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Ruger has just announced a “Flash Sweepstakes,” a giveaway with a short two-day window for a gun they’re planning to launch next week. We don’t know what they’re giving away and that’s part of the fun. What it could be

CADDO LAKE — Ruffled feathers were on display Tuesday at a state parks meeting to explain the removal of a 22-year exemption that allowed permanent duck blinds on traditional waterfowl hunting turf. “Is my feedback going to amount to anything,

With duck populations the highest in recent history, we waterfowlers have a great deal to look forward to this fall/winter but, as we all know, ducks and geese like water and they will go where it’s available. This may or

Thirty-six hours after the Obama administration banned importation of the classic brand of AK-47 assault rifles as part of sanctions against Russia, a Maryland dealer specializing in the weapon took stock of its inventory. There was nothing left. Laboring almost

Doctors are seeing an increase in patients seeking treatment, including some who tried at-home remedies that did more harm than good. The venomous bites usually heal well if left alone, said Dr. Donna Seger, medical director of the Tennessee Poison

Liberty Hill, Texas (Ammoland.com) – The first annual Texas International Firearms Festival (TIFF) is going great guns! Exhibitors to the two-day “come and shoot it” event (November 8th and 9th at Best of the West Shooting Sports in Austin Texas)

ORLANDO, Fla. – The hunt is on in Orlando for an alligator that devoured a pit bull puppy. Eric Glover, the dog’s owner, said his dog, King, was eaten about 7:30 a.m. Monday as they took a morning walk in

A new video posted online Monday shows a mantis shrimp strike a crab in super-slow motion, revealing the incredible power of the sea creature’s little clubber. Produced by popular YouTube channel “Smarter Every Day,” the video also explains the science

Business is a matter of supply and demand. In recent years, the demand for the AR-15 modern sporting rifle has been at an all-time high, and manufacturers struggled to add multiple shifts and new equipment to meet that demand. It

“It could just be a stick,” I tell myself while floating on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico about 100 feet out from the shoreline of Perdido Key. After all, I can only see a few inches of what appeared to

Louisiana continues to loosen its hog-hunting restrictions, but that seems to be doing little to slow the spread of the noxious quadrupeds. Bayou State hunters killed 183,600 feral hogs last year, an increase of 14 percent over 2012’s total, according

An unusual species of fish that can walk and breathe air shows that these animals may be more capable of adapting to life on land than previously thought, researchers say. The new findings may help explain how the ancient fish ancestors

CORPUS CHRISTI – Just like bluebonnets and the heat, Texas is known for fantastic bay fishing, but along with popularity comes problems for economically-important fish like red drum and spotted seatrout. Dr. John R. Gold, Regents Professor and Harte Research

(KENS 5) Eyewitness News has learned the owners of a newly announced aquarium coming to San Antonio are under investigation for the deaths of dozens of marine animals. The Oregon Humane Society says it is investigating Vince and Ammon Covino

A Texas dove hunter can still receive their hunter education certificate in time for dove hunting opening day with the HunterEdCourse.com no field day required Texas online hunter education course. This hunter safety course is available for anyone 17 years

This is the gut-wrenching moment a crocodile burst from the sea to snatch an unlucky turtle by the head as it ventured back into the water. The huge reptile emerged from the waves to clamp its fearsome jaws around the

The District of Columbia asked a federal judge Monday to reconsider his July ruling that overturned D.C.’s ban on possessing handguns in public. U.S. District Judge Frederick Scullin Jr. “failed to conduct the analysis required by controlling law, and relied

FORT WORTH, Texas – In the last decade the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has transformed a dump and old golf course in the Trinity River bottomland into new wildlife habit within eyeshot of downtown Dallas skyscrapers. Now it’s time

SAN ANTONIO – Texas Parks & Wildlife and the Witte Museum have formed a new partnership to document and research the only known dinosaur footprints on public land in Bexar County. The 110-million-year-old tracks are located within Government Canyon State

MEMPHIS—August 22, 2014— Eighty years ago, the first Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) was sold. Since then, the Duck Stamp program has protected nearly 6 million acres of habitat through expenditures of more than $900 million.