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Senator Frank R. Lautenberg on
Lead Ammunition – WTF
SEP 29, 2010 08:05P.M.
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg on Lead Ammunition – WTF
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg on Lead Ammunition
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Washington, DC --(Ammoland.com)- Anti gun Senator Lautenberg is
well known for his hatred of freedom and firearms ownership by the
sheeple and we are well aware of his many, many attempts to strip law
abiding Americans of their right to keep and bear arms.
But as one of his unfortunate new jersey subjects found out, that same
campaign of misinformation is being applied at all levels of his
organization where they seemingly never miss opportunities to spread
miss truths.
Quick Background:
Hunters and Shooters may recall the recent end run by Center for
Biological Diversity (CBD) - a leading anti-hunting organization - when
they filled a petition with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban
all traditional ammunition under the Toxic Substance Control Act of
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1976
Luckily the EPA denied the petition.(Read More EPA Denies Petition
Calling for Lead Ammunition Ban)
“EPA today denied a petition submitted by several outside
groups for the agency to implement a ban on the production
and distribution of lead hunting ammunition. EPA reached
this decision because the agency does not have the legal
authority to regulate this type of product under the Toxic
Substances Control Act (TSCA) “
Congress expressly exempted ammunition from EPA authority under the
Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976.
But in the lead up to the denial, multiple sportsmen’s organizations
wrote their members and asked that they email their congressmen and
senators and defend lead ammunition.
One of our readers in NJ did just that and as you can see from the letter
above, Senator Frank R. Lautenberg’s response is right out of the CBD
play book.
Clearly the senator believes the same lead in your ammunition is “a
dangerous neurotoxin” and seems to go on to state his disappointment
that “congress explicitly excluded from regulation any article subject to
excise taxes, including pistols, revolvers, firearms, shells, and
cartridges. “
Like the EPA should be able to determine your firearms is a toxic
substance.
Clearly we all know what Senator Frank R. Lautenberg’s feeling are on
the second amendment and it should come as no surprise to us that he
would be just as happy to regulate ammunition into oblivion.
We can only hope that someday the residents of NJ will remove this
dinosaur from public office. God Bless NJ!
A similar proposal to ban lead fishing tackle is still under consideration
by the EPA.
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Tags: Ammo, Ammunition Bans, Ammunition News, Frank Lautenberg, after checking personally with Ms. Haley, enthusiastically told
Lead Free Ammo OpenCarry.org earlier this year that Nikki Haley would sign an open
carry bill.

AMMOLAND.COM And just last week an exuberant Tim Schock, campaign director for
Democratic candidate Vincent Sheheen emailed OpenCarry.org to
South Carolina’s Gubernatorial confirm that

Candidates Pledge to Sign Open “Vincent Sheheen would sign an open carry law if it were
passed by the legislature and came across his desk as
Carry Bill governor.”
SEP 29, 2010 06:59P.M.
The open carry question posed to the candidates for governor of the
Both South Carolina’s Gubernatorial Candidates Pledge to Palmetto state makes no mention of whether the bill would require a
Sign Open Carry Bill license to open carry; but in most states, e.g., North Carolina, no license
is required to open carry at age 18.

And in 2009, South Carolina State Representative Dan Cooper (R –

Anderson County) sponsored a bill endorsed by 36 other legislators to
allow anyone who legally owns a handgun to carry it openly – no license
required.

OpenCarry.org urges the legislature to follow the lead of their future

governor and send legislation legalizing open carry to his or her desk
after the November election.

Carry on!

About:
OpenCarry.org was founded in 2004 by Virginia gun-rights activists
John Pierce and Mike Stollenwerk and has served to ignite the “Open
Law Abiding Open Carry Citizens
Carry Movement” that is sweeping the country. In addition to being an
invaluable legal resource for gun owners, the site has quickly grown to be
a social networking portal for thousands of American gun owners. Visit:
www.OpenCarry.org

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OpenCarry.org
Sacramento, California --(Ammoland.com)- OpenCarry.org is
pleased to announce that both parties’ candidate for Governor of South
Carolina say they would sign a bill legalizing the unconcealed or “open
carry” of holstered handguns in South Carolina.
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South Carolina’s Gubernatorial Candidates Pledge to Sign Open Carry
Bill
Tags: Gun Bills, Open Carry, OpenCarry.org, Pro Gun News, Self
Defense, South Carolina

South Carolina is one of only 7 states to generally ban open carry (see
map at http://www.opencarry.org/opencarry.html). Here is the exact
question posed to each candidate:

“Would you sign a bill legalizing open carry if it came across

your desk as Governor?”

Speaking for Republican Nikki Haley, campaign spokesman Josh Baker,

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AMMOLAND.COM wholesalers in America. Davidson’s stocks a vast inventory of firearms,

possesses years of industry experience and has a reputation as both a
Chuck is Back to Trigger the “deal maker” and an “innovation leader.” Davidson’s product lines
consist of offerings from the firearms industry’s premier manufacturers.
Vote Over and unders, combination guns, varmint rifles, hunting handguns,
SEP 29, 2010 06:47P.M. you name it, we stock it. If you are looking to purchase a firearm, then we
think you will agree that Davidson’s/GalleryofGuns.com is a great
Chuck is Back to Trigger the Vote choice. Visit: www.galleryofguns.com
I told you I knew Chuck!
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Chuck is Back to Trigger the Vote

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Gallery of Guns
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Las Vegas, NV --(Ammoland.com)- Action hero Chuck Norris is riding Leftover NJ Deer & Turkey
to the rescue of the Second Amendment with a new ad encouraging gun
owners, hunters and shooters to register to vote. Permits Available
SEP 29, 2010 04:08P.M.
The National Rifle Association’s Freedom Action Foundation (NRA-FAF)
is featuring Chuck Norris in a new series of advertisements for its
Leftover NJ Deer & Turkey Permits Available Tuesday,
“Trigger the Vote” voter registration campaign.
October 5

“Tough Like Chuck,” the first in the new series of ads can be viewed here:
www.triggerthevote.org

We encourage all eligible voters to register, and cast a pro-freedom ballot

on Election Day.

New Jersey Fish and Game

Trenton, NJ --(Ammoland.com)- The NJ DEP Division of Fish and

Wildlife reminds hunters that all leftover and unclaimed Fall Turkey
Permits and all Deer Permits will become available for sale on Tuesday,
October 5 at 10:00 a.m. Permits will be available until the permit quota
is reached or the season ends, whichever comes first.

Permits can be purchased at all license agents or online. Hunters are

reminded that permits purchased online will take 7 – 10 business days
for delivery. Hunters do have the option of paying for express delivery.
Chuck is Back to Trigger the Vote
Fall Turkey Permit lottery award winners have until Sunday, October 3
About: to claim their permit(s). Permits that remain unclaimed will be made
Davidson’s Inc is one of the largest and most progressive firearms available on October 5. The fall turkey season is only open in Turkey

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Hunting Areas 1- 5, 8, 9, 11 and 20 – 22. AMMOLAND.COM

A list of permit availability for deer and turkey permit seasons can be Arizona Citizens Defense
found at www.wildlifelicense.com/nj/ALS/unit_report.php .
League Annual Meeting – Sold
Reminder: In order to harvest a buck during the Permit Bow, Permit
Shotgun or Permit Muzzleloader seasons, you must purchase an Out
Antlered Buck Permit for each season in which you would like to harvest SEP 29, 2010 03:43P.M.
a buck. Each Antlered Buck Permit is $28.00 for adults and $12.00 for
youths and is in addition to the regular antlerless deer permit. Arizona Citizens Defense League Annual Meeting – Sold Out
Don’t forget! Wear a gun!
NOTE: If you purchase an Antlerless Permit PRIOR to the start of the
season, and wish to harvest a buck, you must purchase the Antlered Buck
Permit by the dates indicated below. You cannot purchase the Antlered
Buck Permit once the season has begun if you have already purchased an
antlerless permit for that season.

Antlered Buck Permits must be purchased by the following

deadlines:

• Antlered Buck Permit – Bow – October 30, 2010

• Antlered Buck Permit – Muzzleloader – November 29, 2010

• Antlered Buck Permit – Shotgun – December 15, 2010

Arizona Citizens Defense League

Please see the 2010 Hunting Digest below for more details.

Catalina, AZ --(Ammoland.com)- Congratulations! The response to

Hunters are also reminded that Turkey Hunting Areas and Deer
AzCDL’s 2010 annual meeting of members has been overwhelming and
Management Zones are NOT the same. It is the hunter’s responsibility to
all luncheon seating has been booked to capacity. We are expecting 400
know in what zone/area and season he/she wants to hunt. Hunters are
attendees.
urged to review their permit before leaving the license agent or
completing the online transaction. Once the online transaction is
If you possess an annual meeting reservation ticket, that means you have
completed or a permit fee is paid for and the buyer leaves the store there
a guaranteed seat at a table and a meal reserved for you. If you made
will be no returns, exchanges or refunds. There are no exceptions.
your luncheon reservation by the September 25th deadline and have not
received your ticket, please contact Fred (treasurer@azcdl.org).
New Jersey 2010-2011 Hunting & Trapping Regulations

If you have NOT made a luncheon reservation, we probably won’t be able

For more information visit the Hunting and Trapping Permit
to accommodate you. There will be no ticket sales at the door until
Information page at http:/www.njfishandwildlife.com/permit_info.htm
AFTER all those with reservations have been seated AND we can confirm
on the division’s website.
that there are open seats, probably not until after 1 PM. We also cannot
guarantee that you will have a choice of meals, or that there will be any
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Please do NOT arrive before Noon. Lunch is not served until 1 PM. Entry
to the meeting is streamlined. If you have a ticket in your hand, you will
Leftover NJ Deer & Turkey Permits Available
be seated quickly.

Tags: Deer Hunting, Game Permits, Hunting News, New Jersey, New
We need volunteers! This is going to be a fun, but busy, meeting with
Jersey Fish and Game, NJDEP, Turkey Hunting
tons of raffle drawings, a silent auction, entertainment and thought
provoking guest speakers. We’ll also have table sales of books and AzCDL
goodies. And, we could use a few more smiling faces to greet our
members and help them get seated. If you would like to help make the
largest ever gathering of AzCDL members a fun and memorable

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occasion, please let Fred (treasurer@azcdl.org) know.
Don’t forget! Wear a gun!
As with all our annual meetings, the tasteful open carrying of firearms is
appreciated.
These alerts are a project of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
(AzCDL), an all volunteer, non-profit, non-partisan grassroots
organization. Join today! http://www.azcdl.org/html/join_us_.html
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Shocking NRA Endorsements in
Iowa
SEP 29, 2010 03:31P.M.
Shocking NRA Endorsements in Iowa
Iowa Gun Owners
Iowa--(Ammoland.com)- Many of you have contacted us regarding the
NRA’s recent endorsement of Governor Chet Culver in his bid for re-
election.
For more details on this and other soon to be announced shocking
endorsements from the NRA please keep reading.
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In our alert yesterday we informed you about the endorsement of anti-
gun Iowa Governor Chet Culver by the NRA.
We choose our words carefully since it’s Governor Culver who signed
into law the bill that we described yesterday-the one that takes away
guns from those who are merely accused of misdemeanor crimes.
Governor Culver also refuses to answer the 2010 Iowa Gun Owners Gun
Rights Candidate Survey…
…the survey that Governor Branstad completed with 100%
pro-gun responses.
Many of you have been asking us how to contact the NRA-ILA to
complain about this endorsement.
The number to call is 800-392-8683. Tell them that we don’t need their
political favors taking a toll on our gun rights. Urge them to reconsider
this endorsement.
But there is more.
Representatives from Iowa Gun Owners have been hearing rumors in the
recent past that the NRA is about to endorse liberal, gun grabbing
Senator Staci Appel over gun rights champion Rep. Kent Sorenson!!!
Iowa Gun Owners members will recognize Kent Sorenson as our lead bill
sponsor in the House for the last two years.
Besides being the lead sponsor of House File 596 (REAL Right-to-Carry)
for the last two years, Representative Sorenson:
• Co-sponsored HF86 – A Castle Doctrine bill that provides
important legal protections to Iowa gun owners.
• Co-sponsored HF2057 – A bill that disallows the government from
demanding to know the make and model of your weapon prior to
receiving a permit to carry it.
• Co-sponsored HF87 – A bill that disallows the government from
making lawful Iowans give their fingerprints, like a common
criminal, as part of receiving a concealed carry permit.
• Sponsored HF2267 – A bill that repeals Iowa’s unconstitutional
permit to purchase handguns. If passed, law abiding Iowans will be
able to purchase self-defense weapons from other law abiding
Iowans without government interference.
Anti-gun Senator Staci Appel supported none of these in her capacity as
a State Senator!
But we’ve moved beyond rumors. Today two news outlets in Iowa have
broken this story, confirming what we’ve been hearing. (See links below.)
• http://theiowarepublican.com/home/2010/09/28/nra-not-
relevant-anymore/
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• http://www.thebeanwalker.com/ Tags: Anti Gun Politicians, Endorsements, Gun Politics, Gun Voters,
IGO, Iowa, Iowa Gun Owners, NRA-ILA
This is an outrage!
While Iowa Gun Owners prepares to launch our biggest grassroots
initiative ever, to inform thousands of voters about the anti-gun AMMOLAND.COM
positions taken by their State Representative and State Senators (or
challengers) the NRA walks in behind us and is set to advocate for one of Nevada Sheriff’s & Chiefs’
the most liberal gun-grabbers in the State of Iowa.
Association Hosting Fourth
Iowa Gun Owners urges you to contact the NRA-ILA (the division that
makes the endorsement decisions) and let them know what you think of Annual Concealed Carry Forum
this decision. SEP 29, 2010 03:18P.M.

Whether or not you are an NRA member we encourage you to call. As a Nevada Sheriff’s and Chiefs’ Association Hosting Fourth
grassroots gun owner/activist they should hear from you. Annual Concealed Carry Forum

The number to call is 800-392-8683.

To be perfectly clear, Iowa Gun Owners is not endorsing or advocating

for or against candidates. That is the job of the newly formed Iowa Gun
Owners Political Action Committee (PAC).

But we want you to be aware of the political issues surrounding your 2nd
Amendment freedoms that we seek to defend and enhance.
Please make your calls today.
Contact Us
You can contact us in the following ways:
• Email: info@iowagunowners.org
• Phone: 515/309-7858
• Mail: P.O. Box 3585, Des Moines, IA 50323
• Website: www.IowaGunOwners.org
About:
Iowa Gun Owners (IGO) was formed in January of 2009 to combat the
oppressive gun laws in the State of Iowa. IGO does not believe that you,
as a law abiding citizen, should have to beg permission from the
government to be able to defend yourself and your family. That’s why we
are working so hard to get a Vermont/Alaska style carry law passed in
Iowa. In these states, unless you are a convicted felon or otherwise
barred from possessing weapons, you don’t need a permit to carry a gun
for self-defense! Join us now! Visit: www.iowagunowners.org
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NRA - ILA
Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- NRA-ILA grass roots news recently
debuted a new and improved format for the “Grassroots News Minute”
video!
To view the current video in its new format, please click above:
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About:
Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America’s oldest
civil rights and sportsmen’s group. Four million members strong, NRA
continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to
advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce
crime. The Association remains the nation’s leader in firearm education
and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the
military. Visit: www.nra.org
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AMMOLAND.COM place and one point behind Haagen and Torson was Roger Tremba.

Mcdonald Sportsmen’s August About:

Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association: Constitution of the
BPCR Shooting Match Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Article I, Section 21, “The right of the
SEP 29, 2010 02:59P.M. citi-zens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State shall not be
questioned.” We uphold, promote and support the right to keep and bear
Mcdonald Sportsmen’s August BPCR Shooting Match arms. Visit: www.pennarifleandpistol.org
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Realtree Provides Hunters with

Best Hunting Weather Data
Available
Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association SEP 29, 2010 02:44P.M.

Butler, PA --(Ammoland.com)- Thirty-five competitors attended the Realtree Provides Hunters with Best Hunting Weather Data
August 7, 2010 Black Powder Cartridge Rifle Silhouette match at Available
McDonald Sportsmen‘s Club.

Many of the old timers to this game shot very good scores, but some of
the relatively newer competitors have been steadily learning the
subtleties of the game and are also shooting good scores. This makes for
numerous tied scores and some interesting shoot-offs at the end of the
match.

Ross Arnfield shot an excellent score of 30/40 to win the Iron Sight
category. Karl Hovatter and Jim Radcliffe tied with 29/40, with Hovatter
winning the shoot-off to take 2nd Iron Sight and Radcliffe finishing in
3rd place.

RealTree
First Master was won by John Whitcomb. Kermit Hoke took 2nd Master
after winning a shoot-off over Steve Maurer. AAA class was won by Mike
COLUMBUS, Georgia --(Ammoland.com)- Realtree has launched an
Kanzeg after a shoot-off with Tim Trunick who finished 2nd AAA, and
innovative iPhone application designed for hunters that displays up-to-
Mike Shamonsky took 3rd AAA.
date radar images, current conditions and wind speed and direction on
an interactive Google map.
Steve Blackstone won a shoot-off in AA class to take first place over Larry
Kiehl who finished 2nd AA. The combined A & B class was won by Stan
Realtree for iPhone is now available on the iTunes store for $3.99 at
Waddingham followed by John Estok.
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Scope class was not immune to shoot-offs and close scores. John Haagen
The iMap-enabled Realtree Weather application, developed by weather
and Tim Torson both fired scores of 28/40. After the shoot-off Haagen
leader Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., (WDT) detects your location
emerged the winner and Torson settled for 2nd place. Finishing in 3rd

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and provides you with your local radar data, as well as current
conditions, a 7-day forecast, humidity, wind direction and dew-point
data.
The Realtree application also offers severe weather information,
including the latest US radar, IR satellite and lightning strikes, as well as
a news tab featuring blogs.
“Weather is a high priority for any hunter or outdoor
sportsman,” said Mike Gauthier, vice president of sales for
WDT.
“With Realtree’s mobile application, we are bringing the most
powerful, innovative and accurate weather, radar and
satellite data available in the United States, transforming any
iPhone into a reliable decision-making tool for the nation’s
more than 23 million hunters.”
Realtree Provides Hunters with Best Hunting Weather Data Available
Realtree Weather automatically detects the users’ current locations with
a blue pin. Browsers can also simply type in the name of a location of
interest and the application drops a pin on the map, marking that
location and providing current weather conditions, temperatures,
forecasts and highs and lows.
Using the “pinch zoom” method to zoom in and out of the map, users can
access detailed radar information, all the way down to street level. The
radar animates on demand, creating a continuous loop, allowing hunters
to better predict storm paths. The radar data is updated every 5 minutes.
Realtree Weather provides direct access to the nation’s conservation and
hunting news, classic Realtree videos, articles and hunting tips from the
team at Realtree.
About RealTree:
Realtree is the world’s leading camouflage designer, marketer, and
licensor with over 1,500 licensees utilizing the Realtree camouflage
brand. Thousands of outdoor and lifestyle products are available in
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Realtree camouflage patterns. In addition, Realtree is committed to
supporting individuals and groups that work to ensure our outdoor
heritage, the conservation of natural places and the wildlife that resides
there. In fact, Realtree is one of the nation’s leading contributors to
conservation groups such as Ducks Unlimited, the National Wild Turkey
Federation, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and others. Realtree
promotes its products and relationships widely on ESPN2, Outdoor
Channel and other television networks, as well as through Realtree.com
and many other outlets. For more information, check out
www.realtree.com.
About Weather Decision Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1999, Weather Decision Technologies has become a global
leader in providing state-of-the-science weather detection, nowcasting,
and forecasting systems and services to our partners and customers.
WDT’s iMap services provide dynamic, web-based and mobile
interactive mapping solutions for the world’s leading local media
companies. WDT maintains operational and international offices in
Washington, D.C.; Norman, Oklahoma and Atlanta, Georgia.
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Trailblazer Adventure Program
Celebrates “One Millionth”
Participant
SEP 29, 2010 02:33P.M.
Trailblazer Adventure Program Celebrates “One Millionth”
Participant
Milestone Marks Nearly a Decade of Leading Outdoor Youth
Education.
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U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
Columbus, OH --(Ammoland.com)- The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
Foundation’s (USSAF) signature outdoor education program for
American youth, the Trailblazer Adventure Program, is preparing to
reach a major milestone on October 2 with its one millionth participant
attending an event.
Thousands of youth and their families will be flooding seven Trailblazer
Adventure Day locations around the nation including sites in Atlanta,
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, Traverse City, Michigan, Jackson,
Mississippi, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Albany, New York and East
Providence, Rhode Island.
By the end of the day, over one million participants will have gone
through the Trailblazer Adventure Program since its inception as an
Atlanta pilot program in 2001.
In 2002 Trailblazer grew with five pilots around the country averaging
over 1,000 participants at each site. That tremendous growth continued
reaching a record number of 200,000 youth and their families attending
in 2009 alone.
Trailblazer has received many awards and accolades including a U.S.
Department of the Interior Take Pride in America award for its
leadership in recruiting youth and families to outdoor sports.
“For close to a decade, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance
Foundation has worked with all types of youth organizations
to make Trailblazer the largest outdoor education program of
its kind in the nation,” said Bud Pidgeon, USSAF president
and CEO. “To have touched the lives of so many young people
and their families and to have given them a taste of the
wonders of outdoor sports has been awe inspiring.”
The Chair of the Trailblazer Program is Mary Cabela, co-founder with
husband Richard Cabela, and brother Jim Cabela of the well known
sportsmen store chain, Cabela’s. It is under her guidance and generosity
that Trailblazer has the resources to introduce legions of youth and their
families to shooting, fishing, hunting, and trapping.
Additionally, many organizations have provided invaluable resources to
make Trailblazer a reality such as the National Shooting Sports
Foundation, Boy Scouts of America, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
nearly every state wildlife agency, and numerous national conservation
based groups such as Fur Takers of American, Masters of Foxhounds
Association, and the National Wild Turkey Federation. In addition to
these groups, tens of thousands of volunteers, many from the expansive
national network of local conservation clubs, have donated their time
and money to make each Trailblazer event a unique experience for the
children and families attending.
Trailblazer would not be possible without numerous conservation
minded businesses such as Cabela’s, the Crosman Corporation, Bushnell
Performance Optics, Henry Repeating Arms, and many more.
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About Trailblazer: Trailblazer events are typically hosted at a Boy Scout
camp or similar facility and features a variety of activities,
demonstrations and orientation sessions designed to let children and
their parents experience the outdoor lifestyle. Activities include firearm
shooting and safety, archery, trapping, fishing and much more. All
activities are conducted under the supervision of experienced “Trail
Guides” with an emphasis on safety. USSAF Local Field Directors attend
each event to ensure coordination between all participating
organizations.
Youth-serving partnerships include: Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts
of the USA, Campfire USA, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club,
Girls Incorporated and YMCA.
Conservation organization partnerships include: National Shooting
Sports Foundation, Masters of Foxhounds Association, Fur Takers of
America, National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), its state chapters
and the NWTF JAKES program, Ohio Division of Wildlife, West Virginia
Division of Natural Resources- Wildlife, Wild Sheep Foundation, Bass
Anglers Sportsmen’s Society, Kentucky Fur Takers Association, Safari
Club International Foundation, Safari Club International Golden Gate
Chapter, United Taxidermist Association (UTA), Hidden Haven Hunting
Preserve, local sportsmen’s clubs, and the U.S. Army Marksmanship
Unit.
Special partnerships: Three of the aforementioned organizations have
signed agreements to provide leadership at Trailblazer events. These
groups are the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), its state
chapters, and the NWTF JAKES program, BASS, and the United
Taxidermy Association.
Also indispensable to the success of Trailblazer are generous financial
sponsors including the National Shooting Sports Foundation,
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies, Ohio Division of Wildlife,
Bushnell Performance Optics, Cabela’s, Charles Daly and the Crosman
Corporation.
Additional support: The Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation, Shikar-
Safari Club International Foundation, Mrs. Mary A. Cabela, William H.
Flowers Jr. Foundation, Alan & Barbara Sackman, McBean Family
Foundation, Bicknell Fund, Hampe Family Foundation, Inc., Mr.
Richard C. Hampe, JCK Foundation, Northstar Youth Houndsman, U.S
Fish and Wildlife Service, West Virginia Trophy Hunters Association,
and the Big Game Hunters Foundation.
For more information about the Trailblazer Adventure program, e-mail
trailblazer@ussportsmen.org or visit www.trailblazeradventure.org.
About USSAF
The USSAF protects and defends America’s wildlife conservation
programs and the pursuits – hunting, fishing and trapping – that
generate the money to pay for them. It is responsible for public
education, legal defense and research.
About NSSF
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grown and prospered from simple beginnings to become the largest
mail-order, retail and Internet outdoor outfitter in the world.

About the NWTF

The National Wild Turkey Federation is a national nonprofit
conservation and hunting organization that, along with its volunteers,
partners and sponsors, has worked for the conservation of the wild
turkey and preservation of the hunting tradition. When the NWTF was
established in 1973, there were only 1.3 million wild turkeys. Today that
number stands at more than seven million birds throughout North
America, and hunting seasons have been established in 49 U.S. states,
Canada and Mexico.

About UTA
The United Taxidermist Association was founded in September 2007 by
a group of like minded individuals, seeking to promote unity and
professionalism within the taxidermy industry. The UTA focuses on Seneca White Deer
advancing the art of taxidermy with special emphasis on education and
youth.

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Canandaigua, NY --(Ammoland.com)- Heron Hill Winery is

partnering with the Seneca White Deer, Inc. in an effort to raise
awareness and funds to benefit the preservation of these unique and
treasured animals. This collaboration will help to protect the special herd
of White Deer that reside at the former Seneca Army Depot located on
the eastern side of Seneca Lake.

This fall and winter, $2 from every bottle of Heron Hill’s Semi-Dry
Riesling sold at the winery and at their two tasting rooms will go directly
to benefit the Seneca White Deer. This is the winery’s most popular wine
as it exemplifies the bright fruit flavors, crisp acidity and the mineral
characteristics that make the Finger Lakes the premier Riesling region in
North America.

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Heron Hill Winery’s owner, John Ingle, is an avid
conservationist and animal lover, saying “We’re honored to
stand up for these unique and beautiful creatures and urge
you to learn more about them and support our efforts to
preserve them.” Dennis Money, President of Seneca White
Deer, Inc., a not for profit organization dedicated to
promoting ecotourism for a significant part of the Seneca
Army Depot stated,
“We applaud the support from Heron Hill Winery. Helping to
promote our mission shows the environmental stewardship
of the winery and their support for promoting tourism in the
Finger Lakes.”
The Environmental Stewardship Luncheon at the German House in
Rochester, N.Y. on October 6, 2010 which is being hosted by Seneca
White Deer, Inc. will mark the start of this fundraising partnership. The
Semi-Dry Riesling will be available at all three locations; Heron Hill
Winery on Keuka Lake, their tasting room on Seneca Lake and their
newest tasting room in Bristol on the Canandaigua Wine Trail.
For more information about Heron Hill Winery on Keuka Lake and their
two tasting rooms on Seneca and Canandaigua Lakes, visit
www.heronhill.com. For more information about Seneca White Deer,
Inc., and the October 6 luncheon go to www.senecawhitedeer.org.
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CSF Board of Directors Elects
New Leadership & New Board
Member
SEP 29, 2010 10:42A.M.
CSF Board of Directors Elects New Leadership & New Board
Member
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Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation
Washington, DC –-(Ammoland.com)- On the heels of the most
successful annual banquet and auction to date, the Congressional
Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) Board of Directors selected officers for
2011 and voted to approve Walter McLallen as a member of the Board.
Lindsay Thomas, former Congressman from Georgia, former Co-Chair of
the bipartisan Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) and current
Vice-Chairman of the CSF Board, was elected by his peers to serve as
Chairman of the Board.
Current Secretary of the CSF Board and President of the Boone &
Crockett Club, Robert Model, was elected to serve as Vice-Chairman, and
CSF Board member and President of Lipsey’s and Haspel, Laurie
Aronson, was elected Secretary. Paul Miller remains Treasurer, and long
standing member Phil Morlock of Shimano, was selected to continue his
service as Honorary Board Chairman.
“Our mission is to support and unite the consensus of the
over 300 members of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus,
the over 2,000 state legislators of the National Assembly of
Sportsmen’s Caucuses and the 28 state chief executives of the
Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus in the bi-partisan effort of
protecting the interests and concerns of America’s hunters
and anglers,” said Thomas.
“This means not only protecting the rights of America’s
sportsmen but seeing that the natural environment that
sustains our wildlife resources is protected and enhanced for
future generations.”
McLallen is an avid sportsman and outdoorsman and is the founder and
a Managing Director of Meritage Capital Advisors, a financial advisory
boutique engaged in corporate finance, private equity origination and
asset management. He has been an investor and member of the Board of
Directors of The Freedom Group, the largest firearm and ammunition
company in the nation, and its predecessors since 2006 and currently
serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
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“CSF is fortunate to have exceptional and quality individuals
serving on our board. Their insights, counsel and guidance
have been invaluable while increasing our role as the leader
in organizing state and federal elected officials to promote a
pro-sportsmen’s agenda,” said CSF President Jeff Crane.
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40+ Celebrities Attending 2010
Hollywood Celebrity Sporting
Clays Invitational
SEP 29, 2010 10:09A.M.
More Than 40 Celebrities Attending 2010 Hollywood Celebrity
Sporting Clays Invitational
To Benefit City Of Hope Bone Marrow Donor Program Event Is Open
To The Public With Ticket Purchase.
More Than 40 Celebrities Attending 2010 Hollywood Celebrity Sporting
Clays Invitational
Celebrities and champion shooters include, Eva Longoria
Parker (Desperate Housewives), James Woods (Once Upon
A Time In America, The Virgin Suicides), Joe Mantegna
(Criminal Minds, The Godfather: Part III), Colin Farrell
(Phone Booth), Tom Selleck (Three Men and a Baby,
Magnum PI), Aaron Eckhart (Dark Knight, Thank You For
Smoking), Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills 90210,
Terminator), Cedric Yarbrough (Reno 911!, The 40 Year Old
Virgin), Dominika Wolski (Andromeda, Dark Angel),
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Elizabeth Berkley Showgirls, Saved By the Bell), Eric
Roberts, (Dark Knight, The Expendables), Erik Estrada
(CHIPs), Ernie Hudson (Ghost Busters, Greg Plitt
(Terminator Salvation), Ivan Sergei (The Break-Up, The
Opposite Sex), Jake Busey (Starship Troopers, Contact), ,
Jessie Camacho (Curse Of Alcatraz, Host Of Telemundo),
Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck, Fantastic 4: Rise Of The Silver
Surfer), Keith David (Platoon, Crash), Lou Ferrigno (The
Incredible Hulk), Michael Copon (The Scorpion King: Rise
Of A Warrior, Bring It On), Michael Rooker (Cliffhanger),
Patrick Kilpatrick (Minority Report, Criminal Minds,
Nip/Tuck, 24), Ralf Moeller (Gladiator, The Scorpion King),
Rick Schroder (Get Him to the Greek), Ron Perlman (Sons Of
Anarchy, Hellboy), Sandy Climan (Golden Global and
British Academy-Award Winning Producer – The Aviator),
Thom Barry (Cold Case, 2 Fast 2 Furious), Tim Abell (We
Were Soldiers, Soldier Of God), Vinnie Jones (Smokin Aces
2, The Irishman, Magic Boys), Jon Michael McGrath II
(Sporting Clays National & World Junior Champion), Moses
Smith (California state champion), Sergeant Glenn Eller
(Sporting Clays Gold medalist, Beijing, China Olympics),
Sergeant Vincent Hancock (Sporting Clays Gold medalist,
Beijing, China Olympics), Taran Butler (IPSC World Shoot
Standard Gold Medal Team Champion, Superstition
Mountain Mystery Multi Gun Tactical Champion), Tony
Schumacher (National Hot Rod Association champion).
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LOS ANGELES, CA --(Ammoland.com)- More than 40 Hollywood
celebrities and champions are joining forces with host Patrick Kilpatrick
of Uncommon Dialogue Films to benefit the City of Hope Marrow Donor
Program at the 2010 Hollywood Shotgun Sporting Clays Invitational.
Triple B Shotgun Sporting Park is the backdrop for this star-studded
competition on Saturday, October 9 in El Monte, California.
More than 200 international shooters and 40 global celebrities will enjoy
an exciting day of world class, eco-friendly sporting clays shooting to
benefit the City of Hope Bone Marrow Donor Program. The City of Hope
Mobile Bone Marrow Testing Unit will be on-site for celebrity and event
participants to be entered into the national registry with the ultimate
goal of finding a match for a patient in need of bone marrow or stem-cell
treatment.
“It’s absolutely fun and challenging, a sport that anyone can
enjoy,” said host and Uncommon Dialogue Films CEO actor
Patrick Kilpatrick. “We’re doing something special … a vivid
tournament, superbly catered, combined with Hollywood
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gifting and unique tactical attractions.” Invitational

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person teams coupled with two celebrities per team will compete against Hollywood Sporting Clays, Outdoors Personalities, Skeet Shooting,
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total. Attendees will rotate from station-to-station to shoot bio-
degradable, clay saucers launched at varying speeds, angles, heights and
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handling is the order of the day as international competitors, instructors
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Sideline activities include Kriss TDI Sub-Machine Gun demos, explosives The Oldest of Songs, One Of The Hunt
demos by Trip Wire, an acoustic lunch-time performance from rock band He could no more stop hunting than he could stop breathing. The music
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Following the red carpet and a gourmet breakfast, celebrities will receive
mandatory safety and shooting instruction with a state-of-the-art loaner
shotgun for the day. Participants walk the course or travel by golf-car
from station-to station with some stops sporting extra activities and
special treats for added fun and adventure.

Competitors will shoot a total of 100 clays split into two parts with a
break for a gourmet picnic lunch. At the end of the event everyone will
gather for a casual cocktail party, awards ceremony and eclectic live
auction.

Honors include top, runner up and third place male and female shooter,
top, runner up and third place male and female celebrity shooter as well
as gift bags for everyone.

One of those small town bar n breakfast joints that smelled of coffee,
International shooters include Olympian, world and national champions
smoke, burned bacon & eggs, good smells to a deer hunter.
as well as all-around recreational shooters who purchase $500 single-
entry tickets, $1,800 for a team of four plus (with VIP treatment), or
$150 for the cocktail party to join celebrities to benefit the charity event.
Triple B Clays Shotgun Sporting Park is located at 831 Rosemead Blvd. in
El Monte, CA 91733-4211.

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“It really is time the green movement and shooting/outdoor

sports which contribute so much to conservation are joined
together with Hollywood glamour,” noted Kilpatrick.
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Columbia, SC --(AmmoLand.com)- Five a.m., opening day breakfast
hadn’t changed much.
Hank, Frank and Floyd, two of the brothers nursing hangovers, Pastor
Fred, Harry and Earl still commandeered the corner table, raucous as

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crows in a cornfield.
Earl owned the place, “The Shot,” he named it, one of those small town
bar/breakfast joints that smelled of coffee and smoke and burned bacon
and eggs, good smells to a deer hunter. Folks ladled out jam and jelly
with a communal spoon and poured cream from the same pitcher and
sugar from the same jar. Winston still tasted good like a cigarette should,
everybody carried lever actions and wore wool, and most downed a deer
by season’s end. A shot of Earl’s coffee in the morning, a shot at a deer
during the day, and a shot of Earl’s whiskey in the evening . . . no matter
what, everybody took a shot. Hence the name.
Time seems to stand still in a small town.
Jack Troutwine sat in a back booth sipping bitter black coffee and
listening to their voices. Twenty years gone as a boy and back as a man,
no one had recognized him but he remembered them, the rhythm and
cadence of their words familiar as old friends. Snippets of conversations
reached across the restaurant and across the years to his booth, making
him smile.
“Dogs and dopes are going to inherit the earth and I hope it’s the dogs,”
Father Fred intoned, disgusted with some chicanery somewhere.
“Not the poor?” Frank winked at Floyd, figuring he’d goosed Pastor Fred
in the gospel for once.
“Hell no. That’d mean dopes like you two would be in charge. Give me a
Chihuahua anytime. At least it has enough sense to sit in an old
woman’s lap instead of chasing her from bar to bar half the night and
throwing away good money hand over fist.”
Whistles and jeers greeted the retort, flushing the brothers deep red as
the Woolrich coats that hung from their chairs. “Don’t think I didn’t hear
about you two boys stuck in a poor man’s hoist last night.”
Floyd shrugged. “I sure didn’t.”
The brothers glared accusations at one another before Frank spoke.
“How’d you know we were in the ditch? We didn’t tell anybody, did we,
Floyd?”
Pastor Fred grinned like he had God in his back pocket. “The Lord is my
shepherd, boys, and keeps a good watch out for the wolves who
threaten my flock.”
About then Earl’s wife dropped steaming plates of breakfast around the
table, stilling the din for a second, long enough for Hank to lambaste the
food starting with the bacon, an opening day tradition.
“Hey Earl, these pigs of yours fly?”
“What do you mean, Hank?” Earl winked and played along while
everybody leaned in for Hank’s jibes, wondering how he’d outdo last
year’s tirade.
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“Pardon me, Pastor, but for chrissakes, Earl, the bacon looks like a
couple of hummingbird tongues, the eggs look like scrambled canaries,
and if I didn’t know better, I’d say the toast is burned blacker than the
stain in a hobo’s undies. You expect us to eat this mess?”
Laughter and disgust drowned most of the conversation and as the
restaurant filled, the last voices Jack heard were Harry’s complaining
how his deer-chasing shorthair always ripped his tongue on briars and
bled like he’d “swallowed a box of knives,” and one of the brothers
bragging how his new girlfriend could swat down grouse like she was
“backhanding stepchildren.” From their gestures, though, he knew
they’d turned to buck stories, each measuring invisible spreads bigger
than the others.
Finishing his coffee, Jack rose to leave, never able to eat on opening day,
his nerves likely to jitterbug with anything in his stomach, his excitement
keen as ever.
“Jack? Jack Troutwine? Well I’ll be damned,” Pastor Fred remarked,
catching Jack’s eye and rising to stand unsteadily on his cane.
Jack reached across the table, careful not to squeeze the pastor’s hand
too hard, and nodded at the others. He noticed a walker behind Hank,
his face a geography of gullies and ravines, and grey hair curling from
beneath the brothers’ caps. Even Harry, the youngest, wore a web of
spider veins in his cheeks, the patina of age purpling his skin. Time had
found another entrance, separating then from now.
“Home for the hunt?”
“Yessir.”
“How’s your father? I haven’t seen him in a month of Sundays.”
“Good. A little slower.”
“Aren’t we all.”
“You hunting the marsh or the swamp field?”
“The swamp field, I think.”
“It’s as good an opening day spot as any, I suppose. Been an awful dry
summer, though. From what I heard, even the turtles were packing
canteens. Collar-up weather today, though.”
Jack grinned and nodded. “How ‘bout you?”
“None of us old farts hunts much more than memories, Jack,” Pastor
Fred responded for the group. “We still do breakfast, though, and talk
deer like when you were a kid, and Earl still antes up a free drink if you
shoot a good one. Right, barkeep?” He slapped Earl on the back and
laughed.
Small talk gave way to pause, allowing Jack to leave before the silence
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stretched to awkward. Good lucks followed him out the door where a
light snow drifted across the parked trucks, swirled into small tornadoes
by the wind. Backing out, he glimpsed crow tracks walking the edge of
his eyes, shook his head ruefully and pointed his headlights toward the
swamp field.
Rituals remain, he thought, hearing the whispers of his own mortality,
but we don’t. Grateful to still be part of the hunt, he watched the
restaurant fade in the rearview mirror.
An hour later Jack Troutwine shivered in the darkness before dawn,
happy with his discomfort while awaiting the most important morning of
the year. He believed in hunting the hard way, with no blinds or bait, just
an overturned bucket in a field overlooking a cedar swamp with the wind
in his face. Jack had always hunted this way, believing a level playing
field made the experience true.
Pulling the gun to his shoulder like an old friend and aiming at an oak
across the field, he felt confident knowing it fired where it pointed and
huddled down into the rhythm of the hunt as snow stung his skin like
slivers of ice. Weaving among ragged, grey clouds, a half-moon glowed
like a gem in the black ear of night and the sky wore a sparkly number
sequined with stars, both promising sunrise despite the snow that
powdered the trees and clung to his coat. It reminded Jack of an old time
ticker-tape parade layering the landscape with confetti.
The snow also coated the fur of a swollen-necked buck resting under a
cedar deep in the swamp after a night of carousing. If Jack had known,
he would’ve shivered with more than cold.
The morning’s music was sung by the usual choir, owl song and pheasant
reveille followed by mallard chuckle and the whistle of wood ducks
seeking refuge elsewhere. Woodpeckers banged the timpani, startling
loud-winged doves onto the low branches of a hawthorn. Bluejays
shouted the sun’s coming as the sky brightened beneath clouds turned to
cotton candy in the pink wash of dawn, pools of blue forming between
them as if someone had broken through ice. Across the field young
maples mixed with birch and poplar began to glow like sparklers in the
gathering light, their yellow leaves bright as finches, while a clump of
shrubs blushed red knowing nakedness was soon to come. Of all
moments, these were Jack’s favorite, the hymn of color and sound that
foreshadowed morning.
Minutes later three apparitions hugged the swamp edge. The color of
shade, they eased from the cedars cautiously and angled toward him,
jittery in the wind, ears alert, ghosting into the brown grass invisible as
chameleons. Lifting and lowering their heads in syncopation, they moved
with stealth, furtive and shy and impossibly silent as they closed within
15 yards, eyes locked to his, sensing wrong. Jack hung a crosshair on the
biggest deer when all three heads dipped.
Pow!
He heard the shot in his imagination and watched the doe fall before
lowering his rifle, dry run done. Cutting man-scent in a swirl of wind, the
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deer whirled, grabbed her sisters by the hand, it seemed, and
disappeared as if never there.
“Goodbye, girls,” Jack whispered, staring at an empty field except for the
trees and grass and rising wind that loosed snow squalls from a bank of
black clouds. The rest of the morning snow and sun traded turns as Jack
squinted for another glimpse of the supernatural.
By noon his concentration flagged and his mind sifted through memories
of other hunts. He remembered every deer he’d ever killed, from the
orchard eight-point to the first one as a 14-year-old boy, a doe taken with
a .410 slug on the last day at dusk deep in the cedar swamp he studied
now. Searching in the dark, uncertain of his aim, he finally found it dead
under a thicket of pin cherries when his flashlight reflected green off the
doe’s vacant, iridescent eye. Bending to touch its fur, he choked back
tears, overcome with joy and sorrow.
Gathering himself, he struggled the deer to a small stream that
meandered among the dense cedars, in his mind feeling again the cold
water pressing against his boots as he floated the doe downstream
through the swamp on a starry, cold night toward camp.
Hearing the shot, his father had waited anxiously in the light of a gas
lantern, the hiss of its mantle sinister to the old man as he watched for
his boy before breaking into a grin when he caught sight of him holding
his gun in one hand and a hoof in the other. Together they gutted the
deer and dragged it to the truck, their breath white as moonlight in the
cold, before emotion overwhelmed him and Jack cried openly.
“It’s the way you’re supposed to feel,” his father counseled. “If you felt
otherwise, you wouldn’t be a hunter who honors what God gives you;
you’d be a poacher, which is the same thing as a killer. Wait here.”
He went to the animal and returned to touch its blood to Jack’s lip.
“You’re not a boy anymore.”
Jack accepted the covenant, understanding that hunting had imbued in
him a compassion and respect for life unlike any other experience,
teachings he would honor for the rest of his life, and he knew that day he
could no more stop hunting than he could stop breathing. The music
played too loudly in him. The irony of taking a life to revere it, however,
was not lost on him, a dilemma he would never resolve, and he knew his
elation in taking an animal always would be tempered by grief for its
death.
Late that afternoon.
The resting buck arose rejuvenated and hungry. Sidestepping a downed
cedar, he moved silently through the thick underbrush toward the edge
of the swamp where a gnarled oak littered the ground with acorns, the
same one Jack aimed at in the morning. Wind-gusts paused his pace and
the deer stood still as a statue while reading a thousand sights and
sounds and smells from the landscape, recognizing them all, sorting
safety from each.
Jack saw no movement even after the deer entered the field to follow the
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doe trail. By now evening veiled the swamp and joined the deer, draping
shade over the snow-powdered grass.

Something out of place caught Jack’s eye, something extra, a stump he

hadn’t noticed before. Raising his rifle slowly, he laid the crosshairs
against the object just as sunset seeped under the clouds to reveal a row
of red candles glimmering in the dusk, seven in all, a moment’s menorah.

Swamp buck, Jack thought, noting the reddish-dark horns. Heart racing,
he braced his elbow on his knee and aimed. In the instant between the
touch of the trigger and the sound of the shot, the buck fell, heart and
shoulder shattered by the bullet.

Trembling from the hunt’s crescendo, Jack racked the rifle and watched
for the deer to rise and run. Struggling to quell his emotion, he waited 20
minutes before walking toward the oak where the buck lay dead. A red
splash darkened the snow like spilled wine. Taking a thin wafer of the
dark snow, he placed it to his lips and listened to the wind sing in the
field.
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For Three Pennsylvania Steel
Eagles Highpower Shooters It ’s
All In The Family
SEP 29, 2010 08:35A.M.
For Three Pennsylvania Steel Eagles Highpower Shooters It ’s
All In The Family
By Steve Cooper, CMP Writer
When asked who inspired the Horomanski girls, Elyse, Marie and Jenna
to become highpower shooters, they quickly pointed out their father,
Curt.
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CAMP PERRY, OHIO - -(Ammoland.com)- Curt Horomanski, 52, of
Monroeville, Penn-sylvania, says he es happy to provide shooters for the
Steel Eagles junior rifle team. His oldest daughter Chessa, 22, recently
graduated from the junior ranks but he still has three daughters shooting
with the Steel Eagles and members of the Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol
Association.
Elyse, 19, Jenna, 16, and Marie, 14 , all point their fingers at dad when
asked who es the driving force behind their participation in service rifle
competition. The girls didn ’t take the traditional route of shooting air
rifle or .22 caliber smallbore rifle prior to jumping into highpower. All of
the Horomanski girls fired nothing but AR-15 rifles from the start, their
dad says.
They all started at 12,. Curt said. ”We started in club shooting and they
went to the firing line standing and didn ’t hit the target very much,
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sometimes they were on paper, but not in the scoring area. Of course the
tears would roll down, but they got better and better”. he said.
Over the years the Horomanski family has traveled to matches in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and most recently, North Carolina,
improving at each event. The girls attended the Eastern Junior High-
power Clinic and Championship at Camp Butner, North Carolina, and
did very well shooting and socializing.
They went down there and didn ’t want to leave,. Curt said. They made a
lot of friendships at Butner and I think it really helped them a lot.
“I enjoy going to shooting events because I like making friends from all
across the country”. said Marie, the youngest. “ We used to stay to
ourselves but now we feel more comfortable meeting new shooters and
getting to know them”. The girls admit they are a unique group because
many of the shooting events they attend are populated primarily by boys.
Each of them learned to load ammunition prior to shooting in
competitions, Curt said.
These events are a great place for them to meet boys the marrying kind –
I ’ll be honest. These young guys are very polite and very responsible
young men. While dad is traveling with the girls, mom is back home with
the girls younger brother, but she attends matches when she can.
They have an eight-year-old brother helping them load ammo and pretty
soon he will join them on the line, once he es 12, Curt said.
Elyse, who shot her personal best at Camp Perry this year, said ”Our
mom is learning about shooting and she ’s really supportive. She always
makes sure we have bug spray, sun tan lotion and food and water. I agree
that its fun meeting people and getting an opportunity to improve my
shooting and being with my sisters.
I love competing as an individual and team because we ere always
challenging ourselves to do better. You know what they say, practice
makes perfect,. Jenna said. ”
“We are always trying to improve and we don‘t dwell on past mistakes.”
Bob Eikey, 41, of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, the Steel Eagles Highpower
Director, said he es happy to have families like the Horomanski es
involved. ”To Curt es credit, he es been doing the job of three parents
and I know it ’s a lot of work dragging three teenagers around to these
events”.
Eikey said. ”It ’s a sibling-oriented sport. We have also got a couple of
brothers and some cousins that shoot with us too. Eikey is assisted by
Joe Hendricks, 42, of Wexford, Pennsylvania. Hendricks has a solid
history of high-power shooting and coached his own very successful
junior team several years ago, Eikey said. ”He ’s one of the best coaches
in the country.
”We are growing as fast as we can grow and improving at every match,.
Eikey said. A former Ohio State University rifle shooter, he ’s been
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participating in highpower for about 10 years and he es enjoying working

with juniors,” he said.

”You know, shooting is a sport of small numbers, so we ’re trying to

grow our programs and do the best we can. We ’ve been successful
attracting new juniors to our program by attending gun shows and
distributing information”. Eikey said.

He said he has been experimenting with new ways to introduce the

program to youngsters and has had success attending gun shows and
handing out information about the organization. As a result, he attracted
about 400 junior shooters who expressed interest.

”We waited for them to contact us and we eve been successful acquiring
some promising new shooters. We chased off the Kool-Aid drinkers and
those who just wanted to shoot our ammunition and recently we brought
on four new shooters”. he said.

”I certainly can ’t do this alone, but I will do anything I can to help

families grow our team. We have got some very generous sponsors and
they supply us with gear and we make the most of it.”

The Steel Eagles 7 of 7 two-person junior team of John Yates, 18, of

Hackettstown, New Jersey, and Brian Deyoung, 15, of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, took top honors in the At-Large category of the National
Trophy Junior Team Match and won Freedom es Fire medallions. The
Steel Eagles Gold six-person team placed second in the National Trophy
Rifle Team Match behind the California Grizzlies Team Seeley. Firing
members for the Steel Eagles were Jacob Perryman, 17, of Pleasant Gap,
Joseph Hendricks, Jr., 14, of Wexford, Elyse Horomanski, Nathan
Evagash, 16, of Glenshaw, Thomas Trent, 16, of Penn, and Garrett Miller,
19, of West Chester.

• For complete results of the 2010 CMP National Trophy Rifle

Matches, log onto: http://clubs.odcmp.com/cgi-
bin/report_matchResult.cgi?matchID=5690.

• To view photos from the matches, log onto:

http://cmp1.zenfolio.com/.

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