ACCOKEEK, MD -

This week Benelli On Assignment (BOA) host, Joe Coogan and Benelli USA VP of Marketing and Communications, Stephen McKelvain travel to South Texas to take on the challenge of finding big Rio Grande "long beards" in the South Texas brush county of Sarco Creek Ranch, near the historic town of Goliad.

Austin -

The Lone Star State has a lot of land that’s primed for hunting and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is offering outdoors enthusiasts the chance to win several hunts of a lifetime.

ACCOKEEK, MD -

The South Texas coastline offers sportsmen a wide variety of outstanding hunting and fishing opportunities. But the very best is enjoyed the most by waterfowlers hunting along this classic Texas coastline wintering ground, offering shooters a chance at two of wildfowling's most impressive ducks-Northern pintails and redheads.

Austin -

Current year Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except year-to-date fishing licenses) expire Aug. 31, and new licenses for 2010-2011 will go on sale Sunday, Aug. 15.

Saint Paul, Minn. -

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that the new Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up will run Monday, August 2nd through Friday, August 27th. Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever Farm Bill Biologists are prepared to work with landowners through the entire sign-up period.

Saint Paul, Minnesota -

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever today praised a decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release $50 million in funding for the "Open Fields" Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program.

Lubbock -

It's easy for hunters to get spoiled in Texas.  From September through May there is at least one ongoing hunting season for some game animal or bird in every region of the state, which includes the nation's highest number of deer, turkeys and migrating doves.

Austin -

A lifelong passion for preserving prairie land seeded by a high school summer job that didn’t turn out quite like he expected has earned Panhandle rancher Jim Bill Anderson the 2010 Leopold Conservation Award for Texas, a prestigious recognition conferred by Sand County Foundation and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as part of its Lone Star Land Steward Awards program.

Austin -

When Mother Nature shines as she’s done this spring, it makes anyone with a plot of dirt look good. But, it’s those times when the rains don’t come and the heat turns most of Texas brown and crunchy that a landowner’s mettle is put to the test. Those who can keep habitat conditions going in tough times as well as good are true conservation heroes.

San Antonio -

Big game hunters are planning to gather in celebration of the best game harvests in South Texas, and showcase their superior trophy mounts at the first Texas Hunting and Outdoor Classic (THC).  The classic will be held August 13th through the 15th at Freeman Coliseum grounds in the new air-conditioned Expo Center.