Protection of fishing, hunting, and shooting on national forest and public lands has taken a step forward with the Senate introduction of the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act.

 This week's episode of TROPHY HUNTERS TV®, "West Texas Aoudad and Boone and Crockett Buck" features Matt Hughes taking a trip to west Texas for his chance at an aoudad. In the same episode, an adorable grandmother gets an opportunity to take a record setting Boone and Crockett buck.

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation and ACUI announce that fifty colleges will be competing in the forty-third Annual Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships being held at The National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas, March 31 thru April 4, 2011.

The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) announced today that, for the first time, the Harvard College Shooting Team will compete in the upcoming 43rd Annual Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships held at The National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, TX from March 31st thru April 4th, 2011.

Texas is a mighty big place, but its borders aren't nearly big enough to contain its residents' passion for wildlife, hunting and conservation. Over the past year, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation supporters across the state have raised enough money to grant substantial funding for elk habitat initiatives nationwide, plus keep some dollars at home for important conservation education efforts in 12 Texas counties.

Established in 2005 to provide funding for restoring fisheries habitat and recreational fishing facilities devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the FishAmerica Foundation is expanding its Gulf Fund grant program to include fisheries and their habitats that are expected to be impacted by the April 22, oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

A coalition of the nation's foremost hunting and angling groups today renewed calls for reform of the 1872 General Mining Law following a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve numerous road construction projects within inventoried roadless areas to enable private access to mining sites.

Now in its fourth year, the National Conservation Leadership Institute (NCLI) in Washington D.C. offers unique advanced-training opportunities for gifted professionals envisioning and shaping the future of America's outdoors. More than 100 selectees have attended so far, representing conservation agencies and organizations nationwide.

In a year when one word, "fewer," described life in America -- fewer jobs, fewer home sales, fewer purchases -- hunters were responsible for generating a welcome "more" category, as hunting license sales rose by 3.5 percent in 2009 in states that make up NSSF's Hunting License Sales Index.

In 2010, Winchester® Ammunition will pay tribute to Oliver Winchester's 200th birthday by introducing the new Oliver F. Winchester commemorative line in 22 Long Rifle, 45 Colt and .30-30 Win. A limited edition Model 1894 centerfire rifle will be introduced in 2010 in honor of the Winchester name as well.