Dove, Dogs, and Shotguns

1700 fps is pretty darn fast for a shotshell. Remington will introduce their new ‘Hypersonic’ high speed steel load later this year. I can only imagine the price.

From Field and Stream:

Later this year, Remington will offer the heaviest, fastest steel loads yet made. The new HyperSonics will containing 1 1/8, 1 ¼ and 1 3/8 ounce loads launched at a screaming 1700 fps. (I know, for you rifle guys, 1700 fps is plodding. In a shotgun, 1700 fps is off the speedometer). The nearest competitor in the speed derby is Kent, whose Fasteel clocks in at 1625, but with lighter payloads.

The technology behind the HyperSonics is ingenious. A new wad called the Turbo Jet (see picture) makes it possible for ……  Remington to put so much shot at such high velocity in a shell without reaching dangerous chamber pressures. A hollow stem running from the bottom of the shotcup to the primer holds a small powder charge; the main charge surrounds it. Upon ignition, the first charge starts the wad and shot down the muzzle. Then, the second charge ignites in the larger space. The increased volume behind the wad allows the remainder of the powder to burn without creating excessive pressure. The result is a shell capable of launching more shot faster than any other I am aware of.

The shotcup is actually self-slitting. It starts out as one piece, to keep the shot together and pattern tighter (like Federal’s Black Cloud) then the “stress concentrators” on the sides cut the shotcup into petals, releasing the pellets.

All of this speed and technology will give you:
1. 16% greater pellet energy.
2. Leads reduced by 8 inches on 40 yard crossing shots.
3. A recoil headache. The 1 ¼ ounce Hypersonics will generate almost 50% more recoil than a “standard” 1450 fps 1 ¼ ounce high velocity steel load.

High velocity steel does seem to work even better in the field than it does on paper* but my gut reaction to HyperSonics is, the extra recoil isn’t worth the extra killing power and shorter leads. Of course, I am easily bruised. So, is it worth it? You tell me

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This has to be one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard. A guy in New Hampshire decided to hoist his loaded 50 caliber muzzle loader (muzzle up appaently) anda branch pulled the trigger and shot him in the right hand. It just as easily could have been in the face.

The guy was 63 years old. I wonder how many times he has done this in the past. He’s lucky and hopefully if you have kids this will make you want to go out and teach them some more gun safety.

You can’t teach stupid, it just comes natural, but you can teach safety, safety, safety.

Here is the full storry.

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From the Houston Chronicle:

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the Second Amendment, ensuring another high-profile battle over the rights of gun owners.

The court said it will review a lower court ruling that upheld a handgun ban in Chicago. Gun rights supporters challenged gun laws in Chicago and some suburbs immediately following the high court’s decision in June 2008 that struck down a handgun ban in the District of Columbia, a federal enclave.

The new case tests whether last year’s ruling applies as well to local and state laws.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld ordinances barring the ownership of handguns in most cases in Chicago and suburban Oak Park, Ill.

Judge Frank Easterbrook, an appointee of President Ronald Reagan, said that “the Constitution establishes a federal republic where local differences are to be cherished as elements of liberty rather than extirpated in order to produce a single, nationally applicable rule.”

“Federalism is an older and more deeply rooted tradition than is a right to carry any particular kind of weapon,” Easterbrook wrote.

Evaluating arguments over the extension of the Second Amendment is a job “for the justices rather than a court of appeals,” he said.

The high court took his suggestion Wednesday.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, then an appeals court judge, was part of a three-judge panel in New York that reached a similar conclusion in January.

Judges on both courts — Republican nominees in Chicago and Democratic nominees in New York — said only the Supreme Court could decide whether to extend last year’s ruling throughout the country. Many, but not all, of the constitutional protections in the Bill of Rights have been applied to cities and states.

The New York ruling also has been challenged, but the court did not act on it Wednesday. Sotomayor would have to sit out any case involving decisions she was part of on the appeals court. Although the issue is the same in the Chicago case, there is no ethical bar to her participation in its consideration by the Supreme Court.

Several Republican senators cited the Sotomayor gun ruling, as well as her reticence on the topic at her confirmation hearing, in explaining their decision to oppose her confirmation to the high court.

The case will be argued next year.

The case is McDonald v. Chicago, 08-1521.

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Like Browning, Remington is offering a fall promotion with a some really good deals (but I think Browning’s are better).

Here is the basic program:

The 2009 “Rebate Roundup” Fall Promotion offers $30 cash back on Model 870 Express Shotguns, $40 cash back on Model 700 SPS & 700 ADL Rifles, $50 cash back on Model 11-87 Shotguns, $40 cash back on Model 770 Rifles,  Up to $10 cash back on Premier Copper Solid Sabot Slugs and Up to $5 cash backon Core-Lokt Cartridges!  This offer is valid from 8/1/09 through 12/31/09. Click the image for complete details.

Remington also has a coupon good for two dollars off per box on STS and Nitro 27 loads (up to $100). The coupon is valid through October 31st. Click on the image to get the coupon.

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In an article from West Virginia Outdoors News, the government in Kanawha County in conjunction with the humane society has passed an ordinance requiring hunting dogs to be be brought inside if the temperature outside is over 80 degrees or below 40 degrees.

I mean really, how can an ordinance like this be passed. What’s next, is the government is going to tell us what temperatures our kids can go outside? I’ve read some ridiculous things before but this takes the cake. If the dumb-asses from the humane society ever went hunting with a dog and actually saw how happy the hunting dogs are, then maybe they wouldn’t pass this stupid s%#t.

I’ll tell you what is in-humane, that is preventing a hunting dog from doing what it has been bread to do for generations, hunt. All the bird dogs I’ve ever been around live to hunt birds, the rest of their time is just waiting until bird season opens again.

I’m afraid this is a small example of the infringements on our rights that are coming in the future.

Here is the full story:

The leader of one of the state’s sporting dog organizations says a recently approved Kanawha County ordinance may very well be a covert effort to eliminate hunting with dogs. 

Gary Knapp, president of the West Virginia Bear Hunters Association appeared before the Kanawha County Commission last week to raise his concerns about the stiff stipulations of the ordinance, aimed at preventing mistreatment of dogs.  

“We could live with most of it,” said Knapp on West Virginia Outdoors. “But it doesn’t matter if you have beagle dogs, squirrel dogs, coon dogs, bear dogs, or bird dogs, they’re outside dogs.  They’re temperament is for outside activities.  It’s like putting a bull in a china shop.”

Knapp says the ordinance, as it was approved, requires dog owners to bring their animals in the house when temperatures outside go above 85 degrees or below 40 degrees.   The range would encompass more than half the year in West Virginia.  Knapp say it also renders the dog ineffective on a hunt if he or she isn’t in proper condition.

“You have to get the animal used to the environment he’s going to be functioning in,” said Knapp.  “If you sit in an air conditioned office all day, then go home and try to mow the yard, it’s had on you.   These animals need to be conditioned to the environment they’re going to hunt in.”

Bear hunting season is in December, coon hunting and rabbit hunting are wintertime pursuits and 40-degrees would be considered a warm temperature during those months.

Nobody seems sure of just where the writers of the ordinance came up with the arbitrary figures of 40-degrees and 85-degrees.   Knapp says he was told by the attorney for the Humane Society it was a recommendation of their organization.    The Humane Society of the United States has long been opposed to any and all hunting.  Knapp says there was a not-so-veiled indication that may be what’s at play here.

“When I was speaking to the commission, one of my friends who’s a coon hunter was sitting beside me and a lady from the Humane Society was sitting behind him,” explained Knapp. “When I explained to the commission this would end bear hunting, her reaction was, ”
Good!”"

Knapp and other dog enthusiasts fear the ordinance is well on its way across the state.  

“It’s like the smoking ban, which started in Kanawha County. This will spread just like it did to other counties,” said Knapp.

The Kanawha County Commission did agree to put a six-month moratorium on the ordinance to address the hunters’ concerns.   Knapp says they hope they can work with the commission to solve the issue and preserve bear hunting in the county.

“There’s not enough bear hunters that live in Kanawha County and that’s evident.   That’s why they have to get guys from other parts of the state and out of state, to hunt these bears,” said Knapp. “They can’t stay out there in a camper or even in a motel, stake their dogs out and comply. 

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From sknnymoose.com

Some will tell you it is a buyers market out there. If you think now is a great time to purchase a home or automobile, wait until you see the stimulus package Browning has created to put a new shotgun in your safe while doing its part to jump start the economy.

There has never been a better time than now to head on down to your Browning dealer and take advantage of one or more of the four programs designed to put a Browning in your hands while hanging onto more of your hard earned cash.

* Cynergy Club – Receive $500 in Browning merchandise including a $100 check from Browning when purchasing a Cynergy shotgun.

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* Locked and Loaded – Purchase any new Citori over/under shotgun and receive $150 from Browning towards ammunition.

* Youth Purchase Program – What started as a 4-H program has quickly spread to include SCTP and AIM members as well. Receive the following rebates when purchasing a new Browning…

Cynergy or Citori $200

BT-99 $100

Silver $75

BPS $50

Note: Browning stimulus promotions cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

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The three dumbasses that video taped themselves slaughtering sitting ducks with semi-automatic rifles went to court this morning. The reportedly “are very, very sorry.” Sorry is as good an adjective as any I guess.

From Ottawa Sun:

He’s really, really sorry.

Really.

David Fraser can’t apologize enough, as he talks about ducks, guns and stupid decisions, knowing the anger of countless Canadians will soon be focused on the little Saskatchewan town he calls home.

“What can I say? We’ve never been in any kind of trouble before. We’re just three young guys who made a stupid mistake,” says Fraser.

“Not that it’s any excuse, but we honestly didn’t know it was crime — if we did we wouldn’t have uploaded it to the internet and we never would have done it in the first place.

“We really didn’t know and we’re very sorry about it.”

That Fraser speaks quickly, sounding worried and a bit jittery as he throws out explanations and apologies, isn’t too surprising.

This morning, 30-year-old Fraser will join his 23-year-old brother James Fraser and their brother-in-law Jeremy Rowlands at a Saskatoon courthouse, where the trio will answer to charges of slaughtering ducks for fun.

A flood of tips to Saskatchewan’s anti-poaching line led to the arrests made by wildlife officers and RCMP.

Until today’s court appearance, the trio had anonymity to shield them from the barrage of loathing aimed at the unknown men in the online video, who laugh with cruel glee as they shoot at ducks swimming in a small pond.

Now, the three men from Cudworth, Sask., will be known to all. Public fury that’s been festering for more than a week will finally have a focus. It won’t be pretty and Fraser knows it. There’s already been vague threats.

“I have children, and we live in a small town, and I read one post about the ducklings being orphaned, and there was a post saying, ‘I hope they have kids so we can take care of their kids and show them how the ducks feel’, ” says Fraser.

He knows many people, including furious hunters and livid animal-rights advocates, see him and his comrades as blood-thirsty savages who killed the ducks for a sick thrill.

But really, says Fraser, that’s not who they are. Not at all — the laughter over orphaned ducklings and dying birds was out of character.

“Is there remorse over killing the ducks? Absolutely. We’re all pet owners here, both cats and dogs, and we’re not in the habit of killing animals normally.”

He says sorry again, repeating that he had no idea duck hunting from the window of a car, with a rifle, was not allowed in Saskatchewan.

Fraser and his brother, you see, aren’t from the West. They arrived in Saskatchewan a half-year-or-so back, from Toronto, where he says the only birds they ever saw were seagulls and pigeons.

Fraser says the video which has acted as a catalyst for anger and outrage was only posted because it looks so much like other YouTube videos, showing proud hunters and their quarry.

“We’d been on YouTube, and we saw all sorts of things being killed, like skunks and rodents,” he says.

“It was just one of those silly things — we didn’t think hunting ducks was that big of a deal.”

Except when you shoot ducks out of season, with a rifle, from your car and the roadside, it’s called poaching.

It’s that clear difference that’s enraged the hunting community across North America, and catching the trio of duck killers has been the hottest topic on hunting forums from Alberta to Texas.

Fraser says sorry to the hunters, too.

“It was a really stupid, stupid mistake,” he says.

“I feel bad for the hunting community and we understand how this has portrayed them, giving hunting a black eye.”

And today, in court, the charges will be heard and their names will be made public. Fraser says he’ll say sorry one last time and he hopes it’s enough.

“If they give us a chance to speak, we’re going to offer up a very sincere public apology,” he says.

“We’re really sorry.”

MICHAEL.PLATT@SUNMEDIA.CA

The infamous video can be seen here.

“Ignorance of the law is no excuse,” Ron White.

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If you live up there, find these idiots and turn them in. They give real hunters a bad name.

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If you have ever thought of traveling south of the border to dove hunt, this year might be the one. Dr. Ignacio Cinta, a wildlife biologist from Mexico City, says that hunters are in for a fiesta this year.

Cinta says that the prime whtewing hunting is about 160 miles south of Harligen, and this area has had great weather.

“We have received 10 inches of rain so far, and the whitewings are having a very good nesting season,” Cinta says.

Cinta bases his forecast after studying a 20,000 acre area of prime whitewing country. Located within the 20,000 acres is a 2,000 acre whitewing sanctuary. The sanctuary is said to be home to more than 4 million dove, the largest concentration in the world.

Cinta goes on to explain, that when conditions are favorable dove will nest up to three times in a season, increasing the population dramatically, and this is one of those years.

Three factors have come together this year: a good carryover from last year, favorable nesting conditions, and an anticipated lack of hunting pressure. All these together makes a Benelli owner’s dreams come true.

An interesting fact about Mexico’s whitewings is that most of the birds travel from south to north, coming from Central and South America.

If anyone knows of a good spot south of the border feel free to leave a comment with the info and I’ll get it posted for everyone.

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