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Whether you’re driving a decked-out dog hauling rig or crating Rover in the backseat of your sedan, traveling with dogs is a process. Here are some tips and recommendations from two hunters and trainers who spend a lot of time on the road with their dogs.

AL ARTHUR: KING OF THE ROAD (SANDHILL RETRIEVERS)

If anyone understands how to travel successfully with sporting dogs, it’s Al Arthur. He’s been training dogs his entire life, working with several industry leaders along the way and winning the National Field Trial Championship twice, once in 2015 and his second in 2020. Arthur is currently ranked among the top three US Open Handlers and travels around the country with up to 24 dogs at a time to hunt and compete.

“Our dogs travel from Georgia to Vermont and Michigan each year, and every week we are leaving to go to a competition somewhere in the United States,” he says. “Our dogs probably travel 12,000 to 15,000 miles a year.”

Arthur stresses the importance of food, water, comfort, and plenty of stops when it comes to traveling with dogs.

Total populations were estimated at 34.2 million

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today released its report on 2022 Waterfowl Population Status, based on surveys conducted in May and early June by FWS, Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) and other partners.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the last FWS duck breeding population survey was released in 2019.

Total populations were estimated at 34.2 million breeding ducks in the traditional survey area, 12 percent lower than 2019’s estimate of 38.9 million and 4 percent below the long-term average (since 1955).

“Although the beneficial effects of timely precipitation during late winter and spring were evident by high pond counts across the eastern prairies, the total duck estimate in the Traditional Survey Area was the lowest in nearly 20 years,” said DU Chief Scientist Dr. Steve Adair. “The drop in duck numbers reflects the consequences of low production caused by multiple years of prairie drought, including 2021, which was one of the most severe and widespread in nearly 4 decades. But the survey revealed some bright spots for duck populations and provided optimism for good production this summer and carry-over of favorable pond conditions into fall and winter.” 

More than 300 million pounds of flexible plastic packaging is created in North America by the companion pet industry each year, impacting around 67% of households that own pets across the United States. Unfortunately, 99% of multi-laminate packaging used for most pet food and treats currently used in North America does not have a sustainable end-of-life solution. While other industries like food and beverage are advancing quickly toward scalable sustainable solutions, the pet industry has faced challenges.

On August 23 in Las Vegas, five leading pet food brands will step outside of the competitive business mindset to change the future of packaging for the better. Leaders from Canidae, Earth Animal, Instinct, Petcurean, and Primal Pet Food will publically sign-on to the Pet Sustainability Coalition’s Packaging Pledge, a new program that helps companies meet voluntary, public, and time-bound sustainable packaging commitments. The PSC Packaging Pledge is in direct alignment with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, thereby increasing participation from the pet industry to move toward recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging by the year 2025.

The PSC Packaging Pledge builds from the momentum of additional sustainable packaging successes led by the Pet Sustainability Coalition, including Flex Forward, a return-to-retail pilot program that collected over 8,000 lbs of post-consumer packaging for recycling trials and was completed in 2022. Testing trials in Flex Forward resulted in a better understanding of the challenges presented by the current composition of most pet food packaging. These challenges include non-standard design practices, a wide variation of packaging types and forms of plastics used, various multi-material closures and windows, metallic layers, wide color assortments, and more.

While packaging ranks among the top three most important sustainability issues facing the pet industry, the majority of pet companies rely on part-time staff, inadequate tools, resources, and support to advance their packaging toward more sustainable outcomes. Starting in 2018, the Pet Sustainability Coalition became the first organization to unify the industry toward defined solutions including increasing the use of recyclable mono-material packaging, recommending the use of clear consumer labeling, testing end-of-life possibilities and retail collections. Today, the PSC Packaging Pledge will provide a long-term pathway to sustainable packaging including tools, a marketplace, and technical support for brands to feasibly meet this public commitment. Recent feasibility studies suggest that with collaborative effort from pet food manufacturers and currently existing technologies to move toward recyclable, refillable and compostable packaging – the pet industry can achieve rapid adoption by 2025 and near 80% transition of all pet food multi-laminate packaging by 2030.

The PSC Packaging Pledge has been constructed in consultation with a large number of industry experts, including the U.S. Plastics Pact, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Closed Loop Partners, The Recycling Partnership, World Wildlife Fund (W.W.F.),The Association of Plastic Recyclers (A.P.R.), and more. The groundbreaking program is made possible through generous donations by Earth Animal, Tyler Packaging, and Thanh Phu.

May pond counts are 4% above the long-term average, which should lead to good duck production and a strong fall flight

BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA — After being cancelled for the previous two years by concerns over COVID-19, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadian Wildlife Service were able to conduct the annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey this spring. The results were released today in USFWS 2022 Waterfowl Status Report.

The survey, which is used to set hunting regulations throughout North America, put the total spring breeding population index at 34.2 million ducks, which is 4% below the long-term average and 12% below the 2019 index. Importantly, the May pond count, a key indicator of duck production potential, showed 5.45 million ponds, which is 4% above the long-term average and 9% above the 2019 index.

“Given the widespread dry conditions last year across most of the prairies where ducks breed, it’s not surprising that the breeding population number is lower than it had been throughout most of the 2010s,” said Dr. Chris Nicolai, waterfowl scientist for Delta Waterfowl. “The good news is that much of the prairie — especially the Dakotas, Manitoba, and eastern Saskatchewan — was really wet this spring. Duck production should be good to excellent across the eastern part of the prairie and in the northern areas, too.”

Duck production is typically high the first year following a drought, said Dr. Frank Rohwer, Delta’s president and chief scientist.

MKS Supply, marketer and exclusive distributor for Barnaul Ammunition and well-known shooting brands Hi-Point Firearms, Inland Manufacturing, and Full Forge Gear, takes mental health seriously. That is why the company, along with its represented brands, are enthusiast supporters of Walk the Talk America and encourages all firearm industry manufacturers and consumers to support this important mental health education and assistance program.

Walk the Talk America (WTTA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a straightforward yet challenging mission: “Through formal education, outreach, and engagement with the mental health and firearms communities, Walk the Talk America aspires to reduce firearm suicides and other negative incidents associated with firearms ownership.”

MKS Supply and its associated brands are committed to WTTA’s efforts to prevent gun suicide by:

WTTA provides firearm industry members from manufacturers to retailers with insert and point-of-purchase materials that offer critical first-step guidance and screening resources. WTTA also provides a free downloadable slide show to help firearm instructors discuss mental health awareness with their students and to provide actionable resources for those in need.

MKS Supply is proud to be a corporate partner in support of WTTA’s public education and outreach efforts. All Hi-Point firearms, for example, ship with a WTTA information card, and the company donates in support of WTTA charity events. The most recent charity auction included a Hi-Point C9 pistol, Hi-Point .45 carbine, and Full Forge Gear double pistol bag and backpack.

The MXPW series will empower two-way radio users to be more portable, spontaneous. 

Today, leader in two-radio radio communication technology and innovation Midland Radio unveiled a brand-new type of product in the radio industry – a portable base station. Midland’s innovation offers three new products, the MXPW500 compatible with Midland Radio’s MXT500, the MXPW115 compatible with the MXT115, and the MXPW01 compatible with the 40-Watt Solar Bundle.  

The MXPW series enables two-way radio users to achieve maximum GMRS range (up to 50 Watts) without being tethered to their vehicle or home, making the Micro Mobile portable for the first time ever. The base stations are rugged and durable with a full suite of features, including a long battery life, quick recharge and solar charging capabilities. 

“We’re thrilled to bring a new product to the market that takes Micro Mobile usability to the next level. Now, our customers can take their two-way GRMS radios with them wherever they go, without having to worry about losing power or sticking close to home. No other radio provider offers a compatible portable base station quite like this,” says Zak Al-Shawish, GMRS Product Manager at Midland Radio. 

Available now, the units are offered at the following price – radios not included:  

We chose the Sentinel 4K NVR Security System for our home security needs and after looking at all of the options, I knew we made the right choice. The options for home security systems seem to be endless, find out why I am happy we chose this system for our home. The clarity and options offered by the Defender Sentinel 4K Ultra Wired NVR Security System are more than enough for our home security and our needs. 

When choosing a wired security system, I spent a lot of time on research to find the best system for our needs. This led me down some interesting roads. It has also prevented me from buying items that just don’t fit for our needs. Regarding a home security system, my research led me right to the Defender 4K Sentinel NVR Security System.

I knew that I wanted a wired home security system with at least four 4K Home Surveillance Cameras. I could have had more cameras, but it would have been overkill for our home. Defender sells this same Sentinel system with 8 cameras if you feel that you need more security camera coverage. Our home is just over 80 years old, so choosing the system upfront with a plan was important because we would have to install cameras on the brick. I wanted the wires hidden and secured so it could not be taken down.

DVR vs NVR vs Wireless Security

When looking at a security system you have basically three options out there on the market. Wireless, battery-operated cameras seem to be getting all the buzz these days. You install them and every other month you need to pull them down to charge them. The problem with these cameras is that extreme cold and extreme heat will deplete the batteries more quickly. As well, you have to use a ladder to get them down and reinstall them and while they are charging, they are not working.  What happens if you need your cameras while they are charging?

RCBS®, the leading manufacturer of ammunition reloading equipment for rifles and pistols, announces the introduction of new reloading dies for the .44 Auto Mag as well as the newest handgun cartridge from Federal Premium, the 30 Super Carry.

Federal’s 30 Super Carry is this year’s hottest new handgun cartridge, and as more handgunners switch over to the new round, demand for 30 Super Carry reloading equipment is also increasing. Working closely with Federal to design and quickly bring to market a die set for the new cartridge, RCBS developed the new 30 Super Carry die set to allow new shooters to hit the ground running with handloads.

Both the 30 Super Carry and .44 Auto Mag die sets come with three dies: carbide sizer, expander and seater. To learn more about the new die sets or to see the full lineup of dies for almost any cartridge, head over to RCBS.com.

About RCBS

RCBS has dedicated itself to the craft of reloading ammunition since it was founded in 1943. RCBS started with one simple bullet die and has grown into the leading manufacturer of reloading equipment for rifles and pistols. Reloading is an exact process with tight tolerances. It requires precision and skill to be done correctly. That’s why RCBS makes state-of-the-art products – everything from presses, dies, shell holders, powder measurers and priming products. All are backed by RCBS’s industry-leading reputation to give you a premium reloading experience. RCBS: Precisioneered Reloading. For more information, visit  www.rcbs.com, connect on Instagram at www.instagram.com/rcbsreloading/ or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RCBSReloading/.

EDGEFIELD, S.C. — The NWTF is helping fund a new wild turkey research project that will utilize state-of-the-art technologies to study diseases at a cellular level, informing the overall understanding of disease ecology and helping guide future wild turkey management.

Lymphoproliferative disease virus, or LPDV for short, is well-known amongst researchers and wildlife managers, as it is not uncommon for wild turkeys and various other land-dwelling birds to be infected. LPDV was first documented in a wild turkey in Arkansas in 2009 and has since been detected in wild turkeys in at least 29 states.

Some infected birds form tumors in their internal organs and skin and may exhibit many other side effects, like weakness and lethargy, while some infected birds display no noticeable clinical signs but experience more insidious effects, such as decreased immune system health. Though the disease can be detrimental to individual birds, less is known about its effect on a population level.

“Our primary objective is to determine where and to what extent LPDV is distributed throughout the body of infected wild turkeys, including comparison among turkeys that have no evident disease, those that have mild disease and those that have severe, fatal disease, such as those with multi-organ lymphoid tumors,” said Nicole Nemeth, D.V.M, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of Georgia. “This will be accomplished through the adaptation of an existing, advanced diagnostic tool for LPDV and for a similar, tumor-causing virus that also circulates in wild turkeys, reticuloendotheliosis [REV] virus.”

The team will examine LPDV and other diseases within cells and tissues of wild turkeys and assess patterns of how the diseases spread and how they manifest in a variety of circumstances.

Cranston, Rhode Island – Swarovski Optik North America Ltd., a subsidiary of the Austrian-based company, is proud to announce the launch of episode 2, SWAROVSKI OPTIK “Behind the Glass”, Titled Outdoor TV with Chris Denham and Nate Simmons.

SWAROVSKI OPTIK Director of Communications, Dean Capuano, along with well-known TV personalities, hosts and producers of Western hunter TV, Chris Denham and Nate Simmons, will discuss their history together, the challenges of making hunting TV and share some great stories from the field. Listeners can expect insight from these three very experienced outdoor hunters and hosts.

Dean Capuano, Director of Communications for SWAROVSKI OPTIK said, “I am very excited for this episode as Chris Denham is one of my oldest friends in the industry and Nate Simmons is one of the most well-known and talented producers in the outdoor TV market.”

In this episode Dean, Chris and Nate will take a deep dive into how Hunting TV changed our industry and still continues to be a driving force of entertainment for the outdoor enthusiast.

The BEHIND THE GLASS Podcast is available on all platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Amazon Music and www.swarovskioptik.com/us/en/hunting/stories/behind-the-glass

California Cowboy, the innovative apparel  brand that created the concept of ‘social-technical apparel’, today announced the launch  of their Regulation CF (Crowdfunding) raise on the equity crowdfunding platform  StartEngine. StartEngine was founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision  and was joined by the respected businessman and Shark Tank Television judge Kevin  O’Leary as StartEngine’s Strategic Advisor and Investor. After being accepted onto the  StartEngine platform, California Cowboy is now filed with the SEC.

California Cowboy has created a new category of apparel product designed to inspire  after-sport social interaction, with the belief that neither fashion nor technology are  doing for us what they should. By adding intentional product features that demand  conversation, the California-based creator and innovator of Après-Ski and Après-Surf  wear designs its products to bring out the extrovert in everyone.

The capital raised from the StartEngine campaign will enable California Cowboy to fund  additional product research and development to broaden and improve their apparel line. 

The brand will focus on expanding their growing wholesale footprint and other key sales  channels. California Cowboy also has plans for additional brick and mortar and pop-up  stores in the U.S. and abroad. This StartEngine raise campaign follows California  Cowboy’s successful 2020 seed round, led by Venn partners.  

“We’re excited to be going live today on Start Engine’s platform… “ said Drew Clark,  California Cowboy’s Founder & CEO. “Crowdfunding is a great way for us to continue to  expand our reach, audience, and fuel the next stage of our growth. We have built an  incredible foundation in our brand and product line, and you’re going to hear more about  what’s in store as we progress through our fund and launch new products.” 

EDGEFIELD, S.C.—A new 636-acre habitat enhancement project in the Black Hills of South Dakota is currently in progress, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the NWTF, the USDA Forest Service and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

Partners are working to bolster the area’s value for wildlife by removing encroaching trees, mainly small ponderosa pines and rocky mountain juniper. The end results will provide many benefits, including returning the area back to its historic vegetative structure, reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire and making the landscape more productive for the critters that call it home.

The Black Hills National Forest encompasses 1.25 million acres in western South Dakota and extends into Wyoming. The area, considered sacred by Native American tribes, was named after the Lakota Sioux words “Paha Sapa,” meaning “hills that are black.”

The national forest is characterized by its predominate ponderosa pines, needle-like mountains and lowlands consisting of grasslands, where the NWTF and partners are working to enhance the native meadow habitats, important bugging areas for wild turkey poults.

Ponderosa pines nine inches in diameter or less and all sizes of Rocky Mountain Juniper are the primary targets for removal. Once the 636-acre parcel is selectively cleared, managers will conduct controlled burns to further reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and revitalize the meadow habitat.

Winchester announces the launch of new packaging designs for its legendary ammunition products in rimfire, shotshell, centerfire rifle and centerfire pistol. 

Throughout 2022 and 2023, Winchester is rolling out new packaging across various brands of ammunition, beginning with popular hunting, target and personal defense products. The new packaging will eventually encompass the entirety of the Winchester ammunition line.

Since the last packaging redesign more than 10 years ago, millions of new customers have entered the shooting sports and hunting community. Winchester has met these customers with all-new designs, commissioned artwork, and relevant ballistics information that will guide hunters and sport shooters toward choosing the right products.

“As the industry leader in ammunition innovation, we continue to research products our customers want, how they shop, and how we can help them make confident and easy purchases,” said Matt Campbell, vice president of sales and marketing for Winchester Ammunition. “We want our customers to have the best experience in the field and on the shooting range, and choosing the right ammunition type is an important decision.”

As customers begin to see this new packing hit the shelf, they can expect the same legendary ammunition that Winchester has been producing for 156 years, with their favorite loads being represented by a fresh new look.

EDGEFIELD, S.C.—The NWTF is helping fund a new wild turkey research project that will utilize state-of-the-art technologies to study diseases at a cellular level, informing the overall understanding of disease ecology and helping guide future wild turkey management.

Lymphoproliferative disease virus, or LPDV for short, is well-known amongst researchers and wildlife managers, as it is not uncommon for wild turkeys and various other land-dwelling birds to be infected. LPDV was first documented in a wild turkey in Arkansas in 2009 and has since been detected in wild turkeys in at least 29 states.

Some infected birds form tumors in their internal organs and skin and may exhibit many other side effects, like weakness and lethargy, while some infected birds display no noticeable clinical signs but experience more insidious effects, such as decreased immune system health. Though the disease can be detrimental to individual birds, less is known about its effect on a population level.

“Our primary objective is to determine where and to what extent LPDV is distributed throughout the body of infected wild turkeys, including comparison among turkeys that have no evident disease, those that have mild disease and those that have severe, fatal disease, such as those with multi-organ lymphoid tumors,” said Nicole Nemeth, D.V.M, Ph.D., associate professor at the University of Georgia. “This will be accomplished through the adaptation of an existing, advanced diagnostic tool for LPDV and for a similar, tumor-causing virus that also circulates in wild turkeys, reticuloendotheliosis [REV] virus.”

The team will examine LPDV and other diseases within cells and tissues of wild turkeys and assess patterns of how the diseases spread and how they manifest in a variety of circumstances.

There are countless reasons why you may want to go deer hunting this season. You may want to spend quality time with friends or family, enjoy a weekend in the outdoors by yourself, or hunt enough game to fill up your freezer with meat.

Regardless of your reasons for going on a hunt, you must ensure that you are using the proper equipment to achieve the results you desire. While you may have a great rifle safe at home, you also need to have quality guns and ammunition in that safe to take out when you are going hunting.

Regardless of your skill level and experience as a sharpshooter, you will have an extremely hard time aiming and firing at deer in the wild without the proper weapon. Below is a guide that outlines the best five rifles for deer hunting in 2022.

1. Remington 7600

A classic, the Remington 7600 is an outstanding choice if you are going hunting in the near future. The gun is very similar in its functionality to a shotgun, with the first shot extremely fast. It also carries extremely well in the hand, while it is not too heavy when you are lugging it around on a hunting trip.

These pump action guns are an excellent option if you are only going out to shoot deer. While you should not be aiming from a significant distance, even if you are hiding in the bushes waiting for a deer to emerge, there should be no accuracy issues with this gun.

Long-term commitments by corporate sponsors are vital to the continued success and growth of Safari Club International (SCI) and its mission to promote and protect hunting and wildlife conservation in North America and across the world. The Best of the West & Huskemaw Optics renewed their SCI corporate sponsorship and has been a partner and corporate sponsor since 2021.

The Best of the West and Huskemaw Optics are thrilled to once again support SCI’s mission to protect the freedom to hunt and promote wildlife conservation around the globe. As the pioneer in long range hunting and a trusted partner in ethical sportsmanship, our company is honored to further promote the ongoing preservation of resources and to help secure years of hunting experiences for SCI, and its members throughout the world.

Best of the West (www.BestoftheWestArms.com) provides and promotes numerous resources for the long-range hunter, primarily by crafting some of the most accurate custom hunting rifles on the market today. The company also runs shooting schools designed explicitly for the long-range hunter. And The Best of the West outdoor television series is seen on the Pursuit Channel and focuses on hunting in the Western States and the Rocky Mountains.

Huskemaw Optics (www.huskemawoptics.com) produces top-quality customized rifle scopes systems, crossbow optics and binoculars with the long-range hunter in mind. Huskemaw’s patented and revolutionary turret-reticle system delivers a tailored and simplified long-range advantage to hunters throughout the world.

Safari Club International, First For Hunters, is the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. SCI’s approximately 200 Chapters represent all 50 of the United States and 106 other countries. SCI’s proactive leadership works with the SCI Foundation and other conservation groups, research institutions and government agencies on a host of cooperative wildlife conservation, outdoor education and humanitarian programs.

All hunters want to think hunting will be around and available forever. However, the facts show that as early as ten years from now, many Fish and Game agencies which depend on license sales may find themselves short on funds.  The First Hunt Foundation which has one of the largest dedicated cadre of volunteer mentors and hunting coaches in the nation is working hard to insure our hunting heritage is alive and well decades into the Future.  Rick Brazell, President and Founder of the Foundation  says, “ We currently have over 800 volunteers scattered across 38 states willing to help any new hunter regardless of age learn the skills necessary to become a hunter and our goal is to have 1,000’s more mentors in the future.” 

The NRA Hunters’ Leadership Forum has watched the First Hunt Foundation grow and wanted to help recommending the establishment of the “Hunting Heritage” endowment.  They awarded a challenge grant to the FHF and Vista Outdoor immediately stepped up with another $15,000 to help establish the first $50,000 for the endowment. 

“The NRA Hunters’ Leadership Forum is happy to support the First Hunt Foundation,” said Peter Churchbourne, Director of the NRA Hunter’s Leadership Forum.  “Our missions align, and it is only natural that we partner to provide opportunities for new hunters to experience the empowerment and personal fulfilment of hunting. I want to thank the generous Hunters’ Leadership Forum donors for providing the funds that made this grant possible.”

“Having the funds to start the endowment was great,” says Brazell “but we also needed to figure the best course to manage and grow the funds  in perpetuity.  FHF can use 5 percent of the funds, each year so we needed to find the right institution to help it grow and become sustainable for the long run.  We approached several banks and national investment companies when I remembered we had a small endowment already housed with the MidwayUSA Foundation.”

Brazell reached out to Ashley Petersen and John Linquist of the MidwayUSA Foundation and they both were excited to help FHF restructure its current endowment and formally establish the national “Hunting Heritage Endowment.”  Everyone knows you have to learn to shoot before you go hunting and teaching that skill is one the mentors/coaches of First Hunt Foundation see as a basic duty. 

Federal Ammunition professional shooters Buck Holly and Greg Bell represented the United States as part of Team USA at the International Precision Rifle Federation (IPRF) World Championship. The event was held on August 6-12, 2022 in Bitche, France. There were 250 shooters from 26 countries who participated in the shoot. 

The IPRF was established to create an internationally recognized precision rifle competition. Throughout the 6-day shoot, Team USA participated in a variety of precision shooting events taking first place in every division and category other than the Factory Division. 

“I’ve always said that precision rifle competitions here in the United States feature the best all-around rifle shooters in the world. It’s great to see an opportunity for American shooters to prove themselves against the world,” said Jason Spradling, Federal’s Manager of Shooting Sports Promotions/Field Training. “It’s a huge honor to have two of our Team Federal shooters invited to represent Team USA.”

Along with Team USA’s overall success, Federal Shooters Holly and Bell placed high in their respective events individually. Buck Holly placed second in the Limited Division using Federal’s Gold Medal Match 308 Win loaded with 185-grain Berger Juggernaut bullets. Using the Federal Gold Medal primers, Greg Bell placed 5th in the Open Division with handloads.

“The weather conditions in France were challenging, to say the least,” said Federal Sponsored Shooter, Buck Holly. “Having great ammo allowed me to perform well despite the tough conditions.”

Early fall has a special appeal to hunters as they’ve been reevaluating their gear over the summer to be ready for that opening day of hunting season. Whether handheld bow and arrow, muzzleloaders, handguns, rifles, crossbows, or falconry, it’s always about having the right gear. Lists need to be made, and tags need to be filled out. Do it right from the start.

What seems like a typical box of cartridges is the packaging for the Fisher® .338 Cartridge Space Pen. The cap on this model is an actual .338 H mag shell like the type used with a .338 Lapua Magnum that serves as the housing, which holds a raw, brass bullet Space Pen. The 85% Copper and 15% Zinc raw brass composition makes this pen a copper alloy with antimicrobial properties, which the EPA registered in 2008. Each pen will have its original patina after use, making it more personalized, and each is packaged in a moonscape gift box.

Cartridge Space Pens are the perfect size to carry in your wallet, pocket, purse, car glove box, or organizer when in a closed position. At just over 4 inches in overall length, the cap slides on and off and contains Fisher’s patented PRF ink cartridge, allowing the writer to use the pen at any angle. It becomes a full-sized writing instrument once fully deployed; great for filling out a tag, even if a bit of dirt, mud, or blood soiled it. Like all Fisher Space Pens, this one also writes in freezing early morning temperatures, which many hunts start on, and is more reliable than regular pens out in the elements.

Open this hunting season with confidence, knowing you are prepared. Take a spare, or better yet, give one to a young up-and-comer. The .338 Cartridge Pen is the perfect gift for the outdoors and hunter enthusiasts!

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A new 636-acre habitat enhancement project in the Black Hills of South Dakota is currently in progress, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the NWTF, the USDA Forest Service and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

Partners are working to bolster the area’s value for wildlife by removing encroaching trees, mainly small ponderosa pines and rocky mountain juniper. The end results will provide many benefits, including returning the area back to its historic vegetative structure, reducing the risk of uncharacteristic wildfire and making the landscape more productive for the critters that call it home.

The Black Hills National Forest encompasses 1.25 million acres in western South Dakota and extends into Wyoming. The area, considered sacred by Native American tribes, was named after the Lakota Sioux words “Paha Sapa,” meaning “hills that are black.”

The national forest is characterized by its predominate ponderosa pines, needle-like mountains and lowlands consisting of grasslands, where the NWTF and partners are working to enhance the native meadow habitats, which are important bugging areas for wild turkey poults.

Ponderosa pines nine inches in diameter or less and all sizes of Rocky Mountain Juniper are the primary targets for removal. Once the 636-acre parcel is selectively cleared, managers will conduct controlled burns to further reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and revitalize the meadow habitat.