Author: Adam Back

All US duck and goose hunters who wish to hunt Manitoba this fall will receive a license, but must apply this summer

Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development has announced new licensing requirements for foreign resident migratory bird hunters in the province beginning with the 2023 hunting season.

Under the new regulations, there will be three categories of resident alien licenses: 1) a seven-day permit for independent hunters issued through a lottery, 2) an inherited migratory game bird license for holders of protected property interests, and 3) ) a seven-day permit. purchased through an authorized Manitoba vendor.

These changes are essential news for all hunters who want to go to Manitoba and hunt on their own this fall. They must submit their application through the electronic license portal between June 15 and July 15. For the 2023 hunting season, all hunters who apply through the portal within the appropriate timeframe will receive a license, a 100 percent success rate. What is different from the past is that the license will be limited to a period of seven days during the season. Over-the-counter migratory game bird licenses will not be sold.

Another part of the rule change reduces the number of providers authorized to guide waterfowl hunters in Manitoba by approximately 50%. Hunters who will use their services will purchase a license through the vendor, and the number of those licenses has been capped at the average number of hunters housed before COVID.

Delta’s policy team welcomes the opportunity to participate with the Waterfowl Advisory Group, which was established after governing legislation was passed last fall. Delta took this opportunity to inform regulations to ensure that all stakeholders, Manitoba residents and independent Americans, were represented in the final product.

Legacy licenses will be available to resident aliens who lawfully held a Manitoba resident alien game bird license at any time between August 15, 2018 and December 6, 2022, and prior to September 1, 2018. 2022, and currently remain:

• One registered owner in Manitoba
• A shareholder of a corporation that owns land in Manitoba, or
• A tenant of Crown land in Manitoba

Legacy license applications must be received by June 1, 2023. More information is available at https://www.gov.mb.ca/nrnd/fish-wildlife/pubs/fish_wildlife/wildlife/waterfowl-application-guidelines. pdf.

Prematurely disseminated misinformation has resulted in widespread confusion since discussions of the proposal began late last summer. However, the new regulations are clarified in the province’s publications at https://www.gov.mb.ca/nrnd/fish-wildlife/pubs/fish_wildlife/wildlife/waterfowl-guide-changes-migratory.pdf.

It is clear that all US hunters who wish to hunt in Manitoba this fall will be able to purchase a license to do so.

The intent of the Manitoba government’s regulatory changes, along with significantly strengthened enforcement, is to crack down on ‘rogue’ providers who have long operated illegally in the province and negatively impacted opportunities and access for all waterfowl hunters. In turn, it was felt that this should help alleviate some of the difficulties many resident hunters perceive in accessing high-pressure regions of the province.

In addition, the new regulations will manage equipment within the province and ensure that equipment does not exceed pre-COVID levels this year and beyond. Limit new growth in commercial waterfowl hunting in the province and take steps that are expected to lessen efforts to control access to hunting. Earlier suggestions by others that “all American hunters would need to use guides and outfitters in Manitoba” are clearly inaccurate as described in the actual regulations published by the province.—bill miller

For more information, contact John Devney at [email protected] or (701)-471-4235.

The Nebraska Park and Game Commission approved recommendations for the 2023 deer, antelope and elk hunting seasons at its April 19 meeting in Fremont.

The commissioners approved staff recommendations that will help the agency manage big game populations to socially acceptable levels.

Adopted changes to the Commission’s orders related to big game hunting include:

• removing 70 permits for antelope of both sexes and 282 for doe/fawn antelope,
• including archery season on all mule deer conservation area permits, making them valid for all open seasons,
• prohibit the taking of antlerless mule deer statewide on all lands open to public hunting, except lands in the Open Range and Water Program,
• Reduce the permit quota for non-resident male deer of any sex and bucks to 10,000, excluding landowner and youth permits,
• reduce the non-resident bow deer permit fee to 3,000 and make it invalid for mule deer on MDCA,
• reduce the nonresident muzzleloader permit quota to 1,000,
• create a new Plains Whitetail Firearm Deer Permit,
• reduce November available firearm permits by 5.9% and hornless-only seasonal choice permits by 7.4%,
• setting the non-resident quota at 15% for the Calamus West, Plains, Sandhills and Upper Platte November Firearm and Frenchman MDCA permits,
• restructuring of elk management units,
• adding 39 buck elk permits and 214 antlerless elk permits,
• minor adjustments to other deer, elk and antelope permits to meet management objectives.

The approved dates for the 2023 Big Game season are:

Deer:

Archery: from September 1 to December 1. 31; November Firearm: November 11-19; Muzzleloader: from December 1 to 31; Late Antlerless Exclusive Firearm: January 1-15, 2024; October River Antlerless Firearm: October 1-15; Late Firearm River Antlerless: January 1-31, 2024; Seasonal choice only without horns: from September 1 to January 1. 15, 2024; Youth: September 1 to January 1. 15, 2024; Limited Owner: September 1 – January 1. 15, 2024; Special Owner – November 4-6

Antelope:

Archery – August 20-December. 31; Muzzleloader – September 16-October. 1; Firearm: from October 14 to 29; Late Doe/Fawn: November 1 to January 1. 31, 2024

Moose:

Archery bull: from September 1 to October 1. 31; Firearms Bull – September 21-October. 31; Without antlers: from August 1 to January 1. 31, 2024; No horns, only on private land: August 1 to September 1. twenty; Early General Antlerless – August 1-October. 31; Late Polled General: November 1 to January 1. 31, 2024

The commissioners also approved a Board Resolution to apply for Transportation Alternatives Program grant funds through the Nebraska Department of Transportation to pave 24.6 miles of the Cowboy Trail from Rushville west to milepost 400 with limestone.

In other business, commissioners approved NDOT permanent and temporary easement applications for work on the Nebraska 7 Freeway in Ainsworth and the temporary Cowboy Trail bypass there.

In addition, the commissioners approved a staff recommendation to designate Phillips Canyon and Midway Lake, both located near Johnson Lake State Recreation Area in Dawson County, as state recreation areas. A new access to Phillips Canyon Lake on the north side of the canal, just off the highway. 283, is being developed by the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District and Game and Parks. Construction should be completed by the end of this spring. Designation of access to Midway Lake will allow for improvements to the existing ramp, dock, and parking area. Both access points to the Supply Canal will be managed by the Parks Division through a lease agreement with CNPPID. Both areas will provide critical access to public boats for fishing and waterfowl hunting.

There was also a review of the 2022-2023 river otter season. In the season, which ran from November 1 to the end of February, 53 otters were collected. In the first two seasons since the otter was removed, 131 were trapped.

In addition, commissioners received an overview of projects, updates, and activities in the Northeast Region from regional staff.

They also learned about the GoOutdoorsNE mobile app, which allows customers to access their account, view privileges, friends and family, hunter education, owner information, cancel electronic turkey permits, and report turkey harvest.

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Bipartisan event with President McCarthy, 55+ members of Congress

Ducks Unlimited (DU) Hosted the Annual Capitol Hill Dinner and Auction in Washington, D.C. Attended by More Than 650 Total Guests, Including Biden Administration Officials, Congressional Staff, DU Leaders, and More Than 55 Bipartisan Members of Congress, wetland conservation was once again the focus of government leaders across the United States.

The dinner was opened by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (CA), and Rep. Lisa Blunt-Rochester (DE) led the invocation.

“It’s a pleasure to gather in our nation’s capital to celebrate wetland conservation with our friends in Congress,” said DU Executive Director Adam Putnam. “The tireless work of our volunteers across the country is what allows DU to have such a strong reputation in Washington, and this event is a testament to that hard work. It is also proof of the broad bipartisan support for the American model of wildlife conservation in Congress, and DU will continue to work with our partners in government, conservation, and industry to ensure that our nation’s investment in our natural places stay strong.”

Emblematic of DU’s bipartisan support in Congress, the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA), one of DU’s highest priority conservation programs, received record funding of $50 million last year. And support for programs like NAWCA remains high. In 2023, more than 165 representatives and 52 senators have already voiced their support for NAWCA funding to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees.

NAWCA is a voluntary matching grant program that leverages federal and non-federal funds for wetland restoration. Since its enactment in 1989, the NAWCA has conserved more than 30 million acres and created an average of 7,500 new jobs per year. Every dollar spent by the federal government, on average, receives a $3 match from program partners like Ducks Unlimited. Further demonstrating the effectiveness of investments made by wetland programs like NAWCA, the recent State of the Birds report revealed widespread bird losses in all habitats except wetlands.

DU hosts the annual Capitol Hill Dinner and Auction each spring in our nation’s capital, welcoming members of Congress from both sides of the aisle and leaders of the current presidential administration, including those from the White House, Department of of Agriculture and the US Department of the Interior.

For more information, visit www.ducks.org and be sure to follow DU’s Twitter feed, @DucksUnlimited, for the latest Ducks Unlimited news.

Ducks Unlimited Inc. is the world’s largest nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving North America’s continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 15 million acres thanks to the contributions of more than one million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of enough wetlands to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow, and forever. To learn more about our work, visit www.ducks.org.

the 13^he The annual Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Trials were held at Camp Pendleton in California, February 28 – March 12, 2023, with the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) there to support the shooting portion of the event.

Each year, branches of the military host their own trials for those eligible to participate in the Department of Defense’s annual Wounded Warrior Games. The Games began in 2010 for the wounded and sick active duty and veteran US military. Sports for the Games include golf, track and field, archery, cycling, indoor rowing, rugby and wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, weightlifting, swimming and shooting. This year’s Wounded Warrior Games will take place in San Diego, California, in June.

The CMP was contracted to the Marine Corps Trials to control targets, run the match, and facilitate training. CMP’s Catherine Green and Haisten Smith joined coaches Phil Bryant, Brad Royal and Douglas Godfrey to lead the East and West Battalion’s 60+ rifle and pistol athletes. The athletes also came from the UK, Italy, France, Colombia and the country of Georgia.

The shooting event was held at an electronic shooting range. About three practice sessions were held each day of the Marine Corps Trials. Participating athletes were assigned a rifle or pistol, and coaches helped them get into the correct position and explained techniques that would help them in their respective matches.

“It was a relaxing environment and trust was built with each session that passed,” Green said of the participants. “Being in the field started to feel like home with the bonds and the memories we were making.”

The competition consisted of four qualifying relays. Each category and class (Open, SH1, SH2) fired a record 20 shots, with the top eight shooting within one final. The goals were shown on televisions for viewers to follow the performance of the athletes and their ranking. Target views were also available online for those who had friends and family who were unable to make it to the trials.

The atmosphere at the shooting range was exciting and fun, with music playing and cheering members of the crowd. A special moment was also seen in the Prone Open final, when Sergeant Ronnie Mills shot two straight 10.9s, a challenge the Marines have held for the past year and a half, set by coach Phil Bryant. With Mills beating the challenge, Bryant made good on his promise to jump into the base fountain as a reward.

After all filming was completed, the shooting range was dismantled and the awards were given. The room was then converted for the archery competition the next day.

Learn more about DoD Wounded Warrior Games at https://dodwarriorgames.com/. View YouTube highlight videos at https://youtu.be/wfpJTAG8zdk.

More about the para-athlete classes:

Currently, competitions are held for the Open, SH1 and SH2 categories. Classes are based on Paralympic guidelines determined by the strength, support, and range of motion the athlete has to perform the sport.

Open means that athletes can perform ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) Olympic positions without adaptive positions. SH1 for Rifle is for athletes with a lower extremity disability, while SH2 athletes have an upper extremity disability and will need a shooting stand to hold the rifle. Athletes can also have a lower body disability. SH1 for pistol means they could have an upper or lower extremity disability and are usually placed in a sitting position, but not always.

A SH3 class has also been created for the visually impaired. Athletes within SH3 wear gear designed to be attached to the rifle or pistol with a laser pointed at the target to track the direction the barrel is pointing. The laser has a different frequency so the athlete knows where the firearm is pointing on the target.

Find out more about World Para Sport Shooting at https://www.paralympic.org/shooting/about.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. It is dedicated to firearms safety and marksmanship training and the promotion of marksmanship competition for United States citizens. To learn more about the CMP and its programs, log on to www.TheCMP.org.

A long season in the woods is hard on hunters and equipment. Scent Thief® developed the Combo Pack as a durable odor control solution. The cost-effective combination includes a 12 oz. field spray bottle and a 32 oz. refill.

The Scent Thief Field Sprayer is the most versatile and effective product in the Scent Thief line. Allows hunters to spray equipment, clothing, blinds, and areas where deer are frequent. The 12 oz bottles are easy to pack in the carrier and contain enough formula for multiple hunts. When depleted, the 32oz refill jug can refill spray bottles multiple times. In addition to its effectiveness, the Combo Pack is an economical solution that eliminates the need to purchase multiple spray bottles.

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• Hunt with confidence whatever the conditions

Combo Pack Specifications

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• One replacement 32 oz pitcher

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Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, Ironworkers Local 397 Host Youth Fishing Event at Suncoast Youth Conservation Center

Spring Hill, Tennessee.—Nearly 200 youth and their families attended the Take Kids Fishing Day at the Suncoast Youth Conservation Center (SYCC) in Apollo Beach, Florida on April 15. Most of the participants had never fished before.

Hosted by Ironworkers Local 397 and Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA), the free community event aimed to introduce young people to saltwater fishing from the boardwalk and fishing pier built by union volunteers at SYCC in 2019.

The wheelchair-accessible structure is the result of a multi-year community service project organized by the US through its Work Boots on the Ground conservation program. It flanks a restored saltwater pond and wetland adjacent to SYCC’s 6,000-square-foot educational facility.

“We are grateful to the US for its commitment to supporting youth engagement in the outdoors. The fishing pier they built for us makes a world of difference for visitors, field trip students and summer campers,” said SYCC Director Candice Wade.

“Florida’s natural resources belong to all of us, and not everyone has the opportunity to grow up with access to nature or guidance on how to participate in outdoor activities,” he added. “Events like this empower youth and families to enjoy Florida’s wildlife with a conservation mindset. I especially love that the participants have received fishing gear, so they can continue to apply the skills they learned.”

As the youth fished from the boardwalk and along the banks of the marsh, 18 union volunteers from Ironworkers Local 397 and the NFL Players Association along with staff from USA and SYCC helped them bait hooks, cast, reel in, and familiarize themselves with their new fishing rods. and reels, provided by the US.

“Unions are part of the community, and we are always looking for ways to give back and make a positive impact. We had a lot of volunteers to make sure the kids had a great experience,” said Keven Barber, financial secretary, treasurer and business agent for Ironworkers Local 397, who organized the event. “Between youth events like this and the Multi-craft Core Curriculum (MC3) apprenticeship preparation program that we participate in with high schools, we hope to expose young people to the trades, so they will consider it as an option when they become graduate”.

“In the NFLPA, we look for opportunities for kids to experience activities that they don’t normally get the opportunity to participate in,” said Jerry Bell, president of the NFLPA’s Tampa division, who volunteered at the event. “It was great to be able to spend time with these kids and show them a few things about fishing. I saw a girl catch the biggest fish of the day and it was great to see how excited she was.”

Throughout the event, SYCC staff also manned four educational stations that included fish tagging, knot tying, fish measuring, and casting.

The Suncoast event was part of a series of free, community-based Take Kids Fishing Day events organized through the US Work Boots on the Ground program with support from US national partners. Provost Umphrey Law Firm, Union Plus and Humana, plus partners UIG, ULLICO, Bank of Labor, AFL-CIO Investment Trust Corporation and Buck Knives.

“The weather for this year’s event was great and the kids caught more fish (black croaker and pinfish) than in previous years,” said US Conservation Coordinator Cody Campbell. “We cannot thank the volunteers from Ironworkers Local 397, NFLPA and SYCC enough for donating their time to provide participating families with a fun and educational experience and spark their interest in fishing.”

Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA): USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to unions whose members hunt, fish, shoot, and volunteer their skills for conservation. America is uniting the union community through conservation to preserve North America’s outdoor heritage. For more information visit unionsportsmen.org or plug in FacebookYoutube, Twitter and Instagram.

Ground Work Boots (WBG): WBG is America’s flagship conservation program that brings together union members willing to volunteer their time and expertise for conservation projects that enhance and improve public access to the outdoors, conserve wildlife habitat, they restore America’s parks and mentor youth in the great outdoors. The US Work Boots on the Ground program works closely with federal, state and local agencies and other conservation groups to provide the labor needed to complete critical projects that might otherwise go undone.

Suncoast Youth Conservation Center (SYCC): SYCC is the educational center for the Center for Conservation at the Florida Conservation and Technology Center, located in Apollo Beach, FL. Located on a 20-acre campus with 6,000 feet of indoor and outdoor learning space, SYCC offers field trips, summer camps, and other youth programming geared toward getting young people outdoors. SYCC is part of the Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network (FYCCN), an office within the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that aims to defend Florida’s outdoor heritage by educating and training youth Florida youth and educators with conservation concepts and outdoor knowledge. Learn more about SYCC Summer Camps

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The perfect EDC flashlight that your friends probably won’t steal.

We got an early release model from Olight to test their new i3T EOS Donut flashlight. Honestly, we would have liked to try any of the other Olight colors of the i3T EOS flashlight, but we got the new Donut color and the good news is, I know none of my friends are going to steal this flashlight from me, but they probably should. . It’s a great EDC flashlight and this one in particular will make a mom incredibly happy on Mother’s Day.

The Olight i3t EOS Donut is a slim tail-switch flashlight powered by a single AAA battery with a maximum output of 180 lumens and two basic modes. Bright and not so bright. The tail switch works extremely well and there is no chance this light will ever turn on in your pocket. The anodized aluminum body feels great in your hands and is extremely small and light and always ready when you need it. The flashlight is waterproof allowing you to use it in all types of weather and with the dual direction pocket clip you can wear this flashlight clipped to your pocket, on your lapel, on the brim of your hat or even on your backpack strap. . It’s such a simple light and heck if you love pink it’s the best light in the world. Of course, you can order the i3T EOS in 16 different colors, including a Titanium Damascus and a Black Carbon Fiber.

The i3T Dual Direction Pocket Clip is truly outstanding with this light and I can’t say enough about how great it is. I had this light on a recent trip and being able to quickly drop it onto my hat brim and not have to worry about breaking my headlamp saved me a lot of time. EDC lights are only as good as your will to carry them and the Olight Donut is about the width of a AA battery and a little more. It’s 3.5 inches, which fits nicely in my hand and isn’t as imposing or heavy, so it feels good next to my keys in my front pocket. On a solid battery, with a max output of 180 lumens in mode 1, it’ll run for about 21 minutes straight, but honestly, it probably won’t. In mode 2 it will run at 5 lumens and last for about 16 hours which is enough to give you some light at about 12 meters, enough to make your way through a forest or around a dark building or out of a building without energy.

The beauty of this light is that they are extremely well priced depending on which model you get and if you like the color of the donut you can get your hands on one by ordering quickly. I’m all for having the best in EDC tools and I have some extremely good flashlights in my arsenal of lights, but the true test of an EDC tool is whether you’ll carry it with you every day and the i3T EOS is a light. I’m pretty sure it will more times than not in my pocket and on my body when I need it.

CHARACTERISTICS

⬤ Powered by a single convenient and widely available AAA battery that produces a 180 lumen output.

⬤ Double helix knurled body for unique styling and solid grip.

⬤ Super easy to carry: You hardly know it’s there with its slim and light form factor. The dual-direction pocket clip makes the I3T even more convenient to carry in a pocket or clip to a hat or belt.

⬤ Highly Integrated Tail Switch – User can operate momentarily and fast mode change (5/180 lumens) all through a convenient tail switch.

⬤ The I3T is equipped with a TIR optical lens that produces a smooth, balanced beam for comfortable use.

GENERAL INFORMATION

MAX OUTPUT

180 lumens

POWERED BY

1 x AAA (R3)

MAXIMUM TIME

16 hours

TYPE OF LOAD

optional charger

MAXIMUM SHOT

60 meters

MODE OPERATION

tail switch

LIGHT INTENSITY MAX.

900 candles

LIGHT SHAPE

Wide/wide access point. Perfect for close up lighting.

LENS/REFLECTOR TYPE

TIR Reflector (Large Defined Wide Hotspot)

FORM FACTOR/SIZE

Small size (Car key / Zippo lighter)

LIGHTING LEVELS

MODE 1

OUTPUT: 180 lumens RUN TIME: 21 minutes DISTANCE: 60 meters LIGHT INTENSITY: 900 candlepower

MODE 2

OUTPUT: 5 lumens RUN TIME: 16 hours DISTANCE: 40 feet LIGHT INTENSITY: 36 candlepower

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

DIMENSIONS

Length: 89 mm/3.5 in. Head diameter: 15mm/0.59in. Body diameter: 15 mm/0.59 in.

LIGHT SOURCE

Philips LUXEON TX

WEIGHT

39g/1.4oz

RAINCOAT

IPX8

BODY MATERIAL

Aluminium alloy

FALL TEST

1.5 meters

WEAR

keychain, carry every day, gift

WARRANTY

5 year warranty