Michigan’s NRC to Rescind Coyote Protections

This from MUCC:

Yesterday, at the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) meeting, MUCC achieved victory for Proposal G and the scientific management of our natural resources: a commitment from the NRC on the reinstatement of the year-round coyote hunting season.The NRC unanimously passed a resolution that said the following:

“The Michigan Natural Resources Commission is committed to enacting a regulation for Michigan citizens to take coyotes year-round on public and private land through a combination of hunting, trapping, and lethal take of nuisance and damaging animals; and that the Michigan Natural Resources Commission is committed to acting on this matter before next regular furbearer regulation cycle in the Wildlife Conservation Order in 2026.

MUCC’s mission is to unite citizens to conserve, protect and enhance Michigan’s natural resources and outdoor heritage – and today we lived that mission.

The commission has made clear to the conservationists of Michigan that they will fix the 2024 commission’s error, and the responsibility now rests with all of us to hold them to their word.

Through the continued efforts to elevate sportsmen’s and sportswomen’s voices to the NRC, MUCC has worked tirelessly over the last 15 months to achieve this win for sound scientific management and the protection of our outdoor heritage.

Millennium’s RG2 Run ‘n Gun Hang-On Combo

Deer hunters who need to be mobile and stealthy need look no further than the RG2 Run ‘n Gun Hang-On Combo from Millennium Outdoors. The Run ‘n Gun provides everything required for quick and safe stand setup in remote and/or hard-to-access areas, where big, mature bucks often roam. The combo includes the M8 Hang-On Stand, M255 Vulcan Climbing Sticks, and MQV8 M8 Stick Quiver, providing everything needed for a safe and efficient elevated hunting experience. Each component has been carefully designed and crafted for ease of use and extreme durability, making it the ideal solution for hunters who need to move fast and set up quickly throughout the season. The entire combo weighs just 19 pounds, making the Run ‘n Gun Combo a breeze to transport over challenging terrain.

The RG2 Run ‘n Gun starts with the popular M8 Hang-On, an advanced stand made of 6061T6 aluminum with a durable powder-coat finish, weighing only 9 pounds but with a maximum weight limit of 300 pounds. The M8 also includes a 20.5-inch by 20-inch platform and a 20-inch ComfortMax camouflage seat that easily and quietly flips up for standing shots. Its unique standoff design helps straighten the M8 for use on crooked trees, while the large-hole, expanded metal platform makes snow and mud removal a cinch. The M8 fits trees with diameters of 9-22 inches, folds flat, and features handy backpack straps for easy transport. Read more

MOJO Big Blade In Stock and Shipping to Dealers Now

The concept of the spinning wing decoy (SWD) was developed in California in the 1990s and started with a single large blade mounted into a U-frame and turned by a DC motor mounted to one of the vertical legs of the U, with the blade attached to the frame by an axle. They were generally referred to as the “Goal Post Decoys,” and they created a phenomenon in the duck-hunting world.

Since then, the evolution of the SWD has been toward a life-like bird decoy with a pair of smaller wings. Many hunters today, especially guides who hunt every day, have learned the single big blade has advantages over the pair of smaller wings; among them, it provides for much more long-range attraction and gives the ducks a new “look”.

NOW! From popular demand, MOJO® introduces the MOJO® Big Blade, a patent pending decoy having all of the attractions of the original goal post decoy, but with modern technology that renders it faster, smoother, quieter and considerably more user friendly, with the following features: Read more

SCI Celebrates FWC Decision to Reinstate Regulated Florida Bear Hunt

Safari Club International celebrates the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) science-based decision to approve the first legal, highly regulated black bear hunt in the Sunshine State in a decade. This is a major victory for hunters and conservationists. The FWC is authorizing 187 black bear tags to be distributed by lottery this December to hunters who apply in four scientifically identified bear management units.

Following a contentious – albeit misinformed – statewide debate, legal, regulated black bear hunting will officially return to Florida. Safari Club International thanks FWC Chair Rodney Barreto and the other members of the Commission for not bending to the ill-informed and emotionally driven objections to the hunt; instead, looking at the undeniable bear population statistics provided by the technical experts at the FWC and the proven success of hunting in managing bear populations. The FWC has estimated that there are more than 4,000 bears within the state, and their population continues to expand. The range of black bears in Florida has tripled over the last twenty years to cover over 50% of the state.

This summer’s fatal bear attack clearly demonstrated the reality that bear population numbers need to be managed if people expect to safely walk their dogs and take out the trash in areas with a high concentration of black bears. With careful scientific study, the FWC pinpointed four bear management units with unsustainable population growth and created a hunt plan that allocates a population-adjusted number of tags for each zone. This plan provides FWC with a very precise method to slow population growth while ensuring population sustainability. Read more

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

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

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

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

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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