Fall Turkeys: A Bird Of Another Feather – Scott Ellis

With summer winding down the arrival of archery, muzzle loading, early duck, and dove season is greatly anticipated. People are tuning bows, sighting scopes and plowing fields. It could also be a great time to tune those turkey calls for the upcoming fall season. Most states offer turkey as fair game during archery and all but a few offer a fall turkey season. (check your local game laws to verify your season and what is legal to take, gobbler, hen or both) Fall turkey hunting can definitely put your hunting skills to the test.

When most people hear turkey hunting they generally associate it with a strutting tom and the beautiful sound of a gobble during the spring. Learning the art of fall turkey hunting not only increases your chances of putting a bird in the freezer for Thanksgiving, it allows you to learn more about turkeys and how they live throughout the year, not solely during the mating season. Read more

“Average Joe’s Huntin’ Show”

Author’s note: As a hunter who’s a little sick of all the “monster this” and “monster that” stuff that’s become the focus of todays outdoor television programming, I was pleased to have made friends with a guy named Devin Juel, producer of a brand new TV show that is taking the nation by storm. I think like most hunters do…that REAL hunting by non-pros is tougher than what we see on TV and this guy is a credit to the American outdoorsman…and I think we need to share this so others can jump on the bandwagon.

By Blaine Cardilli

New Reality Hunting Show Focuses on Everyday Hunters

There’s a new guy on the block and his name is Devin Juel… creator, chief executive manager, and host of the new reality-based hunting program, “Average Joe’s Huntin’ Show”. Devin’s “baby” is “Headbone Productions” and he created it because he, (like many of us), was tired of the same old hype that was circulating throughout the outdoor television industry and he decided to make a bold change by stepping up to the plate and creating the “Average Joe’s Huntin’ Show”. In the “About Us” section of his website, (www.averagejoeshuntinshow.com), Devin relates the following about his goals for the show compared to what he currently sees… Read more

Oral Arguments On Motion To Dismiss MSSA v. Holder Scheduled

Oral argument has been scheduled in MSSA v. Holder (Montana Shooting Sports Association v. Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General) concerning the U.S. Motion to Dismiss., for Thursday, July 15th, at 9 AM, by U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch.

You should remember that MSSA v. Holder is our lawsuit to validate the principles of the Montana Firearms Freedom Act.

We don’t know yet which courtroom in the federal courthouse in Missoula will be used. Whatever one is used it would be great for the spectator area to be fully occupied. It should be an interesting day.

Several folks have asked if cameras or video recorders are allowed. I’m told that no recording devices are allowed in a federal courtroom (at least in Missoula).

Gary Marbut, president
Montana Shooting Sports Association
http://www.mtssa.org
author, Gun Laws of Montana
http://www.mtpublish.com

Important Notice To Michigan Bear Hunting Guides

Guides and outfitters in Michigan should take heed that beginning in 2010 there will be enforcement of the law that requires all commercial guides and outfitters to obtain a Special Use Permit if they intent to hunt bears on State Lands. For more information about commercial guide land use permits, see this link.

Update: June 1, 2010

It has been brought to my attention that commercial guides and outfitters who plan to use the National Forests are required to obtain special use permits from the National Forest Service.

Making False Claims About Frequency Of Bear Attacks Brings Charges Against Wyoming Hunter

Stephen Westmoreland was charged with a misdemeanor of illegally killing a grizzly bear in the Ditch Creek area north of Jackson Hole. Westmoreland had claimed self defense but jurors didn’t see it that way. According to the Jackson Hole News, the jury statement claimed Westmoreland acted out of fear and not defense. Read more

More Elena Kagan Anti Gun Evidence

Ken Klukowski, Townhall, reports that Elena Kagan has shown more signs in the past as being anti-gun and more closely mirrors the same gun philosophies as the President who nominated her.

We learned yesterday that Kagan was “not sympathetic” to one man fighting for his Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. According to Klukowski, as Solicitor General, Kagan did not seek oral argument time or even file a brief in the recent case of McDonald v. Chicago. Read more

The Beginning Of The End

Fighting back against the criminal enterprise of wolf introduction.

Fraud And Deceit Behind Wolf Reintroduction – Don’t Miss This!

WHO: Jim Beers, former Chief of National Wildlife Refuge Operations
WHAT: Public presentation on fraud and deceit employed in the dangerous wolf “reintroduction” program
WHEN: Sunday, May 16, 2010
WHERE: Gran Tree Inn in Bozeman, Montana

Jim Beers, former Chief of National Wildlife Refuge Operations, will address the lies, deceit and fraud employed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the state wildlife agencies in Montana and Idaho and environmental groups to illegally introduce Canadian wolves where they were never native, nor endangered.

His presentation begins at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 16, 2010, at the Gran Tree Inn in Bozeman, Montana. Admission is free. Read more

Wolf Science: A Political Football

It started in 1987 when Ed Bangs, the Department of Interior and all the wolf-lover environmentalists sold their idea to the American people, specifically those in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, that 30 breeding pairs of wolves and 300 total wolves would be all that was needed to declare wolf recovery a success. It’s now 2010 and some estimates easily put wolf populations in those three states at over 2,000 and Ed Bangs and the same group are telling the same citizens they need more wolves.

An article yesterday in the Jackson Hole News and Guide quotes Bangs as now saying 45 breeding pairs and 450 wolves will “never be threatened”. I guess Bangs doesn’t learn from his first mistake. In 1987, 30 pairs and 300 wolves would easily do the trick, why should anybody believe for one second that his statement today is any more honest than the ones he made 25 years ago?

It’s clear the feds set the rules, we play by their rules and when the rules don’t fit the game they are playing, they change the rules. Bangs admits that the first day on the job for wolf recovery he knew 30 pairs of wolves wouldn’t be enough and we should trust him now when he tells us 45 will never be threatened?

This kind of political manipulation has to end now.

Wyoming Conservation Projects to Receive RMEF Grants

MISSOULA, Mont. – Wildlife conservation projects in 12 Wyoming counties have been selected to receive grants from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation in 2010.

The new RMEF funding, totaling $335,500, will affect Albany, Big Horn, Carbon, Converse, Fremont, Hot Springs, Lincoln, Natrona, Park, Sheridan, Sublette and Teton counties.

“These grants are possible because of the successful banquets and fundraisers staged over the past year by our Wyoming volunteers, most of whom are elk hunters as well as devoted conservationists,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “Since 1984, our annual grants have helped complete 408 different projects in Wyoming with a combined value of more than $40 million.” Read more

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