Shane Mahoney Speaks on Trophy Hunting

Wildlife biologist and conservationist,  Shane Mahoney, created a video regarding Cecil the Lion and the issue of trophy hunting. Shane reviews the issue, presents the facts as they are known, and provides excellent commentary on the realities of ecosystem and wildlife management, as well as evidence in support of legal and regulated trophy hunting as a […]

DSC Supports Use of Live Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease

DALLAS (August 27, 2015) – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department-mandated killing and post-mortem study of deer potentially exposed to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) illustrates an urgent need for the use of live testing for white-tailed deer, elk and other cervids. Currently, post-mortem testing of brain tissue is the only form of CWD testing approved […]

Dr. "Red" Duke Dies at 86

Dr. James Henry “Red” Duke, 1928-2015 Physician, media personality, hunter and ardent conservationist, Dr. James Henry “Red” Duke of Houston passed away Aug. 25, 2015. Born in Ennis, Texas, Duke was the 2015 Capstick Award recipient. Most of the world knew Dr. Duke for his media celebrity – his PBS show “Bodywatch,” series of health […]

Danger On The The Frontline

By Dave Fulson Originally published in Sports Afield Magazine When Professional Hunter Chris Burton rolled out of camp and turned his vehicle down the bumpy, dirt two-track towards the shore of Lake Cabora Bassa, his mind was on the problem crocodile he and client Craig Johnson were in search of. But fate had decreed that […]

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Boston Globe- I Support Hunting. So Should You.

“I’ve stood in remote places wondering if another human ever trod there. Then, looking to the horizon, I saw boulders Inuit hunters stacked in a human form thousands of years ago. It was in part their attempt to herd the migrating caribou, as they tried to harvest the bounty of their native land. I feel […]

The Mind of a Sportsman in August

By Billy Kinder There is not enough time to work. It could become a serious problem in my relationship with the water department and the folks that supply electricity to the homestead. Maybe Robin wouldn’t mind a little part time job, or two, at Wally World or something to help out through this exceptionally busy […]

Dangerous Game Safari Online Raffle

Tickets on Sale NOW! 7-Day All-Inclusive Cape Buffalo Hunt for One Hunter in South Africa Imagine yourself on a dangerous game hunt in South Africa staring down a Cape buffalo. Your professional hunter is by your side, ready to direct you to take the shot of a lifetime. You are mesmerized by this old bull […]

NY Times- "Outcry for Cecil the Lion Could Undercut Conservation Efforts"

“‘You stop trophy hunting, the live market is going to change completely; it’ll go to meat value, really,’ less than 60 cents a pound, he added. “So that will deprive the national parks and the provincial parks of a lot of their budget.” The New York Times released another fantastic article on African big game […]

For Your Consideration: PETA v. GoDaddy.com

  By Terry L. Anderson The recent attack on hunting resulting from the illegal and unethical killing of a Zimbabwe lion (note that I avoid personifying him) is not the first time so-called animal welfare groups have used headlines to thwart sensible wildlife management. In 2011 PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) discovered […]