Traditions Introduces New Evolution Muzzeloader
July 5, 2011
May, 2011…Old Saybrook, CT- Traditions™ Performance Firearms, who are known for their extremely accurate and dependable muzzleloaders, introduces the new Evolution™ muzzleloader. This bolt action, black powder muzzleloader combines the top quality features that hunters and shooters have come to expect from Traditions in order to achieve the best accuracy and performance money can buy. This muzzleloader is also legal in the states of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
The Evolution™ comes with three ignition styles: #11, musket, and 209. The smooth glide quick release bolt closes over the top of the ignition area to keep the weather out, while still allowing enough visible exposure for legal use in the Northwestern states. The 24” fluted, ported barrel is coated in Premium CeraKote Finish. This coating is designed to provide a high quality, long-lasting finish with high corrosion protection and durability. Premium CeraKote is 50 times more corrosion resistant than stainless steel barrels. The 360° barrel porting helps reduce recoil and muzzle jump. The MSRP for the Evolution™ ranges from $219 to $269 depending on the model. Traditions™ has addressed the need of so many hunters living in the Northwestern states and created a feature packed, dependable gun. Traditions™ brings “modern” into muzzleloading and invites you to feel the difference.
For more information on Traditions™ Performance Firearms and their complete line of products, please contact 1-860-388-4656 or visit their website at www.traditionsfirearms.com
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Traditions™ Offers New Full Bore Bullets: No More Sabots!
June 27, 2011
Old Saybrook, CT - Traditions™ Performance Firearms, who are known for their extremely accurate and dependable muzzleloaders, announces their new Full Bore bullets for their 2011 line-up.
Traditions’™ new Full Bore bullets are extremely easy to load and no longer require a plastic sabot. The hard-hitting patented Flex Tip™ design delivers devastating terminal performance at any range. Upon impact, the flexible elastomor tip compresses into the nose of the bullet, creating a large, temporary cavity resulting in minimal tracking and quick kills. The copper jacket eliminates lead fouling and controls expansion. The Full Bore bullets are extremely accurate, obtaining 1” groups at 100 yards. With a ballistic coefficient of .285, it makes this bullet one of the most ballistically efficient full-diameter muzzleloader projectiles available. The MSRP for the Full Bore bullets is $19.99. This is a bullet you can trust to be accurate and dependable and to ensure your target does not get away. Traditions™ invites you to feel the difference for yourself.
For more information on Traditions™ Performance Firearms and their complete line of products, please contact 1-860-388-4656 or visit their website at www.traditionsfirearms.com.
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Traditions™ Announces the All New Vortek Pistol for the 2011 Line-Up
June 27, 2011
Old Saybrook, CT - Traditions™ Performance Firearms, who are known for their extremely accurate and dependable muzzleloaders, announces the addition of the all new Vortek™ Pistol for their 2011 line-up. Designed after the performance-proven Vortek™ muzzleloader rifle, the Vortek™ Pistol will add a new dimension of shooting for the black powder enthusiast.
The Vortek™ Pistol has taken many of the features that one would find in a muzzleloader and created a pistol that can stand up to the competition whether at the range or in the field. The Vortek™ Pistol features the Accelerator Breech Plug™ which makes cleaning or removing a load a breeze, removing by hand in just three easy turns. It comes with a 13” Ultralight tapered barrel making it built to travel. The Premium CeraKote Finish on the barrel and frame protects against highly corrosive black powder, cleaning chemicals, and any weather Mother Nature can throw at it. The LT-1 Alloy frame, along with the Ultralight barrel, lightens the pistol while still maintaining strength, structural integrity, and unparalleled balance. Other key features include the 209 shotgun primer ignition and the 360° ported barrel which helps reduce recoil and muzzle jump. The Vortek™ Pistol is available in both select hardwood or Realtree AP™ camo and comes drilled and tapped for a scope. MSRP for the Vortek™ Pistol is $369 (select hardwoods) and $445 (AP Camo™). Traditions™ has taken hunting and shooting to a whole new level with the Vortek Pistol™. This pistol really embodies the idea that big things do come in small packages. Whether you are at the range punching holes in targets or looking to add a new element to your hunting experience, the Vortek™ Pistol will deliver! Traditions™ invites you to feel the difference for yourself.
For more information on Traditions™ Performance Firearms and their complete line of products, please contact 1-860-388-4656 or visit their website at www.traditionsfirearms.com.
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Traditions Modernizes The New .50 CAL PA Pellet Flintlock: The Only Thing Primitive is the Season!
June 17, 2011
May, 2011-Old Saybrook, CT - Traditions™ Performance Firearms, who are known for their extremely accurate and dependable muzzleloaders, introduces the new PA Pellet™ Flintlock with Accelerator Breech Plug™ for its 2011 line-up.
The Traditions™ PA Pellet™ is not your typical flintlock. Traditions™ again steps ahead of the competition by introducing new, modern products that change the muzzleloading world. The PA Pellet™ is the designed to fire both loose powder and easy to use pellets. New for 2011, Traditions™ has added Accelerator Breech Plug™ to the PA Pellet™ Flintlock line. This breech plug enables a more consistent ignition and easier cleaning or removing a load. It is removable by hand in just three easy turns. To its most popular hunting flintlock, Traditions™ has also added Williams™ metal fiber optic sights and Soft Touch stocks and forends to all of the camo models which gives you a comfortable, secure grip with or without gloves. The PA Pellet™ Flintlock has an improved, stronger flintlock with a larger frizzen face and special hardening treatment for more consistent ignition and better spark. It also comes equipped with Premium CeraKote finish which is 50 times more corrosion resistant than stainless steel and protects against corrosive black powder, cleaning chemicals, and any weather Mother Nature can throw out. The PA Pellet™ Flintlock MSRP ranges from $381 to $469 depending on the model. Traditions™ continues to modernize muzzleloading and invites you to feel the difference.
For more information on Traditions™ Performance Firearms and their complete line of products, please contact 1-860-388-4656 or visit their website at www.traditionsfirearms.com
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A Warning To Outdoor Users About Echinococcus, From Worms
December 14, 2009
This is a warning to outdoor users about a potentially deadly biological event that could result from one’s curiosity to poke at and kick through scat from wolves, coyotes and foxes. Of course not everyone knowingly does this but many hunters, trappers and simply the curious, want to know what these animals have been eating.
Picture This!
November 15, 2009
With all the great stories, equipment, adventures and people out there I thought it would be great to get some pictures. If you have any pictures from a hunt, your gear or best of all you geared up that would be great. If you send in pictures I will post on our site as well as putting some of the best pictures on all our sites.
Hunters Once Again Getting A Bad Rap
July 10, 2009
Fairfield, Connecticut has an overgrown deer population, with some estimates as high as 75 deer per square mile. The Fairfield Conservation Commission wants to begin allowing hunting on public lands to cull the herd. That doesn’t sit very well with those animal advocates who don’t believe in killing animals. No surprise there.
In an article in the Connecticut Post, from the animal lovers and protectors we can read all the same usual unsubstantiated horse manure about why hunting is not the answer to the problem – deer don’t cause Lyme disease, hunting deer causes the reproductive rate to increase resulting in even more deer, yada, yada, yada. Read more
Skinny Moose Media Will Live-Stream Maine Moose Lottery
May 18, 2009
Mark your calendars! June 18th, 2009 will be the annual drawing for the Maine Moose Lottery. This year 3,015 permits will be drawn and as is usually the case thousands of applicants keep their fingers crossed in hopes of being one of the lucky ones.
This year’s event will be held at the University of Maine at Fort Kent and as last year, Skinny Moose Media, in conjunction with U.S. Hunting Today and Maine Hunting Today, will live-stream the video and audio of the event.
Tom Remington, Vice President of Skinny Moose Media, LLC, author of the Black Bear Blog and Managing Editor of U.S. Hunting Today and Maine Hunting Today, will be on hand at the show to conduct interviews and do the filming of the event. He will have his long time friend and Chief Photographer for Skinny Moose Media, Milt Inman with him to assist and grab tons of candid shots throughout the day and evening. Read more
Reducing Deer Populations For Healthy Forests And People
June 2, 2008
I’ve talked some about his subject from a couple different perspectives. In Pennsylvania, the state is in the middle of a major deer population reduction in order to regrow the forests. According to reports from studies and officials, there are areas where too many deer have destroyed the natural under story of the forest allowing for growth of invasive plant species. Read more
Fort Thomas debates deer hunt
May 21, 2008
FORT THOMAS – Fort Thomas City Council is still not sure exactly what the city’s deer hunt this year will be like.
At a meeting Monday, May 19, the council again discussed possible changes to the archery ordinance that was passed last December.
The council members agreed that eligible properties for discharging an arrow must be at least three acres and that the setback on both sides between the shooter and a neighboring property should be raised from 50 to 100 feet.
Everyone also agreed that the hunting should be limited from Nov. 1 to Nov. 21 and Jan. 1 until the end of the hunting season, which was Jan. 21 last year. This year’s end date is not yet determined.
The hunt will also be limited to the hours of 6 a.m. to noon.
“We have had people say they don’t feel safe walking, so if we limited the time, people will know when hunting is not going on,” said City Administrator Donald Martin.
Council also discussed posting a map of the eligible properties, which Martin said for the most part are on the outskirts of the city, on the city’s Web site and at the city building.
The council was split on whether it would be best to require property owners who are allowing hunting on their land to register with the city and whether adjoining property owners should be notified.
Martin said he worries that the more requirements like this that the ordinance includes, the less likely people will be to participate, which would make the program not work.
“With the restrictions of the property size, we have solved the biggest safety issues,” said councilman Eric Haas.
Councilwoman Barbara Thompson-Levine said she is in favor of the registration and notification because it adds an extra layer of safety to the ordinance.
Fort Thomas residents Patrick and Kathy Williams, who attended the meeting, said they are scared for children to be around their house, which is surrounded by eligible properties.
Children, Patrick Williams said, don’t know what no trespassing means.
“I grew up in Fort Thomas,” said Kathy Williams. “We used to go from one end of this city to the other through those woods.”
Kathy said she thinks the registration and notification are good ideas to give people more warning of when hunting may be going on.
The original ordinance allowed for hunting on private property with the owners consent from Dec. 27, 2007 to Jan. 21 of this year. Hunters, who weren’t required to report kills, reported 42 deers killed.
No injuries or accidents involving archery were reported during that time.
The council is revisiting the ordinance to give residents, many who spoke out against the hunt, peace of mind to help them feel safe in the city, said councilman Roger Peterman.
The council will continue to discuss the changes at a later meeting, which has not yet been set.
Martin said he expects to have a draft of the amended ordinance sometime in June.
