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Has this bow season revealed a little more practice may be in order? Look no further than the new Speed Bag 500, from Delta McKenzie. Designed to stop high-velocity arrows and crossbow bolts, the Speed Bag 500 promises to handle whatever you throw at it—quite literally, up to 500 FPS. The target face spans 24-inches, while high-contrast graphics on both sides yield plenty of places to aim. Forty-eight pounds of fill lengthens target life, and improves stopping power, for easy one-handed removal of arrows and bolts. Learn more at dmtargets.com. MSRP: $64.99
Shane Mahoney, president and CEO of Conservation Visions Inc., received the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies’ (AFWA) 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award at a September ceremony in Lancaster, Pa.
On November 3, Colorado voters rejected Amendment 83, a proposed constitutional amendment that would have designated hunting and fishing as the preferred means of managing the state’s fish and wildlife populations. To pass, the amendment needed 55 percent of the vote or more. It fell about 10 percentage points short of that minimum.
The 8x57mm, also known as the 8x57 JS, the 7.92x57mm Mauser or the 8mm Mauser, has been with us since 1888, and has directly—or indirectly—brought us a wide array of cartridges which we hold dear. Let's take a closer look at that array.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced in late September that Robert Hautman of Delano, Minn., won the 2026 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an acrylic painting of a long-tailed duck pair (seen above at the official ceremony).