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  • Masterton home burgled by armed trio Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:12PMPolice are hunting three armed, masked men who burst into a Masterton house last night and demanded money from the terrified occupants.
  • Of the Outdoors:PDR Youth Hunt One To Remember Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 2:19AMMost of us know just how great it is to spend time in the outdoors hunting deer and creating memories that will be talked about around the campfire for years to come. Creating wonderful memories that will be etched in our minds and stay with us as long as we live.
  • Sister insists gunshot to head was not brother murdering brother Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:06PMTired of the rumours, an exasperated Edmonton woman says her brother did not murder her other brother - rather, the fatal gunshot to the head was a "bad accident." Zachariah Thompson, 18, suffered a rifle shot to the head on Aug. 19 while in his bedroom. His brother Levi, 21 - apparently the only other person in the home at the time of the shooting - called an ambulance.
  • Sister insists gunshot to head was not brother murdering brother Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:29PMTired of the rumours, an exasperated Edmonton woman says her brother did not murder her other brother - rather, the fatal gunshot to the head was a "bad accident."
  • Emergency room doctors urge MPs to keep long-gun registry Wednesday, August 25, 2010 @ 2:26PMDoctors argue the controversial program saves lives, prevents suicides
  • 'Spider Bull' brings intrigue to Utah Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 6:08AMIt's obvious Outdoor Life magazine editors are still intrigued with the "Spider Bull" from Utah's Monroe Mountain.
  • Safety first when it comes to guns Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 10:04PMWeapon -- An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating. Weapons can be dangerous and can injure or kill.
  • Author chronicles fallen state troopers Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 7:54AMSixty-five state troopers have been killed in the line of duty since the New Jersey State Police was formed in 1921, yet most official records do not include much detail about their personal lives or how they met their untimely deaths.
  • Third annual fun shoot returns to local range Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 11:31AMArea residents will have a chance to try their hands at firearms and archery this weekend at the third annual Yellowhead Fun Day Rendezvous at the Hinton Fish and Game gun range.
  • Poachers hold cops hostage Monday, August 9, 2010 @ 12:34AMPolice and paramedics have been held hostage by an aggressive 500-strong crowd in the wake of a mass invasion of private land by heavily-armed poachers.
  • Court Declares Poet Militant Leader Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 3:19PMMOSCOW — A Moscow region court ruled Wednesday that an amateur poet crossed the line between art and crime by turning a youth commune into an illegal militant group and abusing several of its members.
  • Photographer shot dead at wedding Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:49AMA wedding photographer was accidentally shot dead after he asked the happy couple to pose with guns as part of the big day celebrations, Italian police have revealed.
  • Handguns on Campus Make Utah Model After Court Ruling Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 2:36PMStudents at Utah Valley University and other public colleges in the state are free to carry concealed handguns on campus if they have a permit. Nick Moyes is one of them.
  • Utah Colleges are Model for Handguns on Campus Friday, July 2, 2010 @ 12:41AMStudents at Utah Valley University and other public colleges in the state are free to carry concealed handguns on campus if they have a permit
  • Baltimore police, feds outline gun strategy as shootings drop Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 8:29PMViolent crime down in city despite recent violence The guns, all 76 of them, covered three tables.
  • Steve Merlo: Modern air rifles are ideal for hunting cottontails Thursday, June 24, 2010 @ 8:15PMWith cottontail rabbit season starting July 1, hunters will need a valid 2010/2011 hunting license in their immediate possession while chasing the great-eating bunnies. El Nino's effect this wet year has sprung plenty of rabbit-rearing grasses, affording plenty of cover to ensure decent litter survival in the warrens.
  • Iowa guard preps for war night and day at Camp Ripley Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 2:37PMSpecial Des Moines Register report: Iowa National Guard deployment to Afghanistan - coverage of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
  • Gunning for rabbits in Orange County Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 3:09PMBeyond the beige stucco walls and lush landscaping that protect Mission Viejo's Palmia gated community, there's killing to be done. Killing Elmer Fudd style – though perhaps with better results. If things go right (and when shooting's involved one...
  • Outdoors: Snakes do have a purpose in life Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 5:56AMLast week, I had a phone call from a nice old lady who wanted to know "Where are the snakes? I haven't seen one of any kind in several years on our farm. They're just gone."
  • Traps becoming very popular for catching wild hogs in state Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 3:29AMWild hogs, those creatures that sparked an athletic rallying point for Arkansas, are increasingly becoming scourges of the outdoors.
  • Washington County losing one of its true characters Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 3:09AMThis article has been read 0 times. It was kind of funny when a friend, who I won't name yet, blamed his wife for spilling something on his rifle.
  • Fact Check: Your guns are safe from treaties Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 2:23AMMany Times-Union readers want to know: I've received an e-mail that says that President Barack Obama has found a way around the Second Amendment and "will force gun control and a complete ban on all weapons for U.S. citizens through the signing of international treaties with foreign nations." It says that this isn't a joke: we eventually will have to deliver our firearms to the local government ...
  • Rounded tracks used for hunting feral hogs Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:06AMWhen you go after feral hogs, it helps to be realistic from the beginning.
  • Man denied bond on assault weapons charge Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 9:18PMA federal judge Wednesday denied bond for a Dallas man accused of trying to smuggle more than 50 assault rifles to Mexico.
  • Speech to High Country Federated Farmers Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 7:38PMThank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. It's been a busy year in Government since I last spoke to you. We have endured a pretty heavy recession and emerged out the other side - although it is still tough out there.
  • Bowie's rod and gun club ranks are expanding Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 4:50AMRiverdale resident John Wolfgang (left), 72, and the junior coach at the Berwyn Rod and Gun Club, teaches cadet Dakota Bodie, 15, of Bowie how to properly aim an air gun at a target in the portable range Saturday as Brodie's friend, cadet Joshua Blanks, 15, of Bowie looks on at Bowiefest at Allen Pond Park. Both teens are members of the Civil Air Patrol.
  • County gun club's ranks are expanding with the times Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 4:23AMDuring the past decade, the mix of members at the Berwyn Rod & Gun Club on the northern outskirts of Bowie has changed a lot. "Ten years ago, it was 98 percent white male," said Dave Ridgway, a West Laurel resident and manager of the club that sits off Route 197 south of Bowie State University.
  • Freed journos tell of Israeli commandos like 'hyenas hunting' Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 11:03PMTwo Herald journalists captured by Israeli commandos and deported after being caught up in this week's deadly Gaza flotilla attack spoke today of their ordeal. The Sydney Morning Herald's chief correspondent Paul McGeough told of being aboard one of the Gaza aid flotilla vessels and seeing shadows of the Israeli troops' Zodiac boats circling.
  • Memorial Day: What Gold Star families want you to know Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 5:53AMCHICAGO - Memorial Day is a tough one for parents who have lost a child in Iraq and Afghanistan. But then, they're...
  • On Memorial Day, what parents of fallen troops want you to know Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 2:05AMCHICAGO — Memorial Day is a tough one for parents who have lost a child in Iraq and Afghanistan. But then, they’re all tough. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Family gatherings.
  • For some, every day is Memorial Day Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 12:31AMCHICAGO - Memorial Day is a tough one for parents who have lost a child in Iraq and Afghanistan. But then, all days are tough. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Family gatherings.
  • Two suspects still at large, considered dangerous Tuesday, May 25, 2010 @ 12:55AMAuthorities are searching for two men suspected of stealing atruck and about $16,000 worth of guns and other items.
  • Manifest Destiny: Techland Reviews Red Dead Redemption Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 2:53PMRed Dead Redemption Publisher: Rockstar Games Developer: Rockstar San Diego Available on: Playstation 3, Xbox 360 ESRB rating: M for Mature System reviewed on: Xbox 360 Rockstar's taking a big gamble with Red Dead Redemption. They're taking fans who've grown to love the publisher on the strength of their brilliant Grand Theft Auto games and [...]
  • NC student suspended after rifle found in car at school Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 12:57PMBERTIE CO., NC -- A Bertie High School student has been suspended after a hunting rifle was found in his car, officials said. Spokesman Brent Todd says the teen was driving his parents' vehicle and likely didn't know the firearm was there. The rifle never was taken inside the school and no students or staff were threatened. Todd says ammunition was in the window Thursday, prompting the school ...
  • Self-determined? Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 3:29PMEarlier this winter, during a lull in the firing at the Birchwood Rifle Range, one of my shooting partners glanced at a knot of shooters at a nearby bench, then back at me with a look of slightly theatrical disbelief.
  • Red Dead Redemption Review [PlayStation 3 Xbox 360] Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 9:47PMThis stunning Wild West epic raises the bar for open world action games, and stakes its claim as one of the most engaging games this year.
  • RCMP confiscating illegal rifles Monday, May 17, 2010 @ 8:19PMOTTAWA, May 17 (UPI) -- Canada's Royal Canadian Mounted Police are seizing a rifle model ruled illegal because it can be easily converted to full automatic fire, officials say.
  • Petitioners take aim at hunting on town's open space Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @ 4:41PMA petition to persuade the Representative Town Meeting to draft an ordinance barring hunting on town-owned open space is making the rounds among those who don't want places such as Lake Mohegan and Hoyden's Hill -- where families will walk with young ones, and pet-lovers walk their dogs -- to become what they call "killing fields."
  • Once you've caught your limit, it's time to stop fishing Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @ 2:28AMQuestion: If I catch my limit of the fish I'm fishing for, can I continue fishing catch-and
  • Cops seize cash, guns and pot plants Wednesday, April 28, 2010 @ 1:13AMThe Department of Environmental Protection’s Environmental Conservation Police arrested a Goshen man Monday and charged him with cultivating marijuana.
  • Spike Camp brings another fun-filled day to Lassen County youth Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 12:38PMApril 20, 2010 — The ninth annual Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Spike Camp went off without a hitch on Saturday, April 10 at the Lassen County Fairgrounds.
  • Thai "red shirts" call off march, stock prices jump Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 11:50PMBANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's "red shirt" protesters called off a march to Bangkok's business district on Tuesday after a stern warning from the army, but they threatened to stay in the capital's shopping district "indefinitely"
  • Thai "red shirts" call off march, but sit-in goes on Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 9:26PMBANGKOK - Thailand's "red shirt" protesters called off a march to Bangkok's business district on Tuesday after the army warned they would face bullets and tear gas, but they threatened to stay in a shopping district "indefinitely"
  • Ballarat leads the way for handing in weapons Thursday, April 15, 2010 @ 10:14AMA CACHE of illegal weaponry has been surrendered at Ballarat police station just two weeks into a month-long knife amnesty.
  • Three-county drug sting nets six arrests and 1,000 pot plants Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 4:13PMTuesday morning, more than 80 officers from 13 law enforcement agencies searched 11 locations in Wayne, Cayuga and Seneca counties that police suspect were used for marijuana growing and trafficking.
  • Quebec hunter charged after threatened caribou killed in Labrador Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 2:10PMA hunter from Quebec faces charges in connection with the killing of threatened caribou last year in southern Labrador.
  • Tips & Tactics Wednesday, April 14, 2010 @ 12:07PM$20 Processing Fee? That’s Great! I am a relatively new deer hunter, although I did a fair amount of small-game hunting as a teenager. After I got married, I wanted to continue hunting, but just couldn’t afford it.
  • Belvedere will let deer breed to save some bucks Tuesday, April 13, 2010 @ 8:36PMDeer will continue to be able to procreate in Belvedere unabated. The Belvedere City Council voted unanimously Monday not to pursue a $3,480 study to look at using a contraceptive to control the black-tail deer population that has been bugging some Belvedere residents.
  • Did Linn cops do the right thing? Thursday, April 8, 2010 @ 10:22AMMarch 17, 2010 | 08:42 AM Linn — It began with a 911 call to Walworth County Dispatch Feb. 15 at 9:39 a.m. The caller was traveling on Highway 120 near Westside Road.
  • Police smash Romanian trafficking ring that smuggles children to London Thursday, April 8, 2010 @ 9:00AMPolice today smashed a Romanian child trafficking ring suspected of operating a multi-million pound thieving and benefit fraud racket in London.