PETA kicked off their 30th anniversary celebration on Sept 25th, with a red carpet full of famous Hollywood stars ranging from Pamela Anderson, Wilmer Valderrama, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Kelly Osbourne, James Cromwell, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Fred Willard, Jay Hernandez, Iggy Pop, Yvonne Strahovski, Sophia Bush, Owain Yeoman, Lucy Davis, Jim Parsons, Jena Malone, Bryan Adams, Eli Roth, Dave Navarro, Eva Mendes and Anjelica Huston.
It’s a shame to see PETA receive so much support from so many famous people. However it’s good to know who really supports PETA.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Email from Congressman Jim Matheson
September 28, 2010
Dear Mr. Fackrell,
Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding a petition currently pending before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban lead ammunition and fishing sinkers. I appreciate your interest in the issues facing our country and state, and I am glad for the opportunity to respond to your inquiry. By contacting me on issues important to you, I am better able to represent Utah in Congress.
On August 3, 2010, a petition was filed by several environmental groups requesting the EPA revise the rules governing toxic substances to ban the manufacture, processing and distribution of lead shot, bullets, and fishing sinkers. As you may know, EPA has the authority to protect against unreasonable risk of injury to health or environment from chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On August 27, the EPA determined that it did not have authority to regulate lead shot and bullets due to the exemption provided for these substances in TSCA, and subsequently denied that portion of the petition. However, EPA is still reviewing the request on lead fishing sinkers and must make a determination by November 3.
As a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights and sportsmen’s rights, I agree with the EPA’s decision to deny the petition regarding lead shot and bullets and hope they will make the same determination for lead fishing sinkers. The EPA is currently accepting public comments on the fishing sinker issue, and I strongly encourage you to weigh in during this process.
Again, thank you for sharing your concerns with me. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact my office.
Sincerely,
JIM MATHESON
Member of Congress
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Dear Mr. Fackrell,
Thank you for sharing your concerns regarding a petition currently pending before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban lead ammunition and fishing sinkers. I appreciate your interest in the issues facing our country and state, and I am glad for the opportunity to respond to your inquiry. By contacting me on issues important to you, I am better able to represent Utah in Congress.
On August 3, 2010, a petition was filed by several environmental groups requesting the EPA revise the rules governing toxic substances to ban the manufacture, processing and distribution of lead shot, bullets, and fishing sinkers. As you may know, EPA has the authority to protect against unreasonable risk of injury to health or environment from chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On August 27, the EPA determined that it did not have authority to regulate lead shot and bullets due to the exemption provided for these substances in TSCA, and subsequently denied that portion of the petition. However, EPA is still reviewing the request on lead fishing sinkers and must make a determination by November 3.
As a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights and sportsmen’s rights, I agree with the EPA’s decision to deny the petition regarding lead shot and bullets and hope they will make the same determination for lead fishing sinkers. The EPA is currently accepting public comments on the fishing sinker issue, and I strongly encourage you to weigh in during this process.
Again, thank you for sharing your concerns with me. If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact my office.
Sincerely,
JIM MATHESON
Member of Congress
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
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.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Hunting and The New York Times
Working to Keep a Heritage Relevant
This article was pulled directly from the New York Times.
HAMBURG, Pa. — To millions of Americans, autumn means not just N.F.L. games and the World Series but also the start of hunting season — a few months packed with chances to stalk deer, bear, ducks and doves with rifles, shotguns, bows and even black-powder muskets.
“Hunting is one of those sports where you can’t have too much stuff,” said Dan Gechtman, 46, one of many customers streaming into Cabela’s, a hunting and fishing megastore here, on a balmy afternoon. “This store is on steroids,” he said while trying on a camouflage suit that fluttered with artificial leaves and taking in the dazzling array of products, stuffed animal dioramas and a laser-shooting arcade.
In some rural areas, hunting is still so universal that schools close on the opening day of deer season. President Obama, in a ritual White House act requested by sporting fans and manufacturers, proclaimed Saturday National Hunting and Fishing Day. But as the hunters revel in their preparations for their annual forays into the wild, hunting enthusiasts are gearing up to reverse the long-term dwindling of their ranks.
As the nation becomes more urban and teenagers seek other recreation, the popularity of hunting is declining. The latest federal survey, in 2006, found that 12.5 million people hunt each year, down from 17 million in 1975. Other studies suggest that perhaps 18 million people hunt occasionally, but in any case, hunters represent a shrinking part of the population.
The graying ranks and the impulses that have sustained stores like Cabela’s, even in the recession, are typified by Gerard Dick, 72, who has hunted since childhood and through a career as a high school science teacher. He owns plenty of weapons, he said, but on Thursday afternoon he was checking out a small rifle with a camouflage-covered stock.
“I’ll use it on turkeys and groundhogs,” he said.
The decline in hunters is a concern for state fish and game agencies, which are financed through licenses and excise taxes on sporting goods, as well as for pro-hunting conservation groups and advocates like the National Rifle Association.
“We’re concerned that in the future we aren’t going to have adequate dollars to manage our wildlife resources,” said John E. Frampton, director of South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources and president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. “We also want to preserve an important part of our heritage.”
Mr. Frampton serves on a new federal advisory board intended “to help promote and preserve America’s hunting heritage for future generations,” in part by drawing in more youths and women.
While declining interest and shrinking wildlife habitat may be the main threats to the pastime, hunting and gun groups are worried by the occasional efforts to restrict it, like the ban on mourning dove hunting in Michigan that was promoted by animal rights advocates.
South Carolina is one of four states, along with Arizona, Arkansas and Tennessee, that will vote this fall on adding the right to hunt and fish to their constitutions. Ten states already have such provisions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
None of these long-term worries were on the mind of Victor Hakes, 53, as he wandered in Cabela’s on Thursday afternoon with his wife, Shawna, and their grandson after making a two-hour drive from northern Pennsylvania. Mr. Hakes, who builds custom trailers, bags deer and turkeys every year but has not yet shot a bear, “although I passed over two cubs,” he said.
On this trip he was just buying boots, but his eyes shifted toward the gun racks. “I’ve got 10 rifles and shotguns, and she won’t let me buy any more,” he said, nudging his wife with a laugh.
Their 3-year-old grandson, Aiden Jaeger, looked with wide eyes at a huge stuffed moose. “He’ll be a hunter and a fisherman,” Mr. Hakes said, expressing a hope that Aiden would buck the national trend and carry on a family tradition.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
This article was pulled directly from the New York Times.
HAMBURG, Pa. — To millions of Americans, autumn means not just N.F.L. games and the World Series but also the start of hunting season — a few months packed with chances to stalk deer, bear, ducks and doves with rifles, shotguns, bows and even black-powder muskets.
“Hunting is one of those sports where you can’t have too much stuff,” said Dan Gechtman, 46, one of many customers streaming into Cabela’s, a hunting and fishing megastore here, on a balmy afternoon. “This store is on steroids,” he said while trying on a camouflage suit that fluttered with artificial leaves and taking in the dazzling array of products, stuffed animal dioramas and a laser-shooting arcade.
In some rural areas, hunting is still so universal that schools close on the opening day of deer season. President Obama, in a ritual White House act requested by sporting fans and manufacturers, proclaimed Saturday National Hunting and Fishing Day. But as the hunters revel in their preparations for their annual forays into the wild, hunting enthusiasts are gearing up to reverse the long-term dwindling of their ranks.
As the nation becomes more urban and teenagers seek other recreation, the popularity of hunting is declining. The latest federal survey, in 2006, found that 12.5 million people hunt each year, down from 17 million in 1975. Other studies suggest that perhaps 18 million people hunt occasionally, but in any case, hunters represent a shrinking part of the population.
The graying ranks and the impulses that have sustained stores like Cabela’s, even in the recession, are typified by Gerard Dick, 72, who has hunted since childhood and through a career as a high school science teacher. He owns plenty of weapons, he said, but on Thursday afternoon he was checking out a small rifle with a camouflage-covered stock.
“I’ll use it on turkeys and groundhogs,” he said.
The decline in hunters is a concern for state fish and game agencies, which are financed through licenses and excise taxes on sporting goods, as well as for pro-hunting conservation groups and advocates like the National Rifle Association.
“We’re concerned that in the future we aren’t going to have adequate dollars to manage our wildlife resources,” said John E. Frampton, director of South Carolina’s Department of Natural Resources and president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. “We also want to preserve an important part of our heritage.”
Mr. Frampton serves on a new federal advisory board intended “to help promote and preserve America’s hunting heritage for future generations,” in part by drawing in more youths and women.
While declining interest and shrinking wildlife habitat may be the main threats to the pastime, hunting and gun groups are worried by the occasional efforts to restrict it, like the ban on mourning dove hunting in Michigan that was promoted by animal rights advocates.
South Carolina is one of four states, along with Arizona, Arkansas and Tennessee, that will vote this fall on adding the right to hunt and fish to their constitutions. Ten states already have such provisions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
None of these long-term worries were on the mind of Victor Hakes, 53, as he wandered in Cabela’s on Thursday afternoon with his wife, Shawna, and their grandson after making a two-hour drive from northern Pennsylvania. Mr. Hakes, who builds custom trailers, bags deer and turkeys every year but has not yet shot a bear, “although I passed over two cubs,” he said.
On this trip he was just buying boots, but his eyes shifted toward the gun racks. “I’ve got 10 rifles and shotguns, and she won’t let me buy any more,” he said, nudging his wife with a laugh.
Their 3-year-old grandson, Aiden Jaeger, looked with wide eyes at a huge stuffed moose. “He’ll be a hunter and a fisherman,” Mr. Hakes said, expressing a hope that Aiden would buck the national trend and carry on a family tradition.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Friday, September 24, 2010
Now More Hunting and Fishing In America
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Announces More Fishing and Hunting Opportunies
Last week September, 15th the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that more hunting and fishing opportunities would be expanded on 8 different refuges. These new openings include some lands that are already open to hunting and fishing but sportsmen are now able to harvest more species on more land that they weren’t able to before.
Here’s a list of the refuges:
1. Modoc in California - more land opened for migratory bird hunting.
2. Cape May in New Jersey - now able to harvest upland game and turkey hunting.
3. Fort Niobrara in Nebraska – opening land to big game hunting.
4. Caddo Lake in Texas – first time hunting and offering big game opportunities.
5. Deep Fork in Oklahoma - more land opened for big game hunting.
6. Bosque del Apache in New Mexico - now adding turkey to the list of game animals that can be hunted.
7. Rappahannock River Valley in Virginia – opening land for fishing where it was previously not allowed.
8. Minnesota Valley in Minnesota - more land and species for migratory bird and upland game hunting and additional land for big game hunting.
This is great news for us sportsmen. It’s always great to see our rights moving forward.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Last week September, 15th the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that more hunting and fishing opportunities would be expanded on 8 different refuges. These new openings include some lands that are already open to hunting and fishing but sportsmen are now able to harvest more species on more land that they weren’t able to before.
Here’s a list of the refuges:
1. Modoc in California - more land opened for migratory bird hunting.
2. Cape May in New Jersey - now able to harvest upland game and turkey hunting.
3. Fort Niobrara in Nebraska – opening land to big game hunting.
4. Caddo Lake in Texas – first time hunting and offering big game opportunities.
5. Deep Fork in Oklahoma - more land opened for big game hunting.
6. Bosque del Apache in New Mexico - now adding turkey to the list of game animals that can be hunted.
7. Rappahannock River Valley in Virginia – opening land for fishing where it was previously not allowed.
8. Minnesota Valley in Minnesota - more land and species for migratory bird and upland game hunting and additional land for big game hunting.
This is great news for us sportsmen. It’s always great to see our rights moving forward.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Monday, September 20, 2010
New York Troops Need Our Help
We recently received an email from a gentleman by the name of George Wooden stating that a group of troops out of Ithaca, New York who happen to be sportsmen are being attacked by animal rights groups for wanting to go hunting and fishing. There's a lodge that provides free fishing and hunting for our troops in Ithaca. It's titled the "Liberty Lodge". This is a great place for these troops to go and relax and forgot about everything they saw in the Middle East and now these animal rights groups are attacking them.
It boggles my mind that some people and groups have absolutely no shame whatsoever. These troops put their lives on the line so we can all enjoy our lives and be able to be free to pursue whatever it is we desire. Troops allow us to live in a free country that in my opinion is the best country in the world.
I would like to encourage members of these groups to hang out with some wounded and disabled veterans for a day. And then try to continue to bash and attack them merely because they want to pursue a love and passion that 13 million Americans share.
We as sportsmen must ban together and stop these hateful, negative groups from taking away something that we all love and enjoy all year long.
It's up to us if we want to keep our rights and stop things like this from happening again and again.
Please show your support.
Be safe and good hunting.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
It boggles my mind that some people and groups have absolutely no shame whatsoever. These troops put their lives on the line so we can all enjoy our lives and be able to be free to pursue whatever it is we desire. Troops allow us to live in a free country that in my opinion is the best country in the world.
I would like to encourage members of these groups to hang out with some wounded and disabled veterans for a day. And then try to continue to bash and attack them merely because they want to pursue a love and passion that 13 million Americans share.
We as sportsmen must ban together and stop these hateful, negative groups from taking away something that we all love and enjoy all year long.
It's up to us if we want to keep our rights and stop things like this from happening again and again.
Please show your support.
Be safe and good hunting.
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
Our Troops Need Your Support
This is an email we recieved from George Wooden. We’re going to do what we can to help these guys out and we urge everyone who reads this to do the same.
“Hey ya’all…
PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE…its VITALLY important!!!
Ive been hunting for 20 years. Walks, crawls, flies or slithers…I hunt it. I grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay…so you know I have been fishing all my life.
At the same time, I am a red blooded American. I know one thing about people like us…we love our country.
HERE is where I am begging you all to help out. I am helping out a non profit Hunting Lodge in Ithaca, New York called “Liberty Lodge.” Its a place, where men and women who were wounded in the Armed Forces can go, relax and hunt/fish totally free.
So far, because of their upcoming fundraising event…they have been attacked by PETA and other organizations out there. THEY ARE ONLY TRYING TO TAKE VETERANS HUNTING!!! This is absolutely a true story!!!
If you live near Ithaca, New York or within traveling distance…please come to the “Out of the Rubble Gala”…even if you dont spend a dime there, come out and have a FANTASTIC Dinner only for $40.00 each. Its a HUGE Hunting show, BIG Fundraiser…like a DU Dinner on Steroids.
If you dont live anywhere near there, you can still help out if you truly believe in our Troops or our country NOT THE GOVERNMENT…you can buy a seat for a hero, donate something to this incredible cause OR just post up the link to the Gala which is:
http://www.outoftherubblegala.com/
Its time that people like us, stand up for people like us…I am not asking for your help…I am BEGGING FOR IT…Please!!!
George Wooden”
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
“Hey ya’all…
PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE…its VITALLY important!!!
Ive been hunting for 20 years. Walks, crawls, flies or slithers…I hunt it. I grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay…so you know I have been fishing all my life.
At the same time, I am a red blooded American. I know one thing about people like us…we love our country.
HERE is where I am begging you all to help out. I am helping out a non profit Hunting Lodge in Ithaca, New York called “Liberty Lodge.” Its a place, where men and women who were wounded in the Armed Forces can go, relax and hunt/fish totally free.
So far, because of their upcoming fundraising event…they have been attacked by PETA and other organizations out there. THEY ARE ONLY TRYING TO TAKE VETERANS HUNTING!!! This is absolutely a true story!!!
If you live near Ithaca, New York or within traveling distance…please come to the “Out of the Rubble Gala”…even if you dont spend a dime there, come out and have a FANTASTIC Dinner only for $40.00 each. Its a HUGE Hunting show, BIG Fundraiser…like a DU Dinner on Steroids.
If you dont live anywhere near there, you can still help out if you truly believe in our Troops or our country NOT THE GOVERNMENT…you can buy a seat for a hero, donate something to this incredible cause OR just post up the link to the Gala which is:
http://www.outoftherubblegala.com/
Its time that people like us, stand up for people like us…I am not asking for your help…I am BEGGING FOR IT…Please!!!
George Wooden”
http://www.HuntersAgainstPETA.com
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