I spent the afternoon of day 1 in search of innovation in the form of new companies that were making their inaugural appearance at the ATA show. Slay the Game, 20 Feet Up and Rac-Em-Bac fit that criteria to a tee.
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The first morning of the ATA show started off with a bang. The show open with Bowtech holding the entire show hostage as Country Music Stars Colton Jones and Tom Jackson rocked the crowd for the first 30 minutes of the show. Then at 9:00 am they unleashed their new flagship bow the Insanity CPX. At 32 inches axel to axel, and a generous brace height of 6.5 inches this bow will be sure to please. Even more impressive is the 353 feet per second that it can launch an arrow.
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After a couple of cups of coffee and the usual bantering about weather at my favorite corner convenience store, a recent discussion turned to Game and Fish Department surveys.
This was my 23rd year guiding hunts and I am still amazed at how little people prepare for hunting situations. In preparing a to be a successful hunter one must look beyond just setting up sand bags and "squeezing" the trigger. The highlights of this preparation, in my opinion, are, safety, woodsman ship, and practical shooting.
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2011 was an awesome year in the archery industry. Hundreds of new products hit the market. More hunters than ever are now in the woods. The Archery Trade Association's trade show is on the horizon for next week. I can't wait to see the best of 2k12 on display. Next week I will post daily updates from the show for everyone on the hottest new products.
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Anti-hunting and anti-fishing interests are currently litigating against the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") to force the EPA to expand its Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) authority in order to regulate traditional ammunition and recreational fishing tackle.
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We recently got a new guy on our shift at the firehouse I work at, a 'rookie' as we say. And with this new addition to our shift, our family, our brotherhood, comes a great amount of responsibility. He's going to need to be watched closely, trained, mentored and shown the 'ropes'. The more senior veterans will begin the process of 'passing along the torch' of knowledge and street experience to bring this new crew member up to speed. This is not something that happens overnight; it will in fact take days, weeks, months and years for him to assume
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Waldorf, Maryland - HuntOnly.com one of the internet's top deer hunting websites is proud to announce that their 4th Annual Hunter Palooza event raised over $17,000 to benefit Farmers and Hunter's Feeding the Hungry (FHFH). HuntOnly.com is proud to put together this annual event which began as a fundraiser for the local chapter of FHFH. Each season the local chapter would fall short of being able to process all the donated deer Southern Maryland hunters wished to donate. Since the first Hunter Palooza event in 2008, FHFH has been able to fund the butchering and processing every season. Last year
Over the past two decades the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has emphasized wildlife habitat enhancement and hunting access on private land through its Private Land Initiative.
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It's August and even with early goose open, I'm still thinking of some numbers I filed away earlier this summer that concern me a little more than how the local football team will break camp. While perusing a news release from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department regarding the annual spring duck breeding survey, I was struck by this passage involving waterfowl biologist and game management section supervisor Mike Johnson: "However, nesting cover in North Dakota continues to decline. During the survey, Johnson noted many large tracts of grassland and Conservation Reserve Program land that had been converted to
APPLY NOW! Go to http://blackbear.dnr.state.md.us Online applications for the Maryland Black Bear Lottery are being accepted until 11:59 p.m. (almost midnight) on Friday, September 2.
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In todays hunting industry there are as many different and sometimes help products as there are species to hunt. One can choose from anything from a mount that holds a camera on your bow to clothing that all but eliminate human scent. Although, some of these products have proven to be very useful, none of them will work without solid woodsmanship.
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