Back in December of 1959, the Model 99 at the heart of this story cost my mother $85.25. It has become a wise investment in precious metal, walnut and stories that cannot be traded for any amount.
On Nov. 25, 2024, a Tucson, Ariz.-based group with a long history of anti-hunting initiatives and litigation—delivered a 17-page petition to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, asking it to, “…ban the use of dog packs to hunt mountain lions, bears, bobcats, foxes and other wildlife.”
Immigrants who escaped socialism after World War II founded a deer camp in west-central Wisconsin that endures today through shared Latvian bloodlines. Today, Latvian remains the camp’s primary language, but English litters half the conversations. Most conversations concern deer and deer hunting, same as they always have in Wisconsin.
Federal Premium has long offered centerfire lever guns their own series of ammunition, and now has extended this to rimfires with the recent introduction of the .22 LR HammerDown ammunition.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is enlisting the aid of hunters to determine just where snowshoe hares exist on the Pennsylvania landscape, and if they’re still turning all white in winter, as they’ve traditionally done to better blend in with snow and escape predators.