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Government funding legislation prioritizes conservation programs   The U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to fund the federal government, including funding for several critical conservation programs. Most notably, the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) – one of DU’s highest-priority programs – received re

Conservation Visions’ Shane Mahoney has been named the inaugural winner of DSC Foundation’s Education Award. DSC Foundation is pleased to announce Conservation Visions’ Shane Mahoney as the inaugural winner of DSC Foundation’s Education Award. Recognizing the need to educate the public, media, and elected officials on the benefits of science-based

Blaser Group will be joined by Blaser Safaris at the Dallas Safari Club Convention and Expo January 5-8, 2023, as they showcase world-class safari destinations in addition to the newest products from the Blaser, Mauser, Sauer, and Liemke Thermal Optics lines. DSC members are invited to come by Booth # 4427 to learn more about Blaser Group’s offerin

Finding the right destination trailer for your family vacations can be a big decision. With all of the new destination trailers launched for the new year, you might find yourself overwhelmed with the number of choices. Take a look at six of our favorite destination trailers to help you make your 2023 camping season one to remember. Find more amazin

  Travelers everywhere fear the dreaded roadside breakdown. Aside from an injury-causing event, these are worst-case scenarios for your trip. Breakdowns interrupt plans, delay arrivals, cause reservation cancellations, put an unexpected expense into the budget, and, perhaps worst of all, add an element of the unknown to your trip. Often with a road

Many people in the lower 48 have never heard of our nation’s largest national park. Wrangell-St. Elias is massive, covering more than six times the acreage of Yellowstone. The park encompasses 18,000-foot mountain peaks, tidewater glaciers that calf into the sea, and resident wildlife like moose, bears, Dall sheep, and elk. One active volcano melts

  This Good Sam RV Rentals series highlights locations across the US we think are well worth the trip. Check out this guide for everything the RV renter needs to know about Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas Guadalupe Mountains National Park is regularly called a “hiker’s paradise,” and for good reaso

This morning I got up at 4:30am, perked some strong black coffee and started to work on the numerous pictures for my 2nd Rut article series for Bowhunting,net. After daylight there was a surprise knock on my door. I called out, “Come on in.” Richey Hayes opened the door to my home-office and walked inside. He had driven down last night, got a good

Two weeks ago I decided to bowhunt a ground blind stand in an area I call ‘The Last Barn.’ I took along a small Stool and my new CenterPoint Wrath 430X crossbow with 4 bolts in its attached bowquiver and my Minolta camera. In my pants pockets were my iPhone and Rangefinder. This year my hunting license wasn’t in my wallet. It was on the State’s iPh

The USDA’s current recommendation for making jerky safely is to heat meat to 160 °F. You probably already know that if you’ve ever attempted making any type of jerky (including ground-meat jerky in your oven), but what you probably didn’t know is that a preponderance of store-bought dehydrators do not heat up to those specifications. I’ve tried […]

In the late 80’s I met a guy who was to became a true friend as well as a terrific bowhunting buddy. I was in Dallas at the time and owned a mail order camouflage company named Sticks N’ Limbs. Robbie Cramer was a top executive at the mail service company that I used for my companies mailings. One afternoon we were working on business stuff when he

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Of the four parks in Colorado, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park is the least visited and the most remote. Named for the minimal sunlight the canyon receives during the shorter months of the year, it’s a sight to behold when the sun graces its mountains and the shores of the Gunnison River.  Why Visit Black Canyon of the Gunnison National

Before you roll your eyes and keep scrolling, let me explain. . . I don’t mean that Covid 19 has directly affected bear behavior via infection, I’m talking about the effects Covid had on outdoor recreation and the ripple effect all those extra people in the woods and mountains had on animal behavior.  In 2021 there were 5 bear-caused fatalities in

The Kansas wind is blasting hard. But picking the right spot to bowhunt Is what George Winters knows how to do. George sets his treestand up where bucks are rubbing and marking trees and making scrapes.     George Winters Original link