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- Remington Receives First USSA
The Remington Arms Company was the inaugural recipient of the Cabela Lifetime Business Achievement Award. On Jan. 10, the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, National Shooting Sports Foundation and Cabela's, Inc. hosted a reception at the Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Orlando to present the award.
The U.S. Sportsmens Alliance created the award in 2006 to honor the Cabela family's dedication to protecting outdoor sports, including hunting, fishing, and trapping. It is presented to companies that demonstrate the same passion and commitment to protecting Americas outdoor heritage as have the Cabelas. - Son Shoots And Father Is Charged
A father who took his son out on Youth Deer Hunting Weekend was arraigned Tuesday on charges he encouraged the 14-year-old boy to illegally shoot a four-point bull moose in Springfield.
Robert Jones, 35, of Springfield, was charged with taking a moose out of season and with contributing to the delinquency of a minor under the age of 16. Jones pleaded innocent to both charges and was released on conditions. - Trapper Catches Cougar
A young male mountain lion was caught in a trap in North Dakota's Badlands, and later killed because of its condition, state Game and Fish officials said.
The cougar was snared on Monday in a trap meant for bobcats, about 15 miles southwest of Watford City, Wildlife Division Chief Randy Kreil said.
The animal was euthanized after it was found, Kreil said.
"It had significant damage to a front foot and was in poor condition and cold," Kreil said. "The odds of that cat making it were slim to none."
The 46-pound mountain lion was less than a year old, biologist Dorothy Fecske said.
Kreil said [more ...] - Prospering Wildlife Create Problems
Growing up on a Middle Tennessee farm, Pettus Read never saw a wild turkey or a white-tailed deer grazing on row crops and snacking on seeds and livestock feed.
Read, spokesman for the Tennessee Farm Bureau, says those problems are more common as Tennessee wildlife is flourishing decades after the state began working to bolster their numbers. - Sportsmen's Lawsuit Fails
A state court Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Pennsylvania Game Commission's deer-management program, saying the sportsmen's group that sued lacks a legal foundation for its claim.
The Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania asked the Commonwealth Court to order specific changes in the program, including an immediate end to doe hunting pending a scientific study, on grounds that the current rules threaten to decimate the herd. - Growing Support For Hunting Wolves
Idaho's governor said Thursday he will support public hunts to kill all but 100 of the state's gray wolves after the federal government strips them of protection under the Endangered Species Act.
Gov. C.L. Butch Otter told The Associated Press that he wants hunters to kill about 550 gray wolves. That would leave about 100 wolves, or 10 packs, according to a population estimate by state wildlife officials. - Youth Hunting Triggers Debate
Like so many other rural kids, 10-year-old Sierra Thomas is an avid hunter.
The southeastern Kentucky girl has been pursuing squirrels, turkeys and deer for years, and last month she bagged a 600-pound elk on an Appalachian mountaintop. She was thrilled. Her father, Donald Thomas, was ecstatic. - Online Magazine Notice
As many people browse through today they will be seeking the latest edition of our online magazine and notice that it is suspiciously absent. This isn't by fault or any lack of materials. In short we have decided to change the publish date to the 1st of every other month rather than the 15th.
Why the change in publish dates? Actually it's plain and simple. Both myself and the editor have found the 15th to typically be a busy date especially during the active outdoor seasons. Much of our hunting and fishing seasons open on the 15th of the month and [more ...] - Commission Talks Turkey
Wild turkeys will hold the focus of much of the dis cussion at the Jan. 21-23 meetings of the Pennsylvania Game Commission at commission headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.
A small, but organized and vocal, group pushing to be allowed to use dogs in turkey hunting plans to urge game commissioners in that direction on Jan. 21 during the commission's annual season and bag limits.
That session, which gets under way at 1 p.m., annually allows the public to offer comment on seasons and bag limits for the coming hunting year, which begins July 1. - Big Coyote Contest
Not so long ago, a coyote's worst enemies were falling anvils and the Road Runner. Wile E. Coyote never had to tussle with Paul Unruh, though.
Unruh, owner of the popular Nannys Family Store in Montgomery County Pennsylvania, fears the crafty, doglike predators are fast becoming a menace the region can no longer ignore.
