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Kuiu has announced the launch of its latest camouflage pattern, Valo, suitable for both open deserts and late-season hunts in forested areas. With a complex color palette composed of desert tan, prairie-grass yellow, stone grey, coyote brown, olive drab and just a touch of black, Valo camo's subtle earth tones conceal movement, and make it effective across a wide variety of vegetation. A light, low-contrast design, its large macro patterns are based upon those found in nature, and infused with micro details, to help break up the human outline at close and distant ranges. Field tested, Valo has so far proven itself across North America, to include such environments as Alaska, the Yukon, Montana, Mexico, Texas, Illinois, Ohio and California. Its no wonder then, that the origin of the name comes from "valley," decidedly one of the most varied and seasonally-changing environments on the continent. For more information on this brand new pattern, please visit kuiu.com.
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).
Free entry runs through Nov. 13, 2026, and one winner and a guest will be heading to the Texas Panhandle for a fully guided hunt at MERUS Adventure—a private hunting and off-road park near Claude, Texas, outside Amarillo. The trip includes a fully guided hunt, range time with top-tier optics and gear, on-site lodging for the length of the stay and off-road driving across the property.