http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hunting/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:17:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418698/posts 12/31/2009 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Defeating the terrorists' weapon of choice is and will remain a priority for the Defense Department, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said here Dec. 30. Mr. Lynn spoke during a Pentagon ceremony where Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz stepped down as director of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization and Army Lt. Gen. Michael Oates took up the charge. The organization looks for ways to defeat terrorists using car bombs, roadside bombs, as well as suicide vests, all examples of improvised explosive devices. The bombs are the biggest killers of American servicemembers... Air Force News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418698/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:17:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416751/posts According to Jeff Gammage, in his Philadelphia Inquirer article "Valley Forge deer shoot postponed" the deer hunt scheduled for this winter at Valley Forge National Park has been called off, at least temporarily. Thanks to the concerted efforts of members from Friends of Animals, a New York based, international, non-profit animal advocacy organization along with the West Chester, PA based group Compassion for Animals, Respect the Environment (CARE) the deer hunt is on hold. Dedicated members have demonstrated in the park with an effort to educate the public on the deer cull. Friends of Animals and CARE flied a joint... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416751/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:38:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415842/posts --snip-- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has never made any bones, if you will, about her culinary preferences. She's a carnivore, a hunter and proud of both. So it's not really a surprise that her book, "Going Rogue," published today, extols the virtues of eating meat. "If any vegans came over for dinner, I could whip them up a salad, then explain my philosophy on being a carnivore," she wrote. "If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?” But the former Republican vice presidential candidate did not stop there. “I... The Los Angeles Times' Top of the Ticket http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415842/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414817/posts What do firearms and this blessed holiday have in common? Well, for one, liberals don't like to talk about either. Christmas is coming. And for many Americans, that means opening gifts around the tree, big family dinners and Midnight Mass. No disrespect to Norman Rockwell - but Christmas always reminds me of shooting. Sure, I love seeing my family, gorging on the kind of food and drink that are usually impermissible during the other 11 months of the year and finding some fabulous little trinket under the tree. And every year I bring a batch of 'Cupp-cakes' to my local... Glock Talk / Townhall Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414817/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 03:51:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414152/posts Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat with impeccable liberal credentials, is becoming the most fearsome hunter since Elmer Fudd or maybe Dick Cheney. The Brooklyn resident recently traveled to Nebraska to go on a hunting trip with his colleague and fellow Democrat Ben Nelson, reports Politico.com. At first, the novice hunter needed to understand the basics -- things like a shotgun won't shoot with the safety on, and that hunting dogs aren't there just to hang out, the website says. Schumer, the chairman of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, apparently looked rather Fudd-like in his orange safety vest and... Daily Finance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414152/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:50:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414159/posts DURANT, Okla. -- The Oklahoma State Health Department is preparing to test a 60-pound beaver for rabies after it bit a small boy outside an apartment complex in southern Oklahoma. Tammy Lane said her 5-year-old son went outside to get the family cat on Saturday. But instead of finding a feline, he was attacked by a beaver after trying to pet the animal, according to KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City. "I heard screaming. I went to see what was happening. His leg was pretty bad," Lane said. She rushed her son to a local hospital and called police. "They didn't believe... koco.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414159/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407490/posts But now I believe the comments to be authentic because they perfectly mirror the mentality that made my phone calls to the Senator’s office so memorable. CLICK LINK HERE The blather starts almost from sentence one, message one and continues through sentence last, message last. JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407490/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:19:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402484/posts Hello, friends. This week I am writing to you about some experiences that I had at my hunting camp. Tuesday, Nov. 10 High 56, low 21 I arrived at my camp in the Meadow Valley Wildlife Area about noon today for a 24-hour visit to try to harvest a deer with a bow and do some important thinking. Yesterday, I talked to a group of four bow hunters that had yet to harvest a deer after six days. I really had no cares, as this hunt was more for therapy then tagging a deer. I spent the afternoon sitting in... Coulee News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402484/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 01:14:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395477/posts WTH is wrong with people? They should sue. Political Lore Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2395477/posts#comment Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:38:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392704/posts How nine Houston men were assaulted and robbed in the ranchlands of Mexico MEXICO CITY — Like generations of Texans, nine Houston hunters traveled each autumn into northeastern Mexico's wildlife-rich ranchlands for a few uninterrupted days of shooting game, far removed from the workday world. But that ended abruptly last month after the men were rounded up, robbed and terrorized by well-armed marauders. The nine were wrapping up an afternoon of white-wing dove hunting about 100 miles south of the Rio Grande when a dozen men, armed with assault rifles, roared into the grain field in pickup trucks. The businessmen,... HOUSTON CHRONICLE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392704/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392504/posts LA GRANDE -- Three years ago, multimillionaire hotel chain owner Mark Hemstreet and his wife, Shannon, faced 19 citations for alleged game violations on their Wallowa County ranch. The allegations, brought by Oregon State Police fish and wildlife officers, included shooting a bull elk without a valid elk tag, falsely applying for resident-of-Oregon hunting licenses while living elsewhere and lending a big-game tag. Then the case fell apart. Now state police have agreed in a settlement to pay $295,000 to Mark Hemstreet, 59, and his longtime friend and political ally Gregg Clapper, 59, of Portland. State police brought charges against... THe Oregonian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392504/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:49:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390371/posts I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that, since they congregate at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4 feet away), it should not be difficult... Friend http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390371/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:28:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389669/posts As the new hunting season begins today, animal rights activists are threatening to disrupt meets as "observers", as well as joining hunts undercover. The saboteurs will film constantly using new telescopic lenses so hunts can be monitored from a distance. They will also use hidden cameras in clothing and time-delay devices dotted around the countryside. (edit) Hunting was banned in 2005 but since then the number of people taking part in the sport has continued to increase, with 50,000 mounted followers expected this year compared to 40,000 in 2004. This year there are expected to be a further 50,000... The Telegraph (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389669/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:59:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389546/posts Archers will take to tree stands in Colvin Run Mill Park and Colvin Run Stream Valley in coming weeks to reduce the area’s burgeoning deer population, which poses a threat to motorists, hikers, flora and fauna, Fairfax County officials said. The Fairfax County Police Department’s Animal Control Division, working in conjunction with the Fairfax County Park Authority, began allowing select hunting groups into the wooded park areas on Nov. 16. Archery hunts also will be held at Laurel Hill Park in Lorton. Officials estimate the county is home to about 25,000 deer, or 60 per square mile, which is roughly... Sun Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389546/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:20:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388316/posts 'Passionate response' at meeting leads to closure of park site Planned deer hunts in two Fairfax County public parks are riling animal-rights advocates and residents who say the county's new bow-and-arrow deer-culling program is inhumane and dangerous. Starting before dawn Monday, a handful of archers from Suburban Whitetail Deer Management of Northern Virginia, a nonprofit volunteer deer hunting group, went to the Colvin Run Stream Valley and Colvin Run Mill parks and hunted deer from 20- to 30-foot-high deer stands. It was unclear how many were killed, said Eric Huppert, a founder and president of the deer hunting group, but... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2388316/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:32:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388280/posts AUXVASSE - Bernie Breer, 67, died when his friend accidentally shot him after deer hunting off Route B in Callaway County. Breer was one of three hunters accidentally shot during the opening weekend of dear season. Breer's friend accidentally shot him while taking his gun off his shoulder. "The firearm discharged and hit the victim in the stomach area," Missouri Department of Conservation officer Tom Stother said. Officials reported hunters in Adair and Macon Counties were accidentally shot while deer hunting during the weekend. Last year, a total of five people were accidentally shot during all of deer season. None... KMOU.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388280/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:42:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385763/posts A neighbor's complaint has one lifelong hunter shaking his head after the police spoke with him about a deer hanging from a tree in his front lawn in Bow. Every year since he was 13, Henry Ladd Sr. has hunted deer, moose, bear and whatever else the forest provides. And each year, like clockwork, Ladd has hung the catch in front of his home, where it was gutted and drained of blood before the meat was cut. Concord Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385763/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383126/posts Investigators, neighbors, friends and family of 14-year-old Justin Butler are trying to make sense of the tragic events which took his life. Adding another layer of heartbreak for his family, Monday night, Crook County Sheriff deputies arrested Justin's cousin, 21-year-old Brandon Hornseth. "Everybody's in shock, you know and he's such a young man, I mean these things happen in town, they don't happen out here," says Meloni Platt, who lives down the road from the Butler Ranch. Justin was found dead in an RV early Sunday morning, with a gunshot wound to the head. He was on an elk hunt... kohd http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383126/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382988/posts Steven MalangaKilling Field Autumn 2009 Environmental groups’ view of the animal world sometimes resembles Disney’s Bambi, with owls and rabbits mingling peacefully and Man lurking as the only predator, aided by his evil servant the hunting dog. A good example is the National Wildlife Federation, which wants to reintroduce wild animals into the suburban and urban enclaves from which development has expelled them by encouraging homeowners to develop “healthy and sustainable wildlife habitats” on their properties. The NWF has even produced a television program—Backyard Habitat, shown on Animal Planet—in which experts advise homeowners in places like Chicago about how... City Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382988/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:16:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376984/posts Proving that you’re never too old to hunt, 90-year-old Delores Wilhelms got her buck for the second straight year. The Wisconsin granny connected on a 9-point buck earlier this month using a crossbow. Last year, after sitting out hunting for years after her husband passed away, Wilhelms’ neighbor, Ron Haessly, helped the woman return to the woods. She was successful in her initial return to the woods taking a buck with her crossbow then as well. The feat earned Wilhelms a write-up in the pages of Outdoor Life. Meanwhile, across the country on Oct. 8, another grandmother, Doris Baumann, who... Outdoor Life http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376984/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:26:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376118/posts MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin wildlife officials need wolf watchers. The Department of Natural Resources is planning training sessions in November and December for volunteers willing to locate and count gray wolves and other carnivores. More information is available on the DNR's volunteer tracking Web site at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/mammals/volunteer. The trackers will have to conduct at least three surveys in blocks of central and northern Wisconsin forests. So far this year 174 volunteer trackers have surveyed more than 8,000 miles. They have detected more than 367 different wolves. Country Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2376118/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 23:28:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374020/posts Golf, too? If there was one sport you'd think might be immune from the liberal slant that has invaded too much of sports reporting, it's golf. The fairways-and-greens guys are known for generally being Republicans. But out of the blue [green?] on a Golf Channel show this afternoon, host Brandel Chamblee took a cheap shot at Dick Cheney with a rather nasty hunting reference. Chamblee, who before retiring from the PGA Tour had one win in 370 career starts, was discussing with co-host Rich Lerner the putting woes of the affable Jason Gore . . . View video here. NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374020/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:04:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372522/posts Girl, 12, is youngest Minnesotan to kill moose October 23, 2009 Nicollet, Minn (AP) — A Minnesota wildlife official confirms that a 12-year-old girl is the youngest Minnesotan to kill a moose in the modern era. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Lou Cornicelli says Kelly Holmin of Nicollet achieved the distinction earlier this month. The bull moose had a 58-inch antler spread. Kelly bagged it Oct. 13 on the Gunflint Trail. She and her father endured a cold week of wind and snow before they saw the 1,100-pound moose about 75 yards away. Kelly dropped it with a single shot. MPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2372522/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:34:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368111/posts Scott O'Konek shoots his bow 300 days a year, dreaming that someday in the woods somewhere in Minnesota a white-tailed buck of memorable proportions will stride beneath his tree stand. For O'Konek, 29, dream and reality blurred last week at Camp Ripley when a 32-point buck -- bearing perhaps the largest non-typical rack ever taken by archery in Minnesota -- ambled toward him. Forty-four yards from O'Konek's perch, the statuesque whitetail stood a moment, shaking snow from its back as leaden skies drizzled rain. This was about 9 a.m. during the first of two special Camp Ripley archery hunts. StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2368111/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:49:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364172/posts LIVINGSTON, Mont. -- A hunter attacked by a grizzly bear in southern Montana also had the misfortune of being shot in the arm by a companion trying to stop the attack. The incident last Saturday resulted in the bear being killed, the attacked hunter surviving and no charges against the companion for shooting his friend. Park County Sheriff Allan Lutes says his office looked into the shooting of the hunter and found no negligence, with the other hunter trying to save his friend and killing the bear. "It doesn't point to anything but an accident," Lutes said. However, the U.S.... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364172/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:06:31 GMT