NRA To Obama: Do Not Lie To Hunters And Gun Owners

NRA TO OBAMA: DO NOT LIE TO HUNTERS AND GUN OWNERS
NRA Unveils Obama Gun Vote Fact Sheet to be sent to Millions of Voters

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Fairfax, Va. – At a rally in Lebanon, Virginia in front of a crowd of rural voters, Barack Obama made another one of his empty election-year promises not to take away shotguns, rifles or handguns if elected President. However, Obama’s words on the campaign trail do not match his long record of opposing lawful gun ownership.

“NRA will not allow Barack Obama to revise history. That is why we will be sending this fact sheet of Obama votes to wherever hunters and gun owners congregate and to 4 million NRA members to share with their friends and neighbors.” said Chris W. Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist. “He has supported bans on handguns and semi-automatic firearms, and he has voted to ban possession of many shotguns and rifles commonly used by hunters and sportsmen across America. And we will remind voters every single time he lies.”

In 2003 while serving in the Illinois State Legislature, Obama voted in favor of a bill in the Judiciary Committee that would have made it illegal to “knowingly manufacture, deliver or possess” a so-called “semi-automatic assault weapons.” Under this bill, a firearm did not actually have to be semi-automatic to be banned. According to definitions in the bill, all single-shot and double-barreled shotguns 28-gauge or larger, and many semi-automatic shotguns of the same size, would be banned as “assault weapons.” This definition would have banned a large percentage of the shotguns used for hunting, target shooting and self-defense in the United States. The bill also would have banned hundreds of models of rifles and handguns.

Any Illinois resident who possessed one of these commonly used guns 90 days after the effective date would have had to “destroy the weapon or device, render it permanently inoperable, relinquish it to a law enforcement agency, or remove it from the state.” Anyone who still possessed a banned gun would have been subject to a felony sentence.

“Obama may argue the bill was poorly drafted,” said Cox. “But Barack Obama – who brags about being a constitutional law professor and the former president of the Harvard Law Review – voted for it. That’s pathetic.”

Illinois State Senate Judiciary Committee, March 13, 2003, Bill SB 1195, available at www.ilga.gov/legislation/93/SB/PDF/09300SB1195lv.pdf

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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.

Waterfowl USA Banquet At Indiana’s Bluegrass Fish & Wildlife Area

The Twin Bridges Chapter of Waterfowl USA will be holding it’s annual banquet on September 20, 2008, for the Bluegrass Fish & Wildlife Area. This once a year banquet is used to help raise funds for local conservation efforts that help in maintaining the TBWUSA projects. This year’s banquet will be held in Evansville, Indiana at the National Guard Armory

The TBWUSA helps fund projects through their membership fees, wild game suppers, raffles, and banquets. Many of these projects have been highly successful, including the recent Youth Dove Hunt event that drew in 76 kids, who bagged 577 doves in a matter of five hours.

Money received from these projects go towards conservation efforts to help protect Indiana’s waterfowl heritage. Over the past three years, the TBWUSA has built and erected more than 700 nest boxes for Indiana’s wood ducks. This program has been so successful that Indiana recently updated it’s wood duck bag limit from two birds, to three.

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Indiana To Offer Youth Deer Hunting Sept. 27 & 28

Indiana, along with the rest of the nation, will celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day on Sept. 27.

Getting the right introduction to hunting and fishing ensures a quality experience and the start to a lifetime of enjoyment. Many of today’s hunters and anglers received their first introduction to the two sports from either family or friends as a tradition passed down from generation to generation. A young person’s memories of taking that first deer or landing the “big one” that didn’t get away last a lifetime.

To help create such memories, Indiana will celebrate this special day with a two-day event that provides young licensed hunters (age 15 years and younger) who are accompanied by an adult (18 years or older) the opportunity to take one antlerless deer in addition to all other tags for the remaining deer seasons.

Participants may use any legal equipment, including shotgun, rifle, muzzleloader, bow and arrow, or crossbow to harvest deer. Hunter orange must be worn, and the youth hunter must possess a legal license while hunting (either youth consolidated hunting license or apprentice license).

A youth consolidated license requires the youth to have passed the hunter education course; however, the new apprentice hunting license allows a hunter of any age the opportunity to purchase a license without taking hunter education. Individuals with an apprentice hunter license must hunt with a licensed hunter who is older than 18 years of age, and must stay in contact with the adult hunter at all times.

Indiana hunters are limited to three apprentice licenses during their lifetime. This allows plenty of time for a young hunter to decide if they are going to continue hunting. If so, he or she must take a hunter education course.

Nationally, hunters and anglers (34 million), through license fees and excise taxes, generate $100,000 every 30 minutes for fish, wildlife and habitat programs.

For hunting and fishing events in Indiana for youth, go to www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/12485.htm. For more information about National Hunting and Fishing Day go to nhfday.org.

Raccoon SRA Announces “Introduction To Archery” Class To Be Held Sept. 27, 2008

Raccoon State Recreation Area will host an inaugural Introduction to Archery program and a Traditional Archery competition, Sept. 27, in recognition of National Hunting and Fishing Day.

The events take place at the archery trail within Raccoon SRA, located just west of the property’s entrance gate. Introduction to Archery starts at 10 a.m. This event is focused on youth but is open to all ages. Participants will learn about the history of archery as well as become acquainted with some of the equipment used in the sport. Participation is limited to first 20 who arrive.

The competition, which will be held 12:30 to 1 p.m., is open only to Long Bow/Recurve archers and is limited to the first 15 registrants, who must register by calling (765) 344-1412, by Sept. 25. Participants must provide their own equipment. The course will follow the existing archery trail and will consist of 3D and standard targets.

Both programs are free but standard entrance fees of $5 for in-state vehicles and $7 for out-of-state vehicles will be charged. For more information about this event, please call the registration phone number.

Raccoon SRA is located on U.S. 36 in Parke County in west central Indiana, 50 miles west of Indianapolis and 35 miles northeast of Terre Haute.

For more information please visit http://usoutdoorstoday.com/conservation/

Kimball Announces Auction Of 27,212 Acres Of Prime Hunting Land

JASPER, Ind. — Kimball International will sell 27,212 acres of its forest, agricultural and pasture land in a three-day auction Nov. 6-8 at different sites in Kentucky and Indiana.

The auction will include 11,759 acres in Crittenden and Union counties near Sturgis, Ky., that include a nationally known hunting property, more than four miles of Ohio River frontage and coal reserves that have been mined by various companies.

The Sturgis auction will be at 9 a.m. CST Nov. 8 at Union County High School, 4464 U.S. Highway 60W, Morganfield, Ky. The holdings will be sold in 71 tracts. They include the hunting property featured on the Outdoor Channel program “Game Trails,” along with 2,640 acres of cropland and 940 acres of pasture and hay fields.

On Nov. 6, Kimball’s land auction will begin at the French Lick Hotel & Casino Conference Center in French Lick, Ind., with a 9:30 a.m. EST morning auction and a 1 p.m. afternoon session. This sale primarily will include forest land for timber, hunting and recreational use.

The morning session will have 6,256 acres in 64 tracts in Martin, Lawrence and Orange counties in Indiana. The afternoon sale will be of 3,166 acres in 55 tracts in the Indiana counties of Dubois, Crawford, Perry and Orange.

The auction’s final day will be Nov. 7 at the Farm Bureau Community Building in Brandenburg, Ky., at 9 a.m. CST. This sale will be of 6,031 acres in 55 tracts, comprised of 5,341 acres in the Kentucky counties of Meade, Breckinridge and Butler, and 690 acres in the Indiana counties of Perry, Crawford and Harrison.

Kimball, a furniture and electronics assembly company, is selling all of its undeveloped property and timberlands because it’s no longer a vertically integrated manufacturer.

The firm will use sale proceeds to fund its growth strategies.

An estimated 68 million board feet of high-value hardwoods are on the properties, including white oak, yellow poplar, black walnut, hard maple, red oak and ash.

Woltz & Schrader Auctions of Columbia City, Ind., will market the properties and conduct the auctions for Kimball. For detailed information, contact Woltz & Schrader at (800) 451-2709 or visit

www.schraderauction.com

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The Web site includes tract photos, descriptions, directions, maps, request forms for auction brochures, and auction terms and conditions.

Indiana State Parks Deer Reduction Hunts Deadline Looming

– Both mail-in and on-line application deadlines are drawing near for the 2008 Indiana state park deer reduction hunts. The reductions are held specifically to reduce the number of ecologically damaging deer herds present in certain state parks.

The reduction efforts will be held Nov. 17-18 and Dec. 1-2. Mail-in applications must be received by Aug. 15. The on-line application deadline is Aug. 29.

Applications are available in the 2008-09 Indiana Hunting and Trapping Guide at retail stores and on-line as a special hunt registration at

www.in.gov/dnr/indianaoutdoor/

. Applicants must see details in the 2008-09 Indiana Hunting Trapping Guide before applying.

State Park deer reduction properties – firearms
Brown County
Chain O’Lakes
Charlestown
Harmonie
Indiana Dunes
Lincoln
McCormick’s Creek
Ouabache
Pokagon
Shades
Spring Mill
Summit Lake
Tippecanoe River
Turkey Run
Whitewater Memorial

State Park deer reduction properties – archery only
Fort Harrison
Clifty Falls

Applicants must be Indiana residents and be 18 years of age by Nov. 17, 2008 and possess at least one valid Indiana deer license to apply. Each person may apply only once for each state park deer reduction effort, regardless of primary or buddy status. All applications sharing duplicate names will be disqualified. Designated areas are available for participants with special needs.

Registration Closed For The 2009 Indiana Predator Challenge

The Indiana Predator Challenge has maxed out it’s registration for the 2009 event. That may be a little disheartening to those of you that didn’t act in the first TWO WEEKS of registration, but never fear–I am hearing that the 2010 event will be bigger and better than ever. The 2009 Indiana Predator Challenge has already registered a record number of participants for the February 1st-3rd event.

What Is The Indiana Predator Challenge?

The Indiana Predator Challenge is an annual competitive predator hunt taking place across 9 counties in southern, southwestern, and central Indiana.

The Indiana Predator Challenge is a competitive predator hunt that was developed in 2004 by some of Indiana’s most dedicated callers. Conversations on various online hunting forums and Southern Indiana gun stores seemed to indicate that there was a sufficient interest in predator hunting so a couple active members started laying the foundation of Indiana’s first competitive hunt to bring these guys together. Jason Bruce and Scott Banfield stepped forward as the hunts primary sponsors and developers. With help from experienced callers, prize sponsors and facilitators of similar contest around the country the first ever Indiana Predator Challenge was created.

Since 2005, the Indiana Predator Challenge has grown from a small scale gathering to one of the largest hunting events in Indiana. Participants are scored on both, live hunts and a rifle marksmanship competition, with the final tally being the average score of both events. The competitions are based on a 3-4 man team setting that always keeps the action amusing.

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