By Ben Romans

How much would you pay to be able to hit your target at distances of 1,000 yards—and never miss? TrackingPoint, a precision rifle manufacturer in Texas, is setting the opening bid at $22,500.
 
The company is producing precision rifles and fusing them with advanced scopes that account for distance, gravity, wind speed, humidity, and even the rotation of the earth. TrackingPoint debuted the system at SHOT Show in January to much media attention.

Shooters can view their target through the scope and “tag” it with the crosshairs, so even with the safety off, the gun doesn’t fire until it’s locked on to the target. What’s more, the scope systems are WiFi enabled and come with a color display that records the scope’s perspective so shooters can share videos online. But they come with a hefty price tag: $22,500 to $25,700.

By Ben Romans

Earlier this week, Karen Sciascia was on Montana’s Big Hole River with 4 Rivers Fishing Co. guide Seth McLean when they came to the aid of a drowning moose calf that was trying to cross to reach its mother.

A Missoulian article says Sciascia, was fishing from McLean’s drift boat when they saw an adult moose crossing the river, but didn’t realize a 25-pound newborn was following until they drifted closer. At this time of year, western rivers are swollen with mountain snowmelt and eventually the swift current swept the calf away.

By Ben Romans

The recent discovery of vandalism within Saguaro National Park in southern Arizona has some officials concerned. They worry the incident is part of a thrill-seeking trend to deface national parks and monuments across the country. Rangers said the latest episode involves at least 45 spray-painted graffiti tags brandished on landmarks throughout the park—including 16 of the park’s famous 150-year old saguaro cacti.
 
A New York Times article says that in a similar incident late last year, officials had to clean graffiti from the remote Twin Owls formation in Rocky Mountain National Park, and more recently, the Rattlesnake Canyon in Joshua Tree National Park was closed to clean graffiti from the canyon walls. What remains unclear is the motive behind the acts.

By Ben Romans

A husband and wife enjoying a Beach Boys concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa certainly weren’t feeling any Good Vibrations after a spooked whitetail buck jumped the fence, collided with the woman, and rendered her unconscious.
 
Larry and Judy Leinen were sitting in the back row when the deer jumped over the four-foot fence and hit Judy when it landed. The impact was forceful enough to knock her out and bend her lawn chair in half. The deer simply jumped back over the fence and into the woods. Her husband says it’s just one of those weird things that took them by surprise.