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...
Compete in the Steyr Challenge for the Title “Toughest Hunters in the Alps”
BESSEMER, Ala. — Steyr Arms will be hosting the 2nd Annual Steyr Challenge, Oct. 5 in Seetaler Alpe in Austria, with teams from across the globe competing for the title of “Toughest Hunters in the Alps.” This competition is a combination of a more than seven...
Africa’s ‘Last Great Wilderness’ in Jeopardy as Autocratic President Plans Mega-dam
First ran in The Telegraph It is arguably the Empire’s greatest legacy to conservation, the outrageous vision of a British poacher-turned-naturalist whose misanthropic cussedness would shape Africa’s largest wildlife sanctuary. Stretching across a swathe of woodland...
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...
Review: Federal Tungsten Super Shot & TriStar Viper G2 Bronze Semi-Auto in .410
Two of the most electric advents in the sporting world recently have been Federal Premium 13/16 oz. .410 Super Shot loads of #9 Tungsten, and the .410 Viper G2 Bronze semi-auto by the Turkish firearms importer TriStar. The greatest excitement spinning around the...
Wolf Experts say Declining Numbers Suggests Nature is Simply Taking its Course
First appeared on buckrail.com JACKSON HOLE, WYO – Recent news proclaiming a notable decline in the number of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park and beyond has caused concern among the animal’s supporters, but the park’s top biologist says there’s no reason to...
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...
Coalition Seeks to Stop Destruction of Sage-grouse Habitat in 7 States
This article first appeared at buckrail.com WYOMING – Four conservation groups have asked a federal judge to block new plans that allow drilling, mining and other destructive activities across 51 million acres of greater sage-grouse habitat in seven western...