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Hunting ethics and sportsmanship are core values of the companies, organizations, and publication who have made this website possible.

Please consider products offered by these companies when shopping for your hunting needs. Just purchasing a hunting license isn't enough any more. Consider joining as many of these conservation organizations as your finances will allow. To stay a breast of the latest in hunting gear, techniques, tactics, and hunting destination opportunities, as well as news that affects our wildlife and hunting heritage, please consider this list of publications for your next subscription, or gift a subscription to a friend. By multiplying our memberships and subscriptions we become a stronger voice for those things we care deeply about.

Manufacturers
Ameristep
Ameristep® - "Stands for Tradition" There are few experiences in life that compare to hunting. And once it's in your blood, it stays there and is handed down through the generations as tradition. At Ameristep®, our goal is to make those experiences even better.
Beretta
The Beretta legacy of craftsmanship and innovation dates back to 1526. Since then, its firearms, clothing, and accessories have continued to define the art of hunting and shooting, creating new traditions in quality for each generation.
Bushnell
Bushnell® has been the industry leader in high-performance sports optics for over 50 years. Our guiding principle is to provide the highest quality, most reliable and affordable sports optics products on the market. And, our commitment to outstanding customer service and strong retailerpartnerships is unmatched. Bushnell constantly explores emerging technologies to market sports optics that combine leading edge design with performance innovation. It is this dedication that has made Bushnell the most recognized and reputable sports optics brand in the world.
Cabela's
The World's Foremost Outfitter of Hunting, Fishing, and Outdoor Gear
Crooked Horn Outfitters
Hunting is a Priority, Not an Option! - Our specialized line of hunting equipment sets us apart from the competition with innovative designs on all of our daypacks, rifle & archery accessories, optic cases, and the most popular product in the hunting industry today, the Original Slide & Flex Bino-System. We have what you need for your next outdoor adventure!
Federal Premium Ammunition
Eighty years in the making, Federal Cartridge Company is today the technology leader in the ammunition industry and pioneer of Premium® ammunition.
H. S. Precision
Hunter Specialties
Hunter's Specialties is the world's largest manufacturer of hunting accessories. H.S. Strut turkey calls, Primetime scents and lures, deer, elk, waterfowl and predator calls, and our camo and bowhunting accessories provide everything the hunter needs to be successful.
Leupold
World leader in hunting, shooting, and outdoor optics, manufacturing fine riflescopes, binoculars, spotting scopes, range finding binoculars, mounts, and sports optic accessories. Golden Ring products are made in the United States and are backed by Leupold's full lifetime guarantee.
Mathews Solocam
With innovations like single cam technology, the perimeter-weighted cam, harmonic damping, and the HP (High Performance) cam and V-LOCK Limb Cup System, Mathews has become the standard by which all other bows are judged.
Mossy Oak Brand Camo
Haas Outdoors Inc., headquartered in West Point, Miss., was established in 1986 and is home of Mossy Oak Brand Camo (www.mossyoak.com). Mossy Oak specializes in developing and marketing modern camouflage designs for hunters and outdoorsmen. Mossy Oak patterns can be found on a multitude of products worldwide. Haas Outdoors Inc. is the outdoor industry leader in modern camouflage design, international licensing, and marketing. Haas Outdoors Inc. markets its services and products under widely recognized brands including: Mossy Oak Brand Camo, Trebark, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Productions, and Mossy Oak Properties.
Nikon
Nikon Sport Optics continues their history of cutting edge technology with a full line of rugged, bright, and clear hunting optics. When hunting fair chase, Nikon riflescopes, binoculars, rangefinders, and spotting scopes are the right choice.
Nosler, Inc.
Nosler, Inc since 1946 has been the standard in premium hunting bullets.
O.F. Mossberg & Sons
America's oldest family owned and operated firearm manufacturer; and the largest producer of pump action shotguns in the world since 1919.
Outdoor Edge Cutlery
Outdoor Edge offers a full line of knives, saws, axes, butcher kits, and combo sets for the hunter and outdoorsman. All Outdoor Edge products are produced using the highest quality materials, hand craftsmanship, and are lifetime guaranteed. For more information on Outdoor Edge call 800-447-3343 or visit their website at www.outdooredge.com.
Primos Hunting Calls
In 1963, an 11-year old Will Promos crafted his first duck call. From that first effort evolved what is now heralded as the most realistic, most reliable call on the market, the legendary Primos® Brand call. Driven by a passion to create calls that perfectly reproduce the sounds of nature, Primos® Hunting Calls™ now carries the nation’s most complete line of game calls, each hand-tuned and tested just as they were when the company was founded in Will’s backyard workshop in 1976. For hunters who truly desire to “Speak The Language®” of the wild, there is only one choice in game calls. Based in Flora, Mississippi, Primos® currently manufactures calls for turkey, deer, elk, waterfowl, predator, other game calls and multiple hunting accessories. Primos® also produces the popular TV and video series “Primos® TRUTH® About Hunting”.
Realtree
Since 1986, Bill Jordan's Realtree camouflage has been the industry leader in innovation and effectiveness. Today, hundreds of manufacturers use Realtree patterns on thousands of diverse products. Realtree's television shows, "Realtree Outdoors," and "Realtree Road Trips," as well as its popular video titles, Web site, magazine, and NASCAR Winston Cup primary associate sponsorship of Richard Childress Racing's #29 car; all help to further strengthen the Realtree brand.
Remington Arm Company
For nearly 200 years, the Remington name has been synonymous with precision-crafted firearms and high-quality ammunition. Its tradition, history, and product innovations have made Remington into not just a household name, but a legendary brand.
Rocky Boots & Shoes
Rocky Shoes and Boots is a world leader in rugged outdoor footwear. Alongside a powerful line of hunting specific boots is a full array of insulated and waterproof camouflage outerwear. www.rockyboots.com
Smith & Wesson
Smith & Wesson is one of the world's most recognizable brands, and for good reason. Since we first opened our doors, we have focused on designing and manufacturing innovative solutions that are unparalleled in the field of personal safety and protection. Almost every major law enforcement and military agency in the world has used Smith & Wesson products, and to this day, most police departments in the United States depend on our firearms and accessories. Smith & Wesson forged its reputation for high-performance, high-quality precision and ruggedness when it first opened its doors in 1852.
Swarovski
"To constantly improve what is good" was the guiding principle of Daniel Swarovski I, the founder of the company. This principle has continued to serve the company and its employees reliably for four generations. Intensive research, creative product ideas, modern and ergonomic design, unsurpassed precision and the strictest quality control: these have been prerequisites for the Company's success, then as now. The smooth interaction of more than 50 years of experience with the highest level of technology has made SWAROVSKI OPTIK what it is today. Today Swarovski Optik is recognized as the premium manufacturer of binoculars, spotting scopes, and sport hunting scopes worldwide.
The Outdoor Channel
Founded by outdoorsmen for outdoorsmen, The Outdoor Channel features quality programming designed to educate and entertain sportsmen of all skill levels. The channel promotes the traditional outdoor activities that are a vital part of our national heritage including fishing, hunting and shooting sports. The programs are designed to appeal to "traditional sportsmen" of all ages with a focus on activities that the entire family can enjoy in the great outdoors.
Thompson/Center Arms
Thompson/Center Arms makes a full line of muzzleloading rifles and accessories; single shot hunting pistols, rifles and shotguns with interchangeable barrels, and a line of "Classic" .22 caliber rim fire semi-auto rifles. All made in the USA; all backed by a Lifetime Warranty.
Walker's Game Ear
Walker's Game Ear has been the #1 selling sound amplification with hearing protection device for over 15 years - improving your hearing in the field or at the range while protecting you from the harmful affects of muzzleblast.
Wildlife Research Center
Wildlife Research Center® scents & lures and human scent elimination products are performance oriented. Our goal is to offer products that perform well in the field. When properly used, our products can really increase your odds of success When you purchase Wildlife® scent and human scent elimination products, you can count on the highest quality, amber glass bottles where needed, and a lot of practical innovative advantages that increase performance. Wildlife® has earned the reputation as... The brand hunters
Windigo Images
The World's Leader in Outdoor Imagery. Featuring the World's Top Outdoor Shooters. Online - Anytime. Your Chase is Over.
Zeiss
Founded as a workshop for precision mechanics and optics in the German city of Jena in 1846, Carl Zeiss is today a global leader in the optical and opto-electronic industries, including sporting optics - riflescopes, spotting scopes and binoculars. Our most important task, as we see it, is to enable science and technology to go beyond what man can see. "We make it visible" – our corporate slogan, and our promise to our customers to open doors that were previously sealed.
Organizations
Alberta Hunter Education Instructor's Association
1. To promote the highest standard of sportsman behavior. 2. To teach and promote the ethical and humane treatment of fish, wildlife, and all other living creatures. 3. To support the improvement of Conservation Education. 4. To promote Hunter Education curriculum and instruction development. 5. To promote communication among all instructors in the Conservation Education and Hunter Education Programs. 6. To promote affiliation with Conservation and Hunter Education interest groups
Archery Trade Association
The Archery Trade Association is a small business trade association dedicated to maintaining and growing the archery and bowhunting industry. The manufacturers, distributors, sales representatives and retailers who are members of ATA are dedicated to enhancing profitability and improving the capability of the individuals and companies that serve archers and bowhunters.
Boone and Crockett Club
The Boone and Crockett Club is the oldest hunter/conservation organization in North America - founded in 1887 by Theodore Roosevelt. Although most hunters know of Boone and Crockett from over 75 years of publishing the records books for native North American big game and copyrighted scoring system, there is little that has taken place in the past 100 years in the areas of hunting advocacy, conservation, and hunting ethics that has not been guided or affected by the Club or its members. To learn more or to join Boone and Crockett call 406-542-1888 or join online at www.booneandcrockettclub.com
Bowhunting Preservation Alliance
The Bowhunting Preservation Alliance is a non-profit foundation of the ATA dedicated to the promotion of bowhunting and protection of bowhunting rights. The BPA works to retain and grow the number of bowhunters, to increase bowhunting opportunities, to increase public awareness about bowhunting, to lower barriers to bowhunting, and to uniting bowhunters and bowhunting organizations.
Campfire Club of America
Mission- To conserve and protect the wildlife of our country and its habitat; to sponsor measures ensuring that our own and future generations may continue to use and enjoy them. Organized 1897, Incorporated 1904.
Congressional Sportsman's Alliance
For 15 years, the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation (CSF) has been working in Washington, DC providing sportsmen a seat at the table when decisions impacting our outdoor traditions are debated in the nation's capital. Through our unique affiliation with the more than 300 members of Congress in the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus, CSF serves as the sportsmen's link between federal decision-makers and the nation's leading conservation organizations.
Dallas Safari Club
Dallas Safari Club is an autonomous international non-profit education, conservation, and sporting organization serving the interests of wildlife, habitat, youth, and sportsmen and sportswomen worldwide. For more information visit their website at www.biggame.org
Ducks Unlimited
DU is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of wetland ecosystems. And, for good reason--the United States has lost half of its wetlands and continues to lose 100,000 acres annually. Fortunately, DU is making a difference by conserving and restoring these essential habitats.
FNAWS
The Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (FNAWS) is a 501(C)3 nonprofit wildlife conservation organization, whose purposes and objectives are to enhance wild sheep populations, promote professional wildlife management, educate the public about wild sheep and the conservation benefits of hunting, encourage fair chase hunting, and protect sportsmens' rights while keeping administrative costs to a minimum.
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA)
The International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies was founded in 1902 as a quasi-governmental organization of public agencies charged with the protection and management of North America's fish and wildlife resources. The Association's governmental members include the fish and wildlife agencies of the states, provinces, and federal governments of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. All 50 states are members. The Association has been a key organization in promoting sound resource management and strengthening federal, state, and private cooperation in protecting and managing fish and wildlife and their habitats in the public interest.
Izaak Walton League
The Izaak Walton League is a diverse group of 50,000 men and women - members and supporters - dedicated to protecting our nation's soil, air, woods, waters and wildlife. Our strength lies in our grassroots, commonsense approach to solving local, regional, and national conservation issues. Our interests span the spectrum of outdoor recreation and conservation activities, from angling and birding to stream monitoring, wildlife photography, and hunting. But we all share one major goal: to protect and use sustainably America's rich resources to ensure a high quality of life for all people, now and in the future.
National Shooting Sports Foundation
National Shooting Sports Foundation Formed in 1961, The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is the trade association for the firearms and recreational shooting sports industry. Our purpose is to provide trusted leadership in addressing industry challenges and delivering programs and services to meet the identified needs of our members by measurably advancing participation in and understanding of the hunting and shooting sports.
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
The mission of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat. Celebrating its 20th year, the Elk Foundation has conserved and enhanced more than 3 million acres of wildlife habitat throughout North America. In 2003, the Elk Foundation began a landscape-scale habitat conservation effort, focusing on initiative areas where elk habitat is most eminently threatened. The Elk Foundation has grown from humble beginnings to more than 138,000 members today, and is headquartered in Missoula, Montana.
The Conklin Foundation
The purpose of the Foundation is to raise money for the support of youth education, non-profit scientific research, pro-hunting conservation, and governmental initiatives that demonstrate a need and purpose. To honor the memory of James E. Conklin, M.D., a hunter/conservationist of the highest degree. To create a greater awareness within the hunting and conservation communities as to the importance of ethical hunting and conservation.
Whitetails Unlimited
Pope & Young Club
"The Pope and Young Club is a non-profit North American conservation and bowhunting organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of our bowhunting heritage, hunting ethics, and wildlife conservation. Established in 1961, the Club also maintains the universally recognized repository for the records and statistics on North American big game animals harvested with the bow and arrow."
The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
"Guaranteeing You a Place to Hunt and Fish!" - The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership is a coalition of leading conservation organizations and individual grassroots partners, working together to preserve the traditions of hunting and fishing by conserving fish and wildlife and the habitats necessary to sustain them, increasing funding for conservation and management, and expanding access to places to hunt and fish.
Publications
Game Trails
Dallas Safari Club is an autonomous, international non-profit education and conservation organization based in Dallas, Texas. With an international membership, the club raises and expends funds annually to educate the public and to serve the interests of wildlife, habitat and sportsmen and sportswomen worldwide - all while promoting and enjoying the camaraderie of the hunting tradition. Dallas Safari Club conducts a convention and trade exposition in Dallas each year and holds informative and entertaining membership meetings and activities monthly. The Club publishes and distributes the award winning four-color Game Trails magazine quarterly and the Dallas Safari Club News newsletter monthly.
Petersen's Hunting
Petersen's Hunting is the largest and oldest newsstand title devoted exclusively to sport hunting. Millions of sportsmen and women in the U.S. and around the globe count on the magazine to deliver instructive and entertaining articles that paint a true picture of modern sport hunting in North America and beyond. For three decades, readers have been treated to work from some of America's top hunting writers--from the late Jack O'Connor to modern-day greats like Craig Boddington. That grand history, combined with cutting-edge information on the sport today, make Petersen's Hunting the must-read magazine for the serious hunter.
Sports Afield
Sports Afield is America’s original outdoor magazine, founded in 1887. It is devoted to people who share a passion for high-end sporting pursuits, especially big-game hunting in North America and Africa. The magazine focuses primarily on hunting bears, elk, moose, caribou, bighorn sheep, and trophy whitetails and mule deer, as well as African plains game and dangerous animals such as Cape buffalo, lion, and leopard. In-depth articles about upland hunting for species such as quail and pheasant are also featured. Coverage of fine guns, optics, clothing, and equipment is an essential part of the magazine. Subscribe by calling 800-451-4788, or visit our Web site: www.sportsafield.com.
Deer & Deer Hunting
Deer & Deer Hunting Magazine is for the serious, year-round whitetail hunting enthusiast. Articles focus on hunting techniques, deer management, biology and behavior, habitat requirements, the natural history of deer, and hunting ethics. Regular columns include book reviews, new products, quality deer management, record-class bucks, successful first-time hunts, an editor's column and Q&A.
Hunt Club Digest
The relationship of the forest landowner and the hunt club is a prime example of how forests provide both jobs and recreational activities for area communities. Hunt Club Digest combines these two passions, hunting and forestry, providing cutting-edge editorial for the serious hunt club member. Hunt Club Digest represents individuals who own, manage or recreate on forestlands. Hunt Club Digest reaches this market very precisely using Forest Landowner Association-member lands and hunt clubs. Additional markets are served through partnerships with the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Quality Deer Management Association.
Mossy Oak Hunting The Country
For years Mossy Oak has brought you the finest in camouflage wear and equipment, and in recent years the company has established itself as a solid force in outdoors media as well. In an effort to appeal to the thousands of hunting enthusiasts devoted to Mossy Oak Brand Camo, the company developed a weekly series, "Mossy Oak's Hunting The Country," on ESPN2, and the series "Mossy Oak Classics" on The Outdoor Channel. To complement the popular TV shows, Mossy Oak partnered with Grand View Media Group to produce a quarterly magazine featuring the nation's top hunters, the Mossy Oak Pro Staff and many of the company's most respected and recognized leaders.
Cabela's Outfitter Journal
Cabela's Outfitter Journal reaches the most active and affluent outdoor product-purchasing group of all: the Cabela's customer. By utilizing a magazine distribution combination of newsstand sales, home-delivery subscribers, Cabela's mail-order catalog subscribers, plus single-copy giveaways via Cabela's retail outlets, your advertising message is guaranteed to be seen and read by avid sportsmen and women gearing up for their favorite outdoor activity. Cabela's Outfitter Journal is the perfect extension for catalog sales. The magazine, with its friendly editorial environment and quality product advertising, allows the prospect to make an informed product purchase decision prior to shopping the catalog. Partner with the "World's Foremost Outfitter" and grow your product sales via a targeted market approach.
Bow Masters
If you've ever been bowhunting, then chances are you experienced an adrenaline rush like you have never felt before. The thrill of bowhunting is a hard feeling to top, but it's also a tough sport to master. That's where Bow Masters fits in -- providing bowhunters with the best information availbable on improving archery and bowhuning skills. Each issue also contains reviews of the hottest new bows on the market and a new products section targeted at specific equipment categories of interest to archers.
North American Hunter
North American Hunter ranks as the nation's largest multi-species hunting-only publication. As the official publication of the North American Hunting Club, North American Hunter is devoted to improving the ethics, safety and all-around hunting and outdoors skills of its readers.
Bowhunter Magazine
Since Bowhunter Magazine’s founding back in 1971, the editorial staff – now led by Editor Dwight Schuh – have worked day in and day out to bring readers the very best archery hunting magazine possible. Today we’re thrilled to be celebrating 33 years as an integral link between the thriving archery/bowhunting industry and North America’s growing bowhunting community (over 3 million strong!). With its earned reputation as “The Number One Bowhunting Magazine,” Bowhunter’s important goal remains the same – to help archery hunters like you get the most of their bowhunting experiences. Bowhunter is published nine times a year, including six bimonthly issues – January/February, March/April, May/June, August/September, October/November, and December – and three special issues, including the Gear Special (May), Big Game Special (July), and Whitetail Special (September). In every issue of Bowhunter Magazine you’ll get the latest advice on how to get the most from bowhunting tackle and techniques, tips on the best bowhunting locations in North America, insights to the hottest new products on the market, an insider’s understanding of topics and issues important to bowhunters, and exhilarating hunting adventures in pursuit of the world’s most popular game animals, and much, much more.
Hunting Illustrated
Hunting Illustrated Magazine includes quality full-color layout, unmatched graphic design, and of course stories, articles and photos of the best the West has to offer on big game hunting. Hunting Illustrated is the official publication of King's Outdoor World, the same company that has brought you the award winning King's Bucks & Bulls Calendars for almost 10 years.
Hunting 201 Beyond the Basics
Hicks Productions and HDI, producers of the ground breaking television series, Hunting 201 Beyond the Basics on OLN, and ... publishers of the award winning Texas Hunting Directory magazine for almost two decades, is dedicated to providing hunters with the very best in adventure TV, and stories from the top outdoor writers today. From the pages of it's well known publication the company covers one of the premier hunting destinations in the world - Texas, while Host Kim Hicks takes viewers of Hunting 201 around the globe in search of exciting, fair chase adventures in exotic and remote locations.
Eastmans'
The original Western hunting magazine.
Artists
Hayden Lambson
Highly respected wildlife artist, outdoorsmen, and conservationists, Hayden Lambson, is a Professional Member of the Boone and crockett Club and the designer of the Hunt Fair Chase logo

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