This week Benelli On Assignment (BOA) host, Joe Coogan and Benelli USA VP of Marketing and Communications, Stephen McKelvain take on the challenge of finding big Rio Grande "long beards." They travel to the South Texas brush county of Sarco Creek Ranch, near the historic town of Goliad, Texas.

This week BOA host, Joe Coogan, travels to classic whitetail country in central Texas. Joining him is Benelli's Stephen McKelvain, Sporting Classic's Managing Editor, Matt Coffey and Sweepstakes winner and BOA guest, Clay Chandler.

On this week's American Huntress, we head just outside of Brady Texas to the Ford Ranch. Linda gets her first taste of rattling in bucks on the mesquite flats, and guide Steve gets several nice bucks to come to the call.

This week BOA host, Joe Coogan joins Sheriff Jim Wilson, senior field editor for NRA Publications for a Texas whitetail hunt, rattling-style, on the Stasney's Cook Ranch led by whitetail guide, Jim Kern, also known as Emu to his pro-baseball teammates and friends.

Hunters and landowners participating in the Texas Big Game Awards (TBGA) this upcoming hunting season will see some new rules and changes for this year’s program, including the creation of low-fence and high-fence categories for white-tailed deer and mule deer. 

Recently, the American Deer & Wildlife Alliance® (ADWA) teamed up with outdoor television host Todd Cast and Cast of Dreams to fulfill the wishes of 13-year-old Jonathan Beach, a cystic fibrosis patient who's big dream was to hunt. The story of that very special event airs next week on TNT Outdoor Explosion, and ADWA urges all sportsmen to watch.