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Canada ups seal hunt quota by 50,000

2010-03-15T14:17:03Z

<div><p>Canada's fisheries minister on Monday hiked the total number of seals that hunters would be allowed to slaughter during an annual Atlantic coast hunt set to begin later this month.</p><p>The total allowable catch for harp seals this season will rise to 330,000, from 280,000 last year, while quotas for grey and hooded seals will remain unchanged at 50,000 and 8,200 animals, respectively.</p><p>The reason cited...

Canadian parliamentarians feast on seal meat

2010-03-10T13:16:32Z

<div><p>Lawmakers, a beauty queen and guests crammed into Canada's parliamentary restaurant to dine on seal meat Wednesday to show solidarity with hunters fighting a European ban on seal products.</p><p>It was standing room only for much of the luncheon.</p><p>Outside parliament, meanwhile, a handful of protestors railed against the annual seal hunt, which begins again at the end of the month, accusing Canada of prop...

Parliamentarians to eat seal in solidarity lunch

2010-03-09T04:15:31Z

<div><p>Parliamentarians are to dine on seal meat on Wednesday to show solidarity with seal hunters wrestling with a European Union ban on seal products and the loss of a key market.</p><p>The parliamentary restaurant lunch in the roof space over the Commons Chamber will "revolve around seal meat," beginning with hors-d'oeuvre and followed by a three course meal, said an invitation to media.</p><p>"Do...

Canada politicians to eat seal in solidarity lunch

2010-03-09T04:15:30Z

<div><p>Canadian parliamentarians are to dine on seal meat on Wednesday to show solidarity with seal hunters wrestling with a European Union ban on seal products and the loss of a key market.</p><p>The parliamentary restaurant lunch in the roof space over the Commons Chamber will "revolve around seal meat," beginning with hors-d'oeuvre and followed by a three course meal, said an invitation to media.</p><...

Canadian Parliament to serve seal meat at lunch

2010-03-08T13:04:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Seal meat will be on the lunch menu at Canadian Parliament's restaurant this week</div><div><p>The Canadian Parliament's restaurant will serve seal meat this week in support of hunters battling a European Union ban on seal products, a Liberal senator said Monday.</p><p>Maine, home to one of the nation's most-visited national parks, are considering whether to override a new federal law that allows guns in the sanctuaries.</p><p>A law that took effect Monday lets licensed gun owners take firearms into national parks and wildlife refuges — provided state law d...

Python hunting season set for South Florida

2010-02-22T10:00:24Z

<div id="subtitle">Python, anaconda hunting season to open next month on state lands across South Florida</div><div><p>State wildlife officials have created a special python hunting season to try to stop the spread of the nonnative snakes throughout the Everglades.</p><p>The Flor...

Vancouver Olympics Biathlon

2010-02-21T11:48:11Z

Biathletes at the shooting range during the men's 15 km biathlon mass start at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Tears of joy for Norway's Berger

2010-02-22T08:36:17Z

<div><p>An emotional Tora Berger said the tears that came after she won the women's 15km individual biathlon on Thursday were the happiest of her life.</p><p>The Norwegian held off Kazakhstan's Elena Khrustaleva and Norway's sixth medal of the Winter Games on Thursday when she won the women's 15km individual biathlon title.</p><p>Elena Khrustaleva of Kazakhstan took silver with Darya Domracheva of Belarus claiming bronze.&...

Summit Recalls Hunting Tree Stand Brackets

2010-02-22T12:47:08Z

<div><p> Summit Treestands LLC is recalling about 6,800 Talon hunting tree stand brackets. The tree stand can unexpectedly detach from the tree when the brackets fail, posing a fall hazard to consumers. </p><p>The firm has received four reports of the brackets failing, resulting in reports of falls and injuries including broken bones. </p><p&a...

Get the Durable Trophy Taker Shuttle T-Lock 125 Grain 3-Pack

2010-02-22T16:49:34Z

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Mistakes of the Decade

2009-12-17T09:45:50Z

FILE - This Nov. 5, 2002 photo provided by the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006, shows Vice President Dick Cheney hunting quail in Gettysburg, S.D. (AP Photo/David Bohrer, White House, File)

Police: Man shoots suspected prowler with arrow

2010-02-23T15:40:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Washington police say man shoots suspected prowler in buttocks with arrow</div><div><p>Kelso, Wash., police said a man used his compound bow to interrupt an apparent break-in at a nearby vacant home, wounding a fleeing man in the buttocks. Police said the man grabbed his hunting bow late Sunday night and chased a suspected prowler for more than three blocks. When the fleeing man refused to stop, the bowhunter shot him wit...

Looser Gun Laws

2009-12-11T13:00:11Z

Beverley Jenkins, left and her husband Jerry Jenkins shoot handguns at a shooting range at Guns and Leather, a firearms store and shooting range, in Greenbrier, Tenn. on Friday Dec. 11, 2009. A nationwide review by The Associated Press found that over the ...

Bow Hunting and Cut-Off Zones

2010-02-23T17:41:51Z

Dan has a friend who owns a duck-hunting lake. It also forms one of the most remarkable bowhunting spots he's ever seen for giant whitetails.<br><br>The lake is big and wide, formed by a half-mile-long earthen dam in a shallow, heavily timbered valley. Below the dam, along the creek forming the lake, it's a network of briers and tangles, as thick as Cambodian jungle. Impenetrable?just the way bucks love it for bedding and resting away from man and predators.&lt...

Smith & Wesson posts 2Q profit on higher sales

2010-02-23T21:12:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Smith &amp; Wesson posts fiscal 2nd-qtr profit, reversing year-ago loss, as firearms sales jump</div><div><p>Gun maker Smith &amp; Wesson Holding Corp. on Thursday posted a fiscal second-quarter profit, reversing a year-ago loss, as sales rose 49 percent, reflecting a jump in sales of handguns and tactical rifles and the acquisition of...

Police identify Northern Marianas gunman

2010-02-24T01:57:20Z

<div><p>A gunman who killed four people before turning the weapon on himself during a rampage in the US-administered Northern Mariana Islands has been identified, police said.</p><p>Chinese national Zhongren Li, 42, was the caretaker at a shooting range on the western Pacific island of

Saipan Shooting

2009-11-22T00:30:28Z

These undated images provided by the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Public Safety shows Li Zhongren, 42, a Chinese male who is believed to have started the initial shooting at the Kannat Tabla Shooting Range and who took his own life on Banzai Cliff with a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 according to polic...

South Korea Fire

2009-11-14T22:00:39Z

South Korean Public Administration and Security Minister Lee Dal-gon, bottom center, leaves after examining the scene following a fire at an indoor shooting range in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009. The fire tore though an indoor shooting range in southern South Korea on Saturday, killing several people, including at least two Japanese tourists, and injuring six, police said. (AP Photo/ Yon...