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Spring black bear 2026 windows in Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, and Washington — opener dates, tag costs, and the gear that earns its keep.
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Just about a year ago, as it became clearer that the initial “two weeks to flatten the curve” COVID-19 lockdown was going to transform into “indefinite lockdown until there’s a vaccine,” we ran an article about the three idiots you Popular Outdoorsmen readers were going to encounter in the wilderness. I stand by those words,…
International Wildlife Crimestoppers, Inc. (IWC) has joined the Boone and Crockett Club as a research and media partner in their coordinated efforts against poaching. Through the strategic partnership, the Club is supporting conservation law enforcement and will help IWC promote and continue providing specialized law enforcement equipment to officers. In addition, one key part of…
The National Wild Turkey Federation celebrated conservation achievements and lasting partnerships in an innovative way during its Virtual 45th Convention and Sport Show. “As spring approaches, we look forward to chasing gobblers and getting new hunters outdoors, but we are already looking forward to getting the flock back together in Nashville for our 46th Convention and…
Note: Today’s article comes to us courtesy of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) announced changes to the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) leadership for the 117th Congress during Monday’s virtual Changing of the Guard event. CSF provides an important connection between the sporting community and Congress to ensure our rights as hunters and…
Groundhog, schmoundhog: Spring is here when the coyotes are. It isn’t spring in most of the country, but if you’d like to know what’s on tap for this April or May, just look to our southernmost state: Florida. The songdogs are coming out as the state warms, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission…
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has named Gary Marbut, president of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, as Grassroots Activist of the Year for 2020. The veteran Big Sky Country gun rights advocate spearheaded this year’s successful passage of LR 130, a measure that strengthened Montana’s state firearms preemption law….
My God, it’s full of stars… Stanley Kubrick would be proud: On November 18, 2020, the Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau found a mysterious monolith deep within the worst of southeastern Utah’s badlands. The metallic plinth, which looks just like the one in 2001: Space Odyssey, appeared in an area so remote that…
If you have to ask, you can’t afford it. But a guy can dream… Krieghoff just announced their Gun of the Year 2020: the K-80/S “Galapagos Islands” side-plated shotgun, and it has me in a very 1% kind of mood. This exquisite over/under was designed for people who appreciate the beauty and mystery of the…
Turns out that scientifically managing wildlife together with sportsmen works–who knew? (You did.) Last Thursday, Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Aurelia Skipwith announced that the American gray wolf no longer qualifies as an endangered species…and although it’s great news, it’s not surprising. Scientifically managing wildlife…
One of the biggest conservation controversies is heating up in Colorado… As we mentioned just a couple of weeks ago, the re-introduction of wolves into areas where they were previously extirpated is a huge controversy among conservationists. Today, the focus has shifted from the Hoodoo Pack of Arizona to Colorado, where the Rocky Mountain Elk…
Steyr Arms has a message for all Steyr fans worldwide, from the Austrian Alps from which they hail to the hills of Texas. Although COVID-19 may have pooped our Oktoberfest party, there are other reasons to rejoice. After all, who needs Oktoberfest when you can have AUGtoberfest? Oktoberfest may feature frothy beer and frothier frauleins,…
One of the greatest controversies among sportsmen and conservationists is the role of the wolf in our ecosystems. That controversy may just be heating up in Arizona soon: Today, we’ve learned that the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) wolf biologists have captured, collared, and released three cross-fostered wolf pups as part of their ongoing…
