Missouri Whitetail Report.

By Kathy Russel

Staff Writer

Missouri

   A statement in the Missouri Conservation Department’s newsletter read, “Missouri
is a world class place to hunt, fish and experience nature”. Quite a bold way to start off the list of new
hunting regulations for 2013; but the work done by our conservation department
is an integral part of why that statement is true.

         

The dawn of every new year brings out a multitude of new bows. The sky's the limit for design, shape, size and even color patterns. Some from companies that have been around for decades, while others are fairly new on the scene or just not well known.

Ameristep Blinds

By Kathy Eckstein

Staff Writer

Minnesota

These days there are a lot of blinds to choose from. Anywhere from a rollup, to a pop-up, to blinds that you put together that are made out of plastic.

Wolf Stalks WH Staff Writer

By Linda Burch

Staff Writer

Minnesota

( Linda K Burch, copyright December 2012)

“Let’s See, what’s wrong with this picture”, I thought, mentally thunking myself on the head.

The “Bowfish Girls” team shoots giant snakehead

Tara Renee with 15.3lb,  31inch Snakehead

Several young women known as the “Bowfish Girls” tracked and killed the vicious 3ft snakehead. Snakeheads can walk on land for up to 4 days, and bite humans while defending their offspring. This top predator was illegally introduced into Maryland and has a bounty from the Maryland Dept of Natural Resources. Here is one woman’s account of tracking and bowfishing a large 3 ft snakehead.

Wyoming Bill HB104 to make it a Felony for any federal officer to arrest a citizen with a gun.

Read actual Bill:

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STATE OF WYOMING

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0104

Firearm Protection Act.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Kroeker, Baker, Burkhart,
Jaggi, Miller, Piiparinen, Reeder and
Winters and Senator(s) Dockstader and Hicks

A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to firearms; providing that any federal law
2 which attempts to ban a semi-automatic firearm or to limit
3 the size of a magazine of a firearm or other limitation on
4 firearms in this state shall be unenforceable in Wyoming;
5 providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 6-8-405 is amended to read:
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11 6-8-405. Offenses and penalties; defense of Wyoming
12 citizens.
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14 (a) No public servant as defined in W.S. 6-5-101, or
15 dealer selling any firearm in this state shall enforce or
16 attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule or

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regulation of the United States government relating to a
personal firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition that is
owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming
and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming.

(b) Any official, agent or employee of the United
States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any
act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United
States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm
accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured
commercially or privately in Wyoming and that remains
exclusively within the borders of Wyoming shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor felony and, upon conviction, shall be
subject to imprisonment for not more less than one (1) year
and one (1) day or more than five (5) years, a fine of not
more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
(c) The attorney general may defend a citizen of
Wyoming who is prosecuted by the United States government
for violation of a federal law relating to the manufacture,
sale, transfer or possession of a firearm, a firearm
accessory or ammunition owned or manufactured and retained
exclusively within the borders of Wyoming.
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(d) Any federal law, rule, regulation or order
created or effective on or after January 1, 2013 shall be
unenforceable within the borders of Wyoming if the law,
rule, regulation or order attempts to:
(i) Ban or restrict ownership of a semiautomatic
firearm or any magazine of a firearm; or
(ii) Require any firearm, magazine or other
firearm accessory to be registered in any manner.

Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
Constitution.

(END)

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New Arkansas Regional Director

The Board of Directors of Womenhunters

Speaks out on the threat of gun control!

Kathleen Kalina, (Wisconsin) President: The only solution to protecting schools is armed guards, after all the President of the US has his children protected by armed guards.  I have taught in inner city schools that had armed guards and believe me we were happy about it. Armed guards are the reason that you don’t see inner city schools having mass shootings. I have defended my house from an intruder just by clicking back the slide of my shotgun. That was enough to scare him off. No one was hurt, because I had a gun. If I didn’t have a gun, there could have been injuries or death.

Janice Baer, (Minnesota) Vice President:The Second Amendment is very specific in its language when it includes the words, "Shall not be infringed."  We don't get to pick and choose which rights to ignore, just because we may not like one of them, and yet, infringement is exactly what is being done today. I love what our founding father, Benjamin Franklin once said: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. I personally am a member of the NRA, not because I hunt or target shoot with a gun, (I do neither), but because of a strong belief in the Second Amendment and our rights as free, law-abiding citizens. I will not give up my God-given rights and become like sheep, led to the slaughter.

Laura Bell, (Ohio) General Boardmember: Drugs are illegal, yet look at how many people still do them. New laws in the gun industry is not the answer. When has a law prevented someone from doing harm? In the case of the elementary shooting tragedy a man used stolen guns to commit the crime, not guns that he purchased. This man could have easily stolen a car and drove it into a crowd of people, killing just as many precious lives if not more, but I doubt that would have triggered a new law to make cars less accessible to responsible drivers.

Gail Wynne, (North Carolina) General Boardmember:  Gun control will keep the good people from owning guns for sport or protection. The bad guys will always have guns.

Christine Cunningham, (Alaska) General Boardmember: The proposed gun control measures, such as reinstating the assault weapons ban, renewing a 10-round limit on ammunition magazines, and prohibiting the possession, transfer, manufacture, and import of dangerous armor-piercing bullets, as well as new gun trafficking laws do not protect us from another tragic shooting. Instead, they take away a right and responsibility of ours to protect ourselves and others from another tragic shooting. I am a hunter and someone who enjoys many of the shooting sports, but I also understand the need for the right granted by our Second Amendment. Any regulation or law that limits the rights protected by the constitution for law-abiding citizens, especially one that is so essential to our personal protection, leaves me with many questions, the first of which is, what actions I would be left to take should a mentally unhealthy individual threaten my safety. Responsible gun ownership is part of our country’s history and future. It's often quoted that, “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.” Law abiding firearms owners are one of the United States greatest assets.