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Sierra Ammunition has announced the new Prairie Enemy Varmint and redator family of hunting cartridges. Each cartridge of Prairie Enemy, which will debut in .204 Ruger, .223 Rem., .224 Valkyrie and .243 Win., is tipped with a BlitzKing bullet, designed for explosive expansion in varmints and small game, with MatchKing accuracy. For more information on this new family of ammunition, please visit sierrabullets.com. Additional Reading: Review: Sierra GameChanger Ammo New for 2019: Sierra GameChanger Ammo
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).