Legislating the Great Outdoors
from the Houston Chronicle
Things could change, and almost certainly will, before the March 13 deadline for filing bills in the 81st session of the Texas Legislature. But nearly two months into the 140-day term, relatively few pieces of legislation directly impacting hunting, fishing and other outdoors recreation have been among the 3,000-plus proposals introduced by state lawmakers -- certainly fewer than in most biennial sessions. More

How to Outfox a Spring Gobbler
from the North Texas e-News
With the spring turkey season only days away, it’s time to plan our upcoming hunt. Regardless whether we’re hunting eastern turkey in Kentucky or Rio Grande gobblers here in Texas, there are a few tricks that will help us bag 'Ole Longbeard. More

Spring into Action. Hunters Get that Deer Lease Locked up for Fall
from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
For many Texas hunters, this time of year is filled with the anticipation of strutting gobblers on crisp early mornings, but it's also time to think about locking up a place to hunt deer come fall - especially if thousands of others are beating the bushes, too. More

Video: Organization Donates Wild Game to Local Food Banks
from CBS-11 – Dallas
Wild game like deer, elk and turkey may not be for everyone, but a state organization that coordinates game for needy families is getting a lot of inquiries. More people want to know how to get free meat provided by Texas hunters. More

Antlered Issues
from The Palestine Herald-Press
It's crunch time. Texas hunters and anglers have until 5 p.m. on March 25 to issue comments on a series of proposed hunting and fishing regulation changes currently under consideration by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. More

The Giant of Te-Barku
from Huntinamibia.com
Over the past twenty years more really heavy tuskers have come out of Namibia than out of any other African country. Here follows the story around a truly outstanding trophy. More

Young Hunters are Little Big Shots
from the New York Post
There were a number of positives that came out of the most re cent big game hunting season in New York, especially the number of successful young hunters. More than 15,500 14- to 15-year-olds signed up for the new Junior Big Game License in New York and they harvested close to 3,900 deer - a pretty high success ratio. More

New Firearm Bill Could Hamstring Hunters
from the Las Vegas Review Journal
With the changing of the political guard, we all knew it was coming. Anyone who says different must be either in a state of denial or supportive of the onslaught. I'm talking about the barrage of gun control legislation that has been introduced for consideration by Congress in the past two months. The one firearm bill that could have significant impact on hunters is H.R. 45, also known as Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009. More

Hunters' Purchases Help Wildlife in America
from NRA Hunters' Rights
When a target shooter purchases a box of ammunition or a hunter a new deer rifle, wildlife in America benefits. Every sportsman and woman contributes to a system that has been responsible for supporting healthy wildlife populations of both game and non-game species for the last 70 years. The contributions, in the form excise taxes paid on sporting firearms, ammunition and archery equipment, benefit every state and have generated approximately $5.6 billion for wildlife conservation since 1939. More