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Spring Gobbler Season 2013 Scouting From My Trek
We have just under one week till our Florida Spring Gobbler Season opens up, so to increase my chances of being successful, I took off on my Trek mountain bike to nail down a few locations. I packed my Game Plan Gear Spot n’ Stalk pack with my camera, homemade jerky, water, and a few locator […]
Some 5,000 pounds of rattlesnakes collected
This particular event, ongoing since 1958, attracts about 30,000 people each year and has a reported economic impact of $5 million. At each event, the snakes are measured, sexed and weighed for the state’s wildlife department for management purposes. Once skinned, the meat is cooked and the skins are made into belts, wallets, boots, and […]
FWC restricts boating on Suwannee’s flooded Zone 2
For immediate release: March 8, 2013 Contact: Karen Parker, 386-758-0525 FWC restricts boating on Suwannee’s flooded Zone 2 Flood waters in the Suwannee River rose to more than 26 feet above mean sea level at Branford, so the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) activated boating restrictions on a portion of the river. […]
Ruger Reports Record Sales, Earnings
SOUTHPORT, CT–Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE-RGR), announced today that for 2012, the Company reported net sales of $491.8 million and fully diluted earnings of $3.60 per share, compared with net sales of $328.8 million and fully diluted earnings of $2.09 per share in 2011. For the fourth quarter of 2012, net sales were $141.8 […]
Why Are Sharks Swarming in Florida?
Seeing one shark is enough to scare most swimmers out of the water. Seeing thousands of sharks in the water — and many leaping into the air as they hunt for prey — could be enough to keep a swimmer out of the water for life. That’s the scenario greeting beachgoers this week in Palm […]