RMEF Celebrates 35 Years of Conservation
MISSOULA, Mont.—Thirty-five years after its founding on May 14, 1984, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is celebrating decades of conservation success. “Quite simply, the growth and accomplishments of this organization are staggering,” said Kyle Weaver, RMEF...
Twenty Four Lions
A century ago, 200,000 lions roamed Africa. Today, fewer than 20,000 run wild. Twenty Four Lions will be the seed population that will reverse this trend in the Zambeze Delta , an ecosystem of over 2 million acres. Cabela's Lion Translocation from Twenty Four Lions on...
QDMA Commends Utah DWR Decision to Stop Deer Relocation
QDMA applauds the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources for its decision to discontinue relocating urban deer to open rangelands due to the risk of potentially spreading chronic wasting disease (CWD). “The majority of disease experts agree the quickest ways to spread...
Boone and Crockett Club; Legislating “Fair Chase”
MISSOULA, Mont. — According to the Boone and Crockett Club, more states are being forced to take a closer look at how information gained from GPS technology is being used to hunt big game species. The issue is making its way onto the dockets for some state legislators...
National Wildlife Refuge Yields Quality Deer Hunting
Zayne Wagner has a whole lot going for him. The grade-school boy loves the outdoors, fishing and hunting, and is often a shadow to his dad and grandpa along the waters and in the woods and fields of eastern Oklahoma. And he lives not too far from Sequoyah National...
Tia’s Ak Hunt Tips Part 2
This article first appeared on RonSpomerOutdoors.com In her previous blog on RSO, Alaska hunting guide and bush pilot Tia Shoemaker gave us five great AK hunt tips for a successful hunting experience in her neck of the woods. In this blog she gives us five more. 6) Be...
Calling All Hogs
Through the years, while working as a guide in Colorado’s high country, I’ve called in a lot of elk and bear. I’ve learned that the right sound, at the right time will bring most critters in for a close look. I’ve also called in coyote, bobcat, turkey, deer, waterfowl...
Sand and Shinnery
I felt a slight nudge on my left elbow as I “worked the horns” in an attempt to draw in a whitetail buck out of the oak thicket. I turned ever so slowly, then followed Craig Archer’s pointing hand. “Buck, three-year old!” whispered he. The buck was charging in jumping...
Dallas Safari Club Joins the Boone and Crockett Club’s 30th Big Game Awards
MISSOULA, Mont. - The Dallas Safari Club has joined the growing list of sponsors for one of North America's longest-running celebrations of big game conservation and management - the Boone and Crockett Club's 30th Big Game Awards, scheduled for August 1-3, 2019, in...
New Zealand 6.5 Creedmoor Tests
First appeared on Ron Spomer Outdoors “Accidental New Zealand 6.5 Creedmoor Tests” could be the title of this article. I hadn’t planned on hunting the world’s largest antlered red stags, tough mountain tahr, and “moose-antlered” fallow deer with the little 6.5mm...