Monthly Archives: January 2010

To save deer, SoCal city bans new pointy fences

Citing at least one instance in which a deer became impaled on a sharp fence, the Los Altos Hills City Council Jan. 13 amended an existing ordinance to ban spikes and sharp points or edges from new fence construction to … Continue reading

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1911 pistol is top RMEF auction item

MISSOULA, Mont.—Ask an elk hunter about their favorite caliber and you’ll hear nary a peep about the .45 ACP. Venerable handgun round, certainly. Big game round, hardly. That’s why Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation officials are pleasantly surprised that a Kimber … Continue reading

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Aussie’s musical gun tribute is huge YouTube hit

STEVE LEE says he never set out to be an internet hit. He just loves guns – and thought he would write a song about it. He says he is as shocked as anyone that his YouTube clip I Like … Continue reading

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Big buck in the kitchen

Mark Page couldn’t believe what he found in the kitchen of his Belleville home Saturday morning. "It was apparent I was going to encounter something because of all the racket," said Page. He and his wife, Cassia were awakened by … Continue reading

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Trijicon to eliminate Scripture references from sights

A manufacturer that has a $600 million contract to supply rifle sights for the US military, Trijicon Inc., has apparently made it a practice to place scripture references on its products for over twenty years. When this was revealed by … Continue reading

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Entry in NY big buck contest leads to criminal charges

NORTH JAVA — The winner of North Java Inn’s Big Buck Contest was charged with illegally shooting one of the deers he entered, even though another deer he shot legally was winning the contest at the time. The investigation also … Continue reading

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Cold snap sparks Florida gamefish restrictions

Two weeks of abnormally cool weather, capped by record cold water temperatures early this month, have prompted emergency measures not seen in decades to protect Florida’s prized game fish species. The widespread cold-related fish kills spanned the state and affected … Continue reading

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Bronx gun buyback program expands to…BB guns

What’s next, water pistols? The Bronx is expanding its successful gun buyback program to include — for the first time in the city — BB and air guns, officials announced yesterday. Although not normally lethal, BB and air guns sometimes … Continue reading

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Bear attack? There’s an app for that!

A New Jersey man has developed a downloadable application for the Apple iPhone specifically targeted at shooing away bears. The “Scare Bear Trail Companion” application costs 99 cents to download and provides digital sounds meant to frighten away bears on … Continue reading

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Goose hunters spark nuclear weapons plant shutdown

AMARILLO — Two goose hunters caused a security lockdown at the nation’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant near Amarillo. Carson County Sheriff Tam Terry says two hunters were spotted today about two miles south of the Pantex site … Continue reading

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