Here’s what’s worth reading today, Tuesday, April 30, 2019:
Bill would create tax holiday for firearms, hunting supplies in Texas: Senate Bill 457 is a particularly interesting piece of legislation that would create a state sales tax holiday on firearms and hunting supplies for one weekend each year. Texas currently has sales tax holidays for emergency preparation supplies; Energy Star and water-efficient products; and back-to-school supplies during specific weekends in April, May, and August, respectively.
Invasive giant salvinia eradicated from Lake Fork, Lake Athens: Recent vegetation surveys conducted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Aquatic Habitat Enhancement (AHE) Team have revealed that giant salvinia – an invasive, free-floating fern that has been wreaking havoc on East Texas lakes for more than 20 years – is believed to have been eradicated from Lake Fork and Lake Athens.
There’s a second reported ‘flesh-eating’ case from Florida. Here’s how to avoid it: There is a second reported case of “flesh-eating” bacteria from waters in Florida. This diagnoses of necrotizing fasciitis, a rare bacterial infection that spreads quickly and can kill, involves a tourist from Ohio who was boating and kayaking off Weedon Island in Tampa Bay in late March.
Lawsuit proceeds on behalf of man killed on grizzly bear hunting trip: Five years after her husband was accidentally shot and killed during a bear hunting trip in Canada, a woman will go to trial this fall against the guide company she blames for his death.
Turkey hunting in Texas centers on biology, seasons in a season
Massachusetts man dies in turkey hunting accident: Christopher Puntin, 44, of Pittsfield, died after sustaining a fatal gunshot wound during a youth turkey hunt. An initial police investigation into the incident suggest it was an accident. He had been participating in a hunt with two other adults and a juvenile.
Arkansas hunter who mistook woman for a deer sentenced to jail for killing: An Arkansas hunter who mistook a woman for a deer before fatally shooting her was sentenced to a year in jail after a jury found him guilty last week of negligent homicide.
Wyoming Game and Fish Commission decides against grizzly hunting season: Wyoming has decided not to try superseding the Endangered Species Act and federal regulations and enact a hunting season on grizzly bears. But commissioners’ frustration is at a boiling point.
Video shows hungry great white shark circling fishing boat off Panama City Beach: The sighting comes after a 1,668 pound great white shark set off a tracking system (known as pinging) near Big Bend in the Gulf of Mexico on 15 April, the Pensacola News Journal reported. On 26 April, the animal known as Miss Costa pinged to the south of Port St. Joe.
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