Faribault, Minn. - December 28, 2007 - The Rice County Chapter of Pheasants Forever (PF) is raffling off a trip for two (2) to see the hometown Minnesota Timberwolves take on former Wolves great Kevin Garnett and the NBA-best Celtics in Boston on January 25th. All proceeds will go directly toward the chapter's conservation projects.

This is your chance to see the Wolves during their only appearance in Boston this year. And of course, the matchup holds a special twist with Wolves legend "KG" now leading the Celtics. The trip includes travel with the team on a charted flight, charted ground transportation to the hotel and stadium. The winner also receives two press passes for the game as well as a pre-game meal. The raffle will take place at 6:30 PM on Friday, January 18th at National Pheasant Fest at the Saint Paul River Centre in Saint Paul, Minnesota. You do not need to be present to win. Tickets are $100 apiece and the raffle is being limited to 120 tickets.

The greatest part of running this site is/has been and always will be getting to know great people because we are all wealthy because of our connections in our lives.

This week I have gotten the pleasure to talk to Ann and Harlan Cooper and they are a fantastic couple doing some great work in outdoor T-Shirt Design as well as computer design.  Harlan is an amazing photographer and he has been generous enough to loan us some of his wonderful pictures for our Rotating Banner!  They are also working with me on a t-shirt design for HuntingLife.com.  Once we get something worked out, we will post it all here!  

Please check these great folks out at:   COOPERS RUGGED DESIGN 

MADISON, N.C., Remington Arms Company, Inc. ("Remington" or "the Company") the only manufacturer of both firearms and ammunition for Hunting, Law Enforcement/Security, Government & Military applications in the United States, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Marlin Firearms Company, Inc. ("Marlin"). The transaction is expected to close by the end of January 2008.

Marlin, headquartered in North Haven, Connecticut, also owns Harrington and Richardson (H&R), New England Firearms (NEF) and LC Smith brands of rifles and shotguns.

Tommy Millner Remington's CEO, said, "I am pleased to announce that Marlin's well known brands with a long heritage of providing quality rifles and shotguns to hunters and shooters around the world will join the Remington family. The opportunity to combine two historic U.S. based companies with such storied and proud histories, is both challenging and exhilarating."

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) announced today the election of three new members to their Board of Directors. Farley Hicks of Elko, Nev., Bob Jacobs of Flagstaff, Ariz., and Pat Crank of Cheyenne, Wyo., were elected to the MDF Board of Director's meeting held recently in Denver, Colo.

Farley Hicks is a Logistics Director for Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc., one of the world's largest gold mines, located in Elko, Nev. He has training in military and occupational logistics, interaction management and other areas as well. He has held several service manager and supervisory positions in maintenance and now manages logistics, warehousing, and asset recovery for Barrick. Farley has been MDF's Nevada State Volunteer Chair and is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for Nevada. He also has been Chapter Chair for the Great Basin Chapter, which has been one of the top MDF Chapters for the past two years. Farley has demonstrated a real commitment to our youth - through his 22 years of involvement with the Benevolent and Professional Order of Elks, Farley has organized many youth activities. He has a real passion for mule deer and wantsto devote even greater energy to reverse the declining population of this species.

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Text of a letter sent to me by the Board of Directors from FNAWS(Foundation for North American Wild Sheep) about the ongoing lawsuit between them and the GSCO(Grand Slam Club/Ovis) that is raging on in Birmingham, Alabama.  It is my opinion that these two great organizations need to merge as quickly as possible and follow a very simple mandate on making all decisions in regards to the charitable money they receive.  If the decision is not what is best for putting sheep on the mountain then do not do it.  Only do things that will directly effect sheep in a positive way on the mountain!

Kevin Paulson 

FNAWS LETTER sent to me:

The most important issue currently facing wild sheep and wild sheep hunters is occurring not on the rugged mountain slopes, the home to the majestic wild sheep, but in a drab courtroom in Birmingham, Alabama. A very brief history of how this has occurred is outlined below.

In 1995, FNAWS and GSCO entered into an agreement whereby FNAWS would let GSCO participate in the FNAWS Conventions, in an effort to help build interest in GSCO, while providing some ancillary benefits to FNAWS. This agreement included an introduction of GSCO Executive Director Dennis Campbell to the FNAWS membership (as FNAWS had previously done for Grand Slam Club founder Bob Householder). This contract called for, among other things, that Dennis Campbell would solicit donations on behalf of FNAWS, and that he would provide a one-year written notice of any desired termination of the agreement. Dennis Campbell violated this agreement by using his position with FNAWS to solicit donations to benefit GSCO and that he failed to provide one-years written notice prior to holding the first GSCO Convention in Biloxi. In addition, in 2004, without any warning, or any attempts at negotiations, GSCO unilaterally severed its contractual relationship with FNAWS.

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MISSOULA, Mont.—The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has received a national award accompanied by a grant from the Kodak American Greenways Awards Program.

The honor was given for the Elk Foundation’s conservation efforts at Theodore Roosevelt’s treasured Elkhorn Ranch near Medora, N.D. Along with many partners and supporters, the Elk Foundation helped lead an initiative that in 2007 placed the 5,200-acre historic ranch into federal ownership for the public to hunt, appreciate and enjoy.

The $2,500 grant will help provide signage on the Elkhorn Ranch.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A ranking of states in categories including total number of hunters and anglers, spending by sportsmen, jobs supported, taxes generated, number of days spent hunting and fishing and the most traveled to states by hunters and anglers has been released for the first time.

Nationally, Texas is at the top of the pack. It is No. 1 in total hunters and anglers (2.6 million), money spent ($6.6 billion), jobs supported (106,000) and tax revenue generated ($1.3 billion). Florida lands the trophy for the No. 2 spot. 

The new state-by-state rankings were compiled to complement a national report, "Hunting and Fishing: Bright Stars of the American Economy ~ A force as big as all outdoors," which spotlights the immense impact hunters and anglers have on the economy at the national and state level, as well as a constituency.

This beautiful Christmas Tree created by Robert Cline.  This is truly a work of art!

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I found this first on the Shed Antler.  

This fox has skills.  Is that a Leupold Scope on that rifle? 

Jim Call and I just got off the phone and boy am I excited to show you these pictures.  The team from Nonstop Hunting TV Show came out and hunted whitetail with Jim Call and here are 3 great pictures of what they took.  Boy if you are looking for a great hunt and a real opportunity at a monster trophy whitetail then you all should be taking a look at Jim's Operation at Call of the Wild Outfitters.

http://www.huntinglife.com/Call of the Wild Outfitters

http://callofthewildoutfitter.homestead.com/index.html

Darrell Wright rough scored this buck at 181