Michael Thompson has dreamed of becoming a law enforcement officer, some day. He and his wife, Penny, have dreamed about building their dream home, some day. And with a 12-year-old son and an 11-month-old daughter, they've dreamed about saving enough money for their children to go to college…some day.

Brunton, industry leader in the development of gear for outdoor adventure, announced their Solo 15 Portable Power System is receiving Field & Stream's Best of the Best Award in the hunting technology category for 2008. Each year the magazine's editors rigorously field test hundreds of pieces of gear for several months. The judging criterion includes significance of the innovation, the quality of the design, and the value it brings to hunters.

The FishAmerica Foundation has grant monies available for marine and anadromous sportfish habitat restoration projects across the coastal United States and the Great Lakes basin. These grants will be awarded to community-based, on-the-ground projects to restore marine, estuarine and riparian habitats, including salt marshes, mangrove forests and freshwater habitats important to anadromous fish species such as salmon and striped bass that spawn in freshwater and migrate to the sea.

The 2009 Bassmaster Opens, comprised of three qualifying series in a Southern, Central and revamped Northern division, each with three events, will visit diverse and productive fisheries for a total of nine events in Florida, Alabama, South Carolina, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Louisiana and Texas, BASS announced today.

On Friday, September 5, VERSUS Country will premiere a new episode of Realtree's Monster Bucks and encore episodes of fan favorite shows including The Best and Worst of Tred Barta and The Bucks of Tecomate with Jeff Foxworthy.

The 23rd season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" went for the gold when it launched Sept. 8 as more than 175 Olympic medalists gathered together for an unforgettable hour. Five out of the six medalists from the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team for Shooting participated in the show.

Kahr Arms is proud to introduce the latest addition to its award winning line of double action only (DAO) micro-compact pistols. The new P380 pistol from Kahr, chambered for the .380 ACP caliber, has a 2.5 inch barrel and an overall length of 4.9 inches, with a height of only 3.9 inches.

As the first woman to qualify for bass fishing's most visible tournament, Kim Bain-Moore of Alabaster, Ala., is the demographic diva of the 2009 Bassmaster Classic field.