Looks like it is over,  Senator Murkowski conceded this evening. She didn’t get the votes from the southeast she had expected. This was probably as big a surprise as Miller taking the lead in the first place. This is the first hurdle now Miller has to face Scott McAdam’s in the general election this November. As Yogi Berra said “it ain’t over till it’s over” Lets hope the tea party carries over to a few more house and senate seats. You can read more about the race over on Camo Underground.

Speaking to reporters at her campaign headquarters in Anchorage, Murkowski said “based on where we are right now, I don’t see a scenario where the primary will turn out in my favor.“

Get ready it won’t be long before Chuck and his co-horts will be out to set up a data base and instant check on everyone’s antler collection.

Man allegedly stabs another with antlers

Anchorage Daily News

Published: July 1st, 2010 11:08 PM
Last Modified: July 1st, 2010 11:09 PM

An Anchorage man is accused of stabbing his roommate with deer antlers that he pulled off the wall in the heat of an argument. Jesse Harris, 27, was charged with domestic violence felony assault.
Police say that just after 3 p.m. Thursday they got calls from neighbors about the disturbance in the 2400 block of Douglas Drive in Turnagain. A man was calling for help, a neighbor told police.
When police arrived, they found the victim suffering from stab wounds to his back and ankle. The victim was not seriously hurt.
Police say the men were arguing about the ownership of a vehicle.

This had me laughing my you know what off makes me want to go out and buy a dozer.

Fairbanks man accused of threatening Census worker with bulldozer
by Chris Freiberg / cfreiberg@newsminer.com
FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks man has been accused of threatening a U.S. Census worker with a bulldozer.

On Wednesday, the Fairbanks District Attorney’s office filed one count of fourth-degree assault, a misdemeanor, against 50-year-old Carey William Bliss.

The Census worker, only identified by his initials in charging documents, went to Bliss’ Tall Spruce Road home June 2 looking for information from Bliss.

Bliss reportedly was uncooperative and grabbed Census forms from the worker, according to a criminal complaint filed in court.

Bliss then said, “I know how to get you off my property,” went to a bulldozer in his yard and started it, court documents allege.

The worker then got in his car and backed out of Bliss’ driveway as Bliss followed him in the bulldozer, stopping at the end of the driveway.

Ruben Del Valle, a spokesman for the Census Bureau in Alaska, said that while there have been reports of violence toward Census workers in other parts of the country, it was the first such incident he had heard about in Alaska, home to Noorvik, the first U.S. city to be counted in this year’s Census.

Census workers receive training on how to deal with such situations, which they then report to supervisors, he said.

While Bliss marked his property with “No trespassing” signs, according to charging documents, Del Valle said courts repeatedly have found that Census workers are not violating any laws if they are only going to a door seeking information.

Bliss has no prior criminal record and was not arrested in connection in the case. Court records do not list a lawyer for him or any upcoming court dates.

Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – Fairbanks man accused of threatening Census worker with bulldozer

This one would make Bill & Jimmy proud. Like they don’t already have enough,  the federal land managers can’t manage what they have. Their idea of resource management is lock it from the public but make them, the public,  pay the feds to be the  guardian so they can  protect the land from us. I wonder what the reaction would be if a few million acres of New York or Massachusetts was locked up. I rate the  1906 Antiquities Act about the same as the ESA they both accomplish absolutely nothing  but a way to control more land.

House Committee Wants to See Full “Monument Memo”

6/23/10

A key U.S. House Committee that oversees natural resource issues voted for a resolution calling for the disclosure of all pages from an Obama Administration memo that examined the setting aside of millions of acres of federal lands as new “National Monuments.” Parts of the memo were circulated earlier in the year and raised concerns among many sportsmen groups that hunting, currently allowed on these areas, could be prohibited on any lands receiving the designations.

On June 16, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee passed House Resolution 1406, sponsored by Representative Doc Hastings (WA), the ranking Republican on the committee. The resolution calls on the Secretary of the Interior to release all documents related to the memo in question within 14 days of the legislation’s passage.

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) previously reported on this memo in March.  The memo identifies approximately 13 million acres in nine western states for “National Monument” designation under the 1906 Antiquities Act.  The Act allows the President to make these designations without Congressional approval or local input.

A Monument designation does not automatically limit hunting or other uses.  However, experience has shown that this designation can have a negative impact on access and conservation efforts.  For example, President Carter created millions of acres of National Park Service Monuments in Alaska which immediately closed the areas to sport hunting.  It took a subsequent act of Congress to undo many of these hunting closures.

The memo caused a firestorm of controversy, leading numerous Representatives to seek additional documents from the Obama Administration despite repeated statements from Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar that the piece was only intended for planning purposes and that a public process would take place before any designations.

Though the resolution cleared a committee, it remains unclear if the full House will take the issue up for vote.

The USSA continues to maintain that any change in public land use should only occur after open discussion with stakeholders allowing them to voice their concerns.

Here is my original source: http://www.ussportsmen.org/Page.aspx?pid=2470&frcrld=1

It is looking like the people of Unimak Island need to take care of Unimaks wolves themselves. If they are becoming a threat it’s time for the locals to take control, they still have 19 days left in the extended season. It is only a matter of time before there is a repeat of the jogger at Chignik who was killed by habituated wolves or Icy Bay where a child was attacked by wolves in the logging camp. Predators are just  that, predators not cutesy little puppies. When one food source is gone they will hunt out another if they can’t find a new one they starve. The people of Unimak can’t wait for the feds and state to punch it out in court, the ball is in their court.

False Pass residents worried about bold, hungry wolves

Published: June 9th, 2010 01:01 PM
Last Modified: June 10th, 2010 11:17 AM

Residents of False Pass, on the same island as the federal wildlife refuge in which the state wants to shoot wolves it says are depleting a caribou herd, say they’re unnerved by the numbers and boldness of wolves in the area, according to an Alaska Newspapers Inc. story in The Dutch Harbor Fisherman.

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If he is nothing else Judge Holland is consistent, I can’t recall a single one of Judge Hollands decisions where he ruled  in favor of Alaskans than over predators. Now USFW can fiddle while Rome burns and the wolves of  Unimak feast on new born caribou calves.  The Unimak herd is crashing USFW doesn’t seem to give a damn about  people of Unimak.  The Unimak herd is the only island herd in Alaska and the people of Unimak’s only source of red meat. When will the desk jockeys get it through their heads, ungulates feed people not wolves. The Alaska Board of Game did extend the wolf hunting and trapping seasons so for now at least the locals can do what needs done.

Judge blocks state’s wolf kill on Unimak

UNIMAK ISLAND: Federal agency bound by environment regulations.By MARY PEMBERTONThe Associated PressPublished: June 7th, 2010 11:17 PMLast Modified: June 7th, 2010 11:18 PM

A federal judge on Monday denied the state’s request for a preliminary injunction that would let it kill wolves, a step it said was needed to protect a caribou herd on an Aleutian island that is a subsistence food source for Alaskans there.

U.S. District Judge H. Russel Holland said that while sympathetic to the state’s argument, he had to abide by law when ruling against the state’s request to immediately conduct predator control in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on Unimak Island. “Somebody’s governmental pride will be bruised here and there is no avoiding that,” Holland said, before ruling in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.”It is the federal agency’s prerogative to decide what they have decided.”

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I you have an extra 50 buck’s burning a hole in your pocket you could put it to a good cause. USSA is raffling off a gun a week starting this month and going through May 2011. They are only issuing 1000 tickets so you better hurry if you want a shot at one of the prizes. I’m not a big on national organizations I favor those closer to home. I go more for the grassroots organizations with local control and people involved however this is one I do support USSA puts a lot into big game hunting and our hunting heritage. So if you have it spend this is going to a good cause.

2010-11 52-Gun Raffle

Sportsmen can now purchase tickets for a weekly drawing that could put brand new firearms or bows in their hands while protecting their hunting rights. The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation’s 52-Gun Raffle sponsored by Vance’s Shooters Supplies and Buckeye Outdoors.  Click here to see their current ad.

Only 1,000 3-digit tickets (numbered 000-999) will be sold for $50 each. Winning numbers will be determined by the Ohio Lottery’s Pick 3 drawing on Monday nights. Ticket holders can win more than once.

The raffle will begin June 7, 2010.  To purchase tickets, click here to visit our online store or contact the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation at (614) 888-4868. Out of state participants may purchase tickets via the USSA online store only.

Learn more here

This one hit home with me I didn’t know the guide but I have been there, Wrangell Police  haven’t let out many details yet. Although on another forum someone who said they knew the guide heard that they had just taken a brown bear. If this is what happened I can picture the scene. The hunter just had a dream come true, the guide helped him achieve it they are both happier than a couple of kid in a candy store. The next moment one man is dead anothers lifetime dream has turned to a lifetime nightmare. When I read this when it came my heart went out to both of these men and their families.

After you finish the main article scroll through the reader comments, these are very telling. The liberal mindset really come out and their true agenda is brought to daylight. Nobody knows all the details yet neither of these men deserve some of the anti-hunting hatred some of these commenters are spewing out.

Anchorage Daily News / adn.com

Published: June 1st, 2010 05:29 PM
Last Modified: June 1st, 2010 05:29 PM

A hunting guide from Wasilla was shot and killed late Sunday during a guided brown bear hunt near Wrangell, Alaska State Troopers said in a press release Monday night. The shooting appeared to be an accident; troopers say they have no indication of foul play.

Read more…Anchorage Daily News

Alaska is probably one of the few places where you can view wildlife from your front porch. In the winter moose are a common sight in downtown Anchorage.  Summer bring in the bears, bear’s are so common place in Anchorage the cities web site has a special map for bear activity.   All  human/bear encounters have the potential to go bad as in this Anchorage Daily News article. In this case it was the bear that got the short end but things could have turned the other way had it not been for the ladies dog and her quick thinking husband.

Anchorage Daily News photo

Dog intervenes in grizzly attack, but bear is eventually shot
EAGLE RIVER: Woman hid behind a truck; bruin returns after husband fires warning.
By LISA DEMER
ldemer@adn.com
Published: June 1st, 2010 06:58 AM
Last Modified: June 1st, 2010 06:58 AM

A longtime Alaskan says his dog probably saved his wife’s life after a young grizzly bear charged her Sunday night by their home in the Eagle River canyon, near the nature center.

Michael Weiman, 64, scared the bear off with warning shots, then, when it returned, he shot and killed the bear, Anchorage police said.

Weiman said his wife, Marianne Hamilton, was walking their 10-year-old boxer, Mojabe, on an abandoned airstrip that’s part of their property on Bear Ridge Circle. It’s an area of big lots where homeowners are used to seeing a lot of wildlife, including moose and grizzly bears, he said. They had seen a bigger grizzly earlier in the day on Sunday.

That evening, they were enjoying the sunshine. Around 9 p.m., Hamilton went to walk the dog.

“The dog stopped and wheeled around. Marianne turns around, and here comes a bear,” Weiman said.

It was on the airstrip, in the open. Its ears were back, and it was coming at her, he said. “She kept remarking about the eyes, the eyes. The eyes were big and coming,” Weiman said.

He heard her screaming, grabbed his .44 pistol, ran outside and saw the boxer “intervene and cut the bear off.” Hamilton ran behind a pickup truck. The dog chased the bear across the road.

The bear turned toward the dog, and Weiman fired three shots into the ground next to the bear, each one closer, as he tells the story.

“Over the hill it went,” he said. But as soon as they all got inside, the bear was back.

“The words I said were ‘Hell no,’ and I grabbed my .30-30,” Weiman said.

He fired. “Very swiftly it was done and I’m not sorry,” he said.

He said he’s lived in Alaska 41 years, been a hunter all his life, but never hunted bears. He said he’s a nature lover. That bear, though, was acting dangerously. The grizzly was young and smallish, maybe 150 pounds, but its claws were 3-inches long and razor sharp.

He called 911 and Anchorage police officers came to his home and told him what he needed to do. He skinned the bear and will turn the hide in to the state Department of Fish and Game, which auctions the hides of bears killed in defense of life or property.

Residents of the area are used to seeing bears, most of which never cause a problem. Most people carry a gun or pepper spray when they are out walking in the spring and summer, Weiman said. But on Sunday, winds would have whipped spray into the user’s eyes and the bear could have attacked, he said.

“People get so complacent and they think the bear is a little teddy bear. They aren’t.”

Find Lisa Demer online at adn.com/contact/ldemer or call 257-4390.

Read more: http://www.adn.com/2010/05/31/1301997/dog-intervenes-in-grizzly-attack.html#ixzz0pcAy2ZIn

Hey guys let not forget why we are celebrating this weekend.