Maybe Hunting Leases On Private Lands Not Such A Great Idea

The ideal thing for hunters is for every landowner to leave his or her land open to hunting during the various seasons. We know that doesn’t happen for a variety of reasons, one of them being the realization that in some cases a landowner can rake in a sizable hunk of change by selling the hunting rights to his land. In some cases, landowners might be having to rethink that strategy as destruction to crops might be more costly than what they get for a lease.

Back last February, a Moffat County rancher named Rodney Culverwell, started killing elk that he says were destroying his property. He was charged with 16 counts and found guilty on 4 felony counts of illegally killing elk, etc.. He could face jail time and hefty fines of up to $400,000. Read more

Understanding Maine’s “Any-Deer Permit” System For Deer Management

I’m certainly no expert on Maine’s whitetail deer management program but I have spent a considerable amount of time reading, studying and researching how it is done. Maine’s whitetail deer management program, and in particular the utilization of Any-Deer Permits for population control, is recognized across the country as being perhaps the very best.

There are those who will not agree with me and that’s to be expected but I like to believe that when the experts at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife predict deer harvests for an upcoming hunting season, based on their own scientific calculations, and consistently nail those predictions, they must be doing something right. Read more

“Drill Here, Drill Now” By Aaron Tippin

I got this email from Newt Gingrich and thought it was a great idea, so I purchased a copy of the song for you to listen to. Also, at the very end of the email are the lyrics to the song.

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Dear Thomas,

I just finished up a radio interview with Sean Hannity and I wanted to share with you some exciting news. I was on Sean’s show to debut country music star Aaron Tippin’s new single entitled “Drill Here, Drill Now.” The song was inspired by our “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” movement and masterfully captures the pulse of Americans who are tired of paying too much for gas while Congress does nothing about it. Read more

New Jersey’s Anti-Hunting Campaign Of Lies And Bad Information

*Hat Tip to Jim*

Anti-hunting groups in New Jersey continue to mount their obscene campaign to end hunting. They want to completely infiltrate the state government, which shouldn’t be that difficult when you consider the socialist regime that is in office now. To accomplish their ultimate goal of ridding the state, and the entire country for that matter, of hunting, these groups inundate the press with their lies, incomplete and bad information in order to brainwash the general public in order to promote their personal agendas, which involves mostly bilking you of your money.

Here are a few examples of recent press information and editorials thrust onto the readers. Read more

Gov. Sarah Palin - She Ain’t Afraid Of No Wolves!

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin isn’t afraid of anyone or anybody when it comes to doing what is right for the people within the constitutions and laws in which we all must abide.

Forget the far left’s attempt to smear Palin and her family, a left extremism that Barack Obama and many others support, the democrats in general are attempting to make an issue about Governor Palin’s experience. It’s probably a bit objective as to whether Governor Palin has more or less “experience” than Senator Obama. The liberal media, in its support of Obama, is saying that Sarah Palin doesn’t measure up to Obama in experience and that Senator John McCain’s attack campaign against Obama’s inexperience will now backfire, as he has picked a running mate with little experience. Read more

Are States Stripped Of Their Power To Manage Wildlife Because Of Endangered Species Act And Commerce Clause?

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was created and made law in order to help stop the eradication of certain species of animals, plants and their habitats. As such, a struggle of power has arisen between the states’ guaranteed right to “own” and manage its wildlife and a federal government bent on exercising its power over the state(s), seemingly given to it by Congress. Animal rights and anti-hunting groups have seized on the opportunity to use to their advantage to end all hunting.

If each of the 50 United States is granted, through our Constitution, the power to manage its own wildlife, how can the government take power over the state to accomplish that? Have we simply “allowed” the Congress to exert its will over that of the people, or has Congress written laws for themselves that grant them that power? Read more

Oh, Stop Worrying About Barack Obama

I get a constant dose of, “Stop worrying about Barack Obama!”. I read it everywhere. One of the most spread about lies is the one telling Americans that as gun owners we have nothing to worry about. We are told that Obama supports the Second Amendment and respects the rights of lawful citizens to keep and bear arms.

When I read all this malarkey, I am reminded of a parrot a co-worker of mine used to have. After work one afternoon, I went with this guy to his beach-side condominium. From previous conversations at work, I knew Dave had a parrot. He had told me some of the shenanigans this parrot, named Julio, had gotten into since becoming of member of Dave’s family. One thing I was told is that the parrot was really only loyal to one person and that happened to be Dave. He merely tolerated the rest. Read more

A Letter To Sec. Dirk Kempthorne

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Below is a copy of the email I sent to Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne asking him to please consider appealing the ruling of Judge Donald Molloy that placed the gray wolf back under protection of the Endangered Species Act. Above is Sec. Kempthorne’s email address. I urge each of you to take a moment and send Mr. Kempthorne a letter asking that justice be done.

If this ruling is not appealed immediately, the chances are excellent that through stalling and game playing, there is no chance the wolf would be taken back off the list for several years. Where will we be then? Read more

Bush’s “Biggest Overhaul” Of Endangered Species Act Is Nothing

Such ado about nothing! Every environmental group and left wing media outlet in the world is up in arms over President Bush’s and the Department of Interior’s announcement that they are planning to change the consultation process to determine if a proposed development would be harmful to an endangered species and provide clarity of such.

I suppose because of the hatred of Bush and the resulting distrust, most people really are over reacting to this announcement. Read more

Sportsman’s Alliance Of Maine Director Smith Says Moose Management Going In Wrong Direction

Today, George Smith, Executive Director for the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine chastised the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for doing an inadequate job of managing the state’s moose herd. His criticism came in his weekly column in the Kennebec Journal.

While I can agree with Smith that the moose isn’t getting the attention it deserves, I can also say that other species aren’t either much because the MDIFW is strapped for cash and Gov. Baldacci thinks he can cure some of the problems by creating bigger departments and absorbing fish and game into another entity.

Smith suggests that Maine pays much better attention to the lobster than the moose and says the state falls short in taking advantage of the moose as a tourist attraction. Read more

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