Category: Hunting

Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young Clubs Now Accepting Entries for Javelina

Organizations worked together to create scoring procedures and minimum entry requirements for the new category in their records programs.

Missoula, MT – —The Boone and Crockett Club and Pope and Young Club announced today that they have completed scoring procedures and are now accepting entries for javelina (collared peccary, Pecari tajacu) in their record books. In December, the Boone and Crockett Club Records of North American Big Game Committee approved the creation of the new category, and Pope and Young’s membership voted to approve the new category at their biennial convention in April. The Boone and Crockett Club will accept entries of any hunter taken animal as well as “picked up” or found individuals, the Pope and Young Club will accept entries of animals taken with a bow and arrow. The scoring procedures, minimum entry requirements, and scoring sheets are now available on the B&C and P&Y websites, and a new Boone and Crockett Club Heritage of the Hunt podcast interview released today provides additional background on the new category.

“The Boone and Crockett Club established our records program well over a century ago as a way to measure conservation successes that helped to recover and sustain North American big game species. The record book is a way to honor exceptional animals that are maintained on the landscape due to professional wildlife conservation and management,” commented Mike Opitz, chairman of B&C’s Records of North American Big Game Committee. “It has been 27 years since a new species category has been added to our record book, and we are excited that including collared peccary in our records program will increase hunter excitement as well as increase support for their conservation.”

The proposal to include a new big game category for javelina was brought forward to each organization’s records committee by a working group made up of wildlife managers from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and old Mexico as well as other hunting conservation groups. Javelina are medium-sized hooved mammals native to the southwestern United States and nearly all of Mexico, inhabiting a variety of habitats ranging from dry deserts to tropical forests. While they may resemble a nonnative boar or pig, peccaries are technically classified in a different family that existed independently in the Americas for millions of years. While many different forms of peccaries went extinct, the collared peccary evolved in South America and spread northward into Mexico and the southwestern United States over the last few thousand years. The biologists submitting the proposal for a new big game category note that collared peccary appear to still be expanding their range northward in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Read more

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Get Real-Time Scouting Like Never Before with the Defender Vision Pro Livestream

Never miss a moment. The Defender Vision Pro Livestream from Browning Trail Cameras puts you in the middle of the action as it happens. Whether you’re tracking a trophy buck or safeguarding your property, you can watch events unfold live on your phone with stunning HD clarity and unmatched reliability in the field.

Recently named Best New Hunting Accessory by Big Rock Sports, one of the nation’s largest outdoor distributors, the Defender Vision Pro Livestream is already being recognized as the most advanced trail camera of 2025.

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Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation Appeals Montana Court’s Wolf Ruling

The Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation and its partners, Safari Club International and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, appealed a court judgment vacating the Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) decision declining to relist gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain region to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The coalition of sportsmen’s groups have filed a notice of appeal and will continue to fight for sound wildlife management. This latest ruling in support of the activists’ petitions would seem to demand that until wolves are recovered across the entirety of the Lower 48, including active, protective, management throughout its historic range, that all wolves everywhere should remain protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Congress declared the wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain region (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, eastern Oregon and Washington, and north-central Utah) recovered in 2011. Since then, the wolves have thrived, and expanded into surrounding areas, including northern California, western Washington and Oregon, and Colorado. That wasn’t good enough for several animal-rights organizations who asked FWS to combine the recovered Northern Rocky Mountain wolves with wolves in the neighboring western states and list them as an endangered species.

“They asked FWS to use the wolf’s recovery against it,” said Michael Jean, Litigation Counsel for Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation. “They want to push the boundaries of the recovered population to include the areas where it is currently expanding to dilute the overall recovery.” Read more

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Michigan Bear Forum, Furtaker User Group Meetings Set for August in St. Ignace

Hunting and trapping are time-honored traditions in Michigan. Whether you’re an experienced hunter or trapper, just getting started, or simply curious about how the Michigan Department of Natural Resources manages wildlife, you’re invited to two upcoming events in St. Ignace: the Michigan Furbearer Forum (Aug. 22) and the Michigan Bear Forum (Aug. 23). These forums are open to the public and provide a chance to listen in on conversations with stakeholder groups about wildlife population, hunting and trapping regulations and current research. Keep reading for details about each event. Read more

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Moultrie Announces Solar-Powered Trail Cameras

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – July 31, 2025 – Moultrie, the leading innovator of feeders, trail cameras and game management tools, announces its EDGE Solar trail camera. Moultrie’s new EDGE Solar is a camera that works as hard as you hunt, with a solar panel three times larger than the nearest competitor. The larger solar panel enables faster recharging, more photos and more videos without worrying about the battery drain.

In addition to its size, the integrated solar panel has turn and tilt capabilities. This allows you to dodge solar flares, delivering clear images. Competitors force you to “point” the camera and solar panel directly at the sun, without the turn and tilt capability.

Moultrie also includes a rechargeable battery in the new EDGE Solar, making AA batteries a thing of the past. Read more

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New Muddy Mitigator 2.0 Cellular Trail Camera Delivers Photos and Videos On Demand

Muddy® Outdoors, a brand known for its versatile assortment of trail cameras, blinds, climbing systems, boots, apparel and more, announces the launch of the Mitigator 2.0 Cellular Trail Camera—a budget-friendly solution for game and property monitoring, now enhanced with powerful On Demand functionality via the Command Pro app*.

Building on the strong foundation of the original Mitigator, this next-generation camera offers hunters, landowners, and outdoor enthusiasts an affordable yet feature-rich way to stay connected to their property in real time. With the new On Demand feature, users can instantly command cameras to capture photos or videos directly from their smartphone, delivering instant insights into activity at their favorite locations. Read more

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Apply Now for Wyoming Preference Points

Resident and nonresident hunters still have time to apply for preference points. The application process is open July 1 – Oct 31.

Resident and nonresident hunters can build points for moose and bighorn sheep, and nonresidents can acquire elk, deer and antelope points. All applications must be submitted online through the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website.

“Preference points can help increase odds of drawing some species and hunt areas,” said Josh Moulton, Game and Fish license section manager. Read more

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Stealth Cam’s Revolver PRO 2.0 Series Cellular Trail Camera Boasts Dual-Core Power

Stealth Cam™, the leader in trail camera technology research, development, and evolution for more than two decades, has announced the release of the Revolver™ PRO 2.0 360-Degree Dual-Core Cellular Trail Camera, now available online and at various retailers nationwide.

Featuring the same six-zone coverage, improved image sensor and enhanced photo/video capabilities as the original, the Revolver™ PRO 2.0 now adds a new and improved housing and dual-core processing to its long list of features, allowing the camera to perform flawlessly in the worst of climates and simultaneously take and transmit images to mobile devices through the Command Pro app*. Also available through the app is access to the recently released On Demand Live Stream functionality. Using On Demand Live Stream, hunters can send a command to active Revolver PRO 2.0 devices, prompting the cameras to capture and instantly share photos or stream up to 5 minutes of live video directly from the field with the push of a button.

Other new additions to the Revolver PRO 2.0 include Read more

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Wildgame Innovations Unveils Terra XT 2.0 Cellular Trail Camera with On Demand Image Capture

Next-generation scouting camera offers real-time remote access through HuntSmart app

Wildgame Innovations™ has announced the release of the Terra XT 2.0 Cellular Trail Camera, the latest addition to the brand’s trusted Terra Cell series.

What sets this trail cam apart is its On Demand capabilities. Through integration with the popular HuntSmart™ app*, users can remotely prompt the camera to capture images or videos and receive them within minutes on their mobile devices—no need to wait for the next scheduled upload. And, given it’s equipped with high-quality 24MP image resolution and 720P video recording, the Terra XT 2.0 delivers crystal-clear visuals both day and night. Read more

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Muddy Launches the Trifecta 180-Degree Cellular Trail Camera: A Panoramic Game-Changer

Muddy® Outdoors announces the official release of the Trifecta™ 180, a groundbreaking cellular trail camera designed to give hunters a panoramic edge.

Featuring three independent PIR sensors and a sweeping 180-degree motion detection field, the Trifecta 180 covers three distinct zones, delivering crisp, detailed captures that put hunters in the midst of the action, wherever it’s happening. When triggered, the camera responds immediately, rotating and situating its lens in the zone where movement was detected, making it the equivalent of three cameras in one. Read more

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