Monday, February 9, 2015

Friend Larry Chesney sent me this picture of an old Winchester ad reproduction he saw at a hunting lodge...


Friend Larry Chesney sent me this picture of an old Winchester ad reproduction he saw at a hunting lodge. He wonders if I posed for the father image. I wonder if my grandpa did. Naw, the guy s dressed too nicely. We Dakota farmers hunted in coveralls and blue jeans. Most amazing is how hunters in those days got any game. Where s the grease paint?  photo.JPG
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I won a photo contest. More importantly, the International Hunter Education Association does fantastic...


I won a photo contest. More importantly, the International Hunter Education Association does fantastic work training kids and new shooters to handle firearms safely and ethically. Thanks in no small measure to IHEA s work, firearms accidents have been dropping steadily for decades. Shooting and hunting are now safer -- much safer -- than football, baseball, bicycling and virtually all other sports. Spread the good word!  Denver, Colo—Winners of the 2014 International Hunter Education Association-USA (IHEA-USA) photo contest were recently announced. Through the contest, IHEA-USA sought quality images that represented hunter education training, hunting and shooting safety, as well as other quality aspects of safe, ...
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Utah custom gun builder Justin Sip of http://www.justincustomguns.com turns tools into functional art...


Utah custom gun builder Justin Sip of http://www.justincustomguns.com turns tools into functional art. That lower rifle is a Mauser action in 416 Rigby, and that black line in the middle of the stock is the joint. Yup, this is a rock solid take down/switch barrel rifle. Can t wait to shoot some of Justin s creations later this spring. Check out the walnut on that Ruger #1!  _MG_2610.JPG
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Sunday, February 8, 2015

Private Land Hunting Is Saving Zambia’s Sable


    Sable may be the most regal, majestic antelope in all of the world. And some of the biggest are at Nchila and Nkwaji Wildlife Reserves in Zambia.   This is no accident. Owner and former cattle farmer Peter Fisher grew up on the land in an age when native wildlife was reaching a [ ]The post Private Land Hunting Is Saving Zambia s Sable appeared first on Ron Spomer Outdoors.
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