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February 24, 2010
One small step for Wyoming, one giant leap for gun rights
Wyoming is on the verge of passing two key pieces of gun rights legislation. HB-95, The Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act, and HB-113 “Alaska-style” permit-less concealed carry, are facing an up-or-down vote before the Wyoming State House of Representatives. On Tuesday, National Association for Gun Rights Director of Operations Luke O’Dell was on hand to testify before the Wyoming State House Judiciary Committee on behalf of both HB-95, the Wyoming Firearms Freedom Act, and the HB-113, “Alaska-style” permit less carry
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January 17, 2010
AVATAR: Our Pandora can be found in Yellowstone, Yosemite and in your own backyard.
The other night I went to the movie AVATAR with an open mind. However, I did not expect to be moved by the movie and its meaningful message and analogies that we sportsmen and woman can relate to with respect for wildlife and conservation. Aside from the obvious correlation to the movie Dances with Wolves [...]
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January 17, 2010
The call of the grey wolf
The call of the grey wolf reverberating off the canyon walls deep in the high country, adds a sense of wildness and majesty to one’s surroundings. For me, the mournful calls are reminiscent of an ancient time when long ago hunters walked the land, armed with primitive weaponry and survival skills which far surpassed our [...]
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January 16, 2010
Wild Horses
Snow flies from under the pony’s unshod hooves. With each stride the warrior can feel the raw power of his favorite warhorse beneath him. Far behind the mustang and his rider, dozens of U.S. Cavalry are strung out in a ragged line. For hours the larger horses have pursued the pair over broken country. Hour [...]
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January 16, 2010
Hunting & Fishing is a Multi-Billion Dollar Corporation
Now it’s fair to say that hunting and fishing is sometimes a misunderstood activity. It’s also reasonable to comment that many people don’t realize the economic impact to the State of Idaho and the many small rural towns across the state and country.
When I hear people criticize hunting and fishing, while at the same time [...]
July 8, 2009
Idaho Attorney General Signs Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation
From www.nraila.org Please Thank Attorney General Lawrence Wasden! Two-thirds of the nation’s attorneys general have filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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June 10, 2009
Wolf Reintroduction and Recovery Timeline
May 4, 2009 – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule delisting gray wolves in the Northern Rockies and Western Great Lakes became official.
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Conservationists file suit to reinstate wolf protections
Groups hope to reverse delisting before Idaho and Montana wolf hunts begin this fall
Conservationists filed suit against the federal government Tuesday in an effort to reverse a decision that removed Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains.
The 13 groups that filed the lawsuit charge that U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar [...]
June 2, 2009
Not All Dogs Are Fit To Hunt
A quote I carry in my wallet: Not all dogs are fit to hunt, nor in the same way are all men gratified by it.
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History of the Grizzly Bear and the current challenges they face
In a heated debate began in the 1960s and 1970s and grew to a national scope concerning the grizzly bears in the GYE. For decades, grizzly bears were allowed to rummage through garbage dumps searching for food. As early as the 1940s, some researchers suggested closing the open-pit dumps within Yellowstone National Park. In 1963, the [...]
April 20, 2009
Feds move forward on wolf delisting
Conservation groups say they’ll file suit to keep federal protections in place
The countdown to delisting for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains has begun—again.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took the final step before officially removing northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves from protection under the federal Endangered Species Act.
The agency’s delisting [...]
April 20, 2009
Yakima-area gun sales rise on fears of weapon restrictions
Fueled by fears that President Obama might tighten firearms regulations, gun and ammunition sales reportedly are shooting through the roof.
YAKIMA — Dick Strunk is buying bullets in bulk.
The gun enthusiast recently had to use both hands to heave a case of ammunition off the sales counter at Bestway Pawn Mart. It’s 10 times his usual [...]
April 20, 2009
Pirates abroad, murders in U.S. bring gun concerns into spotlight
Three words dominated the news this last week. Pirates, guns and money. Sounds like a song by the late Warren Zevon.
A great debate is afoot, generated from two sets of criminal acts — the pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia and the string of mass murders we have seen in the United States in [...]
September 6, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin – She Ain’t Afraid Of No Wolves!
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin isn’t afraid of anyone or anybody when it comes to doing what is right for the people within the constitutions and laws in which we all must abide.
Forget the far left’s attempt to smear Palin and her family, a left extremism that Barack Obama and many others support, the democrats in [...]
September 5, 2008
Palin’s Perfection Pierces Pundits
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (B&B)
With glaring spotlights cast in the eyes of Sarah Palin, this national stage newcomer stood and delivered a speech that had the audience in the Xcel Center on its feet, and no doubt millions in TV land cheering along with them. Palin’s Wednesday night speech at the Republican National Convention attracted 37 million [...]
