The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, today issued this statement regarding the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act, S. 2363, that earlier today, failed to garner the 60 votes needed to move towards final passage

The Vital Ground Foundation is the recipient of a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Forest Service to protect 142 acres of forested land in the northwest corner of Montana near Troy.

More than 200 professional fish and wildlife scientists, including 12 former state fish and game agency directors and several former high-ranking federal agency officials, urged the U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management today to “act promptly and meaningfully to conserve intact and unfragmented BLM-administered public lands across the West.”

Nominations are being accepted through July 30 for a prestigious award that recognizes significant contributions to wildlife and habitat conservation, as well as sustained commitment to the heritage of hunting.

For years, boaters and anglers stuck with a dead battery, dead engine or empty fuel tank out on Mountain Island Lake had to hope that someone would get them back to the boat launch or dock. That’s because the lake had no around-the-clock on water boat towing service. Local law enforcement only patrolled the lake…

Smith & Wesson Corp. announced today that it has joined forces with Crimson Trace® to introduce enhanced, integrated laser sighting systems for the Company’s popular line of BODYGUARD® handguns. The newly launched M&P® BODYGUARD firearms deliver the performance, quality and reliability that has become the hallmark of these industry leading companies.

Smith & Wesson Corp. announced today that Thompson/Center Arms™ is offering a special incentive for Father’s Day shoppers this year with a limited-time mail-in rebate program for consumers who purchase any new T/C® Venture™ rifle. Available now until June 18, 2014, the “Venture out for Father’s Day” promotion offers a $75 rebate on any of…

A long winter buried in snow apparently swelled the horns of a bighorn sheep that died of natural causes. The ram was found this spring by Alberta wildlife officials and green-scored as a potential new World’s Record.

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation teamed up with the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) to purchase and conserve 81 acres of prime elk habitat. The land is located in the heart of the Pennsylvania elk range in Elk County’s Benezette Township which is among areas with the highest elk population density in the state.

Jim Murphy, former President of Hardy North America and founder of Redington, announces the founding of Douglas Outdoors .