The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued its 2023 rule regarding the import of game birds from Canada. After close consultation with waterfowl scientists from Ducks Unlimited (DU), APHIS […]
Fox News broke a story showing the Biden Administration is interpreting a law passed last year to defund hunter safety and archery classes in public schools. According to federal guidance circulated among hunting education groups and […]
Bad To The Bone”. That was the theme of the 2023 Higher Calling Wildlife expedition to southern Florida. The mission was to take 14-year-old Jerry Gibson on a conservation/fishing/photography adventure and to highlight the importance of […]
A bull elk seen the last several years roaming the haunts of northern Minnesota near the Canadian border passed away in March 2023. Seeking to determine its age, wildlife officials sent tooth samples to a lab […]
The regional management plan of the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC) sheds light on an often-misunderstood part of speckled trout behavior: feeding. It shows that one researcher examined stomach volumes and concluded that spotted seatrout […]
Are javelinas pigs? Some call them “cactus pig” and they certainly have pig-like attributes but they are not a true “pig”. According to biologists with Texas A&M University at Kingsville, a “javelina is not a pig, a […]
Big water, bigger boats – that’s where Instinct comes in. A motor designed not just to handle the elements but to thrive in them. With 100” shaft lengths and the most dependable automatic stow and deploy […]
The Berkley PowerBait Nessie. Skip it, slide it, and cast it where traditional glide baits have not been able to reach. An eye-catching soft bodied glide bait design with the added benefit of PowerBait flavor, this […]
The Megalojohn swimbait was designed in conjunction with Elite Series pro angler John Crews. This 6” soft plastic swimbait has a great thumping action when retrieved. The plastic used in the Megalojohn is a special blend […]
The Z-Man Rattle-Snaker ‘magically’ implants your favorite softbaits with rattle attraction or extra weight. Patented tool design allows for precision insertion of rattles and weights into bodies of ElaZtech or standard soft plastic baits via stainless […]