Bobby Rush and Lead Ammo

With the recent of push of trying to ban lead fishing tackle, Congressman Bobby Rush decided to add to it by introducing a legislation that would ban all traditional lead ammo.

Bobby Rush is a U.S. Representative out of Illinois and is famous for introducing the anti-gun legislation H.R. 45 (Blair Holt’s Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act).

This House Resolution 5820 would amend the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) by removing the exemption included in the law for traditional ammunition. It was that specific exemption that forced the EPA to deny the ammunition portion of a petition filed by several groups seeking to ban both traditional ammunition and fishing tackle.

At the same time Bobby Rush introduced this bill that would ban lead ammo and fishing tackle another bill was introduced (S. 3850) that would protect all lead fishing tackle. This bill was introduced on September 28 by Senator Blanche Lincoln (D- AR).

”If the petition is accepted as presented, all lead in all fishing tackle would be banned, which would substantially increase the cost of recreational fishing and negatively impact angler participation across the country,” said American Sport fishing Association (ASA) Vice President Gordon Robertson. ”Senator Lincoln’s legislation will help to ensure that future regulations on fishing tackle are established in response to scientific data instead of unjustified petitions.”

All sportsmen should oppose the 5820 legislation by voicing your opinions to your state’s U.S. Representative. This bill will raise the prices of ammo and fishing tackle 3 to 5 times higher and will have devistating effects on the hunting and fishing industry.

Sportsmen should also contact their U.S. Senators immediately and ask that they join Sen. Lincoln in sponsoring this legislation (S. 3850) so it will go through protecting our rights.

http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com

Hunting and The New York Times

A few days ago the New York Times posted an article in their newspaper talking about why it's important to preserve our heritage. Not only was I shocked to see this article posted in the New York Times, I was very impressed and happy to see this.



If you don't know this already public opinion has a lot of sway in how our laws are decided and whether they are passed or not. If the majority of Americans decide they don't like hunting or fishing because they think it's cruel and inhumane and it should be banned. How long do you think our hunting and fishing rights will last? Public opinion is very important and is overlooked most of the time.



Seeing a major publication like this publish a pro hunting article is very promising and a great step forward in the preservation of our hunting rights. I'm sure it had the anti's squirming in their seats. Every hunter and sportsman should rejoice and look at this as a positive step in the right direction.



When you think about the New York Times, publishing a pro hunting article is not the first thing that comes to mind. I know it was definitely a great surprise to me when I read it in the Sunday morning paper. It's not often that a major publication publishes a pro hunting article like this one. Hunting is our heritage and something that we must preserve for all time so generations of kids can make the same great memories we did growing up.



I recommend every sportsmen to check out that article when you get a chance.



It sure brought a smile to my face.



Be safe and good hunting.

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California Sportsmen- Tell Your Senator to Vote NO on Gun Registry Bill

“A gun registry bill in California is dangerously close to passage.

Assembly Bill 1810, sponsored by Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D- LA), would require the state to keep registration information for all firearm transfers, including from transfers of commonly used hunting rifles and shotguns.

Current California law requires the state to keep a database containing information acquired from handgun transfers only. The information kept by the state includes the owner’s name and address as well as a description and serial number of the handgun. Under AB 1810, this same information would be kept for all firearms transfers.

“It’s bad enough that the state keeps personal information from handgun transfers,” said Jeremy Rine, U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance associate director of state services. “There is no compelling reason for Californians’ Second Amendment rights being further infringed through this legislation.”

Earlier this year, AB 1810 passed the California Assembly and, on August 12, the bill passed out of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The bill could now be voted on by the full Senate at any time.

Take Action! California sportsmen should immediately contact their state senators and urge them to oppose AB 1810. Tell them there is no justification for expanding the state’s registry to include all firearms transfers by law abiding gun owners.”

To find your state senator’s contact information, please visit www.ussportsmen.org/LAC.

For more information, contact the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance: email info@ussportsmen.org

U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
801 Kingsmill Parkway
Columbus, Ohio 43229
614-888-4868

www.ussportsmen.org
info@ussportsmen.org

Please support our brothers at the USSA in this fight by clicking on the links and taking action.

Hunters Against PETA

http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com

Wolf Poll Being Conducted In Utah

Hunters are losing this poll so please visit this site and vote "NO" that wolves should not be aloud to roam free in Utah.

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=11722172&hl=4

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Update From Toby Bridges Regarding The Wolf Threat

LOBO WATCH Sportsmen Taking Charge of Predator Problems

Editorial News/Press Release July 20, 2010

Has The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Become A Rogue Agency?

There are now a number of very dark clouds hanging over the fish and wildlife arm of the U.S. Department of the Interior. And the tallest thunder cell has to be the manner in which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has handled the so-called Wolf Recovery Project in the Northern Rocky Mountain states of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana – especially in how the agency resorted to the manipulation of wolf science and wolf facts to expedite restoring wolf populations where they had been missing for most of the past 70 or 80 years. Or, were they?

The Endangered Species Act was established in 1973, to protect and restore endangered or threatened wildlife species. Back when that act became law, there were between 50,000 and 60,000 wolves of varying subspecies roaming freely across Canada (and likely just as many in Alaska). Still, since there were only about 700 to 1,000 wolves known to exist in northern Minnesota and in several small pockets in northwestern Montana, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pushed to get the “gray wolf” added to the ESA list of endangered species in 1974.

One of the tools used by FWS to facilitate their management of a species/subspecies that is endangered or threatened is to establish it as a “Distinct Population Segment”, separating it from the management of that species or subspecies as a whole. And this is likely where the “gray” area lies in the ESA listing and the management of the gray wolf as an “endangered species”.

First of all, the gray wolves of central Canada were never really endangered, or threatened for that matter. Despite ongoing wolf control efforts in Ontario, the wolf population just to the north of the U.S.-Canada border was not endangered back in 1973 when the ESA was established. Neither have wolves been endangered or threatened there since that act was put into place. Likewise, there has not been any efforts to prevent their migration south, into northern Minnesota. Even so, the mad wolf scientists of the FWS felt compelled to write themselves into the annals of wildlife conservation and took it upon themselves to classify the wolves of the upper Midwest as a “Distinct Population Segment” , and endangered – even though absolutely nothing separated them from the tens of thousands of wolves north of the Canadian border.

And their muddling with such wolf facts came back to nip them hard on their backside.

As wolf numbers began to grow and spread, from northern Minnesota into upper Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USFWS moved to remove them from the Endangered Species List in early 2008. At that time, there were likely close to 4,000 wolves spread across the upper Midwest, and the agency determined that the gray wolf of that region was no longer an endangered species. FWS decided to delist the wolf there.

In short order, the Humane Society of the United States (and a number of other “environmental” co-plaintiffs) challenged the USFWS “Final Rule” on removing Midwestern wolves from the protection of the Endangered Species Act. HSUS also asserted that the ESA does not authorize USFWS to designate and delist “Distinct Population Segments”. In other words, the act does not allow the agency “to carve out” healthy sub-populations of otherwise endangered or threatened species.

The court questioned, “Whether the ESA permits FWS to use the DPS tool to remove the protection of the statute from a healthy sub-population of a listed species, even if that sub-population was neither designated as a DPS nor listed as endangered or threatened beforehand.”

The delisting of the wolf in the upper Midwest did not happen in 2008, and management of those wolves is still on hold – even though there are now between 5,000 and 6,000 wolves across upper Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. The whitetail deer herds in many areas where wolf numbers are at their highest have now been reduced by 40- to 60-percent, and moose have practically disappeared where they were once abundant. Likewise, years of trying to re-establish elk herds in these states is now in real jeopardy, with the wolves destroying spring calf recruitment.

Wrongly, USFWS had established a line, an international boundary, that separated the wolves of the U.S. from the wolves of Canada. And largely because of that intervention and poor decision making, big game resources and livestock production across the upper Midwest are now being severely impacted. However, across the border, in Canada, aggressive control of the same “non endangered” wolves continues.

Faced with establishing a recovered wolf population in the Northern Rockies, USFWS threw professional wildlife management ethics right out the window. To say that the Wolf Recovery Project of the West has been plagued with lies and deceit from the very start is putting it mildly.

Well before Canadian wolves were dumped into the mountains of Idaho, northwestern Wyoming, and western Montana, many residents were aware of small pockets of wolves in several areas – wolves which had been there for years. However, since they had not been “discovered” by some recognized wolf expert, they were not accepted as a “Distinct Population Segment”. So, USFWS took it upon itself to ignore the possibility of any real resident wolves (similar to its decision to draw the line between the wolves of northern Minnesota and the wolves of Canada) in order to simply accelerate the “reintroduction” of wolves in the Northern Rockies, where in their opinion wolves had been missing for the past 75 or 80 years.

Research as hard as you may, you will not find where Congress authorized funding for the capture, transportation, care, or handling of those wolves before being released into what was America’s greatest wildlife wonderland. So, where did USFWS get all of those millions of dollars needed to fund such a major project?

Jim Beers, a former Chief of National Wildlife Refuge Operations, who spent the latter part of his 32-year career with the agency working with the disbursement of federally collected tax dollars to help fund state wildlife departments and conservation programs, says USFWS literally stole the money from those funds. Now, these aren’t the tax dollars collected from ALL U.S. taxpayers. Rather, these are the excise tax dollars that America’s sportsmen voluntarily pay on firearm, ammunition, archery gear, fishing tackle and other outdoor related product purchases – under the Pitman-Robertson Act. And those funds are, by law, to be used exclusively for wildlife habitat and fisheries improvement.

According to Beers, through the 1990s USFWS embezzled between $60- and $70-million from Pitman-Robertson funds, with a healthy chunk of that money used to illegally finance capturing northern Canadian wolves and transplanting them into the Northern Rockies. Once again, USFWS stepped way beyond its authority. The wolves they brought to Idaho, Wyoming and Montana are found all across northern British Columbia, the Yukon, northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan – and are in no way endangered. Likewise, they are not the native wolf of the U.S. Northern Rockies. The transplanted wolves are a significantly larger and more aggressive wolf than the wolves that were native to the Northwest. Those residents who know that small pockets of wolves still existed here now accuse USFWS of actually violating the Endangered Species Act.

Plaguing this project even further is that it seems USFWS purposely eliminated any sort of paper trail that would document how much money was spent on bringing in several different invasive subspecies of wolves, the actual subspecies brought across the border, or even the true number of wolves involved in the initial releases. The agency did not file the required Form 3-177, which would have documented all of this. Ironically, this is a USFWS form, required for all importation of wildlife into this country.

Even the Environmental Impact Statement, filed by project leader Ed Bangs, is suspect of being filled with false information in regards to the impact wolves would have on elk, moose, deer and other big game populations, as well as on livestock production. The depredation numbers shared in that statement are only about a third of the impact now being realized. The residents of the Northern Rockies now feel that the “experts” who put together the Northern Rockies Wolf Recovery Plan either didn’t know enough about wolves to play a role, or the misinformation was presented on purpose to sway the opinion of the general public in favor of bringing back a major predator which was eliminated decades ago.

The sportsmen of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana, who have paid the way for the conservation programs that brought big game populations back from nearly being lost during the early 1900s largely feel that USFWS, and their own state wildlife agencies to some degree, are now selling them out. They know that a large percentage of today’s wildlife managers do not hunt, and that they now tend to side more with the major environmental organizations which have a strong anti-hunting stand. Knowing they are paying these managers salaries angers many hunters – and so does the thought that USFWS could steal $60- to $70-million of their tax dollars to introduce a non-indigenous wolf subspecies that is now destroying the past 75 years of big game conservation work.

In some areas, wolves have already decimated elk herds by as much as 60- to 80-percent. The once great northern Yellowstone herd, which numbered around 19,000 at the time the first northern Alberta wolves were released inside the park in 1995, is now down to only a few thousand remaining animals. And those elk that have managed to survive non-stop pressure from the wolves are quickly growing old. Thanks to the near 100-percent loss of elk calves in the spring, the average age of Yellowstone elk is now 8 to 9 years. Before the USFWS “introduction” of an invasive wolf subspecies, elk there averaged 4 years of age.

Despite all the manipulation of wolf science and wolf facts, along with the theft of sportsmen provided money to illegally fund the Northern Rockies Wolf Recovery Project, and all the lies and deceit to hide the truth from the public, the wolf fiasco continues. Those who are feeling the bite of the wolf on their economy and way of life are now questioning a legal system that bows down to the demands of environmental groups, which have profited hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from frivolous lawsuits. Many sportsmen and tax-paying citizens now feel that the USFWS relationship with the greenie groups needs to be investigated. Likewise, that the financial loop hole known as the “Equal Access to Justice Act” needs to be eliminated, preventing environmental organizations from receiving financial restitution from the U.S. Government for grossly padded legal expenses when they do file those thousands of lawsuits. Their favorite “defendant” tends to be USFWS. Has the agency become an all too willing participant in these legal actions?

Most of all, Americans have grown weary of government agencies that repeatedly step beyond their authority, to use whatever means or methods necessary to achieve their desired goals. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is one such rogue agency. – Toby Bridges, LOBO WATCH

LOBO WATCH

100 Parker Court Missoula, MT 59801

Ph. – (406) 542-9751 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (406) 542-9751 end_of_the_skype_highlighting E-mail – wolfkill@lobowatch.com

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Good Words From Ted Nugent!

With the beautiful Atlantic Ocean whitecapping out my hotel window on Fort Lauderdale Beach this fine American rock ‘n ‘roll summer morning, the only thing more beautiful is my handsome, oh-so-utilitarian Glock Model 20, 10 mm semi-auto pistol and 12 loaded high-capacity magazines sitting on the little table next to me. I am such a man for all seasons. Can you say cocked, locked and ready to rock, doc?

I’m on my 47th annual blitzkrieg rock ‘n’ roll tour across America. I have many guitars, oversized amplifiers and plenty of guns and ammo. The American Boy Scout lives. Prepared is good. Unprepared is for losers. Know it.

By all intellectually honest considerations, my gift of life qualifies as supreme, and not only worthy of defending, but clearly demanding to be defended by all moral beings.

And speaking of losers, sadly and frighteningly, some weasels made their way onto the Supreme Court who apparently do not agree with me. Fortunately, I am a self-made man, have a firm grasp of logic, self-evident truth and its history, and I wait for no one to authorize my pure instinct to defend myself and loved ones. When in doubt, I whip it out.

Like many real Americans across this great country, while we are relieved and pleased with the McDonald v. Chicago ruling of five Supreme Court justices, I am appalled that any clear-thinking human being, much less an American sitting on the Supreme Court of the United States, could possibly believe that individual Americans have no right to self-defense. That four of the nine justices believe this is a monumental indictment against the very precepts of the American experiment, the premise of God-given individual rights and a cruel bastardization of our sacred U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.

If anyone thinks for one minute that I am waiting for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg or anyone else to give me the green light to practice the religion of my choice or to speak my individual mind or to write what I damn well please in song or on the pages of newspapers, magazines or websites, he has another painful thing coming.

Heads up, black-robers. I am in charge of my life, survival, thoughts, statements, writings, religious practices and, without a shadow of a doubt, my God-given individual right to keep and bear arms to defend myself from evil in any shape or form. With all due respect, I see and know clear and present evil in tyranny, dictatorships, emperors, kings, despots, slave drivers and the history of abuse of power. And I defy it out of hand.

If ever there was an abuse of power, it would be most egregious when people are voted into public office by “we the people” of America and those elected people have the audacity to attempt to deny me the right to self-defense, then have the unmitigated pomposity to steal more of my hard-earned tax dollars to hire their own armed security detail with my money while forcing me into unarmed helplessness. It must stop now. Know it.

With the Mao Zedong fan club in the White House, a clueless, rookie president hellbent on spending like a maniac as unprecedented debt piles up all around him, and every other imaginable indicator of an America turned upside-down, it comes as no surprise that this insane level of madness has metastasized into a Supreme Court where the Bill of Rights is being trashed by clueless, dangerously insulated old people intentionally disconnected from the real world, where the possession of a firearm often means the difference between life and death for good, innocent Americans every day of the year.

Whose side are these “justices” on?

To dismiss this self-evident truth is literally to side with a failed court system and the evil perpetrators of its insidious, engineered recidivism, virtually guaranteeing stacks of dead victims at the hands of released monsters, while the supreme black-robers go about their professionally protected little lives.

Tell me these four Supreme Court justices don’t know this. Tell me they qualify to have any variation of the term “justice” associated with their names in any way, shape or form. Tell me you believe in forced unarmed helplessness of good American families. Tell me you care. Ask me if I do.

We’d better get crackin’, America. The Supreme Court indecision on the Second Amendment (and I don’t want to hear about the close call) is further proof that the American way is being attacked like never before. I hope all Americans are raising hell like I am, letting elected officials know that we are deeply offended by the course America is on. Fedzilla in all its ugly forms is beyond out of control. The Mao Zedong fan club is moving forward at a breakneck pace to disassemble fundamentally the American dream. It must be stopped.

This blatant disregard for the most basic human right and instinct to self-defense is as bad as it gets. It is time to clean house. Time for real hope and change. I hope we change back to the real America as fast as possible. My life is worth protecting, and my American dream is worth fighting to get back.

“To keep” means it’s mine – you can’t have it. “Bear arms” can only mean one thing: I’ve got some on me right here, right now. “Shall not be infringed” also needs no interpretation, unless you just don’t get it. Get it. And get it right.

Ted Nugent

“What better way to kick off the 4th of July then to read something like this from someone who cares more about our rights as Americans than anyone alive I know. You have our full support Ted Nugent.” – Jason Fackrell

Happy 4th of July America!

Freedom Is Not Free.

Jason Fackrell – Founder of Hunters Against PETA

http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com

Toby Bridges Update Regarding Serious Wolf Problem

Dear Shooting & Hunting Industry Member;

The following e-mail went to Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle yesterday, in regards to the fast growing wolf populations in those states - and the now declining deer populations in those areas where wolves have a strong presence.

While hunters are now beginning to feel the bite of the wolf…the residents of these states have only seen the tip of that iceberg.

The following includes two LOBO WATCH links, to a two-part report written by former USFWS Chief of Operations for the National Wildlife Refuge system, Jim Beers - and it takes a hard look at what lies ahead.

When is the shooting & hunting industry going to organize and get involved with a strong, unified stand against the idiocy of allowing wolves to continue spreading into other wildlife rich regions of this country? Hunting opportunities are now beginning to dry up in Montana, Idaho, and northwestern Wyoming. And wolves are now moving out of these areas and into Washington, Oregon and Colorado…just as they moved out of Minnesota and into Wisconsinand the UP of Michigan.

And as it has everywhere wolves are allowed to establish strong population levels, the amount of huntable big game quickly crashes.

Is the shooting and hunting industry going to sit on its ass and watch the past hundred years of conservation efforts simply be lost? Many of those who live in the West have witnessed the loss of 60- to 80-percent of some very fine elk herds to wolves, and they already feel as if the industry has deserted them.

Toby Bridges
LOBO WATCH
100 Parker Court
Missoula, MT 59801

wolfkill@lobowatch.com

www.lobowatch.com

Jim Beers retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service after 32 years of service, during which he filled positions as a wildlife biologist, a special agent, and even as the Chief of Operations for the National Wildlife Refuge system, among others.

He has seen USFWS at its best, and at its worst.

In a two-part report published on the LOBO WATCH website, he shares the true reason why wolves are being reestablished as the primary predator, wolf impact, their spread, and the danger they pose to all Americans.

Whether you are for or against having wolves among us, these eye-opening reports share details about wolves that most Americans have not been told by those who are forcing us to accept them. If we’re going to be faced with living with wolves, here is the start to the education every one of us will require.

Part 1 – Wolf Country in 2010

http://www.lobowatch.com/WhyWolves.html

Part 2 – Wolves, A Deadly Threat Coming To Urban America

http://www.lobowatch.com/WhyWolves2.html

Ironically, as I was building the page for Part 2 of Jim Beers’ report on LOBO WATCH yesterday, I received a phone call from a local predator controller who had just been alerted that 15 wolves had been spotted on a mountain side only about 3 miles from where I sat. The pack had crossed just above the big white “L” (Loyola Sacred Heart High School) on Mount Jumbo…right at the edge of Missoula.

It’s happening.

Toby Bridges
LOBO WATCH

http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com

PETA Makes A Phone Call And Gets DA-Richard Smothermon Out Of ‘Chandler, Oklahoma’ To Press Charges Against A Hunter For Legally Killing A Wild Hog!

Dear Fellow Sportsmen,

I have some disturbing news and I’m asking everyone that wants to keep hunting and fishing to fight for our rights now and to take action on something I’m about to tell you.

Recently Hunters Against PETA was contacted by a fellow sportsman by the name of Ryan J Carretero out of Chandler, Oklahoma – Lincoln County. Ryan indicated to us that he had recently been charged with animal cruelty for hunting, trapping then killing a wild hog with a knife.

Ryan posted the video of the hunt on youtube causing PETA to see it, then PETA in return called the DA of Chandler, Oklahoma – Richard Smothermon to press charges of “animal cruelty” on Ryan Carretero. Ryan posted bail last Friday, May 14th.

Ryan is a law abiding citizen who has never been arrested before and is a stand up citizen. What Ryan did was completely legal and he was within 100% of his rights. He was hunting, trapping and killing a wild animal. He did absolutely nothing wrong. He posted the hunt on youtube which gave PETA a reason and ammunition to call the Sheriff and DA of Chandler Oklahoma and get them to press charges on Ryan.

In our eyes this is a very important case. If PETA can simply make a phone call to the DA and Sheriff’s office and get them to press charges for trapping, hunting and killing a wild animal then what’s next for sportsmen’s rights?

This is proof of just how strong animal rights groups like PETA are becoming and how dangerous they are to our rights as sportsmen.

We’re urging every sportsman who reads this to contact DA-Richard Smothermon and Judge Paul Vassar and pressure them to drop the charges against Ryan Carretero. Also we’re asking that you spread the word to as many people as you can to contact these people as well.

Strength is built in numbers.

We must make a stand now or we won’t have any rights left to fight for.

District #23
Richard L. Smothermon
District Attorney

Pottawatomie County Courthouse
331 N. Broadway
Shawnee, Oklahoma 74801
Phone: (405)-275-6800
Fax: (405)-275-3575

Lincoln County Courthouse
811 Manvel Ave., Suite 8
Chandler Oklahoma 74834
Phone: (405)-258-1674
Fax: (405)-258-3136

Send an Email: http://www.ok.gov/triton/contact.php?ac=92&id=92

Paul Vassar – District Judge
Lincoln County Courthouse
811 Manvel Ave., Suite 8
Chandler Oklahoma 74834
Phone: (405)-258-1399

Mayor Tom Knight
Chandler City Hall
414 Manvel Ave
Chandler, Oklahoma 74834
Phone: (405)-264-5000
Fax: (405)-264-5099

Sincerely,

Jason Fackrell
Founding Member of Hunters Against PETA
Join The Fight For Our Rights!

We’ve been asked many times for a link to the video. The video was taken off of youtube therefore no one can see it. However it doesn’t matter what’s on the video he was within his rights of taking wild game. The sheriff of Lincoln County has also stated after watching the video that he did absolutely nothing wrong and obeyed the law. It was the decision of DA-Richard Smothermon to press these charges due to a high amount of pressure from PETA.

Animal rights groups think and say any form of killing or consuming any animal is “animal cruelty.” As hunters there needs to be no gray area when it comes to legally taking a wild animal, it’s black or white you’re on one side or the other. Every little victory for these animal rights groups big or small and whether we agree with the way the animal was killed or not puts another bullet through our rights as sportsmen and gets them closer to their goal.

When animal rights groups start dictating to us how we can take wild game and which legal weapons we can use to take them then our rights are already gone.

http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com

Firearm Ban In Illinois

Currently in Illinois there’s a pending “assault weapon” ban that would prohibit many commonly used hunting rifles.

The measure, House Bill 5751 was introduced by Representative Edward Acevedo (D-Chicago), it would prohibit the manufacture, delivery, sale, purchase or possession of semi-automatic “assault weapons.” This bill defines assault weapon to include many firearms that are commonly used for hunting such as semi-automatic shotguns that have either a pistol grip or a thumb hole stock.

This bill does allow for the continued possession of banned firearms that are owned before the ban takes effect but would not allow the purchase or transfer of new firearms that are on the list. Additionally, HB 5751 includes an exemption for the possession of a banned firearm if it is used solely for hunting. However, this exemption does not provide adequate protection for sportsmen who might also use that same firearm for recreational or target shooting.

We at Hunters Against PETA are sending out an alert to all fellow sportsmen in the Illinois area warning them to fight this to the end as we will be doing also.

http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com

The HSUS Buying Up Stock

The HSUS Continues To Buy Stock To Push Their Agenda

The largest and richest anti-hunting organization continues to buy up stock in food companies. They do this so that they will gain control over what these companies use to make their products and in the end to ultimately accomplish their goal which is to stop all consuming and killing of animals.

A press release that was sent out by the HSUS indicated that they bought stock in Flower Foods Inc., which is a company based out of Georgia that manufactures baked goods. The HSUS intends to use their power to make Flower Foods to stop using egg suppliers that don't act to the exact standards that the HSUS thinks they should be.

One of the standards being the size of the cage where the hens are stored.

As some may recall the HSUS bought stock in 'Jack In The Box' and the 'Steak and Shake' chains back in February under the same intentions.

Hunters Against PETA will continue to keep an eye on the HSUS and do what we can to combat them. The HSUS is the biggest threat to us sportsmen, they are extremely rich and powerful. They have many friends in Hollywood and in Washington.

http://www.HuntersAgainstPeta.com

Kinesys Sunscreen Company Friends With PETA

We received an informative email the other day from one of our friends DIYBowHunter.com informing us of an email that they received from the large and popular sunscreen company Kinesys. Kinesys is a very large sunscreen manufacture. Here is the email that Kinesys sent to DIYBowHunter.com

“Hi Al,

Thanks so much for your email. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide a
free sample for you to test.

Our promotional efforts focus mainly on efforts to help prevent sun damage,
especially in the area of skin cancer prevention. While we certainly can
appreciate how your readers would have significant need for an undetectable
sun protection product while hunting, I am sure you can also appreciate how
a company such as ours must be careful in choosing our alignment partners.
We have a significant number of retailers, end-users and stakeholders who
would prefer we stay focused on an educational-only message.

As I am sure you have heard before, your sport is considered controversial
by some and we consider any possible promotional opportunities to be
inappropriate for our mainstream family-oriented messages. Additionally, as
you will see in our website we have deliberately formulated our products to
be cruelty-free to animals and we are a partner of such groups as Caring
Consumer, an affiliate of PeTA. Obviously, sport hunting is highly
inconsistent with this stance.

We did have the opportunity to view your website and we believe it to be
well-done and your hard work in presenting it does show. However, for both
business and ethical reasons we thank you for your interest but decline any
future involvement.

We wish you and Eric success with your website and blog and should you wish
to purchase KINeSYS products, we always welcome new customers.

Sincerely,
Rob Takeuchi
KINeSYS Inc.”

We at Hunters Against PETA encourage everyone to stop buying this company`s products, if you do you`re supporting PETA.

http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com

Wolves Update From Montana

PRESS RELEASE
March 27, 2010

For Immediate Release.
Contact: info@markformontana.com

www.markformontana.com

Montana Congressional Challenger Calls for Immediate Reduction of Wolf Population in Montana

Paradise, Montana (Mar. 27, 2010) – Montana Congressional challenger, Mark French, is calling for an immediate reduction of the wolf populations in Montana, citing four main points. First is the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) policy of eradicating a species that represents an “emerging threat” to a native endangered species, as has become apparent with the current non-native wolf species introduced in the state. Secondly, the presence of a harmful parasite enhanced in Montana through introduction of this non-native wolf subspecies. Third is the direct threat of domestic predation as seen last week with the miniature horses near St.Regis and the recent killing of a healthy female jogger in Alaska. Lastly is the obvious and severe decline in the wild game populations linked directly to wolf predation.

French noted the MFWP’s policy for eradicating “emerging threats” practiced during the purposeful poisoning of the Blossom Lakes and Creek Fisheries in August 2009 near Thompson Falls, Montana as well as other locations in the state. To be consistent with the MFWP’s philosophy where the “emerging threat” of the brook trout was potentially harming the viability of the native endangered bull trout, French says the state must take a studied look at the current wolf issue here in Montana. The introduced wolf is roughly twice the size of the resident endangered wolf, and comes from a Northern wolf population that is far from endangered. “Montanans suspect they have been sold a lie. They are taking action into their own hands because their government has failed them while their game herds are disappearing before their eyes,” French exclaimed.

There are many subspecies of wolves in America. Wolf advocates have classified the many wolf subspecies into 5 groups: two of which are Canis lupus nubilus (CLN), considered the category for the small “native” Montana wolf – and Canis lupus occidentalis(CLO), a far northern subspecies category for the much larger wolf that was introduced into Montana over a decade ago. It is important to note that the CLN subspecies is considered threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), whereas the CLO subspecies is not.

“Introduction of the CLO subspecies is not justified under the ESA,” states French, when recognizing that these wolves have a much harsher impact on the Montana environment and other native big game species than the CLN subspecies would have had. Of the greatest immediate concern is the impact of this larger more aggressive subspecies on game herds. “How can we protect this subspecies under the ESA, when it is the smaller native CLN subspecies that has qualified for threatened species protection in our state?” French asks.

In addition to the Endangered Species Act concerns, there has emerged a potentially significant public health hazard due to the parasite, E.granulosa, enhanced in our environment through introduction of the non-native wolf subspecies. This foreign parasite can potentially have incalculable negative economic impact in addition to a direct threat to domestic herd animals, pets and human health. This parasite has the potential to infect all persons involved in the handling and consumption of domestic and game animals. “Is Montana’s ranching industry prepared to weather this potentially huge economic threat? In addition, are we willing to have our people and pets threatened by attack when going out alone? asks French, a rancher, outdoorsman and medical scientist.

As the invasive brook trout was an “emerging threat” to the threatened bull trout and decisive action was taken by MFWP to remove the “emerging threat”, decisive action must be taken by MFWP against the invasive CLO wolf subspecies in order to protect the ESA threatened CLN wolf subspecies. The declining herds, domestic threats and the parasite problem seal the urgency of this decisive action.

A public meeting on this subject called by Senator Hinkle, will be held at the Thompson Falls gymnasium on 3/29/10 from 6-8 PM. Regional wolf experts will take questions.

French asks any concerned citizen to contact Joe Maurier, Director of MFWP, through Phone: 406-444-9089 ext. 2535; Email: jmaurie@mt.gov; or Fax: 406-444-4952.

Express your thoughts and request the following actions be taken immediately:

1. Immediate public hearing on this issue called within 2 weeks.

2. Open season for all legal hunters.

3. State sponsored aggressive helicopter hunting.

4. State sponsored trapping.

Once the immediate threat of this non-native wolf species is significantly reduced, Montana must retain complete wolf management responsibility as authorized under the Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution.

We at Hunters Against PETA will definitely be expressing our opinion on this matter and we urge everyone who reads this to follow suit and do the same.

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Minnesota Fights To Manage Wolves

Minnesota has recently asked the U.S. Fish and Game to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list again up in the Great Lakes Region. If the petition is successful it would allow the wolf population to be managed there once again.

However groups like the HSUS and the Defenders of Wildlife are going to fight tooth and nail to see that this doesnt happen.

The petition was filed on March, 17th by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and asked that the feds respond within 90 days.

The first delisting was in 2007 and was challenged by the HSUS but was struck down by a federal court and they were put back on the list in 2008.

Then on May, 4th 2009 the wolves in the Great Lakes Region were taken off of the Endangered Species List thanks to a good move by Bush. However groups of anti`s fought to have them put back on the Endangered Species List citing that Bush`s administration didn`t follow proper procedure during their final weeks in office. This put them back on the list on Sept, 16th 2009.

Hunters Against PETA fully supports Minnesota`s decision to get the wolves removed off of the Endangered Species List in the Great Lakes Region and we will lend our full support in anyway we can to see that this happens.

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Please support our brothers - USSA

USSA Unveils Exciting New Program
to Defend Sportsmen’s Rights

(Columbus) – Today, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) officially unveiled a dynamic new initiative aimed at building an army of sportsmen from coast to coast to protect America’s outdoor heritage for future generations.

The USSA’s Sentry Program is free to join and represents the most intense effort ever focused on attracting sportsmen to become active players in the fight to preserve hunting, fishing and trapping rights whenever they are threatened.

By becoming a Sentry, sportsmen gain access to instant email communications about local and national threats to their outdoor rights as they happen. They will also be given specific instructions on which public officials to contact and when as these threats emerge. This communication network will enable sportsmen to mobilize quicker and more effectively than ever before.

In addition to getting sportsmen engaged in advocacy, the Sentry Program offers additional benefits, giving sportsmen a “one stop” web site for key information including state hunting regulations, information on where one can find a shooting range and other hunting and fishing tips from recognized leaders in the outdoor community.

“There are many anti-hunting organizations seeking to do away with what we love,” said Bud Pidgeon, USSA president and CEO. “By coming together under the Sentry Program, sportsmen will enhance our ranks and collectively stand tall against those groups.”

There is no cost to join the Sentry Program and requires only a minimal amount of information from those interested. For more information, please contact 614-888-4868, visit the USSA’s website at www.ussportsmen.org/BeASentry, or e-mail info@ussportsmen.org.

You can also view a video describing the program by clicking here.

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance is a national association of sportsmen and sportsmen’s organizations that protects the rights of hunters, anglers and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and through public education programs. For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.

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New Document From Administration Could Be Trouble For Sportsmen

A memo that was leaked from the Department of Interior states plans to set aside millions of acres of federal land that currently are open to sportsmen. They`re going to name this land "National Monuments." These millions of acres will become federal land if Obama makes it so, all this needs is Obama`s pen stroke and it`s done.

The memo states about 13 million acres across nine western states that will be set aside as "National Monuments."

The 1906 Antiquities Act allows the President to make these designations without Congressional approval or local input.

We are very concerned about this having learned from past history, Monument designations have caused trouble for sportsmen. One example is President Carter created millions of acres of National Park Service Monuments in Alaska which were immediately closed to all types of hunting. It took an act of Congress to undo many of these hunting closures.

President Clinton took similar action at the end of his term.

We know that a Monument designation does not automatically limit hunting or other uses, however experience has shown that this type of designation can have a negative impact on access and conservation efforts.

We at Hunters Against PETA believe that all sportsmen and American citizens should have the right to voice their opinions on this matter and we`ll be sending our opinion to the White House expressing our disapproval.

We`ll be watching this matter very closely and make sportsmen aware of any changes regarding this matter.

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Anti-Hunter To Be Named Key House Committee For Sportsmen

U.S. Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) who has long apposed hunting and trapping and who has cosponsored multiple anti-hunting, anti-trapping bills during his political history made be nominated to a key position (Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies) that will have a negative impact on sportsmen.

If nominated Moran would oversee the funding for the Department of Interior and its various agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This position would give him access and high power over decisions made regarding public lands which sportsmen hunt on. So he would have the power to close access to public lands or keep them open to sportsmen.

The HSUS supports Jim Moran and his efforts.

Here are some examples of the anti-trapping laws he cosponsored:

HR 3710- which would prohibit the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System; and

HR 2480- “Truth in Fur Labeling Act of 2009” which would enforce more restrictive labeling requirements on fur.

In February, 2009, he helped form the “Creature Caucus” in order to promote animal rights issues in Washington.

Moran has also supported anti-gun legislation earning himself the number four position on the NRA’s 2006 Top Anti-Gun representatives.

Jim Moran is a serious threat to sportsmen and gun owners, we will be keeping a close eye on him and making the public aware of his actions every step of the way.

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Defenders of Wildlife Attack Cabela`s

The Defenders Of Wildlife – being one of the biggest anti-hunting groups in America have set their sites on two of the biggest and best outdoor stores` – Cabela`s and Sportsman`s Warehouse.

The Defenders Of Wildlife posted this on their site action alert accusing these companies for sponsoring what they call “wolf killing competitions,” in Idaho.

The group has also attacked Cabela’s for the decision by the local paper in Sidney, Nebraska to not run an inflammatory ad against Cabela’s that Defenders had produced. It then went on to solicit funds to run the ad in other papers throughout the state.

Cabela`s did not sponsor any “wolf killing competition” and if they had we`d be thanking them. What they did though was give $150 worth of products as a donation to the Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife-Idaho organization. The Sporstmen for Fish and Wildlife group organized and conducted three local predator hunts in 2009. The hunts complied with all state and federal laws. Additionally, all available information indicates that no wolves were killed during the hunts.

The Defenders of Wildlife have been long time advocates for keeping the wolf on the endangered species list, which are now wiping out our elk herds in the Rockies.

We urge everyone who stops in a Cabela`s or Sportsman`s Warehouse to let them know of your support for their efforts and give them a pat on the back.

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The HSUS Gives “Humane” Ratings To States!

For years now the HSUS has issued what they call “report cards” to Congress rating each state according to how much support they give to the HSUS and animal rights.

Now the HSUS is giving ratings according to the laws each state has on it`s books.

This February 8, the HSUS announced it was releasing its first “Humane State Ranking.” This is what the groups press release is intended to be “a comprehensive report rating all 50 states on a wide range of animal protection laws dealing with pets, animal cruelty and fighting, wildlife, animals in research, horses, and farm animals.”

No surprise that California came in at number one. You can`t even hunt on Sunday in CA…whoever heard of such a thing?

If your state is not high on their list be thankful.

Click here to see how your state ranks according to the HSUS

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Animal Rights Cacus formed in Calfornia State Legislation….More proof of how strong the animal rights groups are becoming!

Sportsmen in CA and across America must stand up and fight against these groups and politicians.

“Importance of COHA Reaches New Heightened Level

In a move that further validates California as the front line in the nationwide fight to protect the future of hunting, the California State Legislature has laid claim to the first ever Caucus formed solely to push an animal rights agenda. According to a press release issued by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the new “Animal Protection Caucus” – co-chaired by Senator Dean Florez (D-Shafter), Senator Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks), Assembly Member Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita), and Assembly Member Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) – will serve to highlight important issues affecting animals and to educate legislators and their staff on the need for “sensible” animal protection legislation.

This bold move by certain members of the California Legislature and the animal rights community clearly demonstrates their focus on California and their increased priority of passing legislation in our state that directly challenges your freedom to hunt.

“Although it may be unfathomable, hunters and other conservationists have just been served serious notice that California will now face even greater challenges to our outdoor traditions,” stated California Outdoor Heritage Alliance President, Bill Gaines.

California’s outdoorsmen and women simply have no choice but to ensure their voice is loud and united in the halls of the State Capitol by supporting the California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA) and COHA’s Political Action Committee (COHA PAC). Do your part – unite with COHA and help meet this challenge by joining COHA at Join COHA. Support COHA PAC and enter to win great prizes by purchasing tickets for the COHA PAC raffle at COHA PAC. COHA PAC funds are only used to help elect pro-hunting candidates for statewide public office”

Here`s what the HSUS had to say about the new animal rights cacus. Wayne Pacelle (president of the HSUS) will be present at the CA state capital in Feb to kick off this new cacus click here

Please send your support to the COHA – outdoorheritage.org (California Outdoor Heritage Alliance) and voice your opinion in opposition to this new animal rights cacus and the people behind it:

Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Thousand Oaks, and Assembly members Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita, and Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, Jim Moran, D-Va., and Elton Gallegly, R-Calif.

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Keeping Wolves Out of Utah!

We applaud the Utah lawmakers who have decided not to allow wolves to enter Utah under any circumstances and we at Hunters Against PETA will lend our full support in any way we can to make sure we keep wolves from spreading to Utah!

“We don’t have wolves in Utah right now, supposedly, and we don’t want them here,” said Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden.

Christensen’s bill requires state wildlife workers to kill or capture any wild wolf that enters the state.

“They serve no real useful purpose, and my bill simply says ‘you’re not welcome here,’” Christensen said.

“We’re willing to spend private money to take it all the way to the supreme court,” Christensen said.

For the full story click here

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