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Posted by biggabei like beacon!!!
Mon Feb 25 2008, 12:42PM
Bass Pro
Just pondering 25 years of marriage, kids, dogs, and sheer bullheadedness
Readers still remind me about a column I wrote a little over 25 years ago when I talked about picking an outdoor wife. I was writing about Becky back then, and she and I celebrated our 25th anniversary the last week of June, so my hunches about her all those years ago must have been right. I can count the number of people we know who've been married 25 years to the same person on one hand - and most of those are from our parents' generation.Why she's put up with me this long, I truly have no idea. (I've stayed with her because I made the mistake of teaching her to shoot early on.) Mostly she is stubborn. (Sadly, our two boys inherited that trait from both sides of this family.)
Truth be told, I tried to run her off right from the beginning. Our honeymoon was a summer trip to Yellowstone, which included visits to my not-so-normal relatives in Wyoming and Montana, and most nights were spent sleeping in the back of a four-wheel drive pick-up truck with a huge, yellow Labrador named Joe. She loved it all. I know, I still wrinkle my forehead over it, too.
When I bought her fly rods and shotguns those first couple of Christmases, she thought it was great and then refused to let me use "her" rods and guns. Since then, she's shot bigger deer, caught bigger trout, and is a better wingshot than me (not that the last thing would take very much effort). She doesn't whine when I go away on "business" trips with the hunting or fishing gear. (Although, there was that one time she bought a new car while I was gone.)
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Sat Jul 12 2008, 10:04AM by TC
Posted in JIM MATTHEWS | |
Pro Staff at Bass Pro shops are Unmatched, Robby one of a kind source for information.
Randy L. Robinson (Robby) Education: Graduated Samuel Ayer High School / Graduated San Jose State University B/S Police Science.
1976 Enlisted in United States Marine Corps.
While on active duty in the Marine Corps, I served in both the United States and Countries Abroad.
Hunting & Experience:
I currently have 35 years of hunting experience, which I have done throughout the United States and Canada. I started hunting at the Age of 15, in Central California for Upland birds and Waterfowl. I was then introduced to big game hunting, which I have hunted every since, with Rifle, Black Powder Guns and Archery. I am Very Knowledge and Proficient with all three weapons as well as Hand Guns.
Hunting & Fishing Originations:
District Chairman Southern California Ducks Unlimited.
Co-Chairman Riverside Chapter Ducks Unlimited.
Lifetime Member: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Member: Safari Club International
Member: National Rifle Association.
Member: California Mule Deer Association.
Member: Quail Unlimited.
Member: National Wild Turkey Federation.
Former Co - Chairman Inland Empire Chapter California Waterfowl Association
Member: California Waterfowl Association.
Member: Won Bass.
Guide or outfitter Experience:
1990 to Current I have guided Family Hunting trips to Local Hunt Clubs in Southern California which included First Time Hunters, Women and Youth Hunters.
I have also guided Waterfowl Hunting trips Donated to Ducks Unlimited and California Waterfowl to Private Ranches throughout the State of California. These Hunts also included first time hunters, women and Youth hunts, which resulted in a Fun and Successful hunt for all involved.
2000 to Current I have guided friends and Family on Rocky Mountain Elk Hunts in the State of Colorado, which resulted in the Harvesting of Several Legal Rocky Mountain Elk.
In addition to Guiding Family and Friends on Big Game, Upland Bird and Waterfowl Hunts, I have been involved in numerous Self Guided Rifle, Muzzle Loader and Archery Hunts, which over the years have resulted in the Harvesting of Several Species of Big Game, Upland Birds and Waterfowl (Ducks & Geese) of all Species.
Visit Robby at the Bass Pro Shops Rancho Store.
Wed Jul 09 2008, 12:24PM by TC
Posted in Advertisement | |
JOB FAIR SCHEDULED FOR BASS PRO SHOPS MANTECA
A job fair will be held Monday through Wednesday, July 21st through 23rd, for the new Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World opening in Manteca.
Those interested in employment with Bass Pro Shops store need to apply in person at the Boys and Girls Club of Manteca, 545 West Alameda Street, Manteca from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM each day.
Applications will be accepted for full-time and part-time positions in the following departments: hunting, archery, fishing, camping, footwear, apparel/gifts, marine accessories, boat sales, inventory control, receiving, customer service, loss prevention, parts sales and the cash office. In addition, the company will be employing cashiers, greeters, stockers, marine technicians, boat riggers, boat detailers and boat sales consultants. You must be 18 years old to apply.
Benefits provided include an excellent wage potential, flexible morning and evening schedules, holiday pay, medical insurance, and associate discounts at Bass Pro Shops.
The 120,000 square-foot outdoor store is scheduled to open in October. Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Manteca is located at the southeast corner of Highway 120 and South Union Road. The unique outdoor store will be an anchor to The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley, a 72-acre lifestyle development center.
If you have any questions you can visit www.basspro.com/job. Bass Pro Shops is an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace.
Directions to the job fair:
From Highway 99: Exit East Yosemite Ave., proceed west on Yosemite Ave. till Main Street. Turn right on Main Street and proceed 4 blocks North till the light at West Alameda Street. Turn left onto West Alameda and the Boys & Girls club will be 6 blocks down on the right hand side of the street.
From I-5: Take the Highway 120 cross-town freeway East to the Main Street exit. Exit Main Street and turn left (North). Continue North on Main Street until West Alameda Street. Turn left onto West Alameda and the Boys & Girls club will be 6 blocks down on the right hand side of the street.
Wed Jul 09 2008, 10:58AM by TC
Posted in Advertisement | |
Lead ammunition ban in effect this week
The regional ban on lead big game and varmint hunting ammunition went into affect Tuesday (July 1) this week, but non-lead ammunition is still available in very limited supplies at most Southern California suppliers. Sporting goods stores on California's Central Coast and San Joaquin Valley, right in the heart of the ammunition ban area, seem to have better supplies but availability is still scanty.
The area encompassed by the ban includes the D7, D8, D9, D10, D11, D13, and the southern A zone deer hunting zones. This region also has the highest wild hog densities in California and some of its best varmint hunting. Conservative estimates place the number of sportsmen affected by the lead ammunition ban at over 40,000, including 25,000 deer hunters.
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Thu Jul 03 2008, 12:06PM by TC
Posted in JIM MATTHEWS | |
Rabbit rituals,independence and firearms
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The extra weight has accumulated more in the nearly five years since my 50th birthday than in the previous 20 years, with a full extra 25 pounds leaning heavily on my belt and sticking to my already-bulky thighs. My friends are noticing my jowls, and I can really feel it when I climb hills or merely bend over to tie my shoes. My youngest son was the one to point out he had ripply, six-pack abs while I was packing a whole keg.So I have been walking with new puppy most mornings and trying to cut back on calories - the doctor said I'd lose weight it I just cut back 10 percent at meals. Since I don't do diets and I'm not one to walk about the neighborhood, I usually drive the few minutes it takes to get out to at least the edge of town where I can fill the socks with foxtails, walk game trails instead of bike paths, let the dog smell real scents, and have a chance to see some wildlife. Since this is public land where I can hunt, I have been using the excuse that I've been scouting for the rabbit season which opened July 1. That actually might be closer to the truth than any real concern about my weight.
Rabbit hunting has become a patriotic ritual for me. The simple act of leaving at dawn with a .22 rimfire rifle and bringing home two or three cottontails for a family dinner has its roots in the founding of this nation. This remains one of the only countries where gun ownership and hunting can be practiced by every segment of the population. Wildlife, even wildlife on private lands, belongs to all the people. This is in stark contrast to much of Europe, the British Isles, and South Africa where the game is exclusively owned by the landowner. If deer eat his apples, he can shoot them all. Only the wealthy or elite can hunt most places, and gun ownership is so restricted in much of the world that hunting and freedom are impossibilities.
My roots are mostly English, Irish and German, countries where you have to be well-heeled to hunt, and I imagine I had a lot of ancestors who were poor, brazen poachers who stole out onto the Queen's moor or baron's forest to shoot or snare a hare to feed the family. Similar poachers played key roles in founding this country and helping establish our unique system of public lands and game management that blended individual rights and common good. That was after they hammered out a little scroll called the Declaration of Independence. So it just seems right to have wild rabbits the boys and I have shot with rimfires on the barbecue each Fourth of July.
Rabbit hunting for me has a great sense of deja vu as events become seamless over time, memories of terrain and missed shots mix with anticipation, scouting, and planning. I know we will leave the house at o-dark-thirty and go to one of the spots on my walks where I have seen a few rabbits this year. We will sit on a hillside above a flat that has some volunteer clover and peer through binoculars for movement. We will see a coyote or bobcat also hunting and smile to ourselves to be part of this larger, natural brotherhood. Then the mixing will start. Shots will be made and missed. One of us will stalk a distant rabbit into shooting range, spooking it just as we are kneeing for the shot. Or was it two years ago that already happened?
Back at home, rabbit soaking in marinade, I will pull off my boots and wonder if a not-to-distant relative in England had gone through similar motions for a sneak out onto the nearby moors searching for a hare in the pre-dawn light -- before the gamekeeper made his rounds. My grandfather came from working-class stock in England, and for me, my class, to legally pursue rabbits would still be thought of as a novelty there. I remember my grandfather's clipped accent and know now -- at least a little bit -- why he came to this country many years ago.
The system is not without its flaws, but when rabbit season opens each year and I get the .22 out of its case, there is a renewed sense of respect for our vigilant and still unresolved desire of liberty for all. We're still out there slugging it out, striving on so many levels to achieve the ideals that were simply and eloquently put down on some pieces of parchment over 200 years ago.
If you can't see and appreciate all that in the succulent, browning rabbits on my barbecue, I'm probably not going to share.
Tue Jul 01 2008, 03:11PM by TC
Posted in JIM MATTHEWS | |
Supreme Court’s Second Amendment decision Supreme Court’s Second Amendment decision
Imagine that, the Supreme Court affirmed Thursday what 75 percent of American’s already know, that the Second Amendment of the Constitution is about the right of individuals to own firearms.What is alarming is that the vote was 5-4 among the justices, meaning nearly half of them are out of step with what American’s know and believe about our Constitution. Incredibly, there were more pages of dissent – 90 – than there were in the 64-page majority ruling that overtuned Washington D.C.’s ban on handguns and its rule lock or disable other guns when keeping them in the home. Included the 64-page ruling, written by Antonin Scalia, was a barbed dismantling of the minorities’ arguments and objections.
Reading John Paul Stevens’ and Stephen Breyers’ dissents was a painfully tedious lesson in how liberal legal minds can warp history, language, and law. Scalia’s writing, especially when refuting arguments made by the minority, had an almost incredulous air about it. It was if he were saying, “I can’t believe they are this ignorant and would argue these points.”
Such a narrow decision on something so fundamental to our Constitution is scary.
Chuck Michel, a long-time California attorney who battles the steady stream of ignorant gun control laws in California for the National Rifle Association, the California Rifle and Pistol Association, and individuals affected by these laws, said it best:
“We were one vote away from civilian disarmament in this country.”
For those unfamiliar with the case, it is the first time in the history of this country that the Supreme Court has ruled directly on the meaning of the Second Amendment, which reads, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Dick Heller, a security guard who is allowed to carry a firearm in his day-job, challenged the provision of the District of Columbia’s ban on the private possession of handguns saying it violated his Second Amendment rights.
The Supreme Court affirmed that Washington D.C.’s handgun ban and the law’s mandate that guns owned legally have trigger locks or made inoperable was unconstitutional because individuals have a right to own firearms, specifically handguns in this case, for self-defense, and the D.C. laws made self-defense impossible. But the decision also said some limitations of the right to own firearms was not absolute and that reasonable.
“Like most rights, the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited,” wrote Scalia. “Nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding carrying of firearms in sensitive places.”
While gun rights advocates signed with relief over the ruling, it is unclear the impact it will have on state laws because the case was essentially a federal case. Michel said the National Rifle Association will be filing lawsuits in a number of jurisdictions this week, including Chicago and San Fransisco, to address the “incorporation” question – whether the ruling also applies to state restrictions on firearms.
The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre called it the “opening salvo” in rolling back the rights of gun owners that have been eroded over the past 40 years in this country.
In California, once the incorporation question is answered and the ruling is applied to state laws that violate the federal Constitution, a wide range of laws on the books in this state are likely to be targeted by lawsuits that restrict categories of guns or places where they are illegal to possess.
Bill Ortiz, a spokesman for Turner’s Outdoorsman, a chain of 13 firearm retailers in Southern California, said the ruling would likely affect the ban on “small” handguns and the proposed “microstamping” and “smart gun” legislation working their way through the legislature now.
“Obviously, as members of the industry and a staff made up of avid gun owners and shooters, we’re thrilled with the court’s take on the Second Amendment, but this isn’t a conclusion, this is just a great starting point,” said Ortiz.
The court’s majority opinion also said as much, basically saying there are a lot of Second Amendment questions yet to be answered.
“What is not debatable is that it is not the role of this court to pronounce the Second Amendment extinct,” wrote Scalia.
And that was true by only one vote.
Thu Jun 26 2008, 06:10PM by TC
Posted in JIM MATTHEWS | |
Job Fair Scheduled for Bass Pro Shops Manteca
JOB FAIR SCHEDULED FOR BASS PRO SHOPS MANTECA
A job fair will be held Monday through Wednesday, July 21st through 23rd, for the new Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World opening in Manteca.
Those interested in employment with Bass Pro Shops store need to apply in person at the Boys and Girls Club of Manteca, 545 West Alameda Street, Manteca from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM each day.
Applications will be accepted for full-time and part-time positions in the following departments: hunting, archery, fishing, camping, footwear, apparel/gifts, marine accessories, boat sales, inventory control, receiving, customer service, loss prevention, parts sales and the cash office. In addition, the company will be employing cashiers, greeters, stockers, marine technicians, boat riggers, boat detailers and boat sales consultants. You must be 18 years old to apply.
Benefits provided include an excellent wage potential, flexible morning and evening schedules, holiday pay, medical insurance, and associate discounts at Bass Pro Shops.
The 120,000 square-foot outdoor store is scheduled to open in October. Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Manteca is located at the southeast corner of Highway 120 and South Union Road. The unique outdoor store will be an anchor to The Promenade Shops at Orchard Valley, a 72-acre lifestyle development center.
If you have any questions you can visit www.basspro.com/job. Bass Pro Shops is an equal opportunity employer and a drug free workplace.
Directions to the job fair:
From Highway 99: Exit East Yosemite Ave., proceed west on Yosemite Ave. till Main Street. Turn right on Main Street and proceed 4 blocks North till the light at West Alameda Street. Turn right onto West Alameda and the Boys & Girls club will be 6 blocks down on the right hand side of the street.
From I-5: Take the Highway 120 cross-town freeway East to the Main Street exit. Exit Main Street and turn left (North). Continue North on Main Street until West Alameda Street. Turn right onto West Alameda and the Boys & Girls club will be 6 blocks down on the right hand side of the street.
Hope to see many of you there. :grvn :tu :grvn
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Sun Jun 22 2008, 11:18AM by TC
Posted in CALENDAR EVENTS | |
DUCK CALLING EXPERT AT SHOOTING SPORTS FAIR:
One of the finest duck callers in the country is a late seminar entry into the Raahauge's Shooting Sports Fair being held this Friday through Sunday at Mike Raahauge's Shooting Enterprises in Prado Basin.Shane Rossen, a guide for North Sound Waterfowl in Bothell, Washington, was the fifth runner up in the 2007 World Duck Calling Championship held in Stuttgart, Arkansas, and he has qualified for the event again by winning this year's Northern Illinois River Regional Duck Calling Championship. He is also the 2006 and 2007 Washington state champion.
Rossen, who is founder of "Callers for Christ" and a member of the Buck Gardner Calls pro-staff, and Southern California caller Craig Wilson will have a booth at Raahauge's all three days of the show, giving tips on calling and hunting and talking about their duck calling ministry.
Rossen's calling seminars will be 4 p.m. on Friday, 4 p.m. on Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
For those of us who've cursed our poor shotgun shooting and inability to call ducks for years, a lesson from an expert and a prayer in the duck blind might not be a bad idea.
The Raahauge's Shooting Sports Fair is the largest hands-on consumer gun show in the nation, and the only show of its kind in the West. Gun enthusiasts can actually try out all of the new firearm products from the nation's leading manufacturers and importers. Hours for this year's Shooting Sports Fair are from noon to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission to the show is $12 for adults per day and parking is $5. There are $2 off admission discount coupon at the top of the page and Raahauge's web site (www.raahauges.com). On Friday, women are admitted free, and kids 14 and under get in free all three days. For more information or directions, call Raahauge's Shooting Enterprises at 951-735-7981.
Thu Jun 05 2008, 10:47AM by TC
Posted in Waterfoul | |
REMOVING THE LIMIT ON COLLARED DOVES:
Even when the DFG has the right idea, they can't seem to get it 100 percent right. Another proposal for this fall is to remove the limit on Eurasian collared doves. This is a non-native species that is taking over the southern tier of the country, and removing the limit would allow hunters to take as many of the prolific birds as they wanted. This is a good idea. But we could still only hunt them during the regular dove season.While that's better than nothing, why is there a closed season at all on bird you'd prefer to eliminate? It doesn't make sense.
I know where this proposal originated. Game wardens think hunters are too stupid to tell the difference between a collared dove and a mourning dove in flight and would shoot the wrong bird if the season was open year around on collared doves. I have mourning doves, collared doves, and barnyard pigeons in my neighborhood. You might, if you were a real novice and really not paying attention, confuse the collared dove with the pigeon, but never would you confuse either with a mourning dove. Besides, it's the hunter's job to know the difference. Cite the dummies who screw up.
The DFG needs to put collared doves and rock doves (barnyard pigeons) on the unprotected list, allowing for their hunting all year. Right now, technically, barnyard pigeons are not supposed to be hunted except during "dove" season, too. But the DFG just sort of winks about the pigeons, and they are shot year around.
There's a chance here for the state to get something right, expand hunter opportunity, and fix this in time for the Fish and Game Commission to make the right decision on this proposal in August. As with the fall turkey season, your comments have to be to the Commission no later than August 5.
Thu Jun 05 2008, 10:44AM by TC
Posted in Upland Birds | |
SAN DIEGO COUNTY FALL TURKEY SEASON:
In the Department of Fish and Game's usual bass-ackwards thinking, the agency has proposed a fall hunting season for turkeys in San Diego County. The reasoning? You'll love this: San Diego County is the only county in the state without a fall hunting season for turkeys. It is also the only county in the state with a turkey population that seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. According to the annual "Game Take Hunter Survey" done by the DFG, the spring turkey harvest has climbed from 406 birds in 2003 to around 1,000 birds in 2006.There are a lot of biologists and hunters who believe that California's fall turkey season - when hens can be shot along with the male birds - is why our heavily-pressured turkeys on public lands are not doing well. San Diego County sort of proves the theory. But instead of actually studying to see if fall hunting is the problem in California, our DFG wants to simply allow fall hunting in San Diego County because there are lots of birds there. Huh? The opposite argument could also be made: Let's close the fall season in all of Southern California and a couple of select counties in the Sierra or Central Coast with lots of public ground and see if turkey numbers increase and spring hunting gets better. Instead, the DFG wants to see if we can screw up San Diego County.
Oh, an if the DFG gets it way and San Diego's turkey hunting goes in the tank, how much to you want to bet they'll say it's because of drought or wildfires and has nothing to do with fall hunting?
Your comments on the proposal should be sent to the Fish and Game Commission, 1416 Ninth Street, Box 944209, Sacramento, CA 94244-2090. They must be received no later than August 5.
Thu Jun 05 2008, 10:44AM by TC
Posted in Turkey | |
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