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Black Friday Gun Sales Set Record!
A new single-day record for point-of-sale background checks was established on Black Friday, November 23, when 154,873 were conducted by the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). That total was nearly 20 percent more than the previous high of 129,166 set on Black Friday last year. Since a federal background check is mandatory […]
Grandmother Fights Wolf with an Axe
When a wolf tried to eat one of Aishat Maksudova’s calves, the 56-year-old grandmother and farmer from the North Caucasus Mountains in Russia let her axe speak for her cattle. Many American farmer and ranchers deal with the same problem, but a firearm typically solves the predation issue. In Russia, where firearms are more strictly […]
Women’s Fishing Clinic in Crystal River
For immediate release: November 13, 2012 Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Learn a hobby at free Women’s Fishing Clinic in Crystal River Women can learn the skills to successfully cast a line into the sea by attending the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Women’s Fishing Clinic Nov. 17 in Crystal River. Participants will not […]
Twelve-year-old Shoots 27-point, 229-pound Monster Buck in Minnesota
A patient 12-year-old boy has the story of a lifetime to tell following a weekend hunt last Saturday, November 3. Dylan Beach-Bittner of Motley, Minnesota took a nearly 30-point buck known around his community as the “monster buck” from a tree stand while out hunting with his step-father on his aunt’s farm roughly eight miles […]
FWC busts up Baker County poachers’ ring
For immediate release: November 9, 2012 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 FWC busts up Baker County poachers’ ring Six Baker County residents involved in a poaching enterprise were recently cited for more than 30 wildlife law violations by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers. Trenton Lee Forester Stokes (DOB 11/13/93), Joseph Bruce Johnson (DOB […]