

SB 53 would mandate a permit to purchase ammunition in state
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com We are guilty until proven innocent. That is the basic premise of a new law working its way...


Drums beating to ban lead in ammo nationwide, but the science is weak
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com Lead ammunition for hunting will be completely banned in California by 2019 under the guise...
Humane Society pays $15.75 million to settle RICO lawsuit
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) settled a lawsuit with Feld Entertainment,...
Shooting Sports Fair has gun rights presentations each day
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The 2014 Raahauge’s Shooting Sports Fair will feature gun rights presentations each day of...


Feds, Arizona work out cooperative effort to again plant trout at Willow Beach
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Arizona Game and Fish Department announced they...


Baiting accipiters into the backyard
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com This was not in the plan. Initially. Over a decade ago when I started lacing the backyard...
Michael Sutton, FGC president, says legal hunting is a bigger problem than poaching
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com It’s time for Fish and Game Commission president Michael Sutton to go. In an online web...
Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery ceases trout production
By JIM MATTHEWS www.OutdoorNewsService.com The second massive rainbow trout die-off in the past four months at the Willow Beach National...


Western Birds: Scouting in the Carrizo
While scouting in the Carrizo Plain for the Western Birds newsletter, I jumped this jackrabbit. Not very often you get a photo like this...