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SCI encourages Senate action on the Sportsmen's Act of 2013
Washington, DC – Safari Club International (SCI) today commended Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) for introducing the Sportsmen’s Act of 2013, the first comprehensive bill to benefit America’s sportsmen and women in the 113th Congress…
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RMEF grants to help elk habitat and research in Colorado
MISSOULA, Mont.–The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will fund 18 projects that positively affect nearly 6,000 acres of Colorado elk habitat and also assist with research efforts, a wounded veterans’ elk hunt and several hunting heritage outreach gatherings…
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NSSF sponsors Crimson Trace 3-Gun event
Wilsonville, OR- The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry, has signed on as an exclusive sponsor of Crimson Trace’s Second Annual Midnight 3-Gun Invitational…
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Docks with bad wiring continue to prove deadly
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Last year over Fourth of July weekend, Alexandra Anderson, 13, and her brother, Brayden Anderson, eight, were swimming near a homeowner’s dock on the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri when they started to scream. By the time the siblings were pulled from the lake, they were unresponsive and a short while…
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Graves joins Bushnell as trade marketing manager
Overland Park, Kan – Bushnell Outdoor Products, an industry-leader in high performance sports optics and outdoor accessories for 65 years, has announced Eliza Graves has joined Bushnell as trade marketing manager…
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NSSF expands west with Hunting Works for America
The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the trade association for the firearms industry, is excited to announce that the Hunting Works For America program has grown yet again and now includes a state chapter in Utah…
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St. Croix Legend Xtreme Inshore wins ICAST award
Park Falls, WI (July 17, 2013) – Stalking bonefish on aquamarine flats, or placidly push-poling for backwater redfish, the last thing on your mind are casinos and cactus. It’s a statement that applies equally to the radical rod-smiths at St. Croix…
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Trout Unlimited calls for collaboration on Colorado River
(Washington, D.C.) In advance of a U.S. Senate hearing on the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, the sportsmen’s group Trout Unlimited today urged lawmakers to help launch a new era of collaboration and partnerships to maintain river health and meet diverse water needs into the future…
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Waterfowl breeding populations remain strong in 2013
JACKSON – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service recently completed their annual waterfowl population surveys on the breeding grounds to monitor waterfowl populations and to help set hunting season frameworks…
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Drawings to be held for Ohio controlled waterfowl hunting opportunities
FINDLAY, OH – Waterfowl hunters are invited to participate in special drawings for controlled hunting opportunities, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife…
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Delta Waterfowl honored in North Carolina
BISMARCK, N.D. – From support of conservation programs to waterfowl hunter recruitment to hunter advocacy, Delta Waterfowl volunteers in North Carolina tirelessly hold true to the organization’s mission…
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Yamaha outdoors tips – four-wheeler squirrel hunting
By Steve Hickoff — In some states, you can squirrel hunt now; in others, later come fall. Either way, squirrel hunting is great for a bunch of reasons. Mark that opening date if it isn’t just yet…
