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6th mountain lion from quota zone taken

Doug Leier — 2009-11-20T23:01:11+00:00

Sixth Cat Taken in Zone 1, Two More Closes Zone
A 3-year-old, 92-pound female mountain lion taken Nov. 19 by a deer hunter northwest of Grassy Butte in McKenzie County is the sixth cat taken in zone 1. If two more are taken from zone 1 before March 31, 2010, the quota of eight will have been reached and the season within zone 1 will close immediately.
When an eighth lion is taken, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department will notify media outlets via a press release announcing the close of the season in zone 1. Hunters can also check the number of lions taken in zone 1 by accessing the Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov.
Zone 1 includes land south of ND Highway 1804 from the Montana border to the point where ND Highway 1804 lies directly across Lake Sakakawea from ND Highway 8, crossing Lake Sakakawea then south along ND Highway 8 to ND Highway 200, then west on ND Highway 200 to U.S. Highway 85, then south on U.S. Highway 85 to the South Dakota border.
Zone 2, with no quota, is the remainder of the state and is open through March 31, 2010.
The mountain lion season is open only to North Dakota residents. A furbearer or combination license is required.

November 19th is National Ammo Day

Doug Leier — 2009-11-19T14:30:43+00:00

It is a nationwide BUYcott of ammunition. You buy ammunition. 100 Rounds a person.

The goals of Ammo Day:

The goal of National Ammo Day is to empty the ammunition from the shelves of your local gun store, sporting goods, or hardware store and put that ammunition in the hands of law-abiding citizens. Make your support of the Second Amendment known—by voting with your dollars!

There are an estimated 75 MILLION gun owners in the United States of America. If each gun owner or Second Amendment supporter buys 100 rounds of ammunition, that’s 7.5 BILLION rounds in the hands of law-abiding citizens!

The gun/ammunition manufacturers have been taking the brunt of all the frivolous lawsuits, trying to put these folks out of business. Well, not if we can help it! And we CAN help it by buying ammunition on November 19!

http://www.ammoday.com

100 things blamed on global warming

Doug Leier — 2009-11-18T17:13:23+00:00

Someone took the time to put this together *crowd loving it*Late for a party? Miss a meeting? Forget to pay your rent? Blame climate change; everyone else is doing it. From an increase in severe acne to all societal collapses since the beginning of time, just about everything gone wrong in the world today can be attributed to climate change. Here’s a list of 100 storylines blaming climate change as the problem.

14. 300,000 deaths a year
15. Decline in snowpack in the West
16. Deaths of walruses in Alaska
17. Hunger in Nepal
18. The appearance of oxygen-starved dead zones in the oceans
19. Surge in fatal shark attacks
20. Increasing number of typhoid cases in the Philippines
21. Boy Scout tornado deaths
22. Rise in asthma and hayfever
23. Duller fall foliage in 2007
24. Floods in Jakarta
25. Radical ecological shift in the North Sea

full post from the Heritage Foundation

latest survey

Doug Leier — 2009-11-17T22:56:31+00:00

Do you think you are buying more or less or the same amount of hunting/shooting equipment so far in 2009 compared to 2008?

more 21.6%
less 33.5%
same 40.1%
not sure /do not know 4.8%
from http://www.southwickassociates.com/surveys/

5 poached mule deer=$20k fine

Doug Leier — 2009-11-17T16:29:57+00:00

Monetary fines need to be stiff if the intent is to deter poaching.

Last week, three men from Merriman were ordered by a Cherry County judge to pay a combined $20,145 for illegally killing five mule deer.

The men left four of the deer to rot in a field south of Merriman on Sept. 19.

The largest of the five deer, a five-by-five buck, was left hanging on display on a flatbed trailer.

and often times follow up quotes from legal hunters feel more should be done.

I’m an avid hunter. I hunt deer with a bow, rifle, and muzzleloader. I think these clowns should get alittle jail time also. These are the kind of people that give firearmes, hunting, and hunters a bad name.

full story here

taking the wild out of wild animals in Pennsylvania

Doug Leier — 2009-11-16T17:37:35+00:00

A Tannersville, PA man has been cited in an unusual poaching case for trapping and possessing dozens of wild mammals and songbirds. Andrew Moore, 46, pleaded guilty to 30 counts of illegal possession of species ranging from blue jays to raccoons, chipping sparrows to gray squirrels, and groundhogs to purple finches.

full story from Pennsylvaia

podcast from News and Views Outdoors

Doug Leier — 2009-11-15T02:28:39+00:00

Here’s a link this Friday podcast from the Joel Heitkamp show with Doug Leier and guest host Jim Shaw from Fox News. You can click this link to listen at Outdoors Live

But don’t forget to listen each Friday at 10:35
550 KFYR,AM 790 KFGO,and AM 910 KCJB

http://www.gcast.com/u/OutdoorsLive/main

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ND concealed carry from KX Bismarck

Doug Leier — 2009-11-14T13:38:21+00:00

http://www.kxnet.com/video.asp?ArticleId=469616&VideoId=32228

2009 North Dakota deer

Doug Leier — 2009-11-14T11:28:10+00:00

Closing in on the midpoint of deer season and it’s not really off the mark of what we expected. Deer hanging out in the corn and row crops. BUT, still hunters filling tags and enjoying the weather this year compared to last. As the balance shifts closer to the close of the season we’ll see hunters stop passing up smaller doe or bucks and squeezing the trigger to fill the tag. So far in ND it’s been a safe season. Please keep it that way!

podcast from Joel Heitkamp Outdoors

Doug Leier — 2009-11-14T10:32:38+00:00

Here’s a link this Friday podcast from the Joel Heitkamp show with Doug Leier and guest host Jim Shaw from Fox News. You can click this link to listen at Outdoors Live

But don’t forget to listen each Friday at 10:35
550 KFYR,AM 790 KFGO,and AM 910 KCJB

http://www.gcast.com/u/OutdoorsLive/main

http://twitter.com/dougleier

http://facebook.com/dougleier