The Fickle Fingers of Fate
We had just taken a couple steps away from the bright green juniper when the big bull’s head emerged over the ridgeline. Pat, my guide, bleated a soft cow call and the bull screamed in response. As he raised his head to bugle, we slowly took a couple steps back to the cover of the
Support SCI President Paul Babaz For NRA Board
SCI President Paul Babaz is once again running for the NRA Board. He was appointed to the NRA Board last year, but has to run again this year and he needs your votes. The NRA Board position was discussed with the SCI Board of Directors last week and it was agreed that SCI should use
Enter A Contest To Select Craziest PETA Campaign
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an oxymoron. The number of animals killed at its headquarters ‘shelter’ is staggering. Yet the radical animal rights group continues to blithely carry on with its increasingly outrageous campaigns to shame people out of eating meat, wearing fur, or even owning pets. The organization dedicated to exposing
SCI Life Hunter Advocacy Society (LHAS) First Year Highlights
Brook Minx LHAS is off to a great start. “It has been an exciting and productive year for SCI’s LHAS Governing Body,” said Brook Minx, Corporate Secretary of SCI Foundation. “The Society’s financial support as well as its confidence in the Governing Body has resulted in good news for three outstanding projects that were awarded
U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service Directing Furloughed Staff Back To Work Assuring Continued Hunting
The USFWS issued an email last Tuesday addressing opportunities, including hunting, which are being lost in the government shutdown. Margaret Everson, principal deputy direct of the Fish and Wildlife Service said that 38 wildlife refuges around the country will bring back some staff using carryover funds. “While many of our refuges have remained accessible, but
Flirting With Fluting
To flute or not to flute, that is the question. Of these two identical barrels, the spiral fluted one exposes more surface area, but it’s hair splitting in the extreme. The Bard didn’t have to grapple with that option back in the 17th century, but today’s hunters do. Without question fluted barrels are “in” and
Consumer Group Takes On PETA In Maryland Court
The D.C.-based Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) has sent a letter to Maryland State’s Attorney Michael O. Twigg urging a full investigation of PETA for felony wiretapping. The request is based on a recent ruling in the federal lawsuit PETA v. Tri-State Zoological Park of W. Maryland. PETA operatives posed as volunteers at the park
Young Deer Hunters Harvest More Than 13,500 Deer During Missouri Early Youth Season
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 13,560 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2018 deer hunting season, which ran Oct. 27-28. Top counties for the early youth portion were Howell with 350, Osage with 316 and Franklin with 263 deer checked.
Comfortable Versatility
The new Versa Blanket from Klymit lives up to its name. Klymit has built a name for itself with sleeping bags and pads, but it is also constantly developing new products to keep customers comfortable in the outdoors. I’ve been very impressed with the overall comfort and durability of their products so when Klymit contacted
The Diamond Hunters of South Africa
Attacked by a Lion: It was the fourth night that they were camped out, and when they were near the Imvoti River, that the party fully realized that there were in a thoroughly wild country. So camp was set up with the usual precautions again attacks from wild animals. A large fire had been made