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The Only Way to Fly Sports Afield Share     The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is the federal government agency created to ensure traveler safety and prevent terrorism within the public transportation system. TSA agents are best known and most visible as the screeners at airports, scanning your carry-on luggage, asking you to remove your shoes and belt, confiscating your Leatherman tool, and passing their magic wands over your spread-eagled body. Less visibly, they X-ray and hand-search your checked baggage at the airport, probing not only the contents but also the container itself for hidden pockets, false walls, and dangerous goods. This is a good thing. Most of us are willing to trade a little hassle and invasion of privacy for increased safety. Those of us who fly with firearms face a bit more hassle than the average Minnesota grandma, yet TSA regulations for hunters remain surprisingly reasonable. In the linked article, find a summary of key regulatory requirements from the TSA Web site for transporting firearms, parts and ammunition. More
Many Hopeful Current Reduction in Conservation Resource Plan Acreage Only Temporary ESPN Outdoors Share
In poll after poll, a majority of hunters have indicated that the greatest threat to their sport today is loss of access to good hunting land. Yet acre by acre, hunting property continues to slip away. Imagine a chunk of land the size of New Jersey being converted from wildlife habitat to croplands or put to other uses and you'll have a rough idea of what's happening now to the Conservation Reserve Program. As mandated by the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, also known as the Farm Bill, the land cap on CRP was reduced from more than 39 million acres to 32 million. The Farm Services Agency, which administers the program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, reported about 35 million acres enrolled as of September 2008. By October 23, 2009, however, the acreage had dropped to 30,928,483. More The Selous Game Reserve Sports Afield Share
The Selous Game Reserve in southeastern Tanzania is the greatest stronghold of large wild animals on earth. At 22,000 square miles, it’s larger than Wales or Maryland, and four times the size of Serengeti National Park. Little changed from a century ago, the Selous has significant numbers of elephant, buffalo, antelope, wild dog, and lion. Its wildlife management program, which gives neighboring villagers a stake in conservation by providing jobs and buyers for food, fuel, and supplies, has become the benchmark for similar initiatives elsewhere in Africa, such as the five-nation Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, slated to open by 2010. More
Save That Pad! Shooting Times Share
Most rifles or shotguns, especially in the heavier-recoiling calibers, have a recoil pad of some sort. The pad may be original to the gun, or it might be one installed by the owner. Unfortunately, many recoil pads have been inadvertently damaged or abused. More often than not, this is purely cosmetic, but it still detracts from the gun. In some cases it can lower the value of the gun. If you're getting ready to sell a gun or buy a used one, you might want to consider what you can do to damaged or unsightly recoil pads. More often than not, folks think the only thing they can do is to have a gunsmith replace the pad, but that's not always necessary. More
Live for Lever Guns Petersen's Hunting Share
Nothing is more American than the lever-action deer rifle. On top of that, no other type of rifle springs to shoulder as quickly for a fast shot, and its slim midsection makes the lever gun comfortable for one-hand carry. More
Good Binoculars are Tough to Beat when Hunting East Texas The Examiner Share
The thing about a good pair of binoculars is that they remove all doubt about what you are about to shoot. There is nothing worse than squeezing off a shot just to find out that the deer on the receiving end of the bullet was not exactly as big as you had estimated. That can be an especially troubling situation if you're hunting on a ranch that has a strict set of management rules. Shooting the wrong buck could cost you plenty of money. Of course, with the new regulations on bucks in many East Texas counties, shooting the wrong buck could get you a ticket from the game warden. More
Whitetail Hunting: Keep Quiet, But it's Hard to Avoid Being Heard the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Share
At a time when technology finds a home just about everywhere, even in hunting, a white-tailed deer's hearing may be its last defense against "high tech." Hunters today can buy camouflage clothing specially engineered to evade a deer's eyes, and scent-blocking soaps, sprays and undergarments to foil its nose. But gear manufacturers have never devised a way to neutralize deer hearing. To keep from being heard by the herd, modern hunters still just have to know how to keep quiet. More
Louisiana Sees Increase in Women Hunters the Shreveport Times Share
Sherry Finck isn't surprised that members of the Ya Ya Sisterhood are picking up their weapons and heading to the woods in growing numbers in search of wild game. Whether it's shotguns, rifles or bows and arrows and whether they're looking for deer, turkey or ducks, Louisiana women, especially in north Louisiana are hunting, with this week being one of the most popular of the season. Finck, 51, didn't begin hunting until several years ago when the couple's only daughter left for school and left her with an empty nest. More
Rare Hunt for Texas Black Bear Lands Two Men in Trouble the Houston Chronicle Share
Ray Hernandez was checking for oil at a pump jack this summer on a vast stretch of ranchland in Menard County when his cell phone rang. It was a well worker at a pipe yard on the property, insisting that he'd seen a bear. The June 23 sighting escalated swiftly into a bear hunt that ended with the crack of a rifle, a felled beast and a criminal charge against Hernandez, who decapitated the state-protected creature with a hacksaw and ferried home its head and paws. The black bear that wandered onto the Central Texas cattle ranch that day is the first ever confirmed in that part of the state, according to Capt. Alan Teague, a game warden with Texas Parks and Wildlife. For Teague and others at the agency, it's further proof that the stamped-out species is reclaiming lost territory. More
Texting While Hunting May Constitute Illegal Activity the Duluth News Tribune via StandardNet Live! Share
Texting, or even calling a friend, is a nice way to kill time while you're waiting to kill a deer. But hunters must be careful in they way they use cell phones while hunting, said Kipp Duncan, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer in the Duluth area. "You can't use phones or radio equipment to assist in the taking of wild animals," Duncan said. If hunters text one another to say they're ready for lunch, that's a non-issue, he said. "But if they text someone and say, 'Hey, I missed what looked like a big-bodied deer and it's walking your direction,' now they're breaking the rules. They can do anything but help with the hunt." More |
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