With a little rest and rejuvenation under this girl's rhinestone-studded belt, Janet Parker is excited and geared up for the 2012 tournament season. The first event in the Bass Pro Shops' Bassmaster Central Opens is slated for this week on Lake Lewisville in Texas-Parker's home waters.

Talk to any wildlife biologist in the southern United States about wild pigs, and you’re likely to hear something akin to at least one of the following, “They’re the four-legged equivalent of fire ants;” “If the average litter is six, typically eight survive;” “Only a fence that will hold water will hold feral hogs.”

The American Deer & Wildlife Alliance® (ADWA) welcomes Young Hunters Unlimited of Henrietta, Texas, as its newest youth partner organization.

This week, an NRA-supported amendment offered by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) to prohibit funds from being used by the Department of Justice to conduct "gun-walking" programs similar to the now-infamous "Fast and Furious" operation was passed in the Senate with unanimous, bipartisan support (99-0). 

Country music sensation Jack Ingram is coming to Allen, Texas, to help Cabela's kickoff the grand opening of its new 100,000-square-foot store with a special concert Friday night, April 15, at Allen Event Center.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and representatives from the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) — the trade association for the firearms industry — today announced the return of the “Don’t Lie for the Other Guy” major campaign to reduce illegal straw purchases of firearms in the Houston area.

This past weekend was the Texas Youth Hunting Program’s (TYHP) largest single weekend, which coincided with the state’s January Youth Only Hunting Season. TYHP conducted 10 hunts around the state that included camping in the Panhandle. These hunts accommodated some 175 hunters, along with numerous siblings and family members.