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Mehall Phillips Receives 2018 POMA Pinnacle Award

A special congratulations to American Hunter/NRA-HLF Senior Editor Karen Mehall Phillips who received a Professional Outdoor Media Association’s (POMA) 2018 Outstanding Achievement Pinnacle Award in the “Conservation” category for her NRA Hunters’ Leadership Forum article, “Lying About Lions: Fake News Exposed as Hunters Fight Fiction with Facts.”

Bullets for African Plains Game

You’ve probably heard that African dangerous game can absorb five hits from an Abrams tank and keep on charging. You’ve probably heard that kudu, eland, wildebeest and even impala are so tough from evading lions and leopards they’ll soak up bullets that would floor a North American brown bear. Nonsense.

Zambia Lifts Lion and Leopard Hunting Ban

Bringing the U.S. approach to science-based wildlife management to Zambia is the key to conservation of the species.

Attention American Hunters: U.S. Government Restrictions on Africa Trophy Importation Begin on Jan. 22

New U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules affect all African lion hunts—and your ability to import your lion trophies back to the United States—beginning Jan. 22.

Nebraska Approves Mountain Lion Hunting Season

After a five-year hiatus, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has approved a mountain lion hunting season for 2019.

Studies Show Negative Effect of Talking While Hunting

Wildlife biologists have determined that hunters talking afield will send most animals in flight faster than gunshots or dogs.

SCI Challenges California Mountain Lion Import Ban

Safari Club International files suit in U.S. District Court to reverse 1990 decision made via voter initiative.

Nebraska: A Mountain Lion on the Eighth Green

The appearance of a cougar on a Nebraska golf course during a high school tournament focuses attention on activists who have prevented earnest hunting seasons for the big cats as their numbers grow.

The Lion Rules Headlines

A petition by a coalition of anti-hunting environmental groups has led the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to study whether the African lion should be protected under the Endangered Species Act. An ensuing battle pits preservationists vs. conservationists.

Zimbabwe Lifts Suspension on Hunting Lion, Leopard and Elephant

In an official release on August 10, Zimbabwe lifted its suspension of lion, leopard and elephant hunting.

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