The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced on Thursday, July 7, 2011, a proposed rule to regulate the take of three endangered exotic antelope species – the scimitar-horned oryx, dama gazelle, and addax.  The FWS was required to issue this proposed rule as a result of a 2009 order from the federal court.

Cuts proposed by the House of Representatives would slash funding for a range of policies affecting fish and game management, hunting and angling access and public- and private-lands administration.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, trade association for the firearms and ammunition industry, calls the 3.6 percent rise in paid hunting license holders for 2009 one of the most encouraging signs for hunting in recent years.

WFN is searching for the Ultimate Fishing Town USA.. Is your community a destination for outdoor enthusiasts?  Your town could be crowned WFNs Ultimate Fishing Town, win $25,000 for your community, and have a half-hour television show dedicated entirely to fishing in your town.

On August 23, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was petitioned by the Center for Biological Diversity and four other organizations to ban all lead in fishing tackle under the Toxic Substances Control Act. This includes sinkers, jigs, weighted fly line, and components that contain lead such as brass and ballast in a wide variety of lures, including spinners, stick baits and more.  It is important that industry members send comments now! Let your voice be heard!

According to USA Today, 37 million Americans (one in eight) received emergency food aid in 2009--up 46% from 2005. In view of these dire statistics, SCIF Humanitarian Services once again sends a big “thank you!” to all the SCI chapters and individuals who helped make the 2009 season a great success for the Sportsmen Against HungerTM program. Total reported poundage as of publication deadline was 415,039 pounds, representing 1,660,156 meals.

According to recent study, deer do not have to be sick or have died from prion disease to infect other deer. The research finding published in the British journal, Nature, states that brain-destroying prion disease can spread among deer through feces shed by animals that have been infected by the deadly pathogen but are not sick.

Researchers are reporting that they have solved a longstanding mystery about the rapid spread of a fatal brain infection in deer, elk and moose in the Midwest and West, according to the New York Times.

Another exciting season of Women on Target Hunting Excursions is about to begin. Women hunters with experience ranging from first-timers to the most seasoned of veterans are provided with the opportunity to have a unique and enjoyable hunting adventure.

It is a first of its kind, a cookbook dedicated to cooking wild game and fish on a CD, Rick Windham's Easy Camp Cooking, Volume 1. The CD is formatted so that you can access any recipe, print it out one page at a time, and not have to keep track of a cookbook in camp.