Planning a Hunt Can be Pretty Simple
from the Victoria Advocate
A "Hunt of a Lifetime" is in the eye of the beholder. It could as big as going to Africa on a Cape Buffalo hunt or perhaps taking an Arkansas Green Timber hunt for Mallards. Regardless of cost or distance this trip will require planning and if you are wanting go anytime so soon, there is no time like the present to get started. More

Winners Named For 29th Big Buck Contest
from the Tyler Morning Telegraph
Drought played a major role in the 2008-09 Texas white-tailed deer hunting season, but it didn't stop East Texas hunters from racking up quality deer for the 29th Tyler Paper Big Buck Contest. In four of five contest divisions it took deer scoring at least 150 to win. More

Wild Turkeys Released in Navarro County
from the Corsicana Daily Sun
One-hundred and thirty-one wild turkeys were released this week in Western Navarro County in an effort to restore the population of game birds to the county. For years, hunting wild turkeys in Navarro County has been illegal, and even if the bird population does start to bounce back, no turkey hunting seasons are likely here for at least five more years. More

Choosing the Right Rifle for Pronghorn Antelope
from Field & Stream
The pronghorn antelope is not the most difficult of beasts to hunt, but there is an increasingly widespread misconception that taking one involves shooting at distances just short of an Olympic marathon course. You can do this if you wish. You can even call it hunting if you want to; it's still a free country…sort of. But the facts are much different. More

Apprentice License Good for Hunting
from The Burlington Free Press
A friend or neighbor or relative expresses an interest in trying hunting. You're more than happy to take them under your wing, but after pointing out that they must first take a hunter education course, which more often than not is months or miles away, their interest wanes and another opportunity to introduce a newcomer to hunting is lost. More

Update On National Right-To-Carry Reciprocity Bills
from NRA-ILA
Last week, Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced S. 371, the Senate companion bill to H.R. 197 -- the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009." H.R. 197 was introduced last month by U.S. Representatives Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.), and would provide national recognition for valid state Right-to-Carry licensees. The bill would allow any person with a valid carry permit or license issued by a state, to carry a concealed firearm in any other state if the permit holder meets certain criteria. More

Moose Tracks
from ESPN
Nathan Foreman decided to make his first hunt an Alaskan Ahtna Indian moose hunt and came back a changed man. More

Out of Africa
from Centre Daily
Frans Heinlein is a PH, as he calls himself — a professional hunter. He has been hunting for over 25 years and provides hunting and nature tour services in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. In this article, he talks about his experiences and provides advice for big game safaris in South Africa. More

Woman's Passion is Big-game Hunting
from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Like everyone else, Jill Erlinger has experienced highs and lows during her 63 years. The highs have included exciting big-game hunting trips in North America, Africa and New Zealand. Some of those trips were incredibly successful; others weren't. All, however, were fun, Erlinger says. The lows were topped by a phone call, received in 2000, that Erlinger never will forget. More