SUBSCRIPTION    SUBMIT RELEASES    ADVERTISE    ARCHIVES    CONTACT                                  FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2010
— ACCESS
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Watercraft will provide more than $376,000 for urgent boat launch facility repairs and maintenance at 34 sites statewide this spring, following recent approval from the State Controlling Board. | For More...

— COMPETITIONS
On the strength of near-perfect shooting and a gutsy skiing performance, Andy Soule of Pearland, Texas made history at Whistler Olympic Park by becoming the first U.S. athlete ever to win an Olympic or Paralympic medal in Biathlon. | For More...

— EVENTS
This July, QDMA will host its tenth annual National Convention and Whitetail Expo. The event will return to the Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, July 9-11. | For More...

The family-oriented Umatilla Black Bear Festival is set for Saturday, March 27 at Cadwell Park in Umatilla, Florida. | For More...

Tons of fun are heading to Arizona's urban lakes soon - channel catfish will be stocked for the first time this season in the 20 Urban Fishing Program lakes in the Phoenix and Tucson areas on Thursday, March 25. | For More...

— GEAR
Bullet Weights®, a leading manufacturer of fishing sinkers, is now offering hunters DragBuddy, a game drag tool that can be used to easily and safely drag, tow and hang game. | For More...

ALPS OutdoorZ now offers a number of packs, bags and portable chairs in the new Mossy Oak Break-Up Infinity for 2010. | For More...

— GOOD DEEDS
More than 20 volunteers from legislators to Comcast employees to the local baseball team were on hand last Tuesday to help cook and serve 40 pounds of Elk chili for Harrisburg's homeless as part of Sportsman's Channel Hunt.FishFeed program. | For More...

— HUNTING
When Kentucky's spring wild turkey season opens April 17, hunters can expect to find a bounty of gobblers. Record reproduction in 2008 is the reason for all the optimism for the upcoming spring season. | For More...

— INDUSTRY
Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. (NYSE:RGR) announces that proxy materials for its 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are available on the Internet in accordance with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Notice and Access rule which allows companies to furnish their proxy materials through the Internet. | For More...

— MEDIA
It's self-defense day on Gun Talk, Sunday, March 21, from 1pm to 4pm, with guests talking about the guns, the training, and the ammo available for those concerned about personal safety. | For More...

— MISCELLANEOUS
It is possible to plan a beach trip and party for spring break in West Virginia. Blackwater Falls State Park in Davis is sponsoring a Beach Party Weekend on April 23 - 25. The weekend includes a beach party Friday evening at the lodge with dancing and Karaoke. Saturday evening features a dinner theater, "Beach Blanket Bump-Off". | For More...

— NEW GEAR
Browning announces the introduction of the new Buck Mark Holographic sight to the company's expanding line of shooting accessories for 2010. The new sight is available in four reticle patters and powered by one #2032 lithium battery. | For More...

— NEW PRODUCTS
The new Rossi Wizard's revolutionary stock design allows the user to shoot with every popular caliber imaginable, plus all shotgun gauges, two muzzleloaders, .22 rimfire and .22 rimfire magnum. This ingenious system allows the shooter to transfer any barrel quickly and easily without tools. | For More...

— ORGANIZATIONS
Travis 'T-Bone' Turner, Realtree Outdoors pro-staffer and co-host of the top-rated television show The Bone Collector, will be the special guest at Whitetails Unlimited's inaugural Big Buckeye Deer Camp Friday, April 2 in Cambridge, Ohio. | For More...

The U.S. Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) has partnered with firearms maker FNH USA and is rewarding Ariel Velasco of Houston, Texas with a brand new FNP-9 pistol for his efforts to recruit new USPSA members. | For More...

— PUBLIC LANDS
The proposed 6,000-acre Wabashiki River Fish and Wildlife Area near Terre Haute, Indiana moved a giant step closer to fruition with the national Migratory Bird Conservation Commission's approval of $1 million in federal funds toward the project. | For More...

— REBATES
Smith & Wesson has launched three consumer promotions: the Sigma Pistol, M&P15 rifle, and M&P pistols. | For More...

— RECOGNITIONS
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has presented the 2009 Lawrence G. Diedrick Small Game Award to landowner John Bishop and the Southern Appalachian chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society. | For More...

— RESEARCH
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife encourages all Ohio white-tailed deer hunters and those with an interest in deer hunting to take a survey at wildohio.com. The survey will be available through mid-April. | For More...

— WILDLIFE
Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologists have confirmed that bat carcasses collected from a cave near Cumberland on March 5, 2010 were infected with White Nose Syndrome (WNS). | For More...

— YOUTH
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Halifax Sport Fishing Club, the Sport Fish Restoration Program and Fish Florida present a free Kids' Fishing Clinic for children ages 6-13 on Saturday, March 27, at the Sunglow Fishing Pier. | For More...

FEATURE
New Briefly
The future of Arizona's state park system looks increasingly bleak after state legislators cut an additional $3.9 million from the parks department budget during its special session this week. Parks have endured legislative budget cuts of 80 percent since 2007...

The Alabama Senate has passed legislation that will require the state to maintain at least the current acreage of hunting land that is available today. The bill now awaits the signature of Governor Bob Riley...

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin says he will veto legislation creating an annual tax holiday on guns and ammunition, saying the measure gives him "pure heartburn." The legislation would give gun buyers a one-day amnesty each year from the state's 6 percent sales tax. It passed the Senate by a 25-9 vote and the House 96-2...

Wachovia Bank, N.A., one of the largest banks in the United States, has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Florida and the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice to resolve charges that it willfully failed to establish an anti-money laundering program. The agreement is the result of an investigation into Wachovia's transactions with Mexican currency exchange houses, commonly known as "casas de cambio" ("CDCs").

Mobile Mariner, LLC announces the official launch of the Mobile Mariner™ app for the BlackBerry® smartphone.The app includes the marine weather forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service, as well as tide information and live weather conditions, for the coastal United States including the Great Lakes..

Trophy Score, an iPhone and iPod Touch application for scoring big game animals, is the first mobile application to be approved by Safari Club International. Trophy Score is available worldwide in the iTunes App Store for $2.99 (US) and through the use of official SCI methods and diagrams, assists hunters through the process of scoring aoudad, cape buffalo, six subspecies of caribou, four subspecies of eland, kudu, pronghorn antelope and four subspecies of turkey...

MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) announces the launch of MTN Worldwide TV, the industry's first TV broadcast service delivering programming from six major U.S. and international television networks to cruise ship passengers anywhere on the high seas.

WILDLIFE...A $2,500 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the shooting last fall of a federally protected bald eagle on a ranch near Groveton in Trinity County, Texas. The wounded eagle was found Sept. 19, 2009 and taken to the Last Chance Forever Bird Conservancy in San Antonio. After almost six months of recovery, the eagle is scheduled to be released this Saturday. The ongoing criminal investigation into the eagle shooting is a joint effort on the part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and TPWD game wardens. Anyone with information should call U.S. Fish and Wildlife (281) 876-1520...

Rodney Naico photo.
FINALLY...The winners have been selected in the Tri-Tronics ENTER-TO-WIN Dog Photo Sweepstakes. One grand prize winner was selected, along with 11 breed-category winners. The photos were voted on by Tri-Tronics employees at the company's Tucson headquarters. "We are truly amazed at the number and quality of photos that we've received," says Gary Williams, Marketing and Sales Manager. "Our employees found it very difficult to select the winners. We ultimately decided to allow for 10 separate categories." The grand prize winner was Rodney Naico's submission of a German shepherd named Visum paying his last respects to his K-9 partner. Both dogs had trained side-by-side for the past five years and the photo captured Visum's reaction at seeing his partner's casket. Naico won his choice of the TriTronics collar system of his choice.

The other category winners can be seen online at www.tritronics.com/contest.asp.
Mar 19-21
Double Tap Ranch, Wichita Falls, Texas
Mar 26-28
Red Lion's Sacramento Inn, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA
Mar 27
Cadwell Park, Umatilla, Florida
Mar 27-28
San Angelo State Park, TX
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