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Gun-slinging Granny: 97-year-old woman still enjoys a good hunt
Richfield, NC (WBTV) – It started when Katie Watson was just 10-years-old. Her older brother let her shoot a rabbit and she got bitten by the hunting bug. 87 years later, she’s still an avid hunter waiting with anticipation every year for hunting season to start. “How many men still hunt when they’re 97?” she […]
Get your voice heard: Game fish, sport fish webinars planned for early December
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting two webinars in December to gather public testimony and input on the potential creation of saltwater game fish and sport fish designations. Fish that could possibly be designated as game fish include red drum, spotted seatrout and snook. The online meetings are from 6 to […]
That ain’t smart
HENDRY COUNTY Officer David Burnsed and Taylor Tison received a phone call from Lt. Pam Steelman regarding a subject suspected of possessing a fawn deer. The information stated that the subject was keeping it as a pet in a hog trailer. Officers Burnsed and Taylor knocked on the door residence and identified themselves. A male […]
Black Friday Gun Sales Set Record!
A new single-day record for point-of-sale background checks was established on Black Friday, November 23, when 154,873 were conducted by the FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). That total was nearly 20 percent more than the previous high of 129,166 set on Black Friday last year. Since a federal background check is mandatory […]
Grandmother Fights Wolf with an Axe
When a wolf tried to eat one of Aishat Maksudova’s calves, the 56-year-old grandmother and farmer from the North Caucasus Mountains in Russia let her axe speak for her cattle. Many American farmer and ranchers deal with the same problem, but a firearm typically solves the predation issue. In Russia, where firearms are more strictly […]