Brandon Bates Harvests Great Montana Archery Bull – Redemption
Brandon Bates heads back to Montana for an archery elk hunt. He's not searching for a trophy or record book bull, he's searching to find redemption in the field, whatever that may be.
Nominations Now Accepted for the Trinity Oaks Lt. Paul Silber Award
SAN ANTONIO (March 11, 2019) —Named after a dedicated solider who overcame the limitations resulting from combat wounds to have a meaningful life after war, the Trinity Oaks is currently accepting nominations for the 2019 Lt. Paul Silber Award. The award recognizes...
Too Many Moose? Just Add Wolves!
Four Canadian wolves were recently captured and transported by helicopter from Ontario to Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park. covering an 894-square-mile island in the US Great Lakes, to deal with the burgeoning moose population. Scientists also hope to bolster a...
RMEF works with landowner to provide access to huge National Grassland in North Dakota.
Covering more than one million acres, the Little Missouri National Grassland in western North Dakota is the largest such grassland in the United States. However, getting to it is a real challenge in places because of surrounding pieces of checkerboard private lands....
Dawn of American Deer Hunting Volume II
A fascinating new book featuring 400 vintage photos of whitetail hunters from yesteryear. Whitetail hunting is truly a unique American tradition plied first by early settlers, immigrants, pioneers and later American patriots who often died for their nation when...
Reflections
A brisk northerly, cooling breeze carried blood-red and sun-yellow leaves to an already leaf-littered forest floor. The aroma of fresh earth turned by a black bear melted with sweet scent of pines, but also with the faint odor of a musky rutting whitetail wafting...
Borrowing Gator Eggs
One day while in high school, my daughter suggested she was considering a major in wildlife biology in college. Since college majors are something one should try on for size before buying, I suggested we spend a day in the field with Walt. She agreed. Walt Rhodes and...
Sportsmen’s Bills Pass Senate
MISSOULA, Mont. (February 13, 2019) - The Boone and Crockett Club, the oldest wildlife conservation group in the U.S., today praised the Senate's passage of the Natural Resources Management Act (S. 47), a bipartisan package of bills that includes several key pieces of...
Going Back to Our Outdoor Roots
When I was a youngster growing up in northeast Texas, we fished strictly with cane poles that we cut from a stand of switch cane that grew near the back of our little farm. We usually kept a 12-foot Calcutta pole or two for when we needed to really reach out from the...
Outdoor Opportunities Boost Wyoming Economy
WYOMING – Hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers in Wyoming contributed more than $1 billion to Wyoming’s economy during 2017, according to a new analysis by the University of Wyoming. It’s a 2.3 percent increase from 2016, attributed to more people heading outdoors....