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When the NRA Saved the ‘Harrisburg Show’

In 2013, only weeks before the annual “Harrisburg show” was to begin, the event’s producer announced it had banned the sale or display of AR-style rifles. The sporting world was angered, and responded en masse to force a boycott. A year later, the NRA stepped in to rebrand the event the Great American Outdoor Show.

Great American Outdoor Show Thrives

The second annual Great American Outdoor Show, produced by NRA, attracted nearly 200,000 attendees and more than 1,100 exhibitors to Harrisburg, Pa.

African Trophies Shared

The reasons father and son go to Africa, and what they take home, far exceed hide and horn. After sharing a lifetime of hunting, it's only fitting that the author would head to Africa with his father by his side.

Final Thoughts at the Great American Outdoor Show 2014

As the nine-day Harrisburg show comes to a close, American Hunter Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller, a native Pennsylvanian and lifelong hunter, reflects on the "new" Great American Outdoor Show.

Fly Casting 101

If you are a frustrated fly fisherman, Frank Angelo has a tip: don't work so hard.

Outdoor Television Personalities Shine in Harrisburg

One of the benefits of attending the Great American Outdoor Show is having the opportunity to rub elbows with the stars of outdoor television.

3D Bowhunter Challenge

The ever-popular 3D Bowhunter Challenge has remained a Harrisburg staple at the Great American Outdoor Show.

A Great American Institution: NRA Takes Ownership of the Harrisburg Show

NRA Publications Editorial Director John Zent recalls how his father took him to his first "sportsman show" and got him hooked on the annual event that is now owned and operated by NRA as the Great American Outdoor Show.

West Texas Rules

The author comes slowly to an epiphany hunters can have only in the Lone Star State.

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