More than 1,250 archers competed in 31 categories during the Hoyt Pro/Am Tour Friday through Sunday at Uchee Creek for prizes totaling $100,000.  Archers shot 40 targets. The 3-D foam targets included antelopes, deer, boars and wolves. The archers shot at known and unknown distances during the event.

The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) will return to Lake Conroe in 2010. The tournament received tremendous support in its first year on the Houston-area lake and will be held for the second time October 1 – 3. Ticketed activities for fans, including concerts, weigh-ins and expo areas, will take place October 2 and 3 at the Lone Star Convention & Expo Center. The event benefits the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and its outdoor recreation programs. 

After the original kick off for the North Region had to be postponed due to dangerous winter weather, things got back on track March 13 as 471 teamed competitors merged on Lake Fork. This was the highest participation in the north region since 2005.

Southwick Associates has announced the brands and products hunters and target shooters preferred most in 2009.  This list has been compiled from the 44,734 internet-based surveys completed by hunters and target shooters who volunteered to participate last year in HunterSurvey.com and TargetshootingSurvey.com polls.

"Some groups are claiming that consuming game harvested with traditional ammunition containing lead components poses an unreasonable risk to human health. The truth is that eating wild game poses no such risk.

The Scholastic Steel Challenge (SSC) has partnered with another firearms industry leader, electronic hearing protection manufacturer EHP, to offer SSC participants significant savings on the entire EHP line of products.

March 6, 2010 marked the second event in the 2010 season for Bass Champs Central Region anglers. 180 teams converged on Lake Travis competing for a 102% payback in cash and prizes for this event. Jarrell, Texas anglers Landon Glass and Jayson Kisselburg brought in the sack that towered above the rest, winning by a 6 pound margin to claim over $20,000 in prize money.

When Alica Posey of Communication Workers Local 3802 harvested her first whitetail buck a few years ago, all she could do was yell “big, big, big” into her two-way radio.  Though hunting is part of everyday life in her Alabama community, 43-year-old Posey has only been hunting for the past six years. This season took her to South Texas for an Escape to the Wild whitetail hunt where the landscape is brutal and “there’s nothing that won’t stick you or bite you in some form or fashion.”

With more than 120 stations (and counting) committed to broadcasting the show, the National Shooting Sports Foundation today launched its new daily radio program for all gun owners called Insights.

Chris and Rusty Harvey stole the show with a 1st place win weighing 28.68 lbs February 27, 2010.  Bass Champs East Region had their second event of five in the season at the Umphrey Family Pavilion seeing 269 teamed contenders.