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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…
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Ohio fishing workshop scheduled
COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife would like to invite any adult, group, or conservation club who has a sincere interest in taking kids fishing to become a certified Passport to Fishing Instructor…
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Ohio's Burr Oak Lodge to hold grand reopening
GLOUSTER, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), in partnership with U.S. Hotels, a national hospitality and leisure company, announces the grand reopening of the Burr Oak Lodge and Conference Center…
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Smith and Wesson once again sponsors IDPA U.S. national championships
BERRYVILLE, Ark. – For the last 16 years Smith & Wesson has sponsored the International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) Nationals, so it’s no surprise that this 161-year-old American gun making icon has signed on as a major sponsor of this year’s IDPA U.S. National Championship…
