Have Gun, Will Travel: Economy Only Grazes Hunting
from The Associated Press via CNN Money
 In the heart of South Dakota's pheasant-hunting country, license sales have been strong this fall despite gasoline prices near $3 a gallon and a looming recession. Ditto for hunting license sales in New York, Utah and Colorado. The leading retailers of outdoor gear, meanwhile, say sales of shotguns, ammunition and warm camouflage clothes aren't too bad considering the economy's headwinds. More
Video: Texas Economy Gets a Boost Thanks to Hunting Season
from KETK-TV
The National Shooting Sports Foundation recently released a survey ranking states based on every aspect of hunting from total number of hunters and anglers to spending by sportsmen to even jobs supported by the sport. And for 2008 Texas is at the top of the pack. The new state-by-state rankings show the immense impact hunters and anglers have on the economy at the national and state level. So based on other states, Texas ranks number one in terms of total hunters and anglers (2.6 million), money spent ($6.6 billion) and job support (106,000). More
Elite Start Hunting Exotic Animals
from the Kyiv Post
"Sweat was rolling down my face. My clothes were drenched. But I knew I had to get that beast." That's how Oleksandr Torhashyn talks about one of his hunting experiences. Sitting comfortably in his Kyiv office, the president of several law firms flips through photos and recalls several exhilarating hunting trips to Africa. They depict a smiling hunter with a dead lion, leopard, an African buffalo and even a six-ton elephant. More
Warm Temperatures Greet Hunters
from the Abilene Reporter-News
As temperatures neared 80 degrees for the first days of deer hunting season, bucks and does weren't the only things sweating in the field this opening weekend. "It's a warm opening season -- unseasonably warm. The deer seem to be moving around pretty fair," said Steve Medford, a Texas Parks & Wildlife game warden. Despite warm temperatures this weekend, Medford said plenty of deer were harvested. More
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Man's Dream Elk Trip Becomes Nightmare
from The Clarion-Ledger
It should have been a hunting trip of a lifetime for Chipper Hicks, going to Colorado with his son and his son-in-law. But the memory that they hoped they would cherish for a lifetime is now one they wish they could forget. Hicks was arrested Oct. 22 in Brinkley, Ark., charged with illegal transportation of a cervid and had his trophy 6 X 6 bull elk confiscated - meat, antlers and all - by officers from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. More
Youth Hunters Take One-Two in North Division
from the Tyler Morning Telegraph
Young hunters made use of last weekend's youth-only deer season as Matt Scruggs, of Jacksonville and Rylan Thedford, of Tyler grabbed a quick one-two lead in the North Texas Youth Division of the 29th Tyler Paper Big Buck Contest. More
More Women Set Their Sights on Hunting
from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The majestic horned head of a black wildebeest stares from the trophy room of a home in Sachse, a community northeast of Dallas. The person who shot the animal is Clarissa Norcross, a petite 42-year-old single mom. "I got him from 170 yards," the 4-foot-11 woman said, holding her firearm of choice, a Remington .243 youth rifle. More
Panhandle Remains an Untapped Resource for Duck Hunters
from the Tyler Morning Telegraph
It was the first morning of duck season in the High Plains Mallard Management Unit, and it was a warm morning by Panhandle standards. Known more for its mallards that arrive in mass around mid-November, the region can be an untapped duck hunting hole from the September teal season on with one caveat -- there has to be water. This year there is water, maybe too much compared to the amount of hunting pressure the region received. More
Texas Tech Undergrads Mix School with Weekend Guide Business
from the Dallas Morning News
On weekdays, Thomas Knight is just another conservatively dressed student driving a pickup truck to class. On weekends, he's a hunting guide, which he considers a good alternative to waiting tables at a local restaurant. To these guys, the phrase "guns up" runs a lot deeper than football.
Knight guides for Crooked Wing Outfitters, the brainchild of Austin native Evan Botsford, 21.
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Gun Sales Up
from KWTX-TV
In today's economy, retail sales are slow, car sales are down, and credit is tight, but gun sales haven’t slumped. Nationwide they're actually up from a year ago mainly because of economic concerns and the race for the White House. More
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