Save Wildlife, Hunting and Kids
Over two-thirds of the thousands of kids on the Big Brothers Big Sisters waiting list claim they would like to spend time outdoors with their mentor. Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors can help with that. PIO-OM is a non-profit organization that connects children with their outdoor heritage by mentoring them in hunting and fishing. To accomplish that, PIO-OM needs men and women volunteer mentors. It also needs money. That's where RSO readers can help. When you donate $50 to PIO-OM, you get 53 chances to win, via lottery, a new firearm valued between $800 and $4,300. Donate $100 and you triple your chances to win. Weekly drawings will begin the first week of March, 2012. All tickets remain in the drawing for all 52 weeks plus one bonus drawing. Donate to Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors and not only will you have a chance to win a new gun, but most importantly, you will be furthering efforts to give more children the opportunity to experience the great outdoors we all know and love. Future financial and political support for fish, wildlife and hunting rights depends on citizens who understand our successful wildlife conservation programs. Donate online or via phone by calling 316-290-8883. You may also send a check or money order made payable to “Pass It On - Outdoor Mentors”:
Mike ChristensenPass It On - Outdoor Mentors, Inc.310 E 2ndWichita, KS 67202
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The unusual nature of pronghorns and the open habitats they roam suggest a fast, flat, wind resistant cartridge and bullet combination. Is the best a 6mm, 25-caliber, or 6.5 caliber?
I’ve always been a firm believer that a big 10- to 12–inch shiner is one of the most effective ways to catch big bass. Unfortunately, your first problem may be finding such big shiners in your local bait shop. You may have to catch them yourself. You can chum for shiners with oatmeal and bread crumbs and catch them with doughballs on a No. 12 or 14 hook. The best way to fish live shiners is to cast them along shorelines or floating vegetation.
It was May, and there were small signs that spring was arriving in northern Quebec. The hardwoods had tiny buds and the pines no longer creaked in the winter winds. Small patches of snow were still visible, but they would soon disappear in the rays of the sun. But spring does not come easy to the north country of Quebec. The ice on Mistassini Lake was not surrendering. It was still thick. Elijah Awashish made his way along the shoreline of the vast lake, hunting and trying to find open water to fish for trout and walleyes. He had a family to feed.
Many years ago, I used it to catch one of my biggest largemouth bass on Indian Lake in New Jersey. I now would never consider tying it to my line and casting it into a bed of lily pads. I also checked eBay and found the same Crazy Crawler for sale for $85. I would have to be destitute before parting with that lure.
Should sport hunting even be allowed? Let’s hope so because it’s restored and protected our wildlife and wild places against unfettered meat hunting for more than a century. Sport hunting means rules and regulations the limit killing while funding restoration and maintenance.
Good old Ma Nature votes against animal rights activists. Her idea of animal rights is every animal has the right to kill and eat whatever it wants. And must. For the good of the system.
