Three lakes-Austin, Amistad and O.H. Ivie-spit out Toyota ShareLunkers February 27, the day before the full moon.

Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will distribute more than $76.5 million to the fish and wildlife agencies of the 50 states, commonwealths, the District of Columbia, and territories to help conserve and recover imperiled fish and wildlife through the State Wildlife Grant Program.

As the No. 1 game management software in the deer and wildlife industry, GMS® continues to demonstrate leadership with its strong support of the deer industry’s most prominent leaders. GMS announces it has received the endorsement of Dr. James C. Kroll, renowned author, instructor and expert on whitetail deer.

Within the next 30 – 60 days, the Obama Administration is planning to issue a final report, and possibly other management guidance, intended to govern the management of the nation’s oceans, coastal areas and Great Lakes. The plan originated in June 2009, when President Obama created the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force.

Women interested in the outdoors are invited to attend the second annual Women in the Wild workshop, a weekend-long event being held by the Rockport chapter of the Texas Outdoors Woman Network (TOWN) on May 1-2. The event is designed to help familiarize women with the various outdoor activities in the Coastal Bend and encourage them to participate in a fun and safe outdoor environment.

Team Hornady member Kelly Neal won the Open Division and took High Overall amongst 140 other competitors in the 2010 Texas State Carbine Championships.

This week's episode of Shooting USA on Sportsman Channel features three guns, three man teams and three days of shooting under the Texas sun in the Sportsman Team Challenge.

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.

Aaron Johnson of Bossier City, La., caught a 5-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 3 ounces Saturday, March 6, 2010 to win $4,359 in the FLW BFL Cowboy Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir.

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.