First things first… a couple of weeks back, I posted up about a proposal floated around Montana to ban lead ammunition from State Wildlife Areas.  As of February 11, the Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Commission voted against the...

Tales from Tejon will continue shortly.  Just waiting on some photos right now.  It was a great time, with a bunch of great guys… but details will have to wait.  In the meantime… Just got this from the Peregrine Fund in my email thi...

Here’s a quickie for a Monday morning…  It’s still a  little early, but for folks who enjoy shooting ground squirres, jack rabbits and such in the condor zone, it’s been a long, miserable search to find a lead-free, rimfire bullet f...

The other day I posted up a short bit on Montana’s “test balloon” proposal to ban lead shot for upland and migratory birds on all state-owned wildlife management areas.  The idea went over with the MT hunting community, appropriatel...

From the While I Was Out files…  stuff that slipped through the cracks while I was here at the 2010 SHOT Show. First of all, got this great photo in an email from my friend Matt, who some of you may recognize as De Hog Shootinest Ge...

Oh yeah!  We don’t need sparkly lights and fancy malls to get some Christmas spirit! Enjoy this article? Check out these: Wild game chili Great weekend, but no pork Lead Ban Chronicles – Lead Ammo Ban “Inevitable”? Summertime – a ...

I’ve been running real short on motivation for blogging lately.  I’m not sure why, because I actually have a handful of topics and posts I’ve been wanting to work on, but I just haven’t been able to get myself to write it all up.  O...

Just saw this from the American Sportfishing Association.  I know, it’s not hunting or ammunition, but it’s really all the same bloody thing, isn’t it?  In the name of honest disclosure, I’ve done no research on this issue and reall...

One of the blogs I read every weekday is Dave Petzal’s (and Phil Bourjailly) Gun Nut blog, on the Field and Stream site.  Not only do I love Petzal’s sense of curmudgeonly humor, he’s also got a ton of excellent information on shoot...

I received this press release from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) the other day, and meant to get it online sooner.  The weekend intervened, though, so here it is now.  I’ll simply run it in its entirety, and let’s s...

Following the lead-in-venison hysteria from a couple years ago, North Dakota kicked off an effort to re-educate wild game processors to reduce the amount of lead residue in processed venison.  Last year, the ND Department of Health ...

There’s been a lot of griping and complaining and resistance to the lead ammo ban (and much of it with good cause). There’s also been a lot of hype about why it’s necessary and the “right thing to do”. But what we could use is more ...

This is a day or two behind the curve, so to speak, but hey… this story comes from Texas.  I’m in CA.  I can’t keep up with everything. Actually, this story from the My San Antonio online news is just reporting on the second year of...

I’ve been digging around to see what else is going on with the lead ban throughout the rest of the country.  As many of you know, this thing isn’t limited just to California, and it’s still getting legs in a lot of places. Of course...

I suppose if I did the “Twitter” thing, this would be an appropriate post for that medium… but anyway, here’s a short note. Just got word from Holly, who’s been sitting in the Fish and Game Commission meetings for the past two days,...

Once again, I’m indebted to Holly who picks up stuff that never even pings my radar.  In this case, it’s the news reported in the Sacramento Bee that CA Fish and Game Commission President, Cindy Gustafson, is stepping down immediate...

Just saw this over at the Outdoor Pressroom.  Last year, following the mayhem and panic about lead fragments in venison, North Dakota food banks stopped accepting venison taken by firearms.  The panic appears to have receded a bit, ...

Hey all, before I leave for the weekend, I wanted to remind you all of the lead-free shooting event at Camp Roberts tomorrow.  I wrote about the event a couple posts back, but in case you don’t recall, here are the details.  The sho...

I’ve had a lot to say about the lead ammo ban in CA, and I appreciate some of the conversations we’ve had on this topic.  I’ve tried to stay on top of the topic, but I’ve got a day job, so most of what I offer is second hand, especi...

Before I even start, I really want to say that for all the griping that we do about the State of California’s government, they’ve got some things right.  By putting the Fish and Game Commission meetings on video, and providing them ...