College
Championship Largest in 40-Year History
LINDENWOOD
TOPS FIELD, CLAIMS 5TH STRAIGHT TITLE . . . Thanks to an
influx of new shooters and new teams, the Intercollegiate Clay Target
Championships are bigger than ever before. The four-day competition,
held annually for the past 40 years, ended Sunday at the National
Shooting Complex in San Antonio. Lindenwood University of St. Charles,
Mo., claimed its fifth straight national title, topping Texas A&M,
Kansas State and 30-plus other colleges. Six upcoming airings are
scheduled on ESPNU and ESPN, thanks to sponsorships from NSSF and Safari
Club International -- June 13, 20, 27 and July 4, 11 on ESPNU, and July
23 on ESPN2. NSSF is a major sponsor of the annual college tournament.
This
year's tournament was 33 percent larger than last year's. Participation
at the college level is the highest it's ever been. Results
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NBC
HIRES SHARI LeGATE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES . . . Shari LeGate has
been hired by NBC to be the shooting sports analyst for the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games. LeGate, a two-time national champion and
World Cup medalist, was a member of the U.S. National Team for skeet
for 12 years, winning numerous titles and medals. She was the target
sports analyst for ESPN's Great Outdoor Games and currently produces
and hosts the ACUI Intercollegiate Clay Target Championships.
Women's air rifle will be the first medal awarded at the Olympic
Games.
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STUDY
ON CLIMATE CHANGE'S THREAT TO GAME HABITAT . . . The
Wildlife Management Institute, joined by eight leading hunting and
fishing organizations, released a new
report on the predicted impacts of climate change on both
wildlife and fish habitat and on hunting and fishing. “Seasons'
End: Global Warming's Threat to Hunting and Fishing” is available online
and in book form. Among the report's many findings are that the
prairie pothole region could lose up to 90 percent of its wetlands,
reducing the continent's breeding ducks by 69 percent, and that
fragmentation and loss of winter range could dwindle the number of
mule deer and elk in the Rocky Mountain states.
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CHANGES
AT REMINGTON . . . Remington Arms today announced four
marketing and sales organizational changes, effective immediately.
Bill Schirmacher, who was with Marlin for 36 years, joins Remington
as director of brand management and product development for Marlin
and H&R/New England Firearms. Jay Stuart, currently serving as
director of Remington sales-west, assumes a newly created role as
director, business development, focusing on managing all brands
(Remington, Marlin and H&R 1871) and product categories with
Wal-Mart. Mike Jensen, formerly vice president of sales and
marketing at Marlin, has accepted the position of national sales
director-west with responsibility over the central and west sales
regions for all brands (Remington, Marlin and H&R 1871). Tony
Tekansik, who comes from Carl Zeiss Sports Optics, joins Remington
in the newly created position of western regional sales manager with
responsibility for managing sales activities in the western region
and building out Remington's new ammo and firearms direct sales
force for that region.
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FIREARMS
INDUSTRY RESPONDS TO MAYORAL GUN SUMMIT . . . New
York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at a meeting of the Mayors
Against Illegal Guns coalition he founded, announced today the
Responsible Firearms Retail Partnership program with Wal-Mart. The
retailer has agreed to retain records of purchasers of firearms that
are later traced by law enforcement for reasons never disclosed to
Wal-Mart. The retailer also agreed to run background checks on its
employees handling firearms. Full
Story
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CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF NWTF . . . The National Wild
Turkey Federation, based in Edgefield, S.C., has announced a search
for a new chief executive officer. The CEO is the full-time chief
administrative official of the NWTF and will be appointed by and
serve at the pleasure of the board of directors and will report to
the president of the NWTF. The CEO will have responsibility for and
control of all employees. For full information on this position and
how qualified candidates may apply, go to http://www.nwtf.org/contact_us/jobs.html.
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NEVADA
YOUTH EMBRACE SCTP . . . Young people are proving
themselves under the watchful eyes of trained coaches as they
participate in NSSF's Scholastic
Clay Target Program, reports the Las
Vegas Review-Journal. Participating youth, and their parents,
comment on the program's benefits, including instilling discipline,
confidence and self-esteem.
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YOUTH
MENTOR HUNTING PROGRAM PASSES NEW YORK STATE SENATE . . .
The New York State Senate has passed S.B. 1284, the Youth Mentor
Hunting Program, which allows young people 14 and older to hunt with
a licensed mentor age 21 or older in what is currently the most
age-restrictive state for hunting big game with a firearm. The
legislation, part of the nationwide Families Afield initiative
sponsored by NSSF, the National Wild Turkey Federation and U.S.
Sportsmen's Alliance to tear down barriers that prevent families
from hunting, still must
be passed by the state's assembly and signed by the governor.
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ANTI-GUN
BILLS FLOOD NEW YORK ASSEMBLY . . . Numerous anti-gun
bills are slated to be voted on as early as Monday, April 14, in the
New York State Assembly. NSSF and the New York State Association of
Firearms Retailers are encouraging all sportsmen, gun owners and
firearms enthusiasts to contact your state assembly member
immediately, urging them to oppose these anti-gun bills. Learn more
in NSSF's Legislative
Action Center.
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TITLE
SPONSOR OF MEDIA DAY . . . Bass Pro Shops has committed to
be the title sponsor of Media Day at the Range for the next three
years. The fourth annual Media Day at the Range, scheduled for the
day before SHOT Show, will be on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at the
Orange County Sheriff's Range in Orlando. This event gives outdoor
journalists the opportunity to handle and shoot new products from
leading manufacturers. The event will again benefit youth shooting
organizations, including the Orange County 4-H Shooting Sports.
Organizers of the event are Cathy Williams of CMG Marketing and
Events and Cory Cannon of Triple Curl Public Relations.
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SPEND
STIMULUS CHECKS ON NEW FIREARMS . . . Economic stimulus
checks will be going out in the mail this spring as an incentive for
American citizens to go shopping to help boost the nation's sagging
economy. Americans should "let the government buy your next
gun" by spending part or all of their economic stimulus checks
on a new firearm, urged the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep
and Bear Arms. The organization suggested that firearms retailers
offer special discounts to customers who use their stimulus checks
in their stores.
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PUBLIC
COMMENT SOUGHT IN WASHINGTON STATE . . . The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Border Field Office is seeking public comments on a
proposal to improve visitor safety at Fishtrap Lake Recreation Area
in Washington, specifically in regard to target shooting. A scoping
notice that provides background information and outlines the
preliminary issues and alternatives identified by BLM can be found
at www.blm.gov/or/districts/spokane/plans.
Public comments are being welcomed until May 6. Submit comments via
e-mail to Scott_Pavey@blm.gov
or via postal mail to the BLM Border Field Office, ATTN: Scott Pavey,
1103 N. Fancher Road., Spokane Valley, WA, 99212-1275.
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PROTECTION
FOR RANGES AMONG IDAHO LEGISLATIVE HIGHLIGHTS . . .
Idaho's Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus has been serving as a
watchdog for sportsmen's issues and has helped put several
pro-hunter and -shooter laws on the books. Working with NSSF and
the National Assembly of Sportsmen's Caucuses, the state recently
passed laws to protect both state- and privately-owned shooting
ranges against charges of noise violations.
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MARYLAND
SPORTSMEN VIEW VICTORIES . . . As the 2008 General
Assembly came to a close, Maryland's
Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus looked back on the aggressive
legislation it turned aside, proposals that could have negatively
affected Maryland's hunters and anglers. Bills that would have
established a minimum age for hunting, required serialization of
handgun and some rifle ammunition, created a five cents tax on each
round of ammunition and banned black bear hunting were all defeated,
while positive laws, like the addition of three more counties that
allow Sunday hunting, were passed.
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