Wildlife Officials Sponsor Hunting Trips for Girls to Stave Off Sport's Decline
from ABC News
 What might seem fun to most 9-year-old girls doesn't hold much interest for 9-year-old Carolyn White from Dallas, Texas. She thinks Barbie dolls and trips to the mall are boring. She prefers spending Saturdays hunting with her father. " It's wonderful. You feel like you can do anything and it's really cool." This particular Saturday, Carolyn killed her first deer, as part of an all-girls hunting trip at Wildcat Mountain Ranch in Robert Lee, Texas. More
Load, Aim and Shoot: Sighting a Firearm is Like Hitting a Baseball
from The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
As cooler temperatures creep across the state, hundreds of thousands of deer hunters are waiting to flip the page on the calendar to a new month and a new season. However, some likely won't put in the time with the most important preparation that is needed for a hunt. Properly sighting in your shooting iron ultimately will increase your chances of success while also increasing the probability of a quick, clean harvest. More
Tyler Hunter Takes Trophy Elk On Northern Colorado Hunt
from the Tyler Paper
There is little doubt that Tyler's Bill Blomdahl will close the fall hunting season on a ranch in South Texas. He opened it in a big way on a ranch in northeastern Colorado where he took a 6X7 elk rough scored at over 400 inches. Probably the most surprising thing about the big bull was that it was the first elk for a hunter known for his propensity for taking trophies. More
Adaptability to Disability: Hunter Pursues Passion for Outdoors
from The Bismarck Tribune
Le Ann Christensen nudged the power lever on her husband's wheelchair and guided him out the front door. She laid his camouflage blanket across his lap. She sprayed him down with a scent-masking compound. Don Christensen was going deer hunting. Multiple sclerosis may have robbed him of his arms and hands and legs. But Christensen no longer looks at what he has lost. Ask him about his disability, and he answers in three words. "My head works," he said. More
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Opinion: TP&W Study on Shotshell Loads is a Waste of Money
from the Dallas Morning News
Texas Parks and Wildlife expects to spend $417,297 on a lethality study to determine the effectiveness of different shotshell load types on wild mourning doves. That's according to budget numbers released by TP&W's deputy director, Scott Boruff. More
NRA Puts its Muscle Behind McCain
from the Boston Globe
The formal endorsement of John McCain last week by the National Rifle Association could help him among the white working class voters who could determine the winner in swing states such as Ohio and Pennsylvania that could hold the key to the White House. "John McCain has more than two decades of pro-gun and pro-hunting votes in Congress. He has stood time and again to preserve our Second Amendment freedom and our rich hunting heritage," NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre said in a statement. More
Dream Bucks
from American Hunter
These five obsessed whitetail hunters like you hit the woods, beat the odds and shot dream bucks last season. Add the racks together and you come up with an amazing 1,191 total inches of bone! Here are their stories, along with some takeaway lessons that we hope will help you tag a monster this season. More
Texas Big Time Hunt Deadline Oct. 15
from Big Game Hunt
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is reminding Texas hunters to enter this year's Big Time Texas Hunts by the October 15th deadline. Winners will be called before the end of October to give them time to make their hunting trip preparations. The Big Time Texas Hunts offer hunters a chance to experience the best hunting packages in the Lone Star State with an opportunity to win one or more top guided hunts with food and lodging provided, as well as taxidermy in some cases. More
Man is Fighting State for Seniors' Deer Hunt Rights
from the Detroit Free-Press
Raymond Andres has spent almost every autumn for the last 6 1/2 decades in the woods. But this fall, he says, his years are working against him. No longer strong enough to draw his bow, the 81-year-old Riverview, Mich., resident wanted a special permit to allow him to use a crossbow. The state Department of Natural Resources reserves such permits for people with permanent disabilities. Andres doesn't qualify, so last month, he filed an age discrimination complaint against the DNR. More
Dallas Ducks Unlimited to Hold Annual Banquet Oct. 23
from Dallas Ducks Unlimited
Dallas Ducks Unlimited will hold its Annual Banquet on Thursday, Oct. 23 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas. This year's banquet will feature a dinner, games, raffles and a silent and live auction. Prizes include: firearms, hunting trips, knives, prints and outdoor gear plus other limited edition Ducks Unlimited Merchandise, one of a kind hunting and fishing trips, and unique donations from area companies.The banquet is open to the public and tickets are $100/person; this includes a one (1) year Ducks Unlimited membership, three course catered dinner and open bar. More
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