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SUMMER PREP EQUALS A BETTER FALL DEER SEASON Don't wait until the season starts. It’s hard to think about frosty mornings at hunting camp this time of the year. The outside temperature for many of us is still hovering around the triple-digit mark, and the air is so thick you could probably squeeze water out of it if you made a fist. But now is exactly when you need to be putting in the work for the upcoming season. UPGRADE YOUR GEAR Think back to last season. Did a fogged scope cost you a big buck? Did your treestand squeak when you tried to get into position for a shot? Did you leave a hunt early or skip going out altogether because of inclement weather? Now is the time to remedy all those problems. Available stock on sporting goods always seems to be in short supply just before season. Don’t wait until the gear you need is sold out before you start shopping. Purchasing early also allows you to get familiar with your new equipment, particularly firearms and optics. Not having to stop to think about where the safety is on a new rifle can mean the difference in getting off a shot and watching your quarry disappear into the cover. Summer is also a great time to score deals on merchandise that will be full price as fall and early winter hunting seasons draw near. Many retail and online suppliers drastically mark down leftover merchandise from last season before new stock comes in, and you might be able to upgrade gear that needs replacing without spending as much as you will later on. PUT IN THE RANGE TIME Not everyone is lucky enough to have the space to safely practice with their favorite hunting firearms on private land. That means regular trips to a public shooting range or an investment in a gun club membership will be the solution. As hunting seasons draw near, these ranges get crowded, though, and long waits, lots of distractions and short time limits don’t make for quality practice time. Go to those same ranges in the month or so before the official start of autumn and you often have them to yourself. That means more time to work with multiple firearms, less downtime for target changes and easy access to multiple lanes for various firing distances. MOUNT A NEW OPTIC If a fogged or malfunctioning scope messed up last year’s deer season, now is the time to upgrade. You’ll need a few tools to mount a new scope to your rifle, starting with a set of gunsmithing screwdrivers with bits that fit tightly into your scope mount choice. The right bits lessen the chance of one slipping out and scratching your rifle or scope. A quality torque screwdriver, preferred by many gunsmiths, can also prevent overtightening a screw and either snapping it off or stripping the threads. Most scope manufacturers recommend 20 to 25 pounds of torque to adequately tighten screws without causing damage. To keep your screws from backing out from repeated recoil, a drop of thread-locking compound like Loctite applied to the screw threads before tightening is a good idea. Clean the screws with alcohol or a commercially produced gun scrubber to remove any oil from the threads before applying the thread locker. When it comes time to mount the scope, place your rifle (unloaded, of course) in a vise and, while sitting in a normal shooting position, adjust the scope back and forth until you can see the full scope diameter while looking through it. A dark ring around the view means your scope is too far away. Slide it back a bit until you get a full view through the scope. Take care not to move the scope too far to the rear—no one likes to get cracked in the eye by their scope when their gun recoils. For most scopes, three to four inches between the scope’s eyepiece and your eye—the eye relief—is about right. The scope’s manufacturer also states the eye relief for whatever model you have. Once you have your scope positioned correctly for eye relief, use a scope level to ensure your crosshairs are vertical. (Tip! A scope level also helps you keep your rifle aimed in a level way and can help you correct cant, or tilt, in your gun before you pull the trigger.) When everything is to your liking, apply the thread locker and install the screws to the recommended torque. Tighten them in rotation—left, right, front, back, repeat—until tight. Give the thread locker 15 to 30 minutes to dry before firing your rifle. STOCK UP ON AMMO Walk through the ammo section of your favorite store these days (the summer of 2020, with coronavirus pandemic news still in focus) and the empty shelves might shock you. You may have to do some internet digging, place an order with your favorite retailer or start hitting the road to find a dealer further out that stocks what you need now, because if you wait until just before season to stock up, and you might be plumb out of luck. Not every firearm shoots well with every brand of ammo or even every load within a brand. Luckily, hunters have a dizzying number of choices across just about any caliber imagined, and summer, with its less-crowded ranges, is a good time to get together with your hunting buddies and compare loads. If you happen to shoot the same caliber, share a few loads with each other and test them in your rifle. You might find a new favorite. Don’t know anyone who shoots the same caliber you do? Pick three to four factory loads with different velocities, bullet weights and styles applicable to the game you hunt and test each one. Chances are good that one will outperform the rest. Once you’ve found your load, stock up all that you can (especially in this unusual year) to get you through the season so you don’t find yourself scrambling to find more when inventories are at their traditional lowest. The one caveat about summer rifle shooting is that once temperatures do drop, you’ll want to hit the range again and confirm your zero. This is especially true for really cold mornings. The first shot out of a cold rifle is going to be the same cold shot you take on a deer, so you want to know where it’s going to go, and it’s likely going to be different than that first shot out of a barrel on a 90-degree day. Shoot often and reconfirm as conditions dictate. It’s all about knowing your gun. SAFETY CHECK FOR TREESTANDS AND OTHER GEAR Summer—not the weekend before season opens—is the time to get out treestands, ladders, climbing sticks, harnesses, and safety ropes for a safety inspection. (Stand placement and placement timing are a column all their own; we’re concerned with safety here.) Check stands for worn straps or chains, rusted bolts and cables and any missing nuts or hardware. Most companies offer replacement parts for stands, allowing you to do any needed maintenance to keep you safe. Go over your safety harness and safety ropes, inspecting for worn, nicked or frayed areas. Check clips and carabiners, too, to make sure they open and close correctly and aren’t bent or dented. Lubricate any moving joints on stands and other equipment so they will operate quietly while hunting and to give any lingering odors time to dissipate before season. If a squeak got you busted last year, the value of this will not escape you. Besides eliminating the worry and stress of rushing to get everything together at crunch time, knowing your gear is ready to go frees up your fall for important things like scouting, hanging stands and running trail cameras. As your hunting buddies rush frantically from store to store trying to locate everything they need for the upcoming season, you’ll be kicking back, making a game plan for getting in close to a big buck.

Post: 13 December 09:33

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Sitka Gearは2005年にJason HairstonとJonathan Hartによって設立され、現代の高品質の狩猟服の緊急の必要性の実現から始まりました。 Sitka Gearの創設者であるJonathan Hartは、山の中で、狩りを楽しむのではなく、登山者や観光客と同じ快適で効果的な服を生産しなかった理由を思い出しています。 使用されている素材によると、狩猟服は10年遅れており、カモフラージュは枝や葉を正確に再現することが望まれていましたが、店内の顧客にとって印象的なこの「自然主義的な」パターンがゲームによってどのように認識されているかを完全に無視しています。 山の狩猟を考えることから、状況を修正し、ハンターに最高のものを与え、不便から救い、使用できない機器に気を取られることなく狩猟に集中する機会を与えるという決定が生まれました。 当時、既存の製造業者は協力に関心を示さなかったため、独立して行動し、新しい会社であるSitka Gearを見つけなければなりませんでした。 本物の、深刻な、熱心なハンターは常に極端な状況に直面しており、妥協は彼らにとって受け入れられません。 シトカギアの物語は、山で狩りをしたり、森で有蹄動物を狩ったり、水鳥を狩ったりするときに発生する特定の問題を科学的アプローチを使用して、狩猟機器の大量生産に利用可能な最高の材料と技術的ソリューションを使用して解決する物語です。 確実に考慮に特定のゲームのビジョンの特殊性、および層の原理に基づいて構築された特別な衣類システムを取って作成された天候、OPTIFADE迷彩、から保護する膜を持つ最新の材料—これらは深刻さと妥協のないシトカギアのちょうど3つの例です。 シトカギアはまだ立っていない、それは何度も何度もその従業員や他のハンターの経験を分析し、細心の注意を払って細部をチェックし、別の問題を特定し、その解決策を見つけて、その後徹底的に実験室やフィールドの条件でテストされた新製品を作成します。 ミッション 最先端の生地および材料だけを使用して、Sitkaは天候からの機能性そして完全な保護を提供する総合システムの部品としてそれ自身を完全に現す これは、シトカが人間と悪天候の間の障壁だけでなく、ハンターの経験の実現となる機器を設計するという課題に対処した方法です。 狩猟の結果、ハンターの安全、そして彼が受け取る喜びのために衣服や装備の重要性を認識することは、完璧さへの欲求を引き起こし、新しい解決策の絶え間ない探求を奨励し、これはすべて、衣服をギアに変えることについての同社のモットーで表現されています—衣服をギアに変えます。 これがシトカギアの使命です。

Post: 5 December 17:05

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Seeking Sun Amountain lion kills an elk calf in a wooded area of Taos, New Mexico. It happens in a small clearing that leads to one million undeveloped acres of Carson National Forest. That clearing is Garrett Vene Klasen’s front yard and he has a front-row seat for the wildest feast he’s ever witnessed. There’s only one problem. He doesn’t have the right camera. “The right camera would have made a huge difference,” says Garrett Vene Klasen, hunter and New Mexico Wild northern conservation director. “All I had was the camera on my doorbell, which is sad.” The shots from that doorbell camera are low-grade grainy and the audio sounds stuffed with earwax. You can tell what’s going on as long as you’re in range of the home’s Wi-Fi, but the experience is lackluster due to poor resolution and limited capabilities. Bushnell eliminates all that let down with its remote trail camera, CelluCore 20 Solar. “The biggest advantage is it’s real-time information relayed over cellular networks rather than range-limiting Wi-Fi,” says Jacob Thomason, Bushnell senior product manager. Thomason lives in Mississippi, but he has trail cameras on hunting spots in four different states. He can check any of them at any time through the Bushnell app on his phone and he knows the batteries won’t die because the cams are solar-powered. “I have some in Missouri that I haven’t checked in person for 18 months,” he says. “They run year round. They’re in a spot that has good sunlight so I just let them roll.” Bushnell’s CelluCore 20 Solar trail camera comes with an adjustable solar panel. The included rechargeable battery provides enough juice for 70 high-resolution images per day in full sun on its own. The solar panel also extends battery life for the other 12 lithium AAs inside the unit providing more file capture capacity. “In the Southeast, we have deer over bait so 70 images per day is about right,” Thomason says. “In Missouri and South Dakota, deer are not on bait. It’s a water tank and I might get 20 images a day. On a trail, 70 is plenty unless it’s a heavily used trail.” In addition to photos, rely on the unmanned solar cam for HD video with sound plus consistently clear shots at night with a range of 80 feet. As for cellular coverage, the device connects to AT&T and Verizon giving you real-time access on your phone while also allowing you to review images and change camera settings remotely. “Remote trail cams use more batteries than conventional trail cams,” Thomason says. “Solar is great because it maintains battery a lot longer and you don’t have to go to the camera to get data.” As for the October cougar-elk saga in Taos, Vene Klasen wished for a reliable, remote trail cam when he was away and watched the scene from his front room window whenever he was home. That 150-pound elk calf turned into meals for not only the cougar but also bear, bobcat, and birds. The carcass shrunk to a pile of bones in three days. Three days that would have been captured with brilliance by the right camera. “Trail cameras have evolved so much and you just never know when an opportunity is going to present itself,” Vene Klasen says. “Like when there’s this really big bull or buck that shows up or a mountain lion taking down a kill in your fr

Post: 1 December 09:36

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Scheme to protect hen harriers in England a waste of money, says wildlife group Wild Justice says government initiative to relocate broods away from grouse moors ‘rewards past crimes’ of illegal killing A £900,000 government scheme to “meddle” with nests of hen harriers is a waste of money and rewards those who kill them, a wildlife campaign group has said. The claims are contained in a report produced by Wild Justice and released to coincide with the Glorious Twelfth, the official start of the grouse shooting season, on Saturday. Grouse moor gamekeepers have historically killed hen harriers illegally because they eat smaller birds, including grouse. Since the start of a government brood management scheme in 2018, 98 hen harriers have been confirmed as missingin suspicious circumstances or are known to have been illegally killed in the UK, many of them on or close to English grouse moors. In order to combat the problem of the birds, which are endangered in the UK, continually going missing over moors, Natural England began a scheme which involves taking the eggs or chicks of some hen harriers nesting on grouse moors into captivity, rearing them to fledging age and releasing them back into the wild in the uplands of northern England. They say th practice reduces the density of active hen harrier nests on grouse moors and is thought to reduce predation pressure on red grouse during the breeding season, so there is less incentive for harriers to be persecuted. Nests containing young have in the past been stamped on, and mothers killed – leaving the chicks to starve. The government is working with grouse moor owners to discourage this behaviour

Post: 20 November 09:12

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Skylarks, starlings and mistle thrushes: Endangered songbirds licensed to be killed for sport in UK Skylarks, starlings and mistle thrushes are among the red-listed species approved to be hunted by falconers. Should endangered wild birds be hunted for sport? It sounds like an odd question to be asking in 2023, in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. Yet, at a time when many avian species in the UK are under threat of regional extinction, government data reveals falconers are permitted to hunt rare songbirds. The data, released this week by government watchdog Natural England, has caused concern among environmentalists. What is falconry and how is it regulated in the UK? Falconry involves hunting wild animals in their natural habitat using a trained bird of prey. There are reportedly around 25,000 falconers in the UK. The sport itself dates back hundreds of years, and it has seen a resurgence in recent times. While it remains legal throughout Britain, many outside the hobby are unaware that captive falcons are used to hunt native wild birds - including some endangered species. So there was widespread criticism when it emerged that Natural England has been issuing licences to hunt red-listed songbirds - those of high conservation concern - for sport. An application form on the government’s website asks the falconer to select a number of ‘quarry’ species they wish to kill. Among the 25 species on the list of quarry birds are 11 amber-listed and seven red-listed examples. The licences themselves are free of charge and the approval process is at the discretion of Natural England’s staff. Natural England is a non-departmental public body, technically making it independent of the government. It is sponsored by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and issues licences on behalf of the government. With Natural England’s stated aim being “to help conserve, enhance and manage the natural environment for the benefit of present and future generations, thereby contributing to sustainable development,” news of the falconry licences has angered British bird lovers. What is the red list of threatened species? The IUCN Red List is an internationally accepted system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. Global and national lists are compiled to identify species in decline. In the UK, the red list of birds is longer than ever before due to human incursion and habitat destruction. It now contains 70 species, nine of which are threatened with global extinction. Species whose conservation status is of moderate concern are placed on the amber list. Which endangered birds are permitted to be killed for sport in England? The UK government’s latest licence statistics, which now include the falconry licence data for the first time, reveal that permission is regularly granted to kill several endangered species. These include skylark, fieldfare and mistle thrush, permitting these otherwise heavily protected birds to be legally hunted. Other red-list birds permitted to be killed in falconry include dunnocks, house sparrows, lapwings, rooks, song thrushes and starlings.

Post: 17 November 18:01

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Skylarks, starlings and mistle thrushes: Endangered songbirds licensed to be killed for sport in UK Skylarks, starlings and mistle thrushes are among the red-listed species approved to be hunted by falconers. Should endangered wild birds be hunted for sport? It sounds like an odd question to be asking in 2023, in the midst of a biodiversity crisis. Yet, at a time when many avian species in the UK are under threat of regional extinction, government data reveals falconers are permitted to hunt rare songbirds. The data, released this week by government watchdog Natural England, has caused concern among environmentalists. What is falconry and how is it regulated in the UK? Falconry involves hunting wild animals in their natural habitat using a trained bird of prey. There are reportedly around 25,000 falconers in the UK. The sport itself dates back hundreds of years, and it has seen a resurgence in recent times. While it remains legal throughout Britain, many outside the hobby are unaware that captive falcons are used to hunt native wild birds - including some endangered species. So there was widespread criticism when it emerged that Natural England has been issuing licences to hunt red-listed songbirds - those of high conservation concern - for sport. An application form on the government’s website asks the falconer to select a number of ‘quarry’ species they wish to kill. Among the 25 species on the list of quarry birds are 11 amber-listed and seven red-listed examples. The licences themselves are free of charge and the approval process is at the discretion of Natural England’s staff. Natural England is a non-departmental public body, technically making it independent of the government. It is sponsored by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and issues licences on behalf of the government. With Natural England’s stated aim being “to help conserve, enhance and manage the natural environment for the benefit of present and future generations, thereby contributing to sustainable development,” news of the falconry licences has angered British bird lovers. What is the red list of threatened species? The IUCN Red List is an internationally accepted system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction. Global and national lists are compiled to identify species in decline. In the UK, the red list of birds is longer than ever before due to human incursion and habitat destruction. It now contains 70 species, nine of which are threatened with global extinction. Species whose conservation status is of moderate concern are placed on the amber list. Which endangered birds are permitted to be killed for sport in England? The UK government’s latest licence statistics, which now include the falconry licence data for the first time, reveal that permission is regularly granted to kill several endangered species. These include skylark, fieldfare and mistle thrush, permitting these otherwise heavily protected birds to be legally hunted. Other red-list birds permitted to be killed in falconry include dunnocks, house sparrows, lapwings, rooks, song thrushes and starlings.

Post: 8 November 17:47

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Stegte frølår 1. Læg først frølårene i blød i mælk og stil dem på køl i cirka 30-60 minutter. Proteinerne i mælk hjælper med at mørne kødet. 2. Læg herefter de hakkede frølår på en tallerken dækket med køkkenrulle, tør grundigt, krydr med salt, peber og rul i mel. 3. Når du steger poterne, er det meget vigtigt ikke at overbelaste panden, så det er bedst at stege flere gange. I mit eget tilfælde holdt bagepladen omkring 250 gram (ca. halvdelen af ​​det hele) lapkok ad gangen, så jeg delte også bageolien i 2 lige store dele. 4. Varm olie op i en stegepande. olie opvarmes i en stegepande 5. Tilsæt de rullede og luftede frølår til melet og steg i cirka 3 minutter på begge sider eller indtil de er brune. 6. Efter bagning af den ene del renses gryden (så der slet ikke er melrester, da de kan koge), tilsættes den anden del af smørret og kogningen gentages. 7. Når alle benene er kogte, kom olien til saucen i gryden, tilsæt straks hakket hvidløg og steg i ca 2-3 minutter, indtil hvidløget er brunet. 8. Pres derefter citronsaften, tilsæt den hakkede persille og hæld den tilberedte sauce over frølårene lagt ud på en tallerken.

Post: 15 August 17:52

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SOUTH AFRICA EASTERN CAPE FREE RANGE AREA NO HIGH FENCE 💥Some group members have had to drop out so I have spaces available💥 Group trip….. I will be personally accompanying Rifle permits can be arranged.. All nationalities welcome Arriving in port Elizabeth 15Th January 2024 Basic package below 🔻🔻 Bespoke package can be made if you wanted other animals, I have a Full animal list with prices available. 7 Day Hunt ( 8 Nights) Two hunters to one professional hunter $3500 One hunter to one professional hunter $3900 $500 deposit per person Payment plan available.. 1 Trophy Impala, 1 Trophy Blesbuck, 1 Trophy Springbuck 4 Cull animals. Combination of cull warthogs and impala 1 Day fishing. Deep sea fishing or guided surf fishing Cull animals are subject to availability and the season. If other cull animals become available it can be swopped or added as extra animals. Packages include: • 7 Animals • Hunting Licenses • Transport – Pick up & Return to nearest airport as well as all land transport during safari. • 8 Nights accommodation & Laundry • Food & Beverages (Beer, Wine, Water & Soft Drinks) • Services of a Professional Hunter • Hunting Vehicle • Tracker / Skinner & Camp Staff • Field preparation of trophies & delivery to taxidermy Price does not include air fares, fire arm rentals, ammunition, and accommodation before and after safari, cost of any extra activities, taxidermy fees and gratuities

Post: 8 August 17:52

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