here. You can perhaps get a [...]
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