Hunting Headlines
| April 27, 2008 |
| SCI In the Crosshairs |
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SCI "In the Crosshairs" e-Newsletter 4-24-08 California Approves Non-lead Ammunition Certification RegulationsThe California Fish and Game Commission recently approved regulations for certifying ammunition as "non-lead" for use in hunting big game and non-game in the area designated as "condor range." A map of condor range is on page 5 of the document found at: http://www.dfg.ca.gov. Although SCI opposed the adoption of statutory and regulatory bans on lead ammunition in condor range, it supported the adoption of these implementing regulations. Now that the bans are in place, hunters hunting in the defined condor range can only use ammunition certified as "non-lead" by the California Depa...
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| April 27, 2008 |
| Turkeys Accused of Fowl Play |
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For many years, some hunters have wrongfully blamed wild turkeys for devastating quail populations by eating quail eggs and chicks. This idea may sound ridiculous, but, once again, the accusations against turkeys are flying. Quail populations in some regions have declined over the last two decades while wild turkey populations have dramatically increased at the same time, but there is no scientific data that points to turkeys as the culprits. According to Jim Dietsch, president of Quail Forever's Central Oklahoma 89er Chapter, a lack of quality quail habitat - not turkey predation - is to blame. "Habitat is one link between the rise of turkey populations and the fall of quail populati...
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| April 27, 2008 |
| Elk Hunting Adds a Billion a Year to Economy |
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MISSOULA, Mont.--Elk hunting in America is big business. The average elk hunter spends $1,201 a year pursuing the species--the second-highest amount of any game animal--and contributes to an economic engine worth nearly $1 billion annually. Elk hunters outspend all others on guides, food, lodging, private transportation, licenses and tags, but trail deer hunters in overall per capita spending by $37. Duck hunters are third at $1,182 a year. Within the data, one spending category is for dues, such as membership dues to conservation organizations. In this category, elk hunters fall behind several other groups. David Allen, president and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, said, "In re...
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| April 27, 2008 |
| Urged Action Required of All Hunters and Anglers |
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© By Othmar Vohringer Once again news has reached me via the U.S. Sportsmen?s Alliance of a large company, the Michigan based Meijer retail superstore chain, supporting financially one of the notorious animal rights organizations. Please read the following email sent to me and act immediately as requested. (Columbus, Ohio) - Meijer, a Michigan-based regional chain of retail superstores, has aligned itself with the anti-hunting group, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), in an online pet photo contest. It has refused a U.S. Sportsmen?s Alliance (USSA) request to abandon the partnership. According to information on the Meijer website, for each person that enters the contest, Meij...
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