Sellmark $10K Summer Sportsmans Gear Giveaway

The Sellmark Corporation’s most popular brands, Pulsar, Sightmark and Kopfjäger are partnering with Sniper Hog Lights, ICOtec and the Googan Squad to give away over $10K worth of gear in an all-inclusive hunting and fishing package!

One lucky contestant will receive:

Pulsar Accolade 2 LRF XP50

Sightmark Wraith 4K Max

Kopfjäger K700 Reaper Grip Kit

Sniper Hog Lights 66LRX IR light package

ICOtec OUTLAW Programmable Game Call

Googan Squad Gear Package

This contest is available in the USA only. After clicking the link, contestants can multiply their entries by completing several action steps! There are over 30 ways to enter to win over $10K work of top-notch outdoors gear!

Entry Link >>> https://gleam.io/widIV/a-complete-all-outdoor-sportsmens-summer-giveaway

Stealth Cam Launches Enhanced Command Pro App for Cellular Trail Cameras

Irving, TX – Stealth Cam®, the leader in trail camera innovation and cellular imaging technology, has just launched its all-new Command Pro App for 2021! This new App provides a seamless integration for wireless camera operation and image/video management for Stealth Cam.

Retooled and refreshed for 2021, the Command Pro app raises the bar in remote scouting with the integration of industry leading technology, supported by a robust server platform for improved performance and reliability. These features include:

High-resolution HD downloads – Available through all the new 2021 camera models (DS4KTM, REACTOR, FUSION X, MORPH, MERGE, MANIFEST 2.0, RELAY, TRAIL-TEK).

Video Mode w/ Previews – For the new 2021 video enabled cameras, the Command Pro app shows a 3-frame preview of the recorded video, before you chose to download the full clip.

Night Colorization – Turn black and white images into color on demand with Command Pro’s groundbreaking AI powered technology.

Tagging options and filters – This option makes it possible to organize and recall individual animals and select filter parameters to identify and sort game patterns, time frame, and environmental conditions. In short, the new filtering and tagging functions can help you pattern your biggest target animals.

Global Gallery – This feature integrates images, videos, and video previews from all 2020 and 2021 Stealth Cam, Muddy & Wildview cellular cameras into a single gallery! These are conveniently stored chronologically by date and time. By leveraging the new filter and tagging options, the Global Gallery offers territory-wide activity monitoring at a glance and with never-before-seen precision.

Already a Stealth Cam Command user? No problem Read more

Protect Your Big Game Meat with Koola Buck Anti-Microbial Game Bags and Spray

BROOKVILLE, Pa. (June 1, 2021) — Early season big game hunting means hot, often humid weather – the perfect time for flies and microbes to spoil your hard-earned game meat. That is, unless you’re prepared with Koola Buck Anti-Microbial Game Bags and Anti-Microbial Game Spray.

“We began Koola Buck with our portable walk-in coolers to help hunters from coast to coast keep their game meat pristine, both in camp and at home,” said Brad Lockwood, owner. “Taking the next step was the introduction of our unique anti-microbial game bags and game spray. Both are designed to reduce the ability of bacteria to grow on your game meat, keeping it as fresh as possible prior to the final aging and butchering process.”

Koola Buck Anti-Microbial Game Bags come in several sizes, from individual deer body bags, deer and antelope quarter bags, elk and caribou quarter bags, all the way up to XXL bags for moose and bison! Koola Buck also offers a Heavy Duty line of bags for deer, antelope, wild hogs and more. These Heavy Duty bags are two times thicker than standard bags for added tear resistance. Read more

FOXPRO Releases New Coyote Brown Carry Bag

Lewistown, Pa – FOXPRO releases the NEW Coyote Brown Carry Bag with an all new design/size to better fit their modern units.

The FOXPRO Coyote Brown Carry Bag is specifically designed to fit the X1, X2s, and X24 (all with mounted X-Decoy). It will also fit all other FOXPRO game calls (except all Prairie Blaster models, Shockwave, XWAVE, and all Krakatoa models). Side pockets with molle webbing allow for more options to carry your gear. A padded divider inside the case allows you to safely stow your remote during transport.

For news and information, visit www.gofoxpro.com or follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/foxpro_inc/ and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Foxpro.Furtakers/. Stream FOXPRO TV on YouTube at www.youtube.com/foxproinc

Boone and Crockett Club Receives Funding from Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund

MISSOULA, Mont. – The Boone and Crockett Club announced today that it has received a $50,000 grant through the Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund to support policy outreach, research on chronic wasting disease, and the Club’s Poach & Pay project to address wildlife crime. This year’s grant also included a new area of interest – a virtual education curriculum created at and distributed from the Rasmuson Wildlife Conservation Center located on the Boone and Crockett Club’s Theodore Roosevelt Memorial (TRM) Ranch in north central Montana. The new, multi-faceted virtual education approach brings the TRM Ranch and all of its Rocky Mountain ecosystem inhabitants into the lives of classroom teachers and students through a variety of formats including augmented reality applications, Facebook live events, and downloadable electronic trail-camera curriculum modules. The lesson plans adhere to “Next Generation Science Standards” utilized by educators.

“Thanks to the support of the Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, we have made major strides on forest management policy, funding for conservation efforts, and improving access to federal lands and waters,” said Tony A. Schoonen, Boone and Crockett Club Chief Executive Officer. “Now with the additional support for our virtual education program, our nation’s youth will be able to learn about North American wildlife, including alpha predators like wolves and grizzlies, through the photos collected through our network of trail cameras and our live webcam.” Read more

Michigan Releases Pheasant Restoration Initiative 2020 Annual Report

Michigan Pheasant Restoration Initiative Coalition partners recently compiled a 2020 annual report sharing accomplishments attained last year.

2020 highlights:

  • Coalition partners worked together to enhance and restore over 10,000 acres of grassland habitat and close to 1,000 acres of wetland habitat.
  • The Michigan Department of Natural Resources acquired 440 acres of land for the new Potterville State Game Area in Eaton County, which will provide recreation opportunity and excellent habitat for wildlife, including pheasants.
  • Over 15,000 acres of farmland were enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, a federal land conservation program that aims to reestablish valuable land cover to help improve water quality, prevent soil erosion and reduce loss of wildlife habitat.
  • There were increased opportunities for enrollment of wildlife habitat in the Conservation Reserve Program through State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement initiatives, of which Michigan had three (Southern Michigan Grasslands, Native Pollinator Habitat and Southern Michigan Pheasant and Monarch Recovery Effort). Michigan had historic high acceptance rates of proposals in this sign-up, with 100% of State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement offers being accepted and an overall acceptance rate of 94%.
  • The Michigan Pheasant Restoration Initiative Coalition offered 82 education and recruitment events in 2020, with over 3,000 participants.
  • The Adopt-a-Game-Area program helped to enhance and restore 181 acres of grassland habitat. Over $200,000 was raised to help improve and restore pheasant habitat on Michigan public lands.

“Even with the challenges that we all faced in 2020, the MPRI coalition made important progress on wildlife habitat in Michigan,” said Bill Vander Zouwen, Pheasants Forever regional coordinator. “It signifies the end of the first 10 years of the MPRI, and we’re looking forward to many more years of productive partnership for the people and habitat of Michigan.”

The Michigan Pheasant Restoration Initiative is a conservation initiative to restore and enhance Michigan pheasant habitat, populations and hunting opportunities on private and public lands. It works by acquiring state, federal and other partner resources to assist landowners in the cooperatives to improve wildlife habitat on their properties and by improving habitat on selected state game areas, recreation areas or other public lands. Learn more at:

Michigan.gov/Pheasant ?

Questions? Contact Holly Vaughn at 313-396-6863.

SCI Prevails in Lead Ammunition Case: State Regulations Upheld

By Safari Club International

Tucson, AZ – Safari Club International (SCI) has successfully defended a lawsuit brought by anti-hunting groups attempting to ban lead ammunition in Arizona’s Kaibab National Forest.

That lawsuit aimed to restrict hunting access on the fabricated grounds of a federal environmental law violation, and the issue has bounced around the courts for the last several years. In April 2021, however, a federal judge once again sided with SCI and the National Rifle Association (NRA) in allowing the use of lead ammunition as provided by Arizona law.

“This ruling not only preserves the freedom to hunt in an accurate, cost-effective, and accessible way, but it also upholds state authority in the regulation of ammunition use on Forest Service lands,” said Laird Hamberlin, CEO of SCI. “And it is yet another SCI win against anti-hunting groups seeking to destroy our hunting heritage.”

The case is part of a long-running series of lawsuits brought by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), a group that opposes hunting, that has challenged the use of lead ammunition in the Kaibab National Forest. CBD has claimed that the U.S. Forest Service violates the Re- sources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), a federal solid waste law, by allowing the use of lead ammo for hunting. Although this law is typically applied to manufacturing and industrial sites, CBD has tried repeatedly to expand its reach to cover lead ammo left behind in gut piles, arguing that the leftover solid waste has negatively impacted populations of the California condor, which is listed under the Endangered Species Act.

Since the first challenge in 2012, the case has ping-ponged back and forth between the district court in Arizona and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Arizona law permits the use of lead bullets. The CBD cases have been an obvious attempt to diminish state law and move more control to federal regulation. However, the federal government has no authority over ammunition use on the state level, and the judge’s decision affirms that the RRCA, a law intended for industrial waste, cannot be convoluted to limit hunting access.

As SCI has always maintained, hunters, of course, are free to choose alternatives to lead ammunition–yet the choice must remain with the individual hunter. While it is commonly understood that excessive lead exposure can be harmful, there is insufficient research and data to show that hunting with lead ammunition can hurt habitat or wildlife, or humans eating game meat harvested with lead ammunition.

As the NRA has pointed out, California, in 2007, banned the use of lead ammunition for hunting big game in the California Condor zone. Despite 99-percent hunter compliance, the ban has failed to reduce lead poisoning in condors. It is likely that industrial lead compounds, which are much different from the metallic lead used in ammunition, are responsible for many of the lead poisonings falsely attributed to lead ammunition. Read more

Michigan: Great Lakes frontage, acres of forest and more DNR surplus lands available at online auction

Great Lakes frontage, acres of forest, prime residential lots – these and more DNR surplus lands available at online auction

Keeping your eyes open for the right piece of Michigan property? Don’t miss the current auctions of surplus public land from the Department of Natural Resources.

After careful consideration of properties it manages on behalf of Michigan residents, the DNR has selected 10 that are much better suited for private ownership. The department is preparing these surplus properties – in Antrim, Baraga, Benzie, Berrien, Delta, Gogebic, Midland and Oakland counties – for sale via online auctions open now through June 15 and 16.

Scott Goeman, DNR Real Estate Services manager, said that while these properties no longer fit the department’s goals of efficient management and broad access to public outdoor recreation opportunities, they could fit nicely into potential bidders’ future plans.

“We are responsible for more than 4.6 million acres of public lands, and we regularly review those lands to evaluate how well they fit with our overall management strategy,” said Goeman. “Sometimes, it becomes clear that, due to a number of factors – for example, if a parcel is landlocked by private property, isolated from other DNR-managed land or doesn’t support optimum outdoor recreation opportunities – it makes more sense to remove that parcel from our management. Read more

Michigan: registration for DNR bear and elk hunt waiting list open

The Bear and Elk Hunt Transfer Program allows hunters who are successfully drawn for a bear or elk license to transfer their drawing success to an eligible person they know, or to an individual on the DNR hunt waiting list.

Those eligible to receive a hunt through the transfer program are:

  • Youth hunters, up to 16 years of age, who applied for the current-year bear and elk drawings and were not selected for a license.

Complete the Registration for Bear and Elk Hunt Waiting List form by July 10 to be entered to receive a donated hunt in 2021.

Don’t delay, apply for a license today!

The application periods for bear and elk are open now through June 1. Applications for a license, preference point or chance are $5 and can be purchased at license retailers or online at eLicense.

Utah: Apply for antlerless hunts, starting May 27

Want some local elk or deer meat? Apply for antlerless hunts, starting May 27

SALT LAKE CITY — If putting locally sourced, nutritious meat on the table while enjoying Utah’s beautiful outdoors sounds good to you, take note that the application period for Utah’s 2021 antlerless hunts opens soon.

Depending on the age, a cow elk can provide between 120 to nearly 200 pounds of boneless meat. That meat can then be eaten in a variety of ways, including hamburger, roasts, steaks, stews, stir-fry or in fajitas. A doe deer will provide approximately 40 pounds of boneless meat.

Beginning on Thursday, May 27 at 8 a.m., you can apply for a permit to hunt Utah’s antlerless big game animals, including cow elk, cow moose, doe deer, doe pronghorn and ewe bighorn sheep. (Although you cannot apply for both a cow moose permit and a ewe bighorn sheep permit in the same year — you must pick one or the other.)

You must submit your application no later than 11 p.m. on June 17 to be included in the drawing for hunting permits. Before you can apply for a 2021 antlerless permit, bonus point or preference point, you must have a valid Utah hunting or combination license. You can buy a license on the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources website, by calling 1-800-221-0659 or by visiting a license agent. Read more

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