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Caution: Seriously Childish Adult Humor

PETA Questions Aerosmith Guitarist’s Manhood

After Joe Perry voiced his support for hunting and his love of collecting firearms in an interview with Outdoor Life magazine, PETA’s senior vice-president, Lisa Lange had plenty to say about the Aerosmith guitarist..


"Perry recently told Outdoor Life magazine that he loves to hunting, especially in the woods near his New Hampshire holiday home. Perry clearly stated the hunter’s conservation ethic in the interview by commenting that, “Hunters are conservationists and their heads are in the right place. ... (Hunting) really gives you a great opportunity to keep in touch with reality."

However, those comments apparently incensed PETA’s senior vice president, Lisa Lange who issued a name-calling verbal barrage against the rock star."

"People who take out their aggressions and frustrations on helpless animals are usually compensating for other shortcomings in their life,” said Lange. “We don't know how Joe measures up, but it's interesting that he seems to feel so satisfied when he's handling long phallic-looking weapons."

Now friends, I could go in a million different directions with this, and I'm not that clever. Suffice it to say that I have noticed that the first thing that comes out of PeTA's mouth on a regular basis is a male hunter's appendage. Why is that? Why is something phallic always the first thing in their minds and out of their mouths? I wonder if the lack of B complex vitamins and essential fats causes some kind of mental deterioration that then must be compensated for by the use of a the male reproductive organ.

Quite frankly I am very troubled by this...

Albert
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Hunters' Contributions Exceed 5 Billion Dollars

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NHFD Tips and Ideas

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As National Hunting and Shooting Day is fast approaching, I will be having many posts on the wonderful and stalwart efforts made by outdoor sportsmen on behalf of the American people. Hunter's know that they fund the majority of conservation projects throughout the United States. Most though, don't have any idea how much we pump into the system. It is critical that every sportsman is knowledgeable and conversant in these few details so that the people of America understand the great contributions all hunters and fishing enthusiasts have made on everyone's behalf.

Hunters Contribute Billions to Conservation Efforts

Image Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service

As an example, in one program -out of several dozen- and just in terms of money, "more than $5.2 billion has been provided to state agencies (Just State, not Federal! AAR) for wildlife conservation through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Program." That's just one program! I found the following commentary on the Citizen Newspapers website.

SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (August 30, 2007) - Whenever Georgia hunters purchase hunting licenses, firearms, ammunition or archery equipment they are supporting wildlife conservation through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Program.

Image Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service

National Wildlife Preserves Funded by Hunters for Everyone

This is the largest and most successful conservation program in the world, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division (WRD).

Since 1939, hunters have contributed more than $109 million dollars through this program and together with hunting license fees they continue to provide the primary funding for wildlife conservation in Georgia.

Image Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Swan on Sportsmen Funded National Wildlife Preserve

Nationally, more than $5.2 billion has been provided to state agencies for wildlife conservation through the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Program.

“The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration program benefits all wildlife species, conserves and restores habitat and helps enhance wildlife conservation through research,” says WRD Assistant Chief of Game Management John Bowers. “Through this program, America’s hunters provide the most substantial source of funding for wildlife conservation and management in the United States.”

Image Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Wetlands Restoration funded by Sportsmen

The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, also known as the Pittman-Robertson Act, was passed in 1937. Through lobbying efforts in Congress, America’s hunters created this act as a way to fund conservation and management of America’s wildlife.

Wildlife Restoration funds are accumulated from an excise tax of 12.4-percent on bows, arrows, parts and accessories; an excise tax of 10-percent on pistols and revolvers; and an 11-percent excise tax on other firearms, shells and cartridges.

Image Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service

Amoco Oil Spill Cleanup Funded by Hunters

This excise tax is levied at the manufacturers level, collected by the Federal government, and distributed to state wildlife agencies to fund wildlife conservation and management programs. The amount of money each state agency annually receives is determined by the number of hunting licenses the state sells and by the size of the state.

WRD uses Wildlife Restoration funds for many types of programs, including:

· restoring habitat and improving wildlife populations,

· operating more than one million acres of wildlife management areas that benefit a diversity of wildlife species and provide wildlife-related recreational opportunities,

· providing information to landowners on how to manage their property for various species,

· conducting hunter education classes, and

· building and maintaining public shooting ranges.

For more information on the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Program, visit the USFWS website at http://www.fws.gov/southeast/federalaid/.


Related posts on The National Hunting and Fishing Day:

National Hunting and Fishing Day
Three Big Reasons
Hunting Facts and Figures
Hunter's Contributions Exceed 5 Billion Dollars


Regards,
Albert A Rasch
Member: Hunting Sportsmen of the United States HSUS (Let 'em sue me.)
The Hunt Continues...

The Weekly Rut Report with Larry Weishuhn

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WEEKLY RUT REPORT

9/8 through 9/15

by Larry Weishuhn, "Mr. Whitetail"

Albert,

The Sunday before Labor Day I traveled to our local Uvalde Gun Club rifle range to sight-in my T/C Icon .270 Winchester, topped with a Nikon Monarch scope and shooting Winchester 130 grain Ballistic Silvertip; a combination I truly like when hunting with a bolt action rifle. This was in preparation to hunting whitetails with Al Morhart on his Hartland Ranch near Regina, Saskatachewan, Canada in mid-September. Hartland is a high-fenced operation of considerable size where deer never realize there is boundary fence. Be that as it may, the deer have more than plenty escape cover and like most “confined deer” are intimately knowlegeable of their habitat and know quite well how to evade mere human hunters.

I love hunting whitetails regardless of where they are found. And, I occasionally hunt their kind behind high fences; in so saying, realize research involving radio telemetry collared bucks shows mature bucks jump back and forth over high fences, remaining there only if they want to.

Three rounds proved my .270 Win was still properly sighted in, dead on at 100 yards, all three shots touching. As I was packing up I had a call from Denver McCormick from just outside of Oklahoma City to tell me about his recent African trip with his grandsons. He also mentioned the whitetail bucks southeast of Oklahoma’s capital city were just starting to rub velvet. “I did see one scrape that looked like it had been visited, but only it appears like the buck only pawed in the scrape. By the 15th most of our bucks should be rubbed out and we should start seeing bucks just starting to open scrapes. But for a while longer they should still roam the woods in bachelor herds.”

As I started this week’s rut report I had a call from Bill Whitfield who among other properties conducts hunts on theRock Jack Ranch west of Fort Worth, TX. “Inspite of dry weather during our antler growing season I saw a bunch of 150 class bucks on the spotlight census line we conducted last night (September 7). Most of the bucks we saw had just rubbed out, but we did still see bucks in velvet. They were also in bachelor groups from 2 to 7. I checked scrapes that had have been active for the past three or four years. None had been opened, but I expect they will start doing so by the middle to latter part of the month.”

Brett Miller, who heads up the versuscountry.com relative to the outdoors sent a report that he on Labor Day weekend had spent some time in New Jersey, on public land. Brett reported, “Saw something over 50 deer of which three were obvious bucks; a spike that was still in velvet, a 6-point I watched rub out and a big 8 point in the 140 class that was still in velvet, but looked like it was completely developed and will rub out within a week.”

Donald Hill owns and operatesOak Creek Ranch in central Missouri. It’s one of the places I hunted for “Winchester World of Whitetail” in 2008 and I am truly looking forward to hunting there again in 2009. “The bucks in our area have really been feeding in our soybean food plots and they’ve grown “fat and sassy”. We’re seeing some of the best antlered bucks we’ve ever seen in our area. The bucks are in bachelor herds and are just now starting to shed their velvet. Interestingly we’ve had a cool and relatively wet summer and the deer in our area are quickly putting on their winter coats! Seeing some rubs, but no scrapes, but I suspect by the beginning of the third week we should start seeing some scrapes.”

Richard Hammond, one of the regulars to our rut report last year, from Maryland, sent an email stating “Still seeing spotted fawns, and only a few bucks and all are still in velvet.” He continued, “They’re just now starting to harvest some corn and that will stir up the deer a bit once the “corn forests” start disappearing. I’ll have a better idea of what the deer are up to once our archery season starts here on the 15th.”

Jim McCarthy, the famous booking agent from Pennsylvania sent a message that he had been in contact with several outfitters from the Mid-West and West, those he represents. According to Jim, “Deer throughout much of the Mid-West and West are in great shape this year. It looks like antler development will be up this year. We’ve had good range conditions and a cool summer. Deer are really starting to feed on agricultural fields. Most of the outfitter/guides I’ve spoken with said the bucks were just starting to shed velvet, but were still traveling in bachelor groups. Where deer are going into soybean fields they’re being seen, but it will be a while before corn is harvested this year and there’s no telling what’s living in those corn field forests.”

“The rut is slowing down considerably in southern Florida.” Came a message from Walt Jones (just as I was about to submit this report) who spends this time of the late summer and early fall mostly fishing for large mouth bass, as he awaits the beginning of November and December whitetail hunting seasons across North America.

I’m traveling once again and will be at the Kittery Trading Post in Kittery, Maine the 12th and at the Fox Ridge store in Rochester, New Hampshire the night of the 12th, then headed to go hunt with Al Morhart on the 13th. Hope you’ve enjoyed the summer, because early Fall is upon us. Isn’t it Grand!

Sincerely,
Larry

The Range Reviews: American Whitetail King Broadhead Target

© 2009 Albert A Rasch and
The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles™
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The King Broadhead Target

As part of my reeducation in archery in general and bowhunting in specific, I decided I needed a new target to shoot at. A cardboard box full of newspaper and more cardboard just wasn't going to cut it any more; it's too easy to ruin expensive shafts that way, and I'm trying to run a professional operation here anyway. It was high time I got something appropriate for the job at hand.
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There are many types of targets available, from styrene blocks with plastic wrap that are barely adequate for kids' bows with target points, to very expensive and realistic game targets that will help refine your technique and eye; they even have one that looks like a velociraptor.

But for those of us stuck in an urban or suburban environment, a big square target is far more practical, and stores easier. What I wanted was the toughest and longest lasting broadhead target on the market. Practicing with what you are going to use is the key to success, and I intend to bring it to the hogs down here. And for that I needed to bend some bow limbs and shoot some arrows.

Make that a lot of arrows.

First date... She's built...

The beauty of Al Gore's Internet is that almost everything is on it. You want to know something, it is probably on the Net. Bowhunting targets are no different. After doing my research, I narrowed in on the King Broadhead Target by Whitetail Deer Inc. I needed something that could withstand repeated strikes with a broadhead and not disintegrate. It needs to absorb all the shooting I intend to do until such time as I get back in shooting shape.

"I will not trade a penny of profit for a customer's satisfaction. Our broadhead targets will out perform any open layer target when shot with broadheads...period."

Ralph @ American Whitetail Inc

That's the kind of thing I like to see. Performance and customer satisfaction before profits.

The King series is designed around a "Multi Layer Density" system. The target is built up from different density layers of foam to create a variable ratio of friction through the target.

The first layer consists of a layer of low density foam on the front. The soft foam is chosen for superior healing properties. The second layer is a medium density layer chosen for its ability to soak up energy and slow the rate of the arrows travel. Both of those layers back up to a layer of high density foam. As the broadhead penetrates and drives through the low and medium density foam, the arrow's energy is absorbed, resulting in far less penetration of the high density foam which ultimately stops the arrow. This results in a very durable target and easier arrow removal.

Whitetail Deer Inc wanted to"build a target that would stop any broadhead shot out of any bow, have unbelievable durability and smooth, easy broadhead arrow removal." I think they have done an exemplary job in putting together a target for bowhunters that performs exceptionally well at a very reasonable price. The King Broadhead Target is less than $40.00 at any of the venues I found; how's that for a bargain!

I used both the Browning Cobra which draws 45# and my new SiegeWorks Creations American Longbow that draws #50 on the King. I'm using my new Muzzy Phantom MX broadheads which, by the way, I'll be reporting on in the near future.

I found that, as expected, field points where substantially more difficult to remove. Broadheads came out with considerably less effort. Having only shot about sixty arrows in a half dozen days at the target, I haven't had an opportunity to see how the long term effects of shooting broadheads at the target will be, but I am keeping a log for future comments.

Pulling field points with care!

If you plan on shooting field points, then you will have to get an arrow lube like PSE Scorpion Venom Arrow Release Fluid. It is formulated to allow the easy removal of arrows from targets. I have not tried it, but the commentaries I have read are positive. I think it was originally developed for 3D targets. Think about it; that arrow shaft must be building up quite a bit of heat as it slows down in the target material. The lube helps defeat the grip of the material on the arrow.

Overall, the target performed as I had hoped it would. It stopped the arrows and something some folks might think very important, it doesn't leave a mess as you draw the arrows out. Some targets leave bits and pieces of themselves every time you pull an arrow. I've pounded the middle left aiming point now, and I have yet to have anything come out.



I only had one thing go wrong, and that was the fabric handle. This is not an important issue for the target. I was lugging the target from point a to b, and the nylon strap let the screw head work its way through. Later on the other side let loose too. Easy fix, two small washers or even a couple of pennies. Back the screw out, lay the strap back down drive the screw through the penny and that is the end of the problem. That will have to wait until I get back home. Again it's my fault it tore out, I sure don't baby anything I own.

I can fix that lickety split.

Register for the
American Whitetail
FREE target give away!

There is one more thing. The good folks at American Whitetail Inc. have a weekly drawing for one of their targets, all you have to do is register.

That's right! Every week, American Whitetail Targets will give away a broadhead target. The give away is open to all US residents. To register, simply fill out the form at their website (Here) with your information. (In the notes section you could put down that you saw it here at The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles...)

So enter, it's free, and give it a shot!

King Broadhead Target
MSRP: $36.95

American Whitetail Inc.
Box 299
Ferdinand, Indiana
47532
Ph. 1-888-233-1976
Fax 1-812-937-4157
Email: Tammy@archerytargets.com


There is a pretty good video on YouTube on the King Broadhead Target

As you can see, the King Target takes a licking and keeps on stopping arrows.

"I can wholeheartedly recommend the Whitetail Inc King Broadhead Target without reservation. It is a well made target, made of quality materials, here in the USA, by bowhunters, for bowhunters. The price is very reasonable and it works as advertised. That my friends, is a good American deal!"

Albert A Rasch
The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles

NorCal Cazadora: Hunters Get a Little Love From a Metro Paper

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Everybody! A little heads up on a fellow OBS member and outdoor writer.

Most of you probably know Holly of NorCalCazadora, not only is she a consummate writer and storyteller, but she actually admits to knowing me!

Holly wrote several pieces for her local newspaper, the Sacramento Bee, for their fall hunting insert. Of course the trolls have come out, but the important part is to let the folks at The Bee know that we (Fieldsports enthusiasts) appreciate their support. Stop by NorcalCazadora and take a look at the following post:

NorCal Cazadora: Hunters get a little love from a metro paper

Follow her links to the Bee, register and comment. Let's everyone do their part and continue to show our support for our hunting heritage.

Albert