Migration Update – April 30, 2012
:::: The spring waterfowl surveys have begun and reports have already begun to roll in at FLYWAYS.US. As expected the mild winter has had some impact on seasonal wetlands but early reports indicate fair to good conditions in central Canada, with heavy spring rains recharging many areas in the east. While it’s still too early to make any definitive assumptions for the entire breeding area, we will follow the reports with a hopeful outlook...
Stoeger’s M3500 Receives Golden Bullseye Award
:::: ACCOKEEK, MD (April 30, 2012) –– Stoeger’s new M3500, 3½-inch semi-auto shotgun received the NRA’s Golden Bullseye Award at the NRA’s 2012 Annual Meetings & Exhibits held April 13-15, in St. Louis, MO. Each year, NRA Publications’ staff members select those products that prove to be the best in their respective categories—rifle, shotgun, handgun, optic and accessory—and award them the NRA Publications Division’s highest honor: the Golden Bullseye...
Firearms Industry Honors 2011 Legislators of the Year
:::: NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, honored Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) as NSSF's 2011 Legislators of the Year at an NSSF Political Action Committee (PAC) reception this evening in Washington, D.C., on the eve of the firearms industry's annual Congressional Fly-In.
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Supports Major Growth Of Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS)
:::: Winnipeg, Manitoba (March 20, 2012): Delta Waterfowl is pleased to announce a leading donation from The W. Garfield Weston Foundation in support of the Alternative Land Use Services (ALUS) program. With the Foundation's gift of $1.46 million, Delta Waterfowl will create two centres of operations, or hubs, to support the national expansion of the ALUS program...
Burris Introduces the FastFire III
:::: GREELEY, Colo. (March 6, 2012) — Burris is pleased to announce the introduction of the latest generation in red-dot sights with the launch of FastFireä III — the ideal sight solution for pinpoint accuracy on handguns, shotguns and rifles. The FastFire III is extremely fast, rugged and low profile. This newest addition of the FastFire line is ideal for tactical applications with the choice of either a 3 MOA or an 8 MOA dot...
Federal Premium Introduces New Black Cloud Snow Goose Offerings
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ANOKA, Minn. – March 4, 2010 – Federal Premium® Black Cloud® ammunition announces new loads designed especially for snow goose hunters. The new 1-1/8 ounce, 3” 12-gauge loads feature a muzzle velocity of 1635 fps for added effective range. Product now available.
Reeds Family Outdoor Outfitters Named as Waterfowler.com Preferred Supplier
:::: Waterfowler.com & Reeds Family Outdoor Outfitters are pleased to announce their new partnership to serve the Waterfowler.com and waterfowling community. Reeds is the exclusive on-line retailer offering special discounts and deals to Waterfowler.com members.
New Standard Size Floating Goose Decoys from Final Approach Offer High Quality and Great Value
:::: Overland Park, Kan. — Final Approach, a leading developer of waterfowl products and accessories, has introduced a new standard size floating goose decoy for waterfowl hunters who favor a large decoy waterfowl spread.
Ducks Unlimited Urges Sportsmen to Speak Up for Dakota Grassland Conservation Area
:::: WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 9, 2011)—Ducks Unlimited is pleased with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent decision to formally establish the Dakota Grassland Conservation Area. This area is part of an initiative to protect almost 2 million acres of critical wetlands and grasslands in North and South Dakota. However, if this jewel for America’s wildlife is to be protected, sportsmen will need to tell Congress of its significance.
Waterfowl Hunting Proposed Late Season Frameworks
:::: Washington D.C. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced proposed hunting season lengths for the upcoming 2011-2012 late waterfowl seasons. The proposed federal frameworks include duck hunting season lengths of 60 days in both the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways, 74 days in the Central Flyway (with an additional 23 days in the High Plains areas), and 107 days in the Pacific Flyway. The proposed frameworks also include a full season on pintails with a 2 bird daily bag limit in nationwide, and a full season on canvasbacks with a 1 bird daily bag limit nation-wide...
Choose your adventure with Inukshuk Dog Food
:::: Inukshuk Professional Dog Food is an industry leading formula containing an unparalleled 32 per cent fat to 32 per cent protein ratio. It is the best dog food your working dog can eat. Whether it is your dog sled team or your treasured bird dog they demand a high caloric content with muscle building properties for sustained growth.
Duck Breeding Population Estimates Released - Pintail up 26% over 2010 estimates
:::: Improved conditions in much of the waterfowl breeding habitat in Canada and the prairies of the north-central United States have contributed to higher populations of many species of ducks, according to breeding population estimates released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today.
Migration Update - May 11, 2011
:::: The May breeding and habitat survey is underway across the United States and Canada. Despite weather delays for some survey teams the good news has already begun roll in with the biologist reports at Flyways.us. Reports from South Central Saskatchewan are nothing short of amazing -- with an abundance of ducks taking advantage of new water in the area...
New Sport-Brella Portable Blind
:::: The Sport-Brella is a portable 9 ft. wide group umbrella that gives
you instant protection from the sun, rain and wind with its domed
shape, side flaps and 125 SPF. Comes in a variety of colors/ patterns,
including camo for use as a blind. Its umbrella action open mechanism allows it to be set up in just three seconds.
CONGRESS POISED TO RESTORE PARTIAL FUNDING TO NAWCA
:::: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2011 - After facing elimination of funding in the House-passed version of the current year’s legislation to pay for the federal government, the North American Wetlands Conservation Act is poised to receive $37.5 million in funding for the remainder of the current fiscal year. A vote is expected later this week...
Mother Nature's Gift: Excellent Wetland Conditions Predicted
:::: People throughout the prairies are anxiously watching the weather forecasts. Record soil moisture and a heavy snow pack, combined with a quick thaw could mean serious flooding on both sides of the Canada/U.S. border. There is a ton of potential trouble for landowners…and possibly an epic breeding season for waterfowl.
DUCKS UNLIMITED VOICES STRONG OPPOSITION TO MASSIVE FEDERAL CONSERVATION SPENDING CUTS
:::: MEMPHIS, Tenn., Feb. 14, 2010–Ducks Unlimited, along with other conservation organizations, is opposing proposed spending cuts in conservation programs released this week by the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. The cuts would affect wetlands conservation to the tune of nearly $2 billion, including the loss of $47 million in funding for North American Wetlands Conservation Act grants...
Delta Waterfowl Launches ‘First Hunt’ Program
:::: A new Delta Waterfowl program is designed to tackle one of waterfowl management’s most vexing social problems—declining hunter participation. First Hunt is Delta Waterfowl’s comprehensive program to recruit and retain waterfowl hunters in the United States and Canada, where waterfowl-hunter participation has been declining for years.
Hawx Outdoors announces the world’s first shotgun-mounted e-collar control and dog training system.
:::: BLAINE, WA :: Whether you have retrievers, pointers, flushers or hounds, control of your electronic dog training system is now where it always should have been: on the gun...
MOSSBERG TEAMS UP WITH PATRICK FLANIGAN
:::: October, 2010:: North Haven, CT – O.F. Mossberg & Sons, a leader in the design and manufacturing of hunting, shooting sports, youth, military and law enforcement firearms for over 90 years is excited to announce the sponsorship of Xtreme Sport Shooter Patrick Flanigan. In this exciting new partnership, Flanigan will begin using Mossberg shotguns in all aspects of his exciting style of shooting and as he pursues numerous world records. He will also work with Mossberg to introduce fast paced shooting sports to a new generation of shooters.
Federal Agencies Partner with Industry to Protect Trumpeter Swans- Ameren Missouri Begins Installing 1,000 ‘Swan Diverters’ on Power Lines
:::: meren Missouri, with oversight from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), have begun installing 1,000 “swan diverters” on several miles of high-voltage “transmission” power lines that cross the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary on the Mississippi River, near West Alton, Mo. in an effort to protect Trumpeter Swans.
DataSport, Inc. announces two Smartphone apps to help outdoorsmen find peak fish and game times.
:::: ATLANTA, GA. September 15, 2010: Imagine not having to spend hours and hours in your tree stand or blind waiting for the right shot! No matter what your target is, new information can save you many hours of wasted time. Just in time for the fall hunting season, DataSport, Inc. announces two Smartphone apps to help outdoorsmen find the times of peak activity.
Service Expands Reporting for Birds Captured and Collected During Deepwater Horizon Response
:::: WASHINGTON -- Based on a rigorous review by a team of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists of previously released preliminary data, the Service has compiled an expanded report of the birds rescued and collected during the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Federal Premium brings BLACK CLOUD technology to new Pheasant loads.
:::: Pheasant hunters demand fast loads for the open plains. Prairie Storm™ features a mixture of copper-plated lead (70 %) and nickel-plated FLITESTOPPER Lead (30%) delivered by unique rear-braking FLITECONTROL wad. Upland hunters now get the latest in lead shotshell technology in a load designed just for them. Even patterns and more pellets on target mean more pheasants in the game pouch. Every box of Prairie Storm sold will also give money directly to Pheasants Forever.
Pheasants Forever's 2010 Fall Hunting Forecast
:::: Pheasant numbers appear to be holding steady in the Dakotas, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska, the heart of the Heartland's pheasant range. That means fun months ahead for pheasant hunters and their bird hunting companions.
EPA Considering Ban on Traditional Ammunition: ACT NOW!!
:::: With the fall hunting season fast approaching, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Lisa Jackson, who was responsible for banning bear hunting in New Jersey, is now considering a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) - a leading anti-hunting organization - to ban all traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, a law in which Congress expressly exempted ammunition. If the EPA approves the petition, the result will be a total ban on all ammunition containing lead-core components, including hunting and target-shooting rounds. The EPA must decide to accept or reject this petition by November 1, 2010, the day before the midterm elections...
Task Force 20-20 Launches 'Take Me Hunting, Take Me Shooting' Campaign with Support from NSSF
:::: NEWTOWN, Conn. — Task Force 20-20, the committee formed at the NSSF Shooting Sports Summit to evaluate opportunities to grow hunting and the shooting sports, will begin testing its first initiative—a coordinated marketing effort in selected states designed to reactivate lapsed hunters and shooters.
Browning Introduces New Goose Band Waterfowl Choke Tubes and New Choke Tube Cases for 2010
:::: Morgan, UT-Browning is excited to announce the introduction of the new Goose Band Choke Tubes, new Flex Foam™ Zippered Choke Tube Case and new Hard Case Choke Tube Case to the company's diverse line of choke tubes for 2010.
ACTIVISION AND CABELA’S ANNOUNCE “HUNT ACROSS AMERICA TOUR”
:::: MINNEAPOLIS, MN – SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Cabela’s today announced details on its forthcoming “Hunt Across America Tour”. This nationwide tour allows hunting enthusiasts and gamers alike to be among the first to play the Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011 and Cabela’s North American Adventures video games on Wii™, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system.
CPO Pak Offers Comprehensive Insurance Coverage for Firearms and Sporting Collectibles
:::: Hilton Head, SC::: Coastal Plains Outdoors, a leading insurer of wingshooting preserves, rod and gun clubs and other outdoor enterprises has introduced the first comprehensive personal property insurance plan tailored specifically to meet the needs of modern sportsmen and collectors of guns, optics, taxidermy, fly-fishing equipment, sporting art and other valuables
Snow Goose Production Up, Strong Fall Flight Expected; Delta Waterfowl to Goose Hunters: ‘Get Ready’
:::: WINNIPEG, Manitoba—Could a bumper crop of snow geese be in the offing for waterfowl hunters this year? Dr. Robert “Rocky” Rockwell, a biology professor at City University of New York and one of North America’s leading authorities on snow geese, thinks so. Rockwell says the summer nesting season in the subarctic region of La Perouse Bay in northern Manitoba was “spectacular.”
Hunt Comfort Specialist receives "Best of the Best" Award from Field & Stream
:::: Field & Stream has selected the Hunt Comfort Specialist seat pad for its "Best of the Best" Award in the "essentials" category for 2010. The "Best of the Best" judging criteria include the significance of innovation, the quality of the design and the value it brings to hunters. The judges, comprised of F&S editors, writers and seasoned hunters, decided that the Hunt Comfort Specialist met the winning quality of excellence in its field.
Countdown to Black Cloud® Stormchasers Network 2.0 has Begun
:::: NOKA, Minn. - July 26, 2010 - The countdown to a new and improved Black Cloud Stormchasers Network 2.0 is underway. The clock is ticking (literally—visitors can see how many seconds remain before the big launch), the sky is darkening (again, literally—the background is darkening with the approaching storm) and things are changing at www.stormchasersnetwork.com. On July 29, version 2.0 will be fully unveiled—with plenty of new features and custom content to keep members coming back for more.
REMINGTON® INTRODUCES HYPERSONIC STEEL
:::: Madison, NC – Few things are more challenging than hitting fast moving, high flying waterfowl. To meet this challenge, Remington is proud to introduce the fastest velocity, highest downrange pattern energies ever produced in the history of steel waterfowl loads; the revolutionary new HyperSonic Steel™. To put it simply, waterfowl hunters now have the fastest, hardest-hitting, steel shot shell in the world, resulting in shorter leads to help hunters be more successful.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Reintroduction of Non-migratory Whooping Cranes into Southwest Louisiana
:::: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today in the Federal Register it is seeking public comment on a proposed rule to reintroduce the endangered whooping crane into habitat in its historic range on the state-owned White Lake Wetland Conservation Area in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
Seasons Proposed for Upcoming Waterfowl Season
:::: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed hunting season lengths for the upcoming 2010–11 late waterfowl seasons. The proposed frameworks include duck hunting season lengths of 60 days in both the Atlantic and Mississippi Flyways, 74 days in the Central Flyway, and 107 days in the Pacific Flyway...
CRP SIGN-UP COMES AT CRITICAL TIME FOR DUCKS
:::: BISMARCK, N.D., July 28, 2010 – Ducks Unlimited says the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new Conservation Reserve Program general sign-up comes at a critical time for duck populations with the nesting grounds continuing to disappear. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday announced the agency will allow new enrollments in CRP in 2010, the first since 2006.
“This is great news for wetlands conservation, waterfowl habitat, waterfowl and waterfowl hunters,” said Dale Hall, DU’s CEO. “Maintaining CRP acres will translate into more ducks in the fall flight across the country each year.”
OIL FROM MICHIGAN SPILL COULD THREATEN IMPORTANT WETLANDS
:::: ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 30, 2010 ─ A sensitive area of important waterfowl habitat has been impacted by the Enbridge Lakehead oil spill. On July 26, 2010 a leak occurred in an Enbridge pipeline that released what the Environmental Protection Agency estimates to be more than 1 million gallons of crude oil into Talmadge Creek, a tributary of the Kalamazoo River...
IHEA's new online training for hunter education instructors available now
:::: New online instructor training developed by the International Hunter Education Association (IHEA) makes learning how to share our hunting heritage more effective, accessible and convenient.
FWS Addresses Urgent Habitat Needs for Birds and Other Wildlife Along the Gulf Coast
:::: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is coordinating efforts along the Gulf Coast to safeguard wildlife such as shorebirds, waterfowl, marsh birds, sea birds and sea turtles from the effects of oil...
Breeding Population Survey Released; U.S. Continues to Attract Majority of Nesting Ducks
:::: Bismarck, N.D.--The 56th edition of the Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey, released today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service, revealed wetland conditions and duck populations well above their long-term averages.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Develops Strategy to Help Waterfowl and other Migratory Birds Weather the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
:::: WASHINGTON -- In a few weeks, millions of waterfowl and other migratory birds will soon begin their fall migration to wintering and stopover habitat along the Gulf Coast. In anticipation of this event, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with partners to anticipate and minimize the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill on these birds.
DU TO RECEIVE $2.5 MILLION GRANT FOR GULF COAST HABITAT WORK
:::: MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 24, 2010 – Ducks Unlimited was notified today it will receive a $2.5 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to provide additional habitat for waterfowl and other birds that will migrate to the Gulf Coast later this year. This partnership between NFWF and DU will seek to restore and enhance upwards of 20,000 acres of wetland habitat on lands adjacent to or near Gulf Coast marshes.
Delta and Partners Send Letter Urging Attention on Waterfowl in Wake of Spill
:::: Delta Waterfowl and state waterfowl organizations from across the country sent a joint letter today to Secretary of Interior Salazar and the leadership of British Petroleum to urge the long term monitoring of the consequences of the Deepwater Horizon explosion and resultant spill on coastal habitats and waterfowl.
Maryland Artist Robert Bealle Wins 2009 Federal Duck Stamp Contest
:::: Robert Bealle an artist from Waldorf, Maryland, took top honors today at the 2009 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. Bealle’s painting of an American wigeon will be made into the 2010-2011 Federal Duck Stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2010. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service produces the Federal Duck Stamp, which sells for $15 and raises about $25 million each year to fund wetland habitat acquisition for the National Wildlife Refuge System...
Most hunters report they are going afield as much or more than they expected
:::: FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — In 2009, a majority of hunters made going afield a priority in their life. According to HunterSurvey.com, almost 25 percent said they hunted more than they expected to in 2009 and 40 percent said they hunted about as much as they expected to....
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