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Junior Duck Stamp Award Ceremony

05/22/13 -- Awards will be given to over 100 students for their artistic talents in the California Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest at the headquarters of Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge... Full Story

CA hunters can apply for big game tags

05/22/13 -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced hunters may now apply online for the Big Game drawing and purchase 2013-2014 hunting licenses. Transactions may be conducted at any CDFW... Full Story

RMEF Elk Camp gets big makeover!

05/20/13 -- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) is making some significant changes to its 2014 annual convention known as Elk Camp. The RMEF Elk Camp will be held Wednesday, Dec. 3 through Sunday... Full Story

Wild Sheep Foundation sponsors B&C

05/17/13 -- The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) has stepped forward to sponsor one of North America's longest-running celebrations of big-game conservation and management -- the Boone and Crockett Club 28th Big Game Awards... Full Story

CWA asks you to oppose anti-gun bills

05/17/13 -- Committees within the State Legislature are currently considering several bills which would place unnecessary, burdensome restrictions or taxes on firearms and ammunition used for hunting and other legitimate... Full Story

CWA aims for new C&E Center

05/17/13 -- California Waterfowl recently acquired 1,744 acres in the Suisun Marsh located just outside of Fairfield and Suisun City. The purpose of the acquisition of the Denverton property was to develop Regional Conservation... Full Story

Hair loss, lice & parasites threaten CA deer

05/17/13 -- Researchers at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) are studying a deer hair-loss syndrome across the state. Low fawn survival rate is impacting the population and the researchers are stumped... Full Story

West of Red Bluff for wild boar

By Gary Lewis
05/16/13 -- When we made our plans for a June hunt at Rocky Ridge Hunting Club west of Red Bluff, we figured on warm weather and hogs at the waterholes. We figured wrong. In the second week of June, we had clouds, fog, and... Full Story

RMEF is intervenor in WY wolf lawsuit

05/15/13 -- A U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. granted the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's request to intervene in a lawsuit by animal rights groups seeking to return federal protection to Wyoming's wolf population... Full Story

In-store events at Medford Sportsman's

05/15/13 -- It’s not too late to enter the 2013 Spring Gobbler Contest at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Medford. Simply bring in your 2013 spring gobbler and have it measured by Sportsman’s Warehouse. The biggest birds will win... Full Story

Klamath Basin Refuge a catastrophe

By Frank Galusha
05/10/13 -- The drought in S. Oregon and N. California is having an appalling effect on the “wetlands” in the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex, according to Dave Mauser, Wildlife Biologist at the Complex... Full Story

Big game opportunities for Oregon youth

05/09/13 -- Many parents don’t know it, but Oregon youngsters (ages 12-17) are guaranteed a controlled buck, antlerless deer and elk tag (100, 600 and 200 series) before they turn 18 under a special program called the “First Time Hunt” program... Full Story

Improvements to ESA needed -- B&C/WMI

05/09/13 -- As the two oldest sportsmen groups with decades of commitment to fundamental wildlife policies, the Boone and Crockett Club and Wildlife Management Institute welcome the initiative of members of the House... Full Story

RMEF waives revenue from tag auctions

05/08/13 -- In a continuing effort to ensure the future of wildlife resources and hunting opportunities, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation announced it will return 100 percent of the revenue it generates from the auction... Full Story

CWA-sponsored bills moving in senate

5/06/13 -- Two state bills sponsored by California Waterfowl recently passed their first policy committee hearings, receiving bipartisan support. SB 749, by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis), would prohibit the Department... Full Story

CWA Suisun Marsh Field Day is June 1

05/06/13 -- The 31st annual CWA Suisun Marsh Field Day is June 1st at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area near Suisun. Admission is FREE! Come on out from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for: FREE trap shooting and instruction... Full Story

CWA needs volunteers to save ducklings!

05/06/13 -- Egg salvage operations are in full swing throughout the Sacramento Valley! The grain fields, alfalfa, pastures, uncut roadsides and even the pre-mowed grasses in orchards are excellent nesting habitat for... Full Story

California waterfowl fundraising events

05/03/13 -- California Waterfowl (CWA) supports and hosts a wide variety of events every month, such as banquets, camps, clean-ups, clinics, competitions, festivals, junior hunts, and shoots. You are encouraged to participate... Full Story

CDFW/CWA offer spring turkey/pig hunts

05/01/13 -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife's (CDFW) Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Program and the California Waterfowl Association (CWA) are offering public hunting opportunities... Full Story

F&GC adopts Big Game Hunting Regs

04/29/12 -- The California Fish and Game Commission (FGC) adopted big game hunting season regulations for 2013 recently in Santa Rosa. Regulations of each of the big game species and the proposed number of tags available for each... Full Story

OR DFW hosts big game public meetings

04/28/13 -- ODFW will host a series of public meetings around the state in early May to accept public comment on proposals for big game hunting seasons.
At the meetings, ODFW staff will provide information about... Full Story

Crazier Than a Duck Hunter

By Don E. Webster
04/28/13 -- It’s hard to imagine that anybody could be crazier than a duck hunter. Anyone who knows anything about duck hunting knows that all duck hunters are, to one degree or another, insane. Most duck hunters will even admit... Full Story

RMEF intervenes in wolf lawsuit

04/25/13 -- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by several animal rights groups seeking to return gray wolves in the Great Lakes region to the Endangered Species List. If granted, Judge Beryl A. Howell will... Full Story

B&C welcomes Federal Premium® Ammo

04/23/13 -- Federal Premium® Ammunition has come aboard as a sponsor of one of North America's longest-running celebrations of big-game conservation and management--the Boone and Crockett Club 28th Big Game Awards... Full Story

CDFW creates first bighorn herd in 25 years

04/17/13 -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), along with volunteers from around the state, has established a new herd of federally endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. “This is the first reintroduction... Full Story

Buck sponsors Boone and Crockett event

04/15/13 -- Buck Knives has committed to a second stint as co-sponsor of one of North America’s longest-running celebrations of big-game conservation and management—the Boone and Crockett Club 28th Big Game Award... Full Story

Realtree stands out as B&C event sponsor

04/07/13 -- Camo giant Realtree has joined a prominent and growing list of sponsors for one of North America's longest-running celebrations of big-game conservation and management--the Boone and Crockett Club 28th Big... Full Story

CWA sets four waterfowl family fun shoots

04/05/13 -- CWA is offering four fun shooting activity day this year for all ages and abilities at CWA's Grizzly Ranch Conservation Education center. For beginning shooters, CWA has shotgun, rifle and archery shooting. All guns, ammo and archery... Full Story

Squirrel hunters imperil residents & sport

04/01/13 -- [Editor's Note: Attention squirrel hunters! Let this be a shot across your bow and a wake-up call! The article posted below was published last week in the Modoc Record in Altruas. The anti-hunters are just waiting for a chance... Full Story

Scouting for Spring turkeys

By John Higley
03/13/13 -- Whether your turkey hunting is done on a piece of private ground or a tract of public land, scouting is always worthwhile, and that’s especially true a week or two before the spring season opens. Prior to entering the annual... Full Story

Let the Squirrel Wars begin!

Article and photo by Lorissa Soriano
03/13/13 -- The Special Ops Department of Squirrel Eradicators (D.O.S.E.) in partnership with the Reconnaissance Division of Varmint Hunters (D.O.V.H.) stationed in Modoc County is currently looking for new recruits and fast shooters... Full Story

Schnee’s fits as sponsor of B&C event

03/07/13 -- Premier boot maker Schnee’s of Bozeman, Mont., is co-sponsoring one of North America’s longest-running celebrations of big-game conservation and management—the Boone and Crockett Club 28th Big... Full Story

Leica focuses on kids at B&C event

02/27/13 -- Leica Sport Optics is the newest in a growing list of sponsors for one of North America’s longest-running celebrations of big-game conservation and management—the Boone and Crockett Club 28th Big Game Awards, July 17-20... Full Story

Antlers In The Treetops

I was looking through some old copies of my Field & Stream magazine collection a few days ago, and I ran across one of Ed Zern’s columns. His hilarious “Exit Laughing” was at the very end of the magazine. Zern wrote of buying a... Full Story

Lower Klamath NWR gets water to Mar. 1

By Frank Galusha
02/01/13 -- In cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is again receiving water via the Ady Canal, which should provide for much-needed, flooded waterfowl habitat for... Full Story

Cow Country Coyotes

By Gary Lewis
01/12/13 -- Cow country coyotes are some of the best-schooled predators on four legs. Every day they observe the two-leggers walk the fields and ride out to the cattle. They learn to lie up in the sage or watch from the rimrocks... Full Story

Second chance ram

By Don Bertagna, Cottonwood
12/18/12 -- My hunt started like a lot of out-of-state hunts, putting in for the draw and playing the waiting game for the mail. This year was a little different though. You see I have never put in for a sheep tag ever. Not even in my... Full Story

From forest ash to venison dinner

10/23/12 -- The crisp clear sky was welcome even though rain would be better for deer hunting. The front that passed a few days earlier was wetter than predicted and the footing on the forest floor was quiet. But this forest was... Full Story

Me and my shadow

Article and photos by Jean Bilodeaux
10/06/12 -- It’s always amazing to see the huge bucks reappear in the fields in Surprise Valley right after deer season. Many times locals breathe a sigh of relief as the big bucks that disappeared a month earlier now reappear... Full Story

Bear tale

By Chuck Giles
09/25/12 – I was successful at harvesting a very nice bear this past weekend. This simple sentence is just in case you do not wish to hear the entire adventure my wife, Antonnette, and I experienced in this hunt of a lifetime for... Full Story

RMEF partnership protects key elk habitat

09/17/12 -- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation teamed up with Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to permanently protect more than 8,000 acres of prime elk habitat in northwest Colorado. RMEF received funding from... Full Story

SLIP™ System gives hunters an advantage

By Jeff Ervin
09/14/12 -- September is upon us, and the SLIP System is starting to see some early season success stories.Back in April of 2010, we sold our first SLIP System online to Simon Simons from Washington State... Full Story

A different type of “Bird Flu”

By Gary Heffley
09/04/12--Bird Flu, also known as the malady of trigger finger spasms that can be treated only by repetitive trigger pulling, struck a few of the employees of the Redding Sportsman’s Warehouse on Saturday, the Opening Day... Full Story

Wren's Dove Hunt: Friendly and productive

By Chuck Giles 
09/03/12 – A good time was had by all at the Corning ranch dove hunt hosted by Jon Wren. He has been offering this hunt for 34 years and there is a reason he has a lot of repeat business; Family, friendly atmosphere, not to mention doves... Full Story

Stalking backyard bucks

Article and photos by Casey Allen
09/02/12--As I watched the sweat drip from my nose and splat on the limb of my bow, I wondered why I was here. It was too hot to hunt deer, but I ended up in the bottom of a canyon anyway. I remember thinking the day... Full Story

Gearing up for big game seasons

Article and photos by John Higley
08/28/12 -- I don’t know about you, but even in the throes of a smoky North Valley heat wave in August I can detect the slightest hint of fall in the air. Like big game hunters everywhere, I start looking forward to hunting... Full Story

Hunting trip gone bad

08/28/12 -- if you asked me what I’d rather be doing, most of the time I would emphatically say, deer hunting. For me nothing gets the juices flowing and the imagination spinning like the arrival of bow or rifle season for deer. When... Full Story

When the heat is on

08/17/12 -- When the heat is on most wild animals will be dependent on established water sources. I know friends who consistently take deer and bear with archery equipment while sitting over water sources in tree stands. I recently... Full Story

Peaking out

By Francisco Garcia
07/13/12 -- If you have ever climbed to the peak of a tall mountain you can agree with me when I say it is an uplifting and unique experience. Standing at the peak you feel like you’re at the top of the world. We are lucky to... Full Story

Buck Fever

The first time I got the fever I was 17. If you’ve never had it, it might be hard to understand. There’s varying degrees of buck fever. It can range from something as mild as a mere quickening of the pulse all the way to a slobbering... Full Story

The Mudhen King

Mid-Eighties. I’m writing screenplays. They invite me down to Hollywood, and things look promising, but they want the horse in my story to be green. By that, I mean they actually want a green horse. Green in color. Don’t laugh... Full Story