Ammunition Recall Correction
We received a phone call from Robert Patrick, owner of Rare Earth Predator Calls. He said the phone number is wrong that’s in the press release in Issue #81, page 158. The correct number is 906-484-3429. We apologize for the error.
3 C’s Reservations Are Open To Anyone The 3 C’s Hunt (coyotes, curs, and crows) will be held April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. The “Mr. Coyote” event will be held Friday night, April 27. The VHA Shootoff will be held April 28. The annual banquet will be at Krystal’s Taste of Country, April 29, at 11:00.
Check Out Standing Rock Reservation Before Traveling There
The VHA offi ce has received a telephone call telling us that a lot of prairie dog poisoning is taking place on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in northern South Dakota. He suggested calling ahead to fi nd out if there still are places left to hunt before traveling there.
Note From Writer Art Isberg in California He says: “In a recent article of mine in The Varmint Hunter
Magazine® on wolves, I predicted gray wolves would end up in California and Nevada sooner than anyone thought possible. Guess what? In today’s news (December 31, 2011), a radio collared wolf has entered California in Siskiyou County. Now more will come, and both mule deer and blacktail deer, and elk, will suffer because of it.”
Western Great Lakes Wolf Delisting
On December 22, 2011, the Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will be issuing a fi nal rule removing gray wolves from the list of endangered and threatened species in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and in portions of adjoining states. This ruling attempts to return these recovered wolves to state management.
Ruger donates to NRA
Sturm, Ruger & Company is halfway through the “Million Gun Challenge to Benefi t the NRA” campaign, and the company is well on its way to making fi rearms industry history. Ruger recently pre- sented the NRA with a check for $276,500.00, which represented a one dollar donation for every gun sold by Ruger in the second quarter of the challenge. At the close of the fi rst two quarters of the challenge, Ruger had sold 556,100 fi rearms, already achieving 56 percent of its one million gun goal.
Western Pennsylvania Long Range Groundhog Match South Fork Rifl e Club, 1085 Washington Ave., Sidman, PA
15955 736-8652.
Contact: John Kuntzman at 814-344-8789 or Joe Fox at 814-
www.southforkrifl
eclub.com
2012 Match Dates: (Regular Matches are Sundays) April 22, May 20, June 2 VHA Match, June 3, July 1, August 5, August 26, September 16.
100, 300, and 500 yard targets. Regular matches are Sundays. Registration is 8:00 a.m. Shooting starts at 9:00 a.m. Two-Day World’s Championship & Egg Match. Limited to 11
Relays.
Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30. Varmint Hunters Association North East Regional Match Saturday, June 2. 100, 300, and 400-yard targets.
Page 208 Spring 2012
Hornady has recalled seven lots of 500 S&S 300-grain FTX Custom pistol ammunition. Hornady ballisticians have determined that some cartridges from these lots may exhibit excessive cham- ber pressures. Use of this product may result in fi rearm damage and/or personal injury. Included lot numbers: 3101327, 3110256, 3110683, 3110695, 3110945, 3111388, and 3111885. These lots were shipped between September 9, 2011, and October 17, 2011. If you own any of these Lot numbers or have any questions regarding this recall, please call 800-338-1242. Any other lot number or item numbers are not subject to this recall and require no action.
Correction
In the Winter 2012 issue of The Varmint Hunter Magazine® there was an error in an article by Butch Smith titled “My Friend The Duplex.” On page 144 on the seventh line down it says, “I placed the target at 25 yards (confi rmed with the rangefi nder) which just happened to be the distance between the thick and thin lines of my 6x scope’s Duplex-style crosshairs.” That is incorrect. It should say: “… which just happened to be the distance from the rifl e rest on my kitchen table to the back yard shed where I have the target placed.” Butch said, “As some read that they will wonder how there could possibly be 25 yards space between those parts of my scope reticle at only 25 yards! It may be a widefi eld but not that wide! Ha!
2012 Dates for 600 Yard IBS Matches at the V.H.A. Headquarters
May 12 Match No. 1 — LG, HG, Stock, SOY May 13 Match No. 2 — LG, HG, Stock, SOY July 27 Match No. 3 — LG, HG, Stock, SOY – State Championship (Jamboree)
Sept. 8 Match No. 4 — LG, HG, Stock, SOY Sept. 9 Match No. 5 — LG, HG, Stock, SOY – Club Championship
2012 V.H.A. Northeast Regional Rifl e Match Match date is Saturday, June 2, 2012. Shooters meeting is at 8:30 a.m. First relay is at 9:00 a.m. Prepaid registration is required. Deadline is May 26, 2012. Walk-ons taken if open benches on relays are available. Make checks payable to: Joe Fox. Mail to: 2898 Por- tage St., Portage, PA 15946. Phone: 814-736-8652. No refunds will be made. Entry fee is $30.00 per gun. In addition, $10.00 if you want to enter the aggregate. South Fork Rifl e Club is located in south cen- tral Pennsylvania near the town of Beaverdale in Cambria County. Directions are on the website at:
www.southforkrifl
eclub.com.
13th Annual Interior Volunteer Fire Department Coyote Calling Contest
This contest was held Saturday, December 10, 2011, with nice weather. Twenty-three teams entered and 17 teams turned in 42 coyotes on Saturday. Very few coyotes showed signs of mange. Points were awarded for total weight. The fi rst place team was Anthony and Jeremiah Heath, with six coyotes totaling 169.5 pounds. The prize was $386.00. The second place team of Chad Cerney and Bryce Vandermay brought in six coyotes totaling 151.5 pounds for a prize of $220.80. Third place went to Cole Hindman and Skyler Patterson, with four coyotes totaling 125 pounds that brought a prize of $147.20.
Obsessions of a Rifl e Loony book available This book by John Barsness was reviewed in Issue #80, Octo- ber – December 2011. For our members who would like to obtain this book, it is available by logging onto www.rifl
esandrecipes.com, or call 406-521-0273. Or send a check for $23.50 (which includes postage in the U.S.) to Deep Creek Press, P.O. Box 579, Townsend, MT 59644-0579.
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