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With a 202-yard shot on a 400-pound cow elk, 8-year-old Braeleigh Miller officially became the youngest hunter in Michigan history to kill an elk.

The New Jersey Fish and Game Council unanimously voted to close the ruffed grouse hunting season statewide, effective immediately, citing declining populations due to lack of suitable habitat, as well as predation, weather and disease.

President Donald Trump on April 3 signed H.J. Res. 69, introduced by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), returning wildlife management rights to Alaska after the state’s authority was stripped by the federal government.

Gun sales have been good in 2016. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) has released the numbers on its March 2016 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Back Ground Check Systems (NICS) tracking. March produced a figure of 1,297,275, an increase of 9.2 percent compared to March 2015.

According to The Oregonian, two men were arrested last week after a driver on nearby Interstate 84 in Columbia River Gorge spotted a figure apparently bending over the body of a dead big game animal. The duo was later charged with poaching two trophy bighorn sheep.

Anti-hunters continue issuing fake Facebook "friend" requests to access hunters' accounts and then pressure Facebook to remove hunting pics on the grounds they are violent.

Honoring exemplary leadership in the hunting arena, the inaugural award marks more than 50 years of the Cabela family’s influence, dedication and support.