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RGS Schedules NortheastUpland Bird Hunt in MaineSEP 28, 2010 06:36P.M.

RGS Schedules Northeast Upland Bird Hunt in Maine

Weatherby’s Resort to host all inclusive two-day hunt and banquet.

RGS Schedules Northeast Upland Bird Hunt in Maine’s Weatherby

Resort

Ruffed Grouse Society

Coraopolis, PA --(Ammoland.com)- Weatherby’s Resort, one of the

oldest and most distinguished sporting lodges in the country will host

this year’s Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) Northeast Upland Bird Hunt on

October 27-30.

Located at 112 Milford Road, Grand Lake Stream, Maine, Weatherby’s

www.weatherbys.com/ sits on the edge of more than 1 million acres of

forestland with hundreds of miles of gravel roads allowing access to

some of the best grouse coverts in the east.

The three-night, two-day event begins on Wednesday, Oct. 27 with a

cocktail/hors d’ oeuvres reception party and dinner, ending with

Saturday breakfast. In between, there are guided and non-guided grouse

and woodcock hunts over dogs on Thursday and Friday, and a traditional

RGS Lobster or Steak Banquet, featuring live and silent auctions, games,

drawings and door prizes; highlighted with the finest selection of quality

firearms, artwork and collectable’s.

Several all-inclusive guided packages are available ranging from $1,600

for individuals and/or $2,950 for two guns. For those who prefer

hunting with their own dog(s), non-guided packages are $1,000-$2,000

respectively.

For more information and/or reservations contact Alison Kelley at 412-

262-4044, or by e-mail at alisonk@ruffedgrousesociety.org .

Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society is the one international

wildlife conservation organization dedicated to promoting conditions

suitable for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and related wildlife to

sustain our sport hunting tradition and outdoor heritage.

Recognized by Charity Navigator as a four-star not-for-profit

organization, information on the RGS, its mission, management projects

and membership can be found on the web at:

www.ruffedgrousesociety.org.

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Tales to Tell of Grouse & GrouseHuntingSEP 28, 2010 06:26P.M.

Tales to Tell of Grouse & Grouse Hunting

By Michael Mcintosh

Presented by Bernard+Associates

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Meeting up with the Bridge Bird would prove a final, fitting salute to the

place and the time and the many grouse that had given him the slip.

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Columbia, SC --(AmmoLand.com)- Peter Grant turned off the road

where the graveled surface ended. This spot had once been occupied by a

house trailer, but the owners had long since towed it away, much to the

betterment of the countryside.

Now the only view was of woods in every direction. He could have driven

to where he was bound, but he’d always preferred to walk the last mile

down the narrow dirt road.

Grant opened the rear hatch and shrugged on his vest, checked to see

that he had a half-dozen cartridges in each shell pocket, and unbuckled

the top of a canvas and leather gunslip. The gun he drew out had been

built in London more than a hundred years before, sleek and elegant in

its lines, with graceful triggers and hammers filed to a perfect mirror

image of one another. It wasn’t the ideal grouse gun, but it was the most

beautiful of those he owned, and the one he wanted to carry this day.

Draping the gun over his shoulder, Grant set off slowly down the road.

It was an October day such as can only be found in northern Minnesota –

cool and still under a brilliant blue sky, a few yellow popple leaves still

clinging to their branches, fragrant with the smell of ripening wood fern

and the occasional musky thread of stink left by a whitetail buck in rut.

It was all familiar, and Grant found himself treasuring the

familiar more and more.

The woods on either side had once been productive grouse coverts, but

now the growth was too old to be attractive to the birds. A dog might

have found one that had strayed there for reasons known only to itself,

but Grant had no dog. His old Brittany had died two years before. He had

loved her fiercely through 11 seasons and a long retirement, and Grant

no longer owned the energy to train and keep pace with a puppy.

And there was only one bird he hoped to meet that day.

At length, the road curved sharply to the west. That place, too, had once

been a good covert, marked by a disused Minneapolis-Moline tractor

that had sat there for years, slowly rusting toward oblivion. It was now

gone, hauled off to some scrap yard or rescued by a collector who

thought it could be restored.

A couple of hundred yards beyond the bend, Grant turned south again at

the lane that led to the old farmhouse. Partway there he left the lane and

walked a few yards into the woods, found the place he wanted, knelt and

brushed leaves from a flat-set granite gravestone. “Laura Peterson –

1882-1898” was all the chiseled legend said.

Laura died nearly 50 years before Grant was born; was even four years

older than the gun he carried. She had been 16 when she succumbed to

tuberculosis. Grant knew this because he had once talked with some

members of the Peterson family, old people then, who told him of their

little sister. They described a spritely girl and the sadness they all felt

when she died of a disease that was little understood and not treatable in

any effective way. Grant had come upon the grave many years before and

visited it every time he came to this place. No visit to the old Peterson

farm felt complete without a few minutes of silent respect paid at the

place where Laura slept.

From the beginning, Grant had felt her as a presence in these woods,

lending some elegiac tone to his own presence there. At times, some lines

from Thomas Gray echoed in his mind. At other times he simply felt

certain Laura was looking kindly upon his roaming where she had

roamed and didn’t think him an intruder.

After a while he put his hat back on and continued his slow pace down

the lane. This brought him to the house. When he’d first begun hunting

here, it was no longer occupied and hadn’t been since. Now it was

teetering toward collapse under the weight of time and exposure to the

elements and mindless vandalism. Grant had sometimes taken shelter

there from rain. Once he’d shared the long, bare, dusty front room with a

grouse that apparently had wandered in for the same reason. Grant sat

quietly on the floor at one end and watched the bird pace nervously at

the other, bobbing its head and keeping a watchful eye. In the end they

had struck a truce, though the bird barreled out through the open front

door the moment the rain subsided.

Today, he didn’t approach, preferring to remember the old place as it

once had been.

The house faced a broad pasture, now much overgrown, that sloped

south to the creek. The original path was obscured by the remnants of

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summer grass, but Grant knew the way. He slanted southwest, toward

the bridge and the bird he wanted to find.

The Bridge Bird was something of a legend among the few

who hunted this place, always referred to in the capital letters

that denoted a given name.

The far end of the old timber span was screened by a narrow band of

alder and brush that opened to the uphill woods beyond. It was a tiny

piece of cover but ideal for a single grouse, and one was all Grant had

ever found there. But one always was there, and Grant had often

wondered how many generations had supplied the residents.

The Bridge Bird was thought to be especially cunning, able to elude any

opportunity for a clear shot. Clear shots indeed were rare, but the reason

had more to do with the environment than with any ubergrouse

sensibility. Unless a hunter wanted to wade the creek either upstream or

down, the bridge was the only access. The difficulty of negotiating the

first few yards of cover and the ruffed grouse’s natural wariness gave the

bird a clear advantage. It knew that some potential danger was at hand

well before a hunter set foot upon the bridge and had only to scurry to

the open side and take wing. Grant had heard more of them there than

he’d ever seen.

Whether by sheer chance or the vagaries of fate, he had killed two or

three Bridge Birds during the 30 years he’d spent trying to thwart their

chances of a safe escape, and despite a grossly lopsided average, each one

had been worth all the effort. To Grant, one Bridge Bird was as

satisfying, or more, than daily limits taken under less trying conditions.

The Bridge Bird lived somewhere deep in his soul.

Moving as quietly as he could through the grass, Grant gained the near

side of the bridge. Like everything around him, it spoke the

consequences of age. The timbers and crosspieces were rotting, and the

downstream side tipped lower than the other. But it was solid enough to

support a crossing, and Grant stepped softly in his rubber-bottomed

boots.

The creek ran glossy, deep and dark, fed by spill from an old beaver

pond. Grant knew the water was cold enough to support trout, but he

had never cast a fly upon it. At any time of year, this was a place for

birds.

He stopped at the end of the bridge, dropped two cartridges into his gun,

closed the action and cocked both hammers. He had traversed many an

alder-brake without enjoying the trip; this one was no different. Holding

his gun high in one hand and using the other to fend away the branches

while still using them for support, he moved the first few yards with

neither mishap nor an unexpected flush. But in this covert the

unexpected could be depended upon.

Free of the alder tangle, Grant stopped and waited. The silence alone

could sometimes prompt a grouse to flush, like any other ground-

dwelling gamebird. Nothing. After a minute or two he pushed into the

brush, moving slowly, feeling flutters and pangs in his chest and a

familiar pain beginning to gather in his lower back. Too long on your

feet, my lad, he thought, and kept moving ahead.

He was nearly out of the brush when the Bridge Bird lost its nerve and

hammered up from the edge, angling right to left, into the open. It was a

shot Grant seldom missed. He swung up the flight line, passed the bird,

lifted his leading hand and fired into the treetops.

It felt like a fitting salute to the place and the time and the

many birds that had given him the slip.

Back across the bridge, he hobbled up the slope and found a sunlit tree to

lean against as he sat in the grass underneath. He dug out his pipe and

tobacco pouch, filled the old briar and set it alight. Exhaling plumes of

fragrant smoke like fumes from a censer, he sat for a long time looking at

the bridge covert, hoping that as many generations of birds to come

would find it, as had the many that came before.

At length he struggled to his feet and set off back up the hill. He would

stop to have a look at the old house and pay a respect at Laura’s grave.

Then he would make his way down the lane and along the road, knowing

beyond all certainty that he would never see this place again.

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AMU’s Horner Wins 3GNChampionship, $25,000SEP 28, 2010 03:38P.M.

AMU’s Horner Wins 3GN Championship, $25,000

AMU’s Horner Wins 3GN Championship, $25,000

FNH 3 Gun Nation TV

LAS VEGAS, NV --(Ammoland.com)- The U.S. Army Marksmanship

Unit’s Daniel Horner defeated Bruce Piatt in the finals of the FNH USA

3-Gun Nation Championship Shoot-Off, Presented by SureFire, winning

an unprecedented $25,000, courtesy of Leupold , here Sept. 13.

The final event of the ground-breaking 2010 3-Gun Nation Tour, the

3GN Championship Shoot-Off pitted 16 of the top 3-gunners in the world

in a single-elimination, man-on-man drag race through a course of MGM

steel targets. But to get there, competitors had to post one of 16 top

scores out of field of more than 50 top practical shooters. And in

Horner’s case, he had to do a little more.

Horner’s incredible run actually began three days earlier when he set out

to defend his USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals title, and with a top

performance there earn a Wild Card berth into the 3GN Championship.

Unlike many top pros who had already qualified for the match based on

series points, Horner spent much of 2010 deployed with his unit to

Afghanistan in support of combat operations.

The Army staff sergeant did that and more, picking up another Nationals

victory en route to a Wild Card slot, before posting the top score after

four stages of fire during the 3GN Championship match, thereby earning

the top seed going into the Shoot-Off. Horner then proceeded to switch

gears, and looked solid with comfortable wins over Kerry Dematos and

Tony Holmes, setting up a semi-finals match-up with FNH USA’s Dave

Neth, who owns a Shoot-Off victory following MGM Ironman.

Meanwhile, Neth was equally impressive in his first two runs, knocking

out Ty Gentry and SureFire’s Barry Dueck, seemingly recapturing the

same rhythm and pace he set in Parma to win $5,000 in June.

As the two competitors stepped to the line, one could feel a shift in the

atmosphere, as the crowd seemed to sense what was coming. Two

confident, athletic shooters who were both clearly in the “zone” were

about to square off. However, no one could predict they were about to

see arguably the most exciting run of the 2010 3GN Tour.

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At the horn, each man exploded out of the start box, reaching the rifle

barricade in step, and each dropping into a reverse-kneeling position.

Horner’s trigger broke first, instantly followed by Neth’s, a literal “pop-

pop” cadence that continued throughout the rifle plates as each fired

their SCARs to knock down the 100-yard targets in turn.

“I got into the rifle position and shot the best I’ve shot so far

and thought I was ahead, and I looked up and he was already

finished and I thought I better go faster,” Horner said. “It’s a

blast out here competing with people. Guys like Dave, you

can’t ask for better … this is a blast.”

Horner’s half-count of a lead evaporated at the shotgun position as they

simultaneously grabbed their SLP shotguns and ripped through the five

poppers and two clays before grounding the shotgun and sprinting to the

pistol rack.

Here again, as each competitor hammered away with an FNX 9, they

went shot-for-shot through the pistol rack, as the crowd rose to its feet

just as Horner accelerated through the cross-over stop plate, sending it

down an instant before Neth’s fell in turn. It was quite simply an

amazing run by both competitors.

“My run was good—even perfect—I wouldn’t take it back,”

Neth said. “I can’t feel bad losing to Daniel Horner.”

The other semi-final matchup featured two 3-gun veterans and shoot-off

specialists in Jerry Miculek and Bruce Piatt. Miculek advanced to the

semis with a first-round win over Kalani Laker before knocking out the

AMU’s young Tyler Payne, who is poised to be one of the next stars of the

sport.

Conversely, Piatt was forced to work his way through a figurative

“Murderer’s Row” of heavy hitters. After taking out veteran 3-gunner

Kurt Miller in the first round, Piatt next faced Taran Butler, currently

one of the best in the world, and coming off a monster season. But Piatt

stayed measured during the rifle position, got his hits, and held on as

Butler got fast on the trigger and tried to run him down.

“I knew I was leaving the rifle ahead of him; I heard him still

shooting,” Piatt said. “I went faster than I wanted to on the

shotgun, and I kept missing a plate on the pistol, which put

me in panic mode. I had to settle back down and was able to

pull through.”

After losing their semi-finals matchups, Miculek and Neth regrouped

and toed the line to square off once more in the consolation round, with

$5,000 on the line from Timney Triggers. Neth maintained much of the

speed he showcased against Horner, cruising to the win and marking

Neth as the first repeat winner on the 3GN Tour.

“I got what I earned,” Miculek said, congratulating Neth.

“Dave shot a good one.”

“We at Timney Triggers are honored to be a part of such a

great shooting competition,” said Timney’s Chris Ellis during

the check presentation. “We just want to congratulate Dave

on an outstanding performance.”

Piatt’s run through the 3GN Championship Shoot-Off marked one of

consistency, as the veteran shoot-off competitor was deliberate on the

rifle, fast on the shotgun and smooth on the pistol. With consecutive

wins over Miller, Butler and Miculek, Piatt proved to be a giant killer.

But on this day, Horner, regarded as America’s best 3-gunner, was too

much. For his second place finish, Piatt earned a $10,000 check from US

P.A.L.M.

Ultimately, the night belonged to Horner. Upon defeating Piatt, the often

reserved, cool competitor thrust his fists skyward, followed by a smile

that lit up the Nevada desert.

“Sixteen shooters for $25,000, if that doesn’t get you fired up,

I don’t know what will,” said Kevin Trepa, Vice President

Tactical Sales & Marketing, Leupold Tactical, during the

check presentation. “We are real proud to be a part of this,

and we hope that this becomes something that is an annual

fixture.”

“I’d like to thank all the sponsors and staff that made this event happen,

and to the Army for letting me be here,” said Horner.

While Horner, Piatt and Neth took home the big prizes, every competitor

walked away happy with a prize bag that included a SureFire Muzzle

Brake for every participant, while stage sponsors Safariland and Warne

Scope Mounts each contributed 25 $100 gift certificates. Brownells

provided $2,500 worth of gear as well, with every competitor receiving

Brownells AR magazines and more. FMG Publications, with sponsored

shooter Scott McGregor in the field of 50, also sponsored a stage, and

Bushnell provided a catered lunch for everyone onsite during the 3GN

Championship.

The next stop on the FNH USA 3-Gun Nation Tour, Presented by

SureFire, is at the 2010 Adams Arms Ozark 3-Gun Championship, Sept.

24-26, at Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. While Ozark is not an official series

match, the event will be filmed for Versus and will culminate with the

3GN Shoot-Off and a $5,000 check from Adams Arms and Samson

Manufacturing.

Multi-gun, or 3-gun, is a unique sport within the discipline known as

practical shooting. Considered the fastest growing segment within the

shooting sports, 3-gun challenges competitors with rifle, pistol and

shotgun, maneuvering through unique stages of fire as fast as their skill

will allow.

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FNH USA 3-Gun Nation Championship Shoot-Off Winners

The National 3-Gun Association, through media properties “3-Gun

Nation Television” and 3GunNation.com, was formed with one mission:

to promote practical shooting by shining a light on amateur and

professional shooters alike, as well as the guns, gear and lifestyle that

define the high-octane sport of 3-gun competition. Bringing never-

before-seen cash payouts to the table, 3-Gun Nation is quite simply

changing the game. 3 Guns. One Champion.

For more information, visit www.3GunNation.com.

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Team ITI Puts Up Solid ScoresAt 2010 IDPA NationalChampionship With Three TopFive FinishesSEP 28, 2010 03:24P.M.

Team ITI Puts Up Solid Scores At 2010 IDPA National

Championship With Three Top Five Finishes

Team ITI At 2010 IDPA National Championship

International Training Inc

SHACKLESFORD, VA --(Ammoland.com)- Team International

Training, Inc. (ITI) once again proved they are a team to be watched as

teammates Morgan Allen, Gary Byerly and Brandon Wright all placed

within the top five of their respective divisions at the 2010 IDPA

National Championships, held at the United States Shooting Academy in

Tulsa, OK on September 23-25, 2010.

Over 390 competitors from across the world came out to compete with

the best of the best of IDPA competitors.

Allen finished fourth in the Enhanced Service Pistol (ESP) Master

Division (12th overall) with a score of 298.85. Twenty competitors,

including teammate Byerly, competed in the ESP – Master Division.

“This year’s National Championship featured what many

considered the most challenging tests of shooting skill to

date,” commented Allen. “It’s a great accomplishment when a

team can come together and finish as strong as we were able

to. Three top five finishes highlights a tremendously

successful competition for Team ITI.”

Bragging rights go to Byerly who came in third in the Enhanced Service

Pistol (ESP) Master Division (9th overall) with a score of 289.27.

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“The 2010 IDPA National Championship was a tremendous

match that presented a wide variety of challenges for all

competitors,” commented Byerly. “Being able to shoot with

my teammates Brandon and Morgan was exciting. We were

able to formulate an effective strategy for each course of fire

and then evaluate each others performances immediately.

This kind of feedback from shooters of their caliber is an

excellent training tool and contributed to our outstanding

performance as a team.”

Last but not least, Wright took home fifth in the Stock Service Pistol

(SSP) Master Division (11th overall) with a score of 298.55. Thirty

competitors came out for the SSP Master Division.

“This year’s match was as we expected it to be: lots of

challenging stages and good props. It was a huge turnout with

over 390 competitors,” commented Wright.

“My team and I would like to thank all the staff that helped

organize and run the match as they did a fantastic job.”

Allen and Byerly will next be competing at the USPSA North Carolina

Sectional held at the Sir Walter Gun Club in Butner, NC from October 2-

3, 2010. Wright can be seen competing next in the 2010 IDPA Georgia

State Championship in Conyers, GA on October 30, 2010.

About Morgan Allen

Morgan Allen has only been shooting pistols since 2005, but has already

amassed over 20 IDPA State and Regional Division Championship titles

under his belt since 2007. Having moved up the ladder from an IDPA

Novice to Master in only 14 months, Allen has also won three top five

Division finishes at the Smith & Wesson Indoor Nationals. Allen is an

NRA Certified Pistol Instructor, as well as an IDPA Safety Officer and

PPC Master.

About Gary Byerly

Gary Byerly has been competing in IDPA matches for the past eight years

and USPSA and 3-Gun matches for five years. He is an IDPA ESP and

SSP Master, as well as a six-time IDPA State Champion. Byerly is a

Master in Production and holds an “A” Classification in Open and

Limited in USPSA. Byerly is also a three time Area class winner.

About Brandon Wright

Brandon Wright served four years as a Law Enforcement Officer and

four years as a State Trooper in the Virginia State Police. In addition,

Wright was a member of the local police department S.W.A.T. Team.

Wright has over eight years experience as a Firearms Instructor, which

he puts into practice at ITI as their Senior Firearms Instructor. He is an

IDPA Master Class shooter and is currently awaiting classification in

USPSA Production and Limited Divisions.

About International Training, Inc.

International Training Incorporated (ITI) is a subsidiary of Wackenhut

Services Inc. Founded in 1989; ITI is committed to providing benchmark

security training programs emphasizing professionalism, quality,

customer service, and a fair price. ITI conducts both mobile and fixed

site training in security assistance and security service programs for the

U.S. Government, U.S. military, corporate America, and now private

citizens. For more information on ITI or any of their courses, log on to

www.itiwsi.com.

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HSS Recalls Carabineer OnUltra Lite HarnessSEP 28, 2010 02:14P.M.

HSS Issues A Voluntary Recall Of Carabineer On Ultra Lite

Harness

Safety Comes First And Foremost.

Hunter Safety Systems

Danville, Alabama --(Ammoland.com)- Hunter Safety System is

committed to providing treestand hunters with the highest quality safety

products on the market.

In keeping with those commitments to safety, HSS announced an

immediate voluntary recall of the carabineers that were included with

the new HSS 300 Ultra Lite Harness.

There have been no reported incidents involving these carabineers;

however, based on the high standards that Hunter Safety System

requires, the company feels it is necessary to issue a voluntary recall

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based on recent findings. Through rigorous testing, it became apparent

that the carabineer gate retention pins can inadvertently detach,

permitting the carabineer gate to open and creating the possibility of the

treestrap or lineman’s climbing strap to release from the carabineer,

thereby allowing the user to fall.

“We feel this product does not meet our safety standards,”

said John Wydner, HSS co-owner and president. “For this

reason we are replacing all carabineers that were included

with the HSS 300 Ultra Lite Harnesses free of charge,

including shipping. Although we have not had any reports of

this happening outside our factory, we are issuing this

voluntary recall to maintain the highest possible product-

quality standards for all of our customers.”

HSS’s Ultra Lite Safety Harness

Hunter Safety System representatives have been working around the

clock to contact dealers and individuals who have purchased the HSS

300 Ultra Lite Harness regarding this recall and potential problem with

the carabineer.

The UPC Code for this item is: 8-59540-00083-0. All owners and users

of the HSS 300 Ultra Lite Harness are directed to immediately

discontinue use of the carabineers and the included Lineman’s Climbing

Strap, and they should contact Hunter Safety System at 877-296-3528

for a carabineer exchange.

“We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our loyal

customers,” Wydner said.

“We are doing everything in our power to make this exchange

as easy as possible; however, we want everyone to be safe.

That is the most important thing in the world to everyone

here at Hunter Safety System.”

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Danville, Alabama, Hunter

Safety System is a leading designer and manufacturer of innovative deer

hunting gear and hunting equipment for the serious hunter.

For additional information, write: The Hunter Safety System, 8237

Danville Road, Danville, AL 35619; call toll free 877-296-3528; or visit

the company website at www.hssvest.com.

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PennFuture Launches NewCoalition & Website with Focuson Hunters, TrappersSEP 28, 2010 01:32P.M.

PennFuture Launches New Coalition & Website with Focus on

Hunters, Trappers

New Pennsylvania Camo Coalition to Provide Unified Voice in

Harrisburg for Outdoors Enthusiasts.

Pennsylvania Camo Coalition

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PennFuture

HARRISBURG, Pa.--(Ammoland.com)- Citizens for Pennsylvania’s

Future (PennFuture) today unveiled a new initiative, the Pennsylvania

Camo Coalition, along with a related website, www.pacamocoalition.org.

The initiative and website will be used to provide no-cost education and

advocacy opportunities on state conservation policies that affect wildlife,

habitat, and sporting enthusiasts’ concerns.

“Looking back through history, Pennsylvania’s sportsmen

and women were the original conservationists”

“Looking back through history, Pennsylvania’s sportsmen

and women were the original conservationists,” said Jan

Jarrett, president and CEO of PennFuture.

“Our hunters, anglers and trappers have been, and continue

to be, some of the state’s most committed and effective

conservation leaders. We all need to work together, with a

collective voice, to protect and defend our natural resources

and the traditions we respect and appreciate.”

“We are at a historic fork in the road for our forests, our

rivers and streams” said Jarrett. “With the discovery and

development of the Marcellus Shale gas formation, choices

will have to be made and a balance will have to be reached.

Hunters, anglers, trappers need to speak up to make sure

their favorite hunting spots and trout streams aren’t ruined

by careless drilling and inadequate regulations. By creating

the Camo Coalition, we hope to balance the needs of

sportsmen and our conservation ethic with that of the

economic opportunities drilling will bring.”

The primary objectives of the Pennsylvania Camo Coalition are to

facilitate statewide advocacy for the protection of Pennsylvania’s wildlife

and the associated habitats, promote Pennsylvania’s outdoor heritage

and outdoor recreational opportunities, and to defend the right to hunt,

fish, trap, and enjoy the lands and waters of the state.

Membership in the coalition is free for all sportsmen and women. The

website serves as a portal where all can learn of different legislative and

regulatory proposals in front of the legislature and regulatory agencies. It

will also serve as an advocacy tool, allowing hunters and anglers easy

access to communicate with their legislators.

Seven other states have camo coalitions, all of which are initiatives of

statewide affiliates of the National Wildlife Federation (NWF).

PennFuture is Pennsylvania’s NWF statewide affiliate. The coalition is

coordinated by Ed Boito of PennFuture. He may be reached at (717)-214-

7928 or boito@pacamocoalition.org.

PennFuture is the Pennsylvania affiliate of the National Wildlife

Federation

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Disclose Act Update & NRAEndorses Gov. Culver???SEP 28, 2010 12:56P.M.

Disclose Act Update & NRA Endorses Gov. Culver???

Iowa Gun Owners

Iowa--(Ammoland.com)- Iowa readers, we recently called upon you to

take action and call Senators Grassley and Harkin and urge them to vote

no on the so-called “Disclose Act.”

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This is the bill that would effectively silence organizations like Iowa Gun

Owners from informing you about the positions that your elected

officials have taken on the 2nd Amendment.

In particular, it would limit us during election time.

This is a dream bill if you are an anti-gun politician facing a tough re-

election bid this fall. The last thing they want is for gun owners to be

aware of their votes on gun bills!

We are pleased to report that thanks to your calls and emails, and those

of other gun activists across the country, you helped kill this legislation

that damages the 1st and 2nd Amendments at the same time.

• Senator Grassley voted against this bill.

• Senator Harkin, on the other hand, voted to support it.

It is important to note that there is no such thing as a dead bill as long as

Congress is in session. So you may have to take action again. But for the

time being, and for the 2nd time now, you have stopped this bill dead in

it’s tracks.

NRA Not Helping

In a disappointing move that Iowa Gun Owners members are becoming

all too used to, the NRA acted against the best interests of gun owners

and returned a political favor to Governor Chet Culver today when they

endorsed his re-election campaign.

IGO members will remember that it was the NRA that brought forth the

watered down carry bill that passed through the General Assembly last

session and ultimately was signed by the Governor.

IGO was concerned that anti-gun members of the legislature and

Governor Culver would be able to use this bill to their advantage.

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what took place.

While the NRA has endorsed Governor Culver, here are the

real facts:

• Governor Culver refuses to complete the Iowa Gun Owners 2010

Gun Rights Candidate Survey.

• Governor Culver signed into law SF2357, which allows Iowans, not

convicted of any crime and potentially not even being allowed to be

present to make a defense at an evidentiary hearing, to have their

lawfully owned firearms seized from them based on a mere

accusation alone.

• Governor Brandstad has completed the Gun Rights Candidate

Survey with 100% pro-gun responses.

• Lt. Governor nominee Senator Kim Reynolds co-sponsored and

voted for REAL Right-to-Carry and other pro-gun bills for Iowa

Gun Owners for the past two legislative sessions.

This NRA endorsement follows on the heels of a substantial PAC

donation made from the NRA-PVF to Governor Culver’s campaign in the

amount of $2,500 soon after he signed the watered down bill into law.

Unfortunately, for those Iowa Gun Owners’ members who are also NRA

members, that’s your money helping to re-elect this anti-gun Governor

who suddenly became pro-gun when it suited him politically.

It would appear as though the NRA has repaid their debt to Governor

Culver for signing their watered down bill.

That’s the bad news.

The good news is that Iowa Gun Owners has been meeting with pro-gun

incumbents and first time candidates all over the state of Iowa and the

2nd Amendment has taken on a major component in their campaigns.

We have almost every pro-gun candidate in the state on the record now

in support of REAL Right-to-Carry and our other pro-gun bills through

our 2010 Gun Rights Candidate Survey program.

It looks very likely that pro-gun candidates will re-take the House of

Representatives, at least, this Fall.

Thanks for your support as we get candidates on the record for gun

rights.

As we roll into the final weeks of the election season, Iowa Gun Owners

will be sending out waves of mail all across the state of Iowa. We will be

informing you and thousands of other pro-gun activists like you, where

your candidates stand on the issue of the 2nd Amendment.

We have the anti-gunners on the record after two years of recorded, roll

call gun votes. (This is why procedural votes matter in the legislature.)

Now they are on the run trying desperately to hide their anti-gun

positions.

With your support we will make sure that their recorded votes and

candidate surveys get out to the voters in their districts!

To help us with this vital program, and to help ensure a pro-gun majority

next legislative session, won’t you please consider a special donation to

help us with our pro-gun mail program?

It will be a costly program. But if we don’t get the word out to gun

activists like yourself, then our chances of advancing solid gun bills next

legislative session will be diminished.

You can contact us in the following ways:

• Email: info@iowagunowners.org

• Phone: 515/309-7858

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About:

Iowa Gun Owners (IGO) was formed in January of 2009 to combat the

oppressive gun laws in the State of Iowa. IGO does not believe that you,

as a law abiding citizen, should have to beg permission from the

government to be able to defend yourself and your family. That’s why we

are working so hard to get a Vermont/Alaska style carry law passed in

Iowa. In these states, unless you are a convicted felon or otherwise

barred from possessing weapons, you don’t need a permit to carry a gun

for self-defense! Join us now! Visit: www.iowagunowners.org

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Tips for Using Your Day 6PlotWatcher Trail CamSEP 28, 2010 12:36P.M.

Tips for Using Your Day 6 PlotWatcher Trail Cam

Day 6 Outdoors

Columbus, GA – -(Ammoland.com)- The Day 6 PlotWatcher Time-

Lapse Video Camera takes the guesswork out of hunting by recording

daytime game activity around potential hunting locations revealing the

best time and place to hunt.

You can view the footage using the free GameFinder software, which

allows you to watch an entire days’ video in just a few minutes. When

you watch the video, it’s as if you’ve sat in that location all day long.

For tips on using your PlotWatcher, check out these helpful videos at

www.day6outdoors.com.

Day 6 PlotWatcher Camera

Here are a few additional tips from the Day6 staff that will help you get

even more useful information from your camera.

• Set the camera up to review possible stand locations, fields, roads

and power lines. With the PlotWatcher, you can view animals that

would normally be out of range for other trail cameras.

• Use the camera to pinpoint entry and exit spots, directions of travel

and game activity so you know exactly where to place your stands.

• When possible, position your camera facing north or south to

prevent the sun from backlighting your subject and making it a

non-descript silhouette in the photo.

• If you set the PlotWatcher in open areas such as fields, food plots,

clear cuts, power lines etc…, set your camera to take footage every

10 seconds, which is sufficient to get great, informative video. If

you set up the PlotWatcher in thicker cover, choose every five

seconds to double your chance of getting great pictures of the

animals you seek.

• Try placing a Plotwatcher camera at another hunting location while

you hunt. Then you can check the camera when you leave to find

out what happened in this other location while you were away. The

camera can help you pinpoint hot spots much quicker than hunting

them by yourself.

For optimum performance and to preserve your camera battery’s life, use

a 4GB ReadyBoost USB to download your video to your computer.

For more info, check out www.day6outdoors.com.

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Michigan DNRE ShootingRanges Help Hunters Preparefor Fall Hunting SeasonsSEP 28, 2010 12:01P.M.

Michigan DNRE Shooting Ranges Help Hunters Prepare for

Fall Hunting Seasons

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan --(Ammoland.com)- With the start of the fall hunting

seasons, now is the time for hunters to sight in their bows, rifles and

shotguns at one of the Department of Natural Resources and

Environment’s staff-operated shooting ranges.

The DNRE oversees six shooting ranges in southern Michigan, including

the Rose Lake Shooting Range in Bath (Clinton County); Sharonville

Shooting Range in Grass Lake (Jackson County); Island Lake Shooting

Range in Brighton (Livingston County); Ortonville Shooting Range in

Ortonville (Lapeer County); Bald Mountain Shooting Range in Lake

Orion (Oakland County) and Pontiac Lake Shooting Range in Waterford

(Oakland County). An archery range is not available at Island Lake.

During October, Ortonville, Pontiac Lake, Rose Lake, and Sharonville

ranges are open six days a week, closed Tuesdays. From Nov. 1 – 15, the

ranges are open daily.

Hours at Ortonville and Pontiac Lake ranges are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 9

a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Rose Lake and Sharonville ranges.

Range fees at Ortonville and Pontiac Lake are $4 per day for each

shooter age 16 and older. Children under 16 are free. Rose Lake and

Sharonville have no fee. The Bald Mountain and Island Lake ranges are

operated under contract by Michigan Shooting Centers, LCC. Please

contact Island Lake at 248-437-2784 and Bald Mountain at 248-693-

0567, or visit their website www.mishoot.com/ for hours and fees.

For more information on DNRE operated shooting ranges, please call the

ranges.

The telephone numbers are:

• Bald Mountain: 248-693-0567

• Island Lake: 248-437-2784

• Ortonville: 248-627-5569

• Pontiac Lake: 248-666-5406

• Rose Lake: 517-641-7801

• Sharonville: 734-428-8035

Hunters are encouraged to check out Ortonville’s new 3-D archery range

and Bald Mountain’s new sporting clays course. Please contact the

ranges for more details.

Shooters are reminded to bring eye and ear protection and approved

targets with either a bull’s eye pattern or a depiction of legal game.

Shooters under age 16 must be directly supervised by an adult.

Information about the DNRE shooting ranges and other public and

private shooting ranges can be found on the DNRE website at

www.michigan.gov/shootingranges.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is committed to

the conservation, protection, management, and accessible use and

enjoyment of the state’s environment, natural resources, and related

economic interests for current and future generations. Learn more at

www.michigan.gov/dnre.

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Michigan Deer Archery SeasonOpens Statewide Friday, Oct. 1SEP 28, 2010 11:55A.M.

Michigan Deer Archery Season Opens Statewide Friday, Oct. 1

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Michigan --(Ammoland.com)- The Department of Natural Resources

and Environment reminds hunters that the archery deer season opens

statewide on Friday, Oct. 1.

The season runs from Oct. 1 to Nov. 14, then reopens after the firearm

deer season for late archery hunting Dec. 1 to Jan. 1.

During the archery season, an archery license, combination license

regular tag or combination license restricted tag can be used to harvest

either an antlerless deer or a buck. Antlerless-only licenses are also valid

during the archery season.

If a hunter chooses to harvest a buck with an archery tag or combination

license.

The following restrictions apply:

• Using an archery tag: Bucks must have one antler at least three

inches long, except in DMUs 117, 135 and 245, where one antler

must have at least two points, and in DMUs 045 and 122, where

one antler must have at least three points.

• Using a combination license regular tag: Bucks must have one

antler at least three inches long, except in DMUs 117 and 245,

where one antler must have at least two points, and in DMUs 045,

122, 487 and the entire Upper Peninsula, where one antler must

have at least three points.

• Using a combination license restricted tag: Bucks must have at

least four points on one side.

• Hunters are limited to purchasing only two kill tags for bucks each

year – either an archery tag and a regular firearm tag, or a

combination license with two kill tags valid during both the archery

and firearm hunting seasons. Regardless of the types of licenses

purchased, if two bucks are harvested, one of them must have at

least four points on at least one antler. Also, if a buck is harvested

in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) or DMU 487 with an archery tag, a

second buck cannot be taken from that same hunting unit (U.P. or

487) with a regular firearm license. Hunters are encouraged to be

familiar with the antler point restrictions in their chosen DMU

before purchasing a license.

“With 75 days open for archery deer hunting in Michigan,

bow and arrow enthusiasts have boundless opportunities to

get outdoors and fill those deer tags,” said DNRE deer and elk

program leader Brent Rudolph. “Additionally, crossbow

regulations have been expanded statewide, which we believe

will lead to more hunters participating in archery season than

ever before.”

In August, the Natural Resources Commission voted to allow all legal

hunters 10 years old and older to use crossbows statewide. All archery

and firearm seasons are open to crossbow hunting, except in the Upper

Peninsula, where deer hunters cannot use crossbows after Nov. 30

unless they have a disability permit. The free crossbow stamp is still

required for all crossbow hunters.

Hunters are also reminded that the baiting and feeding of deer and elk

remains prohibited in the entire Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Detailed information regarding deer hunting regulations can be found in

the Michigan Hunting and Trapping Digest, available at all license

vendors, DNRE Operations Service Centers and online at

www.michigan.gov/hunting.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is committed to

the conservation, protection, management, and accessible use and

enjoyment of the state’s environment, natural resources and related

economic interests for current and future generations. Learn more at

www.michigan.gov/dnre.

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Mary Fallin On Her NRAEndorsementSEP 28, 2010 11:48A.M.

Mary Fallin – Candidate for Oklahoma Governor on her NRA

endorsement

NRA - ILA

Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- NRA-ILA grass roots news recently

debuted a new and improved format for the “Grassroots News Minute”

video!

To view the current video in its new format, please click above:

About: Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America’s

oldest civil rights and sportsmen’s group. Four million members strong,

NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to

advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce

crime. The Association remains the nation’s leader in firearm education

and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the

military. Visit: www.nra.org

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Safariland Shooters MaggieReese & Tasha Hanish WinUSPSA Multi-Gun NationalsSEP 28, 2010 11:10A.M.

Team Safariland Shooters Maggie Reese & Tasha Hanish Win

USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals with Safariland ELS Belt System

Team Safariland Shooters Maggie Reese & Tasha Hanish Win USPSA

Multi-Gun Nationals with Safariland ELS Belt System

Safariland.com

Jacksonville, FL –-(Ammoland.com)- Safariland, a BAE Systems line

of business, congratulates Team Safariland shooters Maggie Reese and

Tasha Hanish for winning the USPSA Multi-Gun Nationals September 9-

12 in Las Vegas, NV. Both shooters repeat last year’s victories during the

four-day match, which included all the top shooters from around the

country.

Competitors shot approximately 400 rounds with handgun, shotgun and

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rifle to complete the 12 stages of fire. Reese took top honors in the Open

Ladies Class, while Hanish won the Tactical Ladies Class, both using the

new Safariland ELS Belt and Accessory System.

“Moving from stage to stage, each shooter must reconfigure

their rig or belt system to accommodate the requirements of

the stage. The ELS and Accessory system makes it a lot easier

to set up the rig, giving us more time to study the course of

fire,” explained Reese.

The entire Team Safariland was using the new ELS (Equipment Locking

System), fork and receiver plates, which made it very swift and easy to

configure their belt for each course of fire. The ELS components offer a

small footprint and a stable platform to allow several to be placed at

different angles and locations on the 032 ELS Competition belt. Pouches

attach to the fork and they slide easily into the receiver plates mounted

to the belt.

“Competing at this high level of competition, you can imagine

the pressure each competitor endures. The ELS system helps

take some of that pressure off,” stated Scott Carnahan, Vice

President, Category Marketing for Safariland.

“We are very proud of Maggie and Tasha’s accomplishments.

Equally important is that they have been instrumental with

the development of our gear, especially gear for female

shooters.”

For more information about the ELS Competition Belt System and Team

Safariland, visit www.safariland.com/dutygear. For more information on

this event, check out www.uspsa.org.

About Safariland

Safariland, LLC is a premier provider of law enforcement and security

products and services, delivering a full-range of customer-specific

solutions. Offering many of the world’s most recognizable branded

products in the public safety market, Safariland is committed to saving

lives. For more information about Safariland and its body armor

products, as well as information on the new NIJ-06 standard, please visit

www.safariland.com.

About BAE Systems

BAE Systems is a global defense, security and aerospace company with

approximately 107,000 employees worldwide. The Company delivers a

full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well

as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and

customer support services. In 2009 BAE Systems reported sales of £22.4

billion (US$ 36.2 billion).

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USAMU to Celebrate 54thAnniversarySEP 28, 2010 10:37A.M.

United States Army Marksmanship Unit to Celebrate 54th

Anniversary

United States Army Marksmanship Unit

FORT BENNING, Ga. --(Ammoland.com)- Former and current

Soldiers and Civilians of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, along with

members of the Military Marksmanship Association, will celebrate 54

years of unparalleled success at a reunion Oct. 14-16.

The reunion honors all shooters, staff and support personnel who

contributed to the success of the unit. The USAMU was formed in 1956

by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to raise the standards of

marksmanship throughout the Army.

The unit has won 23 Olympic medals, 41 World Championships, and

over 300 National and team championships. The unit also boasts the

world’s best gunsmiths and hours of dedicated research and

development.

Attendees will commence the event with an open house at unit

headquarters as well as section “get together” dinners. A round-robin

rifle, shotgun and pistol competition will be held on the 15th followed by

the annual MMA membership meeting and election of new officers.

On the 16th, sections will induct members into their respective halls of

fame prior to the induction of three new members into the USAMU Hall

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of Fame. A barbecue will close out the weekend.

The MMA’s objectives are to provide a link to the history of the USAMU,

host ceremonies and social events, and support the goals and objectives

of the USAMU. It also presides over the hall of fame voting. The MMA

now boasts more than 575 members.

About USAMU:

The USAMU’s mission is to raise the standard of marksmanship

proficiency and combat readiness throughout the Army by sharing

knowledge gained from competing and winning in national/

international competitions, research and development and advanced

training programs while enhancing the Army’s recruiting effort through

an active public information and public relations program. For more

information on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, contact the Public

Affairs Office at (706) 545-5436, Michael.Molinaro@usaac.army.mil or

www.USAMU.com .

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Cooking Wild Magazine onNewsstands This FallSEP 28, 2010 10:30A.M.

Cooking Wild Magazine on Newsstands This Fall

New Magazine – Nationwide and in Canada – for the Food Focused

Outdoors Person and Adventurous Chef.

Cooking Wild Magazine on Newsstands This Fall

Cooking Wild

Sacramento, CA --(Ammoland.com)- The fall edition of Cooking Wild

Magazine will soon be available on newsstands in Canada and

throughout the US, including Alaska and Hawaii at great retailers like

Bass Pro and Barnes and Noble.

“Field and Stream meets Bon Appetite”, Cooking Wild is the first and

only magazine to focus on food for the outdoors person and is sure to

inspire adventurous chefs around the globe.

Each quarterly issue features something for everyone with fresh caught

fish, wild game and foraged food recipes. Cooking Wild’s fall issue will

feature recipes that go beyond the traditional, recipes like; Dogfish with

a Cilantro Chimichurri sauce, Tea Smoked Rattlesnake, and Venison

Carpaccio.

Adding to the family favorites are recipes such as Deep Fried Wild

Turkey, Antelope Burgers with a Grilled Romaine Salad, and Cream of

Chantrelle Soup.

Cooking Wild Magazine is dedicated to helping improve and expand the

wild cooking arsenal of home chefs everywhere. This new quarterly

printed magazine is loaded with tips, techniques and recipes from

experts and home chefs from across the country. Available nationwide,

find it on a newsstand this fall. For home delivery of the fall issue

subscribe online by October 10, 2010 at www.cookingwildmagazine.com.

Sneak Peak

The article SHARK FEAST is excerpted from the fall issue of Cooking

Wild magazine. To read the complete article and get tips on fishing for,

cleaning, cutting and preparing Dogfish for the recipe below, look for the

magazine on a newsstand near you or subscribe online by October 10,

2010 at http://www.cookingwildmagazine.com.

Fishing for Spiny Dogfish on the Puget Sound

BY Thomas Swimme

The excitement of catching a shark is a joy that is still just as

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vibrant today as it was when I was a child. I can remember

early morning salmon fishing trips with my uncles and

cousins when I’d let my line drift a little too deep and end up

hooking into a spiny dogfish. While this was not ideal on a

salmon fishing trip, nor appreciated by my relatives, catching

a shark was one of my greatest thrills. I’m still not sure if

dogfish was my first fish but I am sure it was my most prized.

The way they circle back and forth when being reeled in and

the first sight of a fin or an eye has always given me the

chills…..

FRIED SHARK FILLETS WITH SAUTÉED PEPPERS

AND CILANTRO CHIMICHURRI

Ingredients:

• 6 ears of corn

• Olive oil

• 4 large bell peppers (red, yellow, orange), sliced

• 2 large onions, sliced

• 2/3 head of garlic, chopped

• Salt and pepper

• 1 lemon, juiced

• 1 spiny dogfish, filleted and prepared

• All-purpose flour

• 3 lemons

Cilantro Chimichurri, recipe follows

1. Boil the corn. Drain and put into ice bath. When cool,

cut off kernels and reserve.

2. Put pot over medium-high heat and add olive oil. When

heated, add peppers and onions, stir, reduce to medium

heat and cover. We are not trying to color the vegetables

so keep the heat low and stir regularly.

3. Add the chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Add corn to

warm. Add juice of 1 lemon to brighten the flavor.

4. Heat a skillet with a generous amount of oil over

medium-high heat. Cut the shark fillets into 4-ounce

portions. Pepper and flour each portion and pat off

excess (the meat is strong enough not to need salt).

When oil is hot enough, fry fillets until golden and crisp

on both sides.

To Serve: Place the fillets over the bell pepper medley on the

plate. Squeeze lemon juice over the fillets. Spoon chimichurri

sauce around. Tailor the amount of chimichurri sauce to

balance the flavor of the fish. Serve with a grassy New

Zealand sauvignon blanc or light Moscato to pair with the

chimichurri and combat the saltiness of the shark fillets.

CILANTRO CHIMICHURRI

Ingredients:

• ¼ cup Champagne vinegar

• 1/3 head of garlic, chopped

• 2 lemons

• Honey

• 1 large bunch cilantro, minced

• 1/3 bunch parsley, minced

• 1 cup olive oil

• Salt and pepper

In a bowl combine vinegar, chopped garlic, juice of 2 lemons,

honey, cilantro and parsley. Slowly whisk in olive oil. Season

with salt and pepper.

For more information and to subscribe risk free, visit them online at

www.cookingwildmagazine.com.

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Pennsylvania Junior Small BoreRifle CampSEP 28, 2010 09:06A.M.

Pennsylvania Junior Small Bore Rifle Camp

By David Cramer, Camp Director

2010 Pennsylvania Junior Small Bore Rifle Camp

Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association

Butler, PA --(Ammoland.com)- The Intermediate Junior Small bore

Rifle shooting camp has been a summer activity in Pennsylvania for the

past 30 years.

This year s camp was held 15-19 June, 2010, at Indiana, PA. NRA

Foundation grants help to support this endeavor and assist in keeping

the cost of attending as low as possible.

Sixteen adults, junior program coordinators, coaches, and energetic

volunteers, assisted the camp with various activities. Twenty juniors,

ages 11 through 16 years of age, were the camp participants. All were

state residents, with the majority of them from western and central

Pennsylvania. The camp also is conducted with the assistance of the

National Rifle Association and the NRA Day Camp program.

The camp begins on the afternoon of the check-in day, and juniors get

right into shooting with a short record course of fire. The purpose of this

match is to get everyone involved from the start and to get the coaches

interacting with the shooters. Also we get our scoring and records group

up to speed, and most importantly, we can determine the

experience/ability level of our junior shooters.

After a dinner meal at the local Cicci es Pizza, everyone returned to the

Clymer rifle range for the first of the evening fun matches. The first

night es fun match was a club rifle match. For this match teams were

randomly selected, and both coaches and juniors firing for the team. It

was a short 10 shot prone match, each shooter firing one target. Eight

shooters comprised four different teams. Two or three coaches fired on

each team. Most of those present had not shot a club rifle for a few years,

and some had n ot ever fired a club gun.

The rifles used were Remington 513T rifles, with a lot of variation in

stock size, sight apertures, trigger pull, etc. Everyone came away from

the experience with a greater appreciation of the problems encountered

by the beginning shooter who often starts their shooting experience with

guns usually provided by local clubs. All the junior kids were more than

ready to get back to their match rifles for the remainder of the camp.

Bob King es team, some say a \ringer team., was the winning team.

Members were Mary Sloan, Trent Thomas, Steve Hutta, Morgan Duerr,

Chris Duerr, Bob King, Gene Lechmanick, and Tom Benedict. An

appropriate awards ceremony was held immediately following their win,

and each team member enjoyed a Hershey candy bar for their fine

efforts.

The second day is devoted to the three shooting positions. There are two

relays of juniors, ten each relay. Ten juniors shoot on the indoor range,

while the others have short classroom lessons. The relays take turns

moving from classroom to range and back to classroom. A lot of time is

devoted to prone, standing, and kneeling positions, both on the firing

line, and in the classrooms. Each shooter es positions are analyzed and

corrected as necessary while they are shooting. In the classroom the

instructors cover the position fundamentals, and various other subjects

related to making each one a better shooter. One of the teaching points

of this and every day es instruction was to have shooters become very

aware of their natural point of aim. This tends to be one of the

fundamentals that beginning shooters need ongoing reminders about.

The evening fun match was the Bonus Prone Match.. The rules are a

little different, and shooters are allowed to refire shots that are not tens.

Appropriate awards were distributed at the conclusion.

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Bob King’s Team—winner of the club team match

The third day was supervised training time on the range. Shooters were

given an opportunity to shoot each position and get additional help from

coaches. This was a low key training day, enabling shooters to polish up

their skills. There was a One Shot Special Target match during the day.

The evening fun match was a One shot Elimination Match. Shooting

from the standing position, shooters fired one shot, awaited scoring, and

were eliminated by the better shot from their competitors. This exercise

stressed the one shot at a time, theme of camp. The result is the best

shooter is left standing. Sometimes it is not the best shooter in camp, but

the luckiest! Awards were presented to the winners.

The final day saw shooters firing a half-course 3-position record match

under typical match conditions. Competition was spirited–this is like the

final exam. The evening match was a continuation of the day es record

firing with a 10-shot standing Olympic finals. Scores of the finals were

added to the day es half course to produce the grand aggregate.

A number of fine awards were donated as prizes for the camp. Wolf

Performance Ammunition donated T-shirts, .22 ammunition, back-packs

and other Wolf logo items. Eley Ammunition donated .22 ammunition,

T-shirts, and Eley hats. Anschutz donated three very nice back-packs.

The Army National Guard donated neat back-packs and duffle bags.

Various local vendors donated rifle cleaning supplies and gun products.

NRA Collegiate shooting donated beautiful ball-point pens, and NRA

Sports donated NRA T-shirts. The awards were presented on Saturday.

Every junior was able to pick several items from the awards table.

Camp is already planned for the coming year. 2011 will follow a similar

schedule, probably at the same locations. IUP has re-done their

dormitory rooms and they are more expensive than in the past. Camp

cost will likely be a bit more for the coming year. This year es camp was

one of our most enjoyable. The smiling faces in the photos are a pretty

good indicator that the kids had a great time and also learned something

that should be useful for their future shooting competitions.

2011 Camp announcements and registration will be available in

February.

About:

Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association: Constitution of the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Article I, Section 21, “The right of the

citi-zens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be

questioned.” We uphold, promote and support the right to keep and bear

arms. Visit: www.pennarifleandpistol.org

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African Penguin ReceivesEndangered Species ActProtectionSEP 28, 2010 08:27A.M.

African Penguin Receives Endangered Species Act Protection

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- African Penguin Receives

Endangered Species Act Protection A species of penguin from Africa is

now protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),

following the publication of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)

final listing determination in today’s Federal Register.

The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), a species native to Namibia

and South Africa, has been listed as endangered.

The determination comes after a thorough review of best available

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scientific information, comments from the general public and peer

reviewers, and any new information received during the public comment

period following publication of the proposed rule to list this species. This

rule implements the Federal protections provided by the Act for this

species.

The African penguin population has declined 60.5 percent in the past 28

years due to food base declines and competition for food with the fishing

industry and Cape fur seals. The population decline has been severely

exacerbated by rapid ecosystem changes at the northern end of the

penguin’s distribution and by major shifts of prey resources to outside of

the accessible foraging range of breeding penguins at the southern end of

its distribution; habitat modification and destruction; predation; and oil

spills. Climate change contributes to these threats through rising sea

levels, increasing sea surface temperatures, declines in upwelling

intensities, predicted increases in frequency and intensity of El Niño

events in the Benguela marine ecosystem, and predicted increases in

sulphide eruptions.

Granting foreign species protection under the Endangered Species Act

means that the import or export of any of the species, or their parts or

products, as well as their sale in interstate or foreign commerce, is

prohibited. Take of listed species, which includes harass, harm, pursue,

hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect, or to attempt any of these,

within the U.S. is also prohibited. Permits for these prohibited actions

may be issued for specific purposes consistent with the Endangered

Species Act.

The final rule appeared in the September 28, 2010 Federal Register and

will become effective on October 28, 2010. For more information visit

the Service’s website at www.fws.gov/endangered.

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for the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader

and trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our

scientific excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources,

dedicated professionals and commitment to public service. For more

information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit

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Gun Voters Listen UpSEP 28, 2010 08:07A.M.

Gun Voters Listen Up

By Jack Lee

President Pennsylvania Rifle & Pistol Association

Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association

Butler, PA --(Ammoland.com)- The coming election will be the most

important election of my time and could be the most important election

American history.

This past April saw the passage of Obamacare, the government health

care program that placed over 50% of our GDP under government

control. In addition, we find over 50% of the voting population does not

pay income taxes.

With the entitlements now authorized, the increase in government jobs

occurring during a time of high unemployment in the private sector, the

increase in taxes that are scheduled to take effect in 2011 and the so

called stimulus creating massive government spending.

This November’s election could well determine if this USA will continue

as a Representative Republic under our Constitution or fully turn into a

Socialist Democracy patterned after the European model. We are now

well on the road to becoming that model, considering what has happened

to Capitalism in the past 18 months.

But that’s not all that we must face this Fall.

On your computer and bring up 2A Unfriendly Senate Committee to

Address Firearms. (Editors Note: this meeting is now on hold)

This is the beginning of the Obama administration setting the stage for a

lame duck session to attack gun ownership and the Second Amendment

by proposing the largest package of anti-gun legislation ever considered.

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Warnings have been circulating for the past several months and each

time the warnings get more serious about what will be proposed.

Gun owners can sit around and do nothing or we can (NO, We MUST)

get out and do something about what is happening. Remember, not only

do we have to defeat the present majority in the House and Senate in

November, we must also prevent the Administration and Congress from

passing any proposed anti-gun legislation during the lame duck session

from November to the end of the 2010 Session.

THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY THAT I CAN

REMEMBER!

What happens in the next 3 months can spell the difference between the

freedoms we have known from the Declaration of Independence and the

Constitution and some sort of serfdom we could expect under a so-called

Socialist Democracy. IT’S UP TO US!

About:

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Article I, Section 21, “The right of the

citi-zens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be

questioned.” We uphold, promote and support the right to keep and bear

arms. Visit: www.pennarifleandpistol.org

Jack Lee

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