International Union for Conservation of Nature Report: Trophy Hunting Preserves Wildlife
According to their website, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is "the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organisation, with almost 1,300 government and NGO Members and more than 15,000 volunteer experts in...
CNN’s Anti-Hunting Propaganda Machine Visits Botswana – And Likes What It Sees
https://youtu.be/BJOWfuNG0Q8
This teaser video introduces Map Ives, Botswana's head of rhino conservation. Mr. Ives reveals that he gave up hunting in 1983 after noticing disappearing wildlife. CNN's Bill Weir finishes the thought: "But since his country banned...
IWA 2016 German Gun Show
https://youtu.be/heTV5fPLIyo
Nick is pretty busy these days, what with testing guns and building a $10m gun range on the immediate outskirts of Austin, Texas. So I'm not surprised that the first I've heard of IWA...
Hunting and Gun Reform Bill (H.R. 2406) Passes House, Heads to the Senate
On 26 February, 2016, the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act of 2015, also known as H.R. 2406, passed the U.S. House of Representatives and sent to the Senate. It was a party line vote; 230...
Donald Trump Jr. Shoots Elephants: Incendiary Image of the Day
The above photo's making the rounds on Facebook. Donald Trump Jr.'s holding a severed elephant tail. I don't want to lower myself to the level of the "discourse" The Donald displayed at last night's presidential debate...
New from Leupold: VX-3i with Twilight Max Light Management
You don't seriously expect me to publish Leupold's presser about their VX-3i scope with its Twilight Max Light Management System without making a vampire joke, do you? Does it make game sparkle in the sunlight? What...
Hwange National Park to Slaughter African Lions Due to Lack of Hunters
Nearly a year ago, the world erupted in outrage when an American hunter killed "Cecil the Lion" in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Hunters were demonized, a man's livelihood was destroyed and major corporations changed their policies...
Pennsylvania Hunters Shot 3,748 Bears in 2015
Harrisburg, PA -(AmmoLand.com)- It was a large harvest, and a heavy one. Pennsylvania hunters harvested a total of 3,748 bears in 2015, the third-highest tally in state history, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reported today. And a...
Marie Claire : Women Evenly Split on Gun Control
Marie Claire magazine has joined the War on Men With Guns launched/coordinated by Cosmopolitan magazine (and sponsored by Michael Bloomberg). Teaming up with the Harvard Injury Control Research Center -- home of the notorious anti-gun researcher David Hemenway --...
Michigan Legalizes Hunting with Suppressors
The very first time I went hunting with a suppressed SBR, I was hooked. Walking out into the woods without any hearing protection made the experience infinitely more enjoyable -- not to mention safer. Not...
Incendiary Image of the Day: Texas Oilman and Hunter Kerry Krottinger
"Sport hunters, those who kill animals for recreation rather than out of necessity, imported more than 1.26 million trophies to the U.S. in the decade from 2005 through 2014, according to a new analysis of the...
Remembering the Man who Taught My Teacher How to Hunt
The image of a deer, still alive in the moment before I broke the shot, is only seared into my memory from two occasions. One of those events being the first deer I ever killed. Until...