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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Tips for Hot-Weather Elk Hunting

MISSOULA, Mont.- With archery elk season right around the corner in many western states—and with temperatures still reaching into the 70s, 80s or even warmer—the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is offering tips for hunter preparedness in hot weather.

“Knowing how to get meat out of the heat and on ice is the first thing to consider,” said P.J. DelHomme, hunting editor of the Elk Foundation’s member magazine, “Bugle.”

Elk hunters are major supporters of RMEF habitat initiatives, conserving and enhancing over 5.4 million acres since 1984.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Redneck Art

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Steward of the Land this Week on Pheasants Forever Television

Saint Paul, Minn. – August 19, 2008 – Can wildlife habitat and agriculture coexist? Minnesota farmer Bob Liesenfeld shows how it's possible on this week's episode of Pheasants Forever Television, airing on Outdoor Channel on Thursday, Aug. 21st at 10PM CDT / 11PM EDT. The episode will also air on Friday, Aug. 22nd at 10AM CDT / 11AM EDT and again on Saturday, Aug. 23rd at 5:30PM CDT / 6:30PM EDT.

Pheasants Forever Television travels to Cottonwood County in southern Minnesota to visit the farm of Bob Liesenfeld. Yes, Liesenfeld is an ag producer, but he's also a steward of the land who understands the importance and necessity of having quality wildlife habitat on the landscape.

Next, Pheasants Forever Television pays a visit to Minnesota's Renville County where a Pheasants Forever habitat team is helping to preserve a key historical site. The 45-acre Birch Coulee Battlefield was a significant battleground during the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. With a little "prescribed" help from Pheasants Forever's habitat team, the prairie battlefield gets burned - a critical tool in the management of prairie grasses.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Hunters Helping Kids News

Hunters Helping Kids has an upcoming in Waynesboro, VA on September 26th, 2008.  The banquet promises to hold fun, Fellowship, Great Food and a worthy cause to get your attention.  They will have at least 10 different guns for you to win and a really great live and silent auction.  Every attendee will be donating directly to the mission of helping kids get out into the field and this is a great opportunity to learn more about what Hunters Helping Kids is all about.

Hunters Helping Kids Banquet Flyer

With your support we can see that more kids get out into our great outdoors. 

Hunters Helping Kids provides hunts for youngsters who could not, otherwise, afford to participate in an “Ultimate Hunt”.   We involve families and provide hunts for youngsters who just want to hunt, as well as, special drawings for youngsters who are disabled or terminally ill.

Hunter’s Helping Kids is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving our hunting heritage through our youth.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The American Deer & Wildlife Alliance joins Outdoors Without Limits to Re-define Ability

AUSTIN, Texas ¬– Striving to grow the outdoors experience for everyone to enjoy, the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance (ADWA) has partnered with Outdoors Without Limits to increase awareness of their national efforts.Nearly 250,000 people each year stop pursuing outdoor passions due to illnesses or accidents. Many thousands more, born with disabilities, have never had the opportunity to experience the woods and water.

Outdoors Without Limits was founded to get people together to do something they love: from photography, wildlife viewing, hunting and fishing to just spending a day in the park.“Kirk Thomas, the co-founder of Outdoors Without Limits, had ADWA inspired from the minute he spoke,” says Annie Jones, director of operations for ADWA. “His experiences with his own disability – and his passion for inspiring others to pursue their passion for the outdoors ¬– put into perspective what many people easily take for granted.”

“When I can engage people in the activities we provide, and have them experience their abilities, not only do their spirits change, but it makes what I do everyday that much more meaningful,” says Kirk Thomas. “Striving to challenge stereotypes about disability and promote awareness of ‘ability’ in a positive environment is my mission.”

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Cool Weather, Hot Action at NWTF's Turkey Shoot

Wendell Cherry was unstoppable in the NSCA division, missing only seven out of 200 clay targets.

FORSYTH, Ga. — When the smoke cleared at the National Wild Turkey Federation's 15th annual Turkey Shoot, Wendell Cherry from Red Boiling Springs, Tenn., broke an outstanding 193 out of 200 targets to win the National Sporting Clays Association division. Close at his heels were Rick Hemingway from Georgetown, S.C., and Doug Vine from Palm City, Fla., who each scored 189.

In the Hunter division, Ronald Lindsey from Albany, Ga., was crowned champion with an impressive 187 targets, while Tim McKinney from Ninety Six, S.C., took second with a 177.

More than 500 competitive shotgunners descended on The Meadows National Gun Club in Forsyth, Ga., Aug. 15 to Aug. 17 for a weekend of intense competition and non-stop action.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

RGS to hold fundraiser dinner in Livonia Michigan

The Southeast Michigan Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) will hold its 31st Annual Sportsmen's Banquet on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at the Laurel Manor Banquet and Conference Center, 3900 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, Michigan, beginning with cocktails at 5:15 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:15 p.m.

This year's honoree is Natural Resources Commission Chairman Keith Charters.

Although this is a new location, the event will still feature a live and silent auction, games, drawings and door prizes, highlighted with the finest selection of quality firearms, artwork and collectable's.

According to Hal Haverstick, membership renewal and dinner tickets are $75, current member ticket, $50, and $45 for youngsters under age 16 -- the latter including a one year RGS membership. Banquet, Conservation and Sustaining sponsorship packages are also available at $300, $550 and $1,000 respectively.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Elk Foundation Promotes Blakley to Direct Eastern Division

MISSOULA, Mont.- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has promoted Don Blakley of Cobden, Ill., to a new position as director of eastern field operations. Blakley will oversee all fundraising, volunteer activities and conservation projects in the organization’s eastern division.

Since its founding in 1984, the Elk Foundation has become a conservation force in the eastern U.S., raising millions for elk habitat initiatives, restoring elk populations in several states, and funding education and hunting heritage initiatives.

“RMEF has tremendous opportunities to do important habitat protection, stewardship and conservation education work east of the Mississippi River. With a new Elk Country Visitor Center being built in Pennsylvania, a rapidly growing restored elk herd in Kentucky and a state grants program funding conservation and education projects across the East, it’s a really exciting time,” said Blakley. “I am honored to be chosen to lead our volunteers, partners and staff to even greater successes in the coming years.”

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Must Watch Television Bill MacFarland Bear Hunt

 

 

My good buddy Bill MacFarland is going to be on television this week and having seen the video I can tell you all that this is absolute must see television.  Bill was hunting with Harry Walker of Sandy River Outfitters and took an absolute pig of a bear in Manitoba.

This week on Cabela's Memories in the Field on the Outdoor Channel.

Show times:

August 20 - 2:30am
August 21 - 12:00pm
August 24 - 9:30am

Set those recorders! This was an awesome hunt. That bear was shot
at 12 yards by Bill and he was easily over the 600lb Mark. 

The bear makes Boone & Crockett and is absolutely amazing.

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

ADWA Distributing News Throughout the Industry

AUSTIN, Texas – The American Deer & Wildlife Alliance (ADWA) has unleashed its latest member service. In line with ADWA’s mission to unite and grow the industry together, members can now post their E-Newsletters to a special page on the ADWA website: http://deerwildlifealliance.org/newsletter_signups.php, and subscribe to other members’ newsletters. Subscribing to any of the newsletters – from the Amateur Trapshooting Association, Moultrie, and Texas Deer Association to name a few – is a free service provided by ADWA Allies.

“This is another great feature where our corporate members and association members can keep up-to-date on the latest news, association membership updates, products, issues, and special offers. We also invite the general public to sign up, and have created this feature to make it easier to sign up to any newsletters of their choice in one click,” says Annie Jones, ADWA director of operations.

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