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4 December 2010
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Amtrak Prepares For Guns InChecked BagsDEC 03, 2010 07:05P.M.
Amtrak Prepares For Guns In Checked Bags
Amtrak Prepares For Guns In Checked Bags
National Rifle Association
Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- Railroad passengers on Amtrak
should soon be able to once again transport firearms in checked baggage.
The change is slated to begin on Dec. 15, the effective date of the
amendment by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., that forced Amtrak to
accommodate gun owners. The new service will only be available
between stations where checked baggage service is currently available.
As when transporting guns on a commercial airline flight, gun owners
should pack firearms unloaded and in a locked, hard-sided container.
Ammunition should be stored in a manufacturer’s box or in “fiber, wood,
or metal boxes … or in other packaging specifically designed to carry
small amounts of ammunition.”
Unlike airlines, Amtrak also requires handgun cases to be stored inside a
suitcase or other checked bag.
Also unique to Amtrak is a requirement (forced by a last-minute change
to the amendment) that travelers notify Amtrak of their intention to
transport firearms, at least 24 hours before departure. Notification must
be by phone (not online), and firearms must still be declared upon
check-in.
No matter how seemingly modest the change, and despite Amtrak’s
unique restrictions, it’s still too much for anti-gun activists. In a story on
ABCNews.com, Brady Center attorney Daniel Vice claimed, “the baggage
car’s not secure like a cargo hold of an airplane.” Amtrak spokesman
Steve Kulm rebutted the hysterical claim, noting that the rail service
modified 142 baggage cars “to provide a secure, safe location for the
firearms.”
With airport security and airline baggage fees becoming more
burdensome by the week, rail travel may become more appealing to
shooters and hunters. The NRA will watch the new program closely to
see if any new problems arise. In the meantime, travelers with questions
should call Amtrak at 1-800-USA-RAIL or visit www.amtrak.com.
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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Court Rules Against Anti’s Stayof Bear SeasonDEC 03, 2010 05:51P.M.
Court Rules Against Anti’s Stay of Bear Season
New Jersey Fish and Game
Trenton, NJ --(Ammoland.com)- The NJ DEP has announced that a
state Appellate Division Court today dismissed a legal challenge to the
Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy (CBBMP), clearing the
way for a week-long bear hunt that will take place in Northwest New
Jersey starting on Monday.
A two-judge panel rejected a request for an injunction made by the New
Jersey Animal Protection League and the Bear Education and Resource
Group to prevent the State’s first black bear hunt since 2005.
“The facts and science are clear,” said DEP Commissioner
Bob Martin. “There are a growing number of black bears in
New Jersey and a resultant increase in public complaints
about bear and human encounters. This is clearly a public
safety issue that requires responsible action by DEP and the
Fish and Game Council.”
“Hunting is the only proven and most cost-effective method
of wildlife population control, one that is utilized successfully
by other states,” said Commissioner Martin.
“But understand that hunting is just one facet of our
comprehensive black bear policy which also includes many
other important measures designed to deal with the black
bear issue.”
The CBBMP includes a common sense mix of bear management tools,
including public education, research, bear habitat analysis and
protection, non-lethal bear management techniques and enhanced
efforts to keep human food sources, especially household trash, away
from bears to limit bear-human encounters.
The two animal rights organizations sought a court order to stay the bear
hunt. That legal request came a week after Commissioner Martin issued
a letter that also denied their stay request for a hunt that is scheduled for
a seven-county region, including parts of Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon,
Passaic, Morris, Somerset and Bergen counties.
The bear population just in northwestern New Jersey has grown from
500 bears in 1992 to more than 3,400 bears today, and there are an
uncounted number of bears that have now been encountered in all 21
New Jersey counties.
Although bear related complaints vary from year to year due to
environmental factors, serious bear incidents have increased
commensurate with the black bear population, up by 96 percent from
2006 through 2009, according to DEP wildlife officials. There have been
233 serious Category One encounters with aggressive black bears so far
this year, an issue that requires action by the DEP to provide relief to
residents in areas of the state with the densest bear population.
Since the 1980s, New Jersey’s black bear population has been increasing
and expanding southward and eastward from forested areas of
northwestern New Jersey. There have been increased sightings of bears
this year in many suburban towns and urban areas, where black bears
have not been previously been encountered.
The Fish and Game Council in July adopted the CBBMP, which includes
a black bear hunting season, to deal with an overpopulation of bears and
problems they are causing. The Council cited increasing damage to
personal property and threats to public safety as key reasons for its vote.
The black bear hunt is scheduled to run concurrent with the six-day
firearm deer hunting season, December 6-11. It will be held in portions of
a 1,000 square-mile area north of Route 78 and west of Route 287 in
Morris, Sussex, Warren, Passaic, Hunterdon, Bergen and Somerset
counties.
• To view the court’s decision visit:
http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/bearcase.pdf
• To review the State’s Comprehensive Black Bear Management
Policy, visit: http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/bearpolicy10.htm
• To view specific rules and requirements for the black bear hunt,
visit: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/bearseas10.htm
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Ohio Restaurant Carry BillNeeds Your SupportDEC 03, 2010 05:36P.M.
Ohio Restaurant Carry Bill Needs Your Support
Ohioans For Concealed Carry
Campbell Ohio --(Ammoland.com)- I need your help on Monday,
December 6th — but let me give you a little history on why I need your
help.
Over the past two years Ohioans For Concealed Carry has invested a
substantial amount of blood, sweat, tears and money out of our treasury
to see Restaurant Carry come to life.
We worked with Representatives of the Ohio House to introduce the first
bill to make it lawful to possess a firearm in an Ruby Tuesdays or a Max
& Erma’s so long as you were not consuming alcohol.
Inevitably, Democrats in the Ohio House leadership stopped movement
on Ohio House Bill 203 — and similar legislation was introduced in the
Ohio Senate and passed.
We’ve covered the travels expenses of Ms. Nikki Goeser to come to the
Ohio Legislature twice to testify before both the Ohio House, and the
Ohio Senate when SB239 was introduced. Her testimony was referred to
as “some of the most compelling ever heard” by then-chairwoman Bolon
immediately following hearing her testimony.
You can find recordings of those hearings in the following video:
Sadly, when the recent November election turned the Ohio House over to
Republican control and when the Governor was not elected politics
seemed to come to a standstill in the Ohio Legislature.
I personally anticipated the Ohio House to hold hearings on SB239 and
SB247 following the election, but it inevitably seemed as if there would
be no further sessions scheduled.
That has changed – the Ohio House has scheduled sessions, but they
HAVE NOT committed to do anything with these two vital bills that we
have invested substantial time and money trying to enact them into law.
As I said earlier in this article I need your help on Monday, December
6th making phone calls, and I need you to forward the link to this artcile
to everyone you know who would consider doing the same.
First: Call every member of the Ohio House Democratic leadership and
urge them to work with Speaker Budish to send these bills to Governor
Strickland.
Their names and numbers are listed here for your
convenience:
• Armond Budish, Speaker of the House – 614-644-5441
• Matt Szollosi, Speaker Pro Tempore – 614-466-1418
• Tracy Maxwell Heard, Majority Floor Leader – 614-466-8010
• Jay P. Goyal, Majority Whip – 614-466-5802
• Linda S. Bolon, Assistant Majority Whip – 614-466-8022
Remind Ms. Bolon of her statements during the HB203 hearings when
she told Ms. Goeser that her testimony was some of the most compelling
she ever heard.
When you reach their staff: Introduce yourself, tell them you’re a
member and supporer of Ohioans For Concealed Carry, and state that
you understand there is a limited opportunity for remaining sessions and
that you want House Leadership to work with Speaker Budish to pass
both SB239 and SB247.
• SB239 resolves Restaurant Carry and makes changed to
transporting a firearm in a vehicle.
• SB247 is a “rights restoration” bill that provides a means for
restoring an individual right to bear arms.
Once you’ve made these phone calls, you need to call your elected
representative. How do you find them? Go here:
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/ — on the right hand side of the page
you can enter your zip code in and identify your elected Representative,
who is representing you at least through the end of this calendar year.
Call their office and tell them everything mentioned above — then, tell
them that you want them to join Representative Bubp’s office in the
effort to use a discharge petition to extract these bills from committee
and send them directly to the House Floor, where they must be voted on
by the entire Ohio House.
Finally, call Governor Ted Strickland’s office at (614) 466-3555 – and
advise them that you want Governor Ted Strickland to do everything in
his power to get the Ohio House to send these two bills to his desk.
These are our last two chances of getting these bills to the desk of
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Governor Ted Strickland, where it is believed he will sign them or let
them become law without his signature.
On Monday morning we’ll send out a nearly identical alert of this nature
to remind you to make these phone calls, but we wanted to give everyone
the weekend to start forwarding these instructions to their friends and
family members everywhere to increase the potential volume of phone
calls.
Grassroots activism like this is what has made concealed carry reform in
Ohio possible during lame duck sessions. We must remain vigilant that
with enough pressure from the electorate these two bills may very well
become law.
Thank you for your time in helping us reform Ohio gun laws!
Sincerely,
Jeff Garvas
Ohioans For Concealed Carry
p.s. – next week we’ll have big news related to firearms litigation…
About:
Ohioans for Concealed Carry, founded in 1999, is a grassroots political
activist organization. When founded, the primary goal of OFCC was
getting concealed carry passed into law in Ohio. With that accomplished,
our mission became to refine the concealed carry law and to expand and
preserve the rights of all gun owners in Ohio. Visit: Ohioccw.org
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Journal Of Fish And WildlifeManagement Features DiverseScientific Studies In Latest IssueDEC 03, 2010 05:08P.M.
Journal Of Fish And Wildlife Management Features Diverse
Scientific Studies In Latest Issue
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- Learn about the latest science
matters and research conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) in the Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management.
The online publication, Issue 1, No. 2 publishes original, high quality and
peer-reviewed scientific papers on the practical application and
integration of science to conservation and management of North
American fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats.
The papers are impressive in their scope and breadth.
Study locations range from the Sandhills of Nebraska to the Prairie
Potholes of Minnesota, the Great Lakes of the Northeast to the Big
Woods of Arkansas, and from the coasts of Texas to the alkaline waters
of Walker Lake, Nevada.
The research topics include assessments of wetland changes, habitat
usage, and recreational carrying capacity, investigations of
predator–prey relationships, population dynamics, and density
estimates; species include fish, mammals, birds, invertebrates, and
reptiles.
Additional highlights include a compelling argument for changes to the
implementation of endangered species laws and the comprehensively
details the history of avian captive breeding and provides insights for
current and future conservation efforts.
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The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others
to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats
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 www.fws.gov.
Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management Link:
http://www.fwspubs.org/
Journal of Fish and Wildife Management Vol 1 #2
About:
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others
to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats
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
www.fws.gov.
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Tags: Conservation News, Game Management Solutions, Land
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Animal Rights Crazies CauseWashington D.C. Council toPass Law to Protect PrivateResidentsDEC 03, 2010 02:33P.M.
Animal Rights Crazies Cause Washington D.C. Council to Pass
Law to Protect Private Residents
ACLU says not so fast, Animal Rights Groups have a right to protest to,
even if it is outside your home, scarring your kids.
Mask wearing animal rights activists should think twice before targeting
private residences in the nation’s capital.
U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
Washington D.C. --(Ammoland.com)- Mask wearing animal rights
activists should think twice before targeting private residences in the
nation’s capital. A recently passed law by the D.C. City Council offers new
protections for those on the receiving end of such protests.
On November 23, the Council passed the “Residential Tranquility Act of
2010.” The bill, sponsored by Councilwoman Mary Cheh, was developed
due to constituent complaints involving the group called Defending
Animal Rights Today and Tomorrow or DARTT.
The group organizes protests outside private residences. These often
involve the wearing of masks and shouting slogans, like “you should die”
throughout the night.
According to Councilwoman Cheh, “They scared some people
so much that they feel like prisoners in their own homes.”
The legislation gives police the ability to arrest protesters under a set of
limited conditions.
Those include:
• protesting outside a private residence between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.;
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• wearing masks during the demonstration;
• Failure to notify the police at least two hours in advance of the
demonstration.
DARTT is a D.C. based branch of a larger organization called Stop
Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. That group was formed in 1996. It focuses
on protesting a European company, Huntingdon Life Sciences, which
provides animals for scientific research.
About:
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is a national association of sportsmen and
sportsmen’s organizations that protects the rights of hunters, anglers
and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and
through public education programs. Visit www.ussportsmen.org.
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Tags: Animal Rights Groups, Anti-Hunting Groups, Civil Rights,
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Anti Conservation Groups Sueto Stop New Jersey Bear HuntDEC 03, 2010 02:12P.M.
Anti Conservation Groups Sue to Stop New Jersey Bear Hunt
Black Bear Eating its Kill Along the NJ Turnpike
U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
Columbus, OH --(Ammoland.com)- Earlier this week, the Bear
Education and Resource Group and the Animal Protection League of
New Jersey filed a lawsuit in two New Jersey Superior Courts seeking to
shut down the state’s upcoming bear hunt.
The lawsuit alleges that the state’s bear management plan, which
includes a hunt, was based on flawed science and that the state did not
follow proper technical procedures when adopting the plan.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin denying a
request by the groups to postpone the hunt. The six day hunt is set to
open on Monday, December 6th.
In denying the request, Martin acknowledged that the bear hunt “is an
important and necessary part of the state’s comprehensive approach to
the management of its black bear population.”
“We hope that the court will see this lawsuit for what it really
is…a last ditch anti-hunting effort that undermines the state’s
science based management plan,” said Rob Sexton, USSA vice
president of government affairs.
“The New Jersey state agency has a long history of successful
wildlife management when it is allowed to do its job.”
This summer the DEP approved a bear hunt as part of the state’s overall
bear management plan. The management plan, which includes both the
hunt and non-lethal management tools, is meant to help control the
state’s exploding black bear population.
Bear hunting in New Jersey has been under fire since 2006 when the
former DEP Commissioner Lisa Jackson canceled the state’s bear hunt.
In response, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation, along with the
Safari Club International and the New Jersey State Federation of
Sportsmen’s Clubs, filed a lawsuit against the state to challenge the
decision to stop the bear hunt.
Despite two lower court rulings compelling the former Commissioner to
proceed with the 2006 hunt, the state’s Supreme Court ultimately ruled
the Commissioner could block the hunt.
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About:
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is a national association of sportsmen and
sportsmen’s organizations that protects the rights of hunters, anglers
and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and
through public education programs. Visit www.ussportsmen.org.
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Tags: Anti-Hunting Groups, BEAR, Bear Hunting, Bear Management,
Conservation News, Hunting News, Lawsuits, New Jersey, New Jersey
Animal Rights Alliance, U.S. Sportsmens Alliance, USSA
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Gun Control Gone Plumb Loko– A. Barton Hinkle & CamEdwards Compare NotesDEC 03, 2010 12:33P.M.
Gun Control Gone Plumb Loko – A. Barton Hinkle & Cam
Edwards Compare Notes
NRA-ILA Grassroots News Minute 12/03/2010
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:
Cam Edwards talks to A. Barton Hinkle about his article in the
Richmond Times-Dispatch – Read it here:
www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/nov/30/ed-hinkle30-ar-683380/
– NRA News
“Whenever there is a shooting spree,” said William S.
Burroughs, “they always want to take the guns away from the
people who didn’t do it.”
Read More on these topics:
• Anti-Gun Congressman Mike Quigley Advocating Clamp Down On
Gun Shows
• GAO Gun Trafficking Report Corrupted by the Anti-Gunners
• Attempt to Ban Firearm Sales
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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Assault Weapons and the TruthDEC 03, 2010 11:52A.M.
Assault Weapons and the Truth
The Obama administration has nominated an anti-gun zealot as the
U.S.’s top gun cop.
By John R. Lott Jr
John R. Lott, Jr.
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Virgina - -(Ammoland.com)- The Obama administration is moving into
high gear in putting gun-control advocates into important government
positions.
The administration’s nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), Andrew Traver, should be of
particular concern.
His attacks on the civilian use of so-called assault weapons raise real
questions about his willingness to distort the truth for political purposes.
The person nominated to be the nation’s top gun cop shouldn’t use
inaccurate descriptions to scare people into supporting gun control.
Mr. Traver is the special agent in charge of the BATFE’s Chicago field
division. Therefore, he knows what was covered by the federal assault-
weapons ban that sunset in 2004.
But in November 2009, NBC interviewed Traver and reported: “Traver
says the power and randomness of the heavy caliber, military-style
weapons make them so dangerous not only to people, but to police.
They’re so powerful, body armor can’t withstand a hit, and they’re so
difficult to control, their bullets often get sprayed beyond the intended
targets, striking innocent victims even when they’re in their own
homes.”
The list of problems with Mr. Traver’s claims is very long. If he really
believes that these weapons fire unacceptably “heavy caliber” bullets, he
is going to have to ban virtually all rifles. Small-game rifles — guns
designed to kill squirrels and rabbits without destroying too much meat
— typically fire .22-caliber bullets, which are only slightly smaller than
the .223-caliber bullets fired by the M16 (used by the U.S. military since
Vietnam) and the newer M4 carbine (used in the Afghanistan and Iraq
wars). Deer-hunting rifles fire rounds that are very similar to those used
by the AK-47.
Speaking of M16s, M4s, and AK-47s, Traver is correct when he states
that the guns covered by the federal assault-weapons ban were “military-
style weapons.” But he fails to note that this really just deals with style —
the cosmetics of the guns, not how they actually operate. The guns
covered by the ban were not the machine guns actually used by the
military, but civilian, semi-automatic versions of those guns. The civilian
version of the AK-47 may look like the guns used by militaries around
the world, but it is different. It fires essentially the same bullets as deer-
hunting rifles at the same rapidity (one bullet per pull of the trigger),
and does the same damage.
On penetrating body armor, Mr. Traver leaves out one important detail:
Rifles in general are often able to penetrate body armor simply because
their bullets travel faster than those fired from handguns. The same can
be said for going through the walls of houses. But if he had said that
deer-hunting rifles can often penetrate walls and lower-level types of
body armor, it is unlikely that his comments would have generated the
same fear.
Unfortunately, Mr. Traver has done more than make clearly inaccurate
claims about so-called “assault weapons.” He has supported banning
.50-caliber rifles, regulations that would force many gun shows to close
down, the Chicago handgun ban, and repealing the Tiahrt Amendment,
which protects sensitive trace data from being misused in frivolous
municipal lawsuits against gun makers. He also worked with the Joyce
Foundation, which has funded gun-ban groups such as the Violence
Policy Center, on the “Gun Violence Reduction Project.”
John R. Lott’s More Guns Less Crime
The fact that Mr. Traver uses the same misleading claims as groups such
as the Brady Campaign shouldn’t make it too surprising that gun-control
groups are applauding his nomination.
Nor is Traver’s nomination very surprising after President Obama
appointed two strong anti-self-defense members to the Supreme Court.
But Mr. Traver’s nomination is quite troubling. Making up claims about
guns to demonize them is beyond what is acceptable for someone who
wants a position in which he will be regulating American gun ownership.
About:
John R. Lott Jr. is a FOXNews.com contributor, an economist, and the
author of More Guns, Less Crime, the third edition of which was recently
published by the University of Chicago Press. Visit:
johnrlott.blogspot.com
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Finalists Announced forSportsman Channel’s 2010Sportsman Choice AwardsDEC 03, 2010 10:47A.M.
Finalists Announced for Sportsman Channel’s 2010
Sportsman Choice Awards
Final Round of Viewer Voting Starts Today.
Sportsman Channel’s 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards
Sportsman Channel
New Berlin, Wis. --(Ammoland.com)- Following the tabulation of
more than 20,000 votes – doubling last year’s total - Sportsman
Channel, the leader in outdoor TV for the American Sportsman,
announced today the finalists for the 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards.
By casting their votes during each quarter in 2010, Sportsman Channel
viewers have narrowed the field to the finalists listed below in the
following categories: Best Hunt Show, Best Shoot Show, Best Fish Show,
Best Combination (hunting and fishing) Show, Best New Series and Best
Show Host(s).
Additionally, viewers can vote on finalists for the Best Clip categories,
including Best Small Game Clip, Best Big Game Clip, Best Shoot Clip and
Best Fish Clip. New for this year’s awards, Sportsman Channel executives
have added a Best Show Open award.
All finalists and clips can be viewed at www.votesportsman.com
“Another banner year for Sportsman Channel and our
programs with more than 20,000 votes logged in this year,”
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said Gavin Harvey, Sportsman CEO. “Viewers have given us
an overwhelming response to the awards program and we
appreciate their dedication to our programming. This
massive viewer interaction underscores our passionate fan
base for Sportsman’s unmatched programming across the
hunt, fish and shoot categories.”
Today marks the beginning of a fresh new round of voting, so everyone is
encouraged to log on to www.votesportsman.com to cast their ballot,
regardless of whether they voted in the first round or not. Winners in all
categories will be based exclusively on the opinions and the votes of
viewers. Voting ends December 18 with finalists announced thereafter.
The winners in all Sportsman Choice Award categories will be crowned
during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las
Vegas on January 19, 2011.
The finalists for the 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards are as
follows. (Listed in Alphabetical Order)
• Best Hunt Show: Africa with Craig Boddington and Ivan Carter,
Arrow Affliction, Back Country Quest Buckventures Outdoors,
Drake’s Migration Nation, Excalibur’s Huntin’ the Backwoods, The
Fowl life with Chad Belding, Gore-Tex Big Game Adventures,
Heartland Bowhunter, Maximum Archery World Tour, North
American Whitetail, Pigman, The Series, Predator Pursuit,
Predator Quest, Shoot Straight with Chad Schearer, The Zone,
Whitetail Properties
• Best Shoot Show: Davidson’s Gallery of Guns, Guns and Ammo
TV, Handguns, Personal Defense TV Tactical Arms, Tactical
Impact
• Best Fish Show: Addictive Fishing, Alaska’s Fishing Paradise,
Flats Class, Florida Sportsman, Fly Rod Chronicles, Hooked on the
Fly, In-Fisherman Critical Concepts, In-Fisherman TV, Lip’em and
Rip’em, Trout Unlimited On the Rise
• Best Combo Show: Down the Road with Rick Rhoads, G3
Sportsman, HuntFishCook, Midwest Outdoors, Mike Avery’s
Outdoor Magazine, Respect Outdoors, Sportsmen of North
America, Woods N’ Water
• Best Show Host(s): Andy Ross- Maximum Archery World Tour
Bob Foulkrod – Gore Tex Big Game Adventures Brian “PigMan”
Quaca- Pigman, The Series Capt. Blair Wiggins – Addictive Fishing
Casey & Chris Keefer – Back Country Quest Chad Belding – The
Fowl Life with Chad Belding Colorado Buck – Where in the World
is Colorado Buck Craig Boddington and Ivan Carter – Africa with
Craig Boddington and Ivan Carter Curtis Fleming – Fly Rod
Chronicles Dan Wallace – Excalibur’s Huntin’ The Backwoods
Doug Stange – In-Fisherman TV Fred Eichler -Predator Nation
Haley and G.O. Heath – Family Traditions with Haley Heath J.
Paul Jackson – Drakes Migration Nation Jeff Danker –
Buckventures Outdoors Kyle and Jennay Wieter – Adrenaline
Junkies Les Johnson – Predator Quest Michael Hunsucker & Jeff
Simpson – Heartland Bowhunter Team Predator Pursuit –
Predator Pursuit The Addicts of Bowhunting Addiction TV –
BowHunting Addiction TV
• Best Show Open: Adrenaline Junkies, Back Country Quest,
Personal Defense TV, Solo Hunters, Where in the World is
Colorado Buck
The Best Clip finalists were required to be one continuous
sequence from a single episode that aired in 2010. The
nominees for Best Clips are:
• Best Small Game Clip: Heartland Bowhunter, Outdoor Junkies,
RNT-V, The Zone
• Best Big Game Clip: Buckventures, Christensen Outdoors, Life
at Table Mountain, North American Whitetail
• Best Shoot Clip: BowHunting Addiction, Family Traditions with
Haley Heath, Predator Nation, Sportsmen of North America
• Best Fish Clip: Adventures South of the Border, G3 Sportsman,
In Fisherman Critical Concepts, Respect Outdoors
The Best New Series category eligibility is based upon shows
that were newly created and aired in 2010 on Sportsman
Channel.
Adventures South of the Border, Alaska’s Fishing Paradise, BACK
Outdoors, Battle of the Bow, Big Boys Adventures, BowHunting
Addiction TV, Brush Country Monsters, Davidson’s Gallery of Guns,
Down The Road with Rick Rhoads, DownEast Outdoors, Drake’s
Migration Nation, Gameface TV, Hidden Creek Adventures, Hooked on
Adventure, Hooked on the Fly, Hunting for the Dream, Just Pass’n Thru,
Life at Table Mountain, Midwest Whitetail with Bill Winke, Modern Rifle
Adventures, No Limits Outdoors, Pigman, The Series, Predator Pursuit,
Rack Man, Respect Outdoors, SOLO Hunters, Tagged Out TV, The
Industry, The Real Deal, The Zone, Wide Open Outdoors
About Sportsman Channel:
Launched in 2003, Sportsman Channel is the only television and digital
media company fully devoted to the more than 82 million sportsmen in
the United States, delivering entertaining and educational programming
focused exclusively on hunting, shooting and fishing activities.
Sportsman Channel is now available in HD, check with your local cable
or satellite provider. Acquired by InterMedia Outdoors Holdings in
2006, Sportsman Channel reaches nearly 27 million U.S. television
households and is a part of the nation’s largest multimedia company
targeted exclusively to serving the information and entertainment needs
of outdoors enthusiasts. Visit www.thesportsmanchannel.com, follow on
Twitter, @SPORTSMANchnl (www.twitter.com/ SPORTSMANchnl), or
become a Fan on Facebook, www.facebook.com/sportsmanchannel.
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Echo 1 SM-C Electric AirsoftRifle – Dominate YourBattlefield CompetitionDEC 03, 2010 10:10A.M.
Echo 1 SM-C Electric Airsoft Rifle – Dominate Your Battlefield
Competition
Echo 1 SM-C Electric Airsoft Rifle
Pyramyd Air
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situations call for an electric airsoft rifle that can deliver reliable and
continuous firepower in the battlefield.
Pyramyd Air carries the awesome Echo 1 SM-C Version 3 electric airsoft
rifle for airgunners who need unbeatable power and mobility at an
affordable price.
Modeled after its famous German army assault rifle counterpart, the
Echo 1 SM-C Version 3 is a rugged semi/fully automatic AEG with
awesome battlefield features.
This gun excels in CQB situations with its short scale barrel, and fires at
velocities that will amaze teammates and competitors alike.
The gun features a picatinny rail interface system for mounting optional
riflescopes and flashlights, a high capacity 470 Rd magazines, and a shot
velocity of 360 fps (using .20g BBs). An adjustable hop-up unit provides
airgunners with increased shot performance and accuracy, and a folding
stock with tactical gun sling attachments offers a comfortable and easy
carrying option in the field.
Pyramyd Air now sells this amazing, high-powered rifle for a reasonable
$165.00 USD. The Echo 1 SM-C Version 3 also comes with an 8.4V 1100
mAh NiHM Battery Pack, Battery Charger, and Cleaning Rod.
Experience and enjoy the authentic look and powerful shooting of the
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Customers can shop with confidence knowing all products purchased
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Alpine Archery’s New AlpineConcorde Bow Lives For TheHuntDEC 03, 2010 09:21A.M.
Alpine Archery’s New Alpine Concorde Bow Lives For The
Hunt
Alpine Archery Concord Bow
Alpine Archery
Lewiston, Idaho --(Ammoland.com)- While the new CONCORDE
Target model is blowing through X’s, its tough hunting brother the
CONCORDE Infinity will be parting fur.
Accuracy is everything in this smooth shooting hunter with a usual heavy
dash of Alpine tough dependability thrown in.
Alpine President Bob Proctor made the introduction; “The
CONCORDE Infinity is designed with a longer 40” axle-to-
axle length and comfortable 8.125” brace height for the
ultimate forgiveness not usually found in today’s high-
performance hunting models. This is a great bow for release
shooters but if you shoot fingers you are just flat going to love
the way this bow shoots.”
The new 2011 Alpine CONCORDE Infinity has the same on-demand
accuracy that the Alpine Concorde Target bow has but is covered in the
popular Mossy Oak Infinity camo, enhanced with rich brown anodized
components and a beautiful, sculpted rosewood grip.
The CONCORDE Infinity may be one of the most forgiving bows in the
woods this year but it’s no slouch in performance with it’s hot 315 FPS
IBO rating and especially nice on the wallet at a low $620 retail.
The new CONCORDE Infinity is built on a machined aluminum riser
with 13” limb design. It comes with adjustable draw length modules of
27” to 31” and draw weights of 60 and 70 pounds.
The cam system is the small Veloctec model with Alpine’s patented
precision ball bearing technology for a smoother draw and release.
The machined limb pockets hold each limb in perfect alignment for shot
after shot precision consistency.
Alpine – Let the Game Beware!
For more information please contact:
Alpine Archery PO Box 319 3101 North South Highway Lewiston, ID
83501 208-746-4717 www.alpinearchery.com
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NRA’s Cam Edwards DiscusesGovernor Rendell’s Veto of PA’sCastle Doctrine BillDEC 03, 2010 08:31A.M.
NRA’s Cam Edwards Discuses Governor Rendell’s Veto of PA’s
Castle Doctrine Bill
NRA-ILA Grassroots News Minute 12/03/2010
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Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- NRA-ILA grass roots news recently
debuted a new and improved format for the “Grassroots News Minute”
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State Senator Richard Alloway joins Cam Edwards to discuss the future
of the Castle Doctrine bill in Pennsylvania – NRA News – November 30,
2010
Read More on these topics:
• Pennsylvania: “Castle Doctrine” Bill Passes Senate
• Pennsylvania Castle Doctrine Legislation Dies Under Rendell’s
Pen
• A Review of Castle Doctrine & No-Retreat Legislation
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