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Texas wildlife commission finally approves air guns for game hunting
John McAdams Recreation & LeisureAfter months of meticulous consideration and debate, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recently issued a final decision regarding hunting with air guns and arrow guns (the new term for air bows) at its recent commission meeting in Austin on Aug. 22-23. Starting this fall, air guns and arrow guns that meet certain minimum requirements will be an approved method of take for hunters pursing small and big game in the state of Texas. The commission also approved some changes to the restrictions on archery and crossbow equipment.
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Colorado gets its first spaceport
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveA seven-year wait has paid off for a general aviation airport near Denver, as it has received approval to become only the 11th commercial spaceport in the country. However, not all parties are as pleased with the news and its potential impact. Front Range Airport, less than 8 miles from Denver International Airport, is a two-runway general aviation field with no airline service but a number of based aircraft and private operators. The airport has now been renamed Colorado Air and Space Port following approval by the Federal Aviation Administration, which spent 180 days reviewing the application.
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8 great American air and space museums
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureAs the very birthplace of flight — and as the world leader in aviation development and space exploration — the United States is quite naturally home to the world’s biggest and best aviation and aerospace museums. These museums showcase everything from the Wright Brothers’ 1903 Flyer to NASA’s recently retired space shuttles. Those famous shuttles — Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavour and Enterprise — are on display, or soon will be, at museums across the country. Read on to learn more about eight of America’s finest aviation and aerospace museums.
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Surprising travel trends from Virtuoso Week 2018
Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementFueled by a strong U.S. economy and an ever-increasing passion for noteworthy travel experiences, leisure travel is on track to become more sustainable and personal, according to the latest news from Virtuoso Travel Week 2018. Some 6,071 travel professionals from 100 countries met in mid-August in Las Vegas for the conference’s 30th annual gathering. Numbers were up in just about every category, and professionals also saw their chances to influence travel through a changing landscape of politics, environmental factors and economic circumstances.
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Quiet hobbies to do while RVing
Cindy Belt Recreation & LeisureRVing allows you travel the world. However, not all your time is spent sightseeing, especially if you are a full-time RVer. While some hobbies are difficult to accommodate from an RV (bladesmithing, carpentry, and large collections are examples that come to mind), some work well in your new life. Some of the quieter ones include reading, writing and crafting, among others.
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission nears a decision on air guns
John McAdams Recreation & LeisureAfter initially approving air guns and air bows as a legal method of take for big game during a meeting back in March, some members of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission apparently had second thoughts about their decision and delayed final rulemaking on the issue. Since then, the question of using air guns for hunting big game has been in limbo. However, the Commission again has the issue on its agenda for an upcoming meeting in Austin on Aug. 22-23, so we may finally be nearing a resolution on that subject.
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Big Sur back in action as Highway 1 reopens
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureCalifornia’s most famous road trip is back on. For the first time in 14 months, Highway 1 — aka the Pacific Coast Highway — is open without interruption, after a quarter-mile chunk of it in Big Sur was wiped away in a massive landslide last year. Over the years, landslides have taken out portions of the iconic highway, but none were as big as the so-called Mud Creek slide in May 2017, when more than 6 million cubic yards of earth collapsed into the sea following torrential rains.
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Reading your practice target
Eric Lamberson Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityDuring your shooting practice, your target will often tell you what you are doing whether it’s right or wrong. The targets in this article were the result of a practice session where my friend Steve and I were shooting the IDPA 5x5 classifier. Each target shows the results of six classifiers and we only taped the shots that were outside the zero-down scoring ring. Steve was shooting a CCP pistol for all six classifiers. I shot a 9 mm back-up gun (BUG) for the first two and a CCP for the next four classifiers.
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Hotels try to pull in travelers with larger loyalty programs
Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementBigger usually means better, especially when it comes to hotel loyalty programs. Otherwise, why are hotel chains building bigger travel rewards programs? Marriott acquired the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Group in 1995 and then Starwood Hotels and Resorts in 2016, but it was not until this April that the company announced its plan to combine the three chains' independent rewards programs under one operation. The merger of these three travel rewards programs brought a combined membership of 110 million travelers into the new program.
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Should you refrain from posting your hunt on social media?
John McAdams Recreation & LeisureIt’s the same story over and over again: a hunter posts a photo on social media of an animal that he or she harvested, someone with a large social following expresses condemnation of the hunt, and then a firestorm of disapproval ensues for the next few days. Then, the whole process repeats itself a few weeks later. Regardless of where the hunt took place, the end result is never good: the hunter is the object of harassment, and the hunting community in general gets a lot of negative publicity in the media. So, what can be done to break this cycle?
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