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NWTF Hunting Heritage Banquets

Come and join in the fun of a local National Wild Turkey Federation Hunting Heritage Super Fund-raising banquet. The NWTF banquets are where you can buy exclusive merchandise, participate in live and silent auctions and have a great time with friends. All the while, you will be raising vital funds for wild turkey conservation and important programs that introduce the outdoors to men, women, children and the disabled.  Here is a list of banquets for the NWTF Chapters in Utah and some of the great conservation tags available:

March 3rd

Nephi, Lynn Worwood (801-368-5834) Tags…Central Mts./Manti Elk, Central, Northeast & Southern Turkey

Moab, John Smith (435-260-1495)  Tags…La Sal Mtn. Elk, Southeast Turkey (2) & Northeast Turkey

March 10th

Salt Lake, Mike Fowlks (801-243-8619)  Tags…Book Cliffs/Bitter Creek Elk, State Wide Turkey & Northeast Turkey

March 23rd

St. George, Kent Danjanovich (801-231-9838)  Tags…Monroe Elk, Southern Turkey (2), Mt. Dutton/Paunsuagunt Landowner Antelope (2)

March 24th

Ogden, Jon Leonard (801-721-7424)  Tags…North Slope/3-Corner’s Elk, Paunsaugunt Deer, Northern Turkey (2)

March 30th

Richfield, Gregg Abbott (435-896-3842)  Tags…Southern Turkey (2)

April 7th

Tooele, Ty Anderson (435-830-4660)  Tags…West Desert/Vernon Deer, Central, Northeast & Central Turkey

For more information on NWTF fund-raising banquets in your area, contact your NWTF Regional Director or call (800) THE-NWTF.

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Redding California is going to be home to the 30th Sportsman’s Warehouse, but the area is also home to Jen and Norrisa who are the founders of the women’s clothing line called “Girls With Guns”. The Sportsman’s News team is visiting and evaluating what will be our next Platinum Approved Outfitter, RED BANK OUTFITTERS just south of Redding and the girls are sharing the ranch experience with the team. We have completed our first full day of hunting and the operation has already been an extremely memorable experience. I (Mike Deming) was able to make a great shot on a good pig early this morning, but the girls proved that they were all business and not going to be beat out by the boys. Jen and Norrisa tag teamed a nearly 300 pound tusker with a ton of fight dropping him in his tracks. It was impressive to be part of and we can hardly wait to see what happens tomorrow. The girls each have hog tags in their pocket and we will hopefully get to experience the fine plantation style quail hunting of the west. More information on Red Bank Outfitters can be found at www.redbankoutfitters.com

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The 2012 Shot Show was another great success.  The Las Vegas Sands Expo Center hosted the big event with over 60,000 vendors, suppliers, retailers and the media stolling the the floors in search of the newest innovations for the coming year.  Watch for our March issue that will feature some of the newest products to watch for at your local Sportsman’s Warehouse.  We even hit the shooting range last Monday to try out some of the best new guns on the market.  I can’t wait to get my hands on the new Browning A5 Shotgun as a new addition to my gun collection.  The new design is sleek and smooth and if the time I spent with it on the trap range is any indication, game birds on my hunting trips this fall better watch out!

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Here is the video you have been waiting for. We caught up with Red Jacket Firearms owner Will Hayden at the SHOT Show and got a brief interview with him. Sorry about the sound quality, but the camera lacked an external microphone. I will be heading to Baton Rouge in February to get a better meeting with him and his crew and tour the Red Jacket shop. Watch for that interview right here. Thanks to all of you who helped us get the interview.

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Today at the Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show, media were given the chance to test fire some of the newest guns introduced by manufacturers. One stand out was the newest small pistol by Ruger chambered in .22 LR. The SR22 is a double action semi-automatic pistol. It has a small frame, great double action trigger, with a super light single action follow up.

Built on a small frame, the SR22 has interchangeable grips to accommodate those with small hands as well as those with larger mits. The gun is incredibly accurate and for fun we took our turns shooting at a silhouette steel target set out at 100 yards. I’ll take 4 out 10 shots with a 3.5 inch barreled .22 at a 100 yards any day.

This gun is full of features and I expect that it will be a big seller for Ruger in the coming months. Look for us to do a more comprehensive review in an upcoming issue of Sportsman’s News.

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I have spent the last couple of days on the show floor of the annual Archery Trade Association show (AKA. ATA) in downtown Columbus, Ohio. This is an absolutely awesome show to see all the new gear hitting the archery market. Many years ago the bow manufactures started rolling out the next year’s model of bows in October the year before so there isn’t the hype about new bows that there once was. However, Bowtech still waits for this show to roll out their latest and greatest. They didn’t disappoint again this year. They rolled out the Insanity which has two different models. One is a 32 inch axle to axle bow with super fast IBO of over 350 and a longer 35″ model. We did get to shoot them, but not in our own testing facility. It was impressive to say the least. Bear Archery also had a great new addition to their line in the Anarchy model. It is a little lighter than last years Carnage and a little longer. This bow was a dream to shoot and unlike a pro shop bow like the Insanity, this one will be able to be purchased at Sportsman’s Warehouse and it is guaranteed not to disappoint. Bear has also rolled out a great bow called the Widowmaker which is a woman’s model bow with a ton of versatility. There is definitely too much great stuff to list in a blog post, but we will be doing our March issue of Sportsman’s News about new products we see at these shows with more detail. Make sure you pick up your March issue of Sportsman’s News in your store location or visit us back on line.

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Do you wish you were going to the Archery Trade Association, Shooting Hunting Outdoor Trades (SHOT) Show or the Outdoor Retailers Winter Market? Well, we are going and the staff of Sportsman’s News Magazine will be providing updates on new products, the latest gear, and anything we find interesting, right here in our blogs. Keep checking back through the next week for updates. We’ll keep you abreast of all of the cool things coming up for 2012, including an exclusive interview with Will Hayden of Discovery’s Sons of Guns television show.

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Congratulations to Bomber, the winner of the December Gun of the Month drawing for the M&P 15.  Bomber has has 736 posts, putting him in 4th place in the posting standings and giving him 30 entries in the drawing. Bomber, give me a call at the office at (435) 865-1680 so we can arrange to ship you your prize.

And for those of you who didn’t win, we still have another chance if you join the NRA through this link. If you join through us, it is only $25. And if you are already a member, you can renew and they will add the extra year onto your current membership. Right now the odds of winning are about 1:40. Also, if you purchase a gift membership, send me an email to info@sportsmansnews.com with your screen name, your real name, and the name of the person you bought the gift for so when I get the report, I can give you an extra entry. Good luck.

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By Kevin Orton,
Worldwide Trophy Adventures Application Specialist

As you all know the 2011 hunting season is behind us and what a year it was.  Some of the biggest animals in history have hit the dirt.  However what is most important for all of us hunters is that we get our plan together now for the 2012 hunting season.  The application process starts this month and you have no time to waste in order to make sure you are maximizing your opportunity to go hunting.  So what I want to do in this article is give you a short state by state run down of what you need to be prepared for when you apply in that state. Continue Reading

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Cover Art: The Nativity of Christ by Vladimir Borovikovsky

From all of us at Sportsman’s News Magazine, we offer you and your families our warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas. May God bless all of you and may you each receive your heart’s desire this Christmas.

“And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.”

Luke 1:30-33