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March 20, 2013
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It’s the scariest fish that could have made the record books.
Last month Florida state biologist Kelly Gestring netted a huge 14-pound, 3-ounce bullseye snakehead during an electric-shocking expedition in the C-14 canal in Northwest Broward. Had the fish been landed with rod and reel, it would have beaten the International Game Fish Association’s all-tackle record snakehead by 1.5 pounds. This almost-chance-at-glory in the record books doesn’t exactly excite Kelly though. In fact, he sees it as a sign that his state (like much of the rest of the country) is losing the battle against invasive species.
[ Read Full Post ]March 20, 2013
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A Michigan officer on a routine patrol got a surprise when he inspected a car trunk holding a deer that was thought to be roadkill. The driver told the officer that he accidentally hit the deer and was going to get it processed, according to MLive.com.
[ Read Full Post ] March 20, 2013
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From the late-1980s through the mid-90s, it seems that every hunter who I ran into during muzzleloader deer season toted the same gun: a Knight MK-85. The first mass-produced “in-line, modern muzzleloader,” the Knight Rifle revolutionized the blackpowder hunting game, not to mention most state regulations.
Once the bailiwick of the coon-skin cap wearing crowd, primitive weapons hunts truly became a sport for the masses once in-line guns were produced.
[ Read Full Post ]March 19, 2013
by Some of the brown bears of Russia’s Kronotsky Nature Reserve, a Unesco World Heritage site, have developed quite the huffing addiction. It seems that the bears have learned to sniff fumes from discarded kerosene and gasoline containers. Witnesses say the bears inhale from the spent barrels for several minutes before zonking out in a “nirvana” position.
[ Read Full Post ]March 19, 2013
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Bowhunting videos have come a long ways since Art Young filmed his hunts in Alaska. And The Trembling Giant, a new feature-length documentary from Danner, Kamp Grizzly, GORE-TEX, and the Rocky Mountain Elk foundation, looks to be the next step in the evolution.
[ Read Full Post ] March 18, 2013
by The New York Times ran an editorial Sunday arguing that the only thing that can save the African lion is legalized hunting.
In the piece, director of wildlife for the Tanzanian Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Dr. Alexander N. Songorwa explains that American sport hunters constitute 60 percent of that country’s trophy hunting market and that money from this group finances Tanzania’s game reserves and wildlife management areas. Yes, Dr. Songorwa points out that some of the money for these operations comes from tourists but “[hunters] pay thousands of dollars to pursue lions with rifles and take home trophies from what is often a once-in-a-lifetime hunt. Those hunters spend 10 to 25 times more than regular tourists and travel to (and spend money in) remote areas rarely visited by photographic tourists.”
[ Read Full Post ]March 18, 2013
by A major joint operation with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has led to more than 100 citations and or arrests against paddlefish poachers.
Paddlefish, also known as spoonbills, are an ancient species that can reach lengths of upwards of seven feet and attain weights of several hundred pounds. For this reason, they are a coveted game fish. Unfortunately, they are also prized for their roe (caviar) which is often poached and sold in black markets the world over.
[ Read Full Post ]March 15, 2013
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They caught a… a… What did they catch?
Fishermen off the coast of County Waterford (Ireland) were surprised to trawl up a scorpionfish last week. Surprised because the fish is native to the warm waters of the Mediterranean and not the ice-chilled deep waters of the UK.
[ Read Full Post ]March 15, 2013
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After posting his "manifesto" on Facebook outlining plans for a revenge-fueled murder spree targeted at law enforcement officers, Christopher Dorner had been a fugitive in the California’s San Bernardino National Forest for nearly a week. He had already killed three people, and he would add one more murder to that tally before his reign of terror came to an end.
On February 12, Dorner was spotted by law enforcement officers as he drove a stolen car behind a pair of school buses on State Route 38. The officers lost track of that vehicle, but they didn’t lose track of Dorner. Knowing the mountain roads well, they found him again as he passed them in yet another stolen vehicle, this one a white pickup.
When Dorner saw the officers, he opened fire spraying bullets through the front windshield and driver’s door window. Several bullets pierced the vehicle’s cabin, including one that lodged in a seat just 10 inches from the driver’s head.
[ Read Full Post ]March 14, 2013
by Classes at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas were interrupted last week when a two-year-old whitetail buck decided to tour the campus.
The buck was first spotted near an intersection off campus around 11:20 a.m. The ASU Police Department was notified shortly thereafter that the buck was butting heads with the administration building. Chief James Adams told the San Angelo Standard-Times that the department’s initial concern was property damage.
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