Wingshooting News

Dr. Robert "Rocky" Rockwell, a biology professor at City University of New York and one of North America's leading authorities on snow geese, thinks there will be a lot of birds this fall. Rockwell says the summer nesting season in the subarctic region of La Perouse Bay in northern Manitoba was "spectacular."

For the 35,000 or more dove-hunters that might have missed the news, here it is one more time. The September 1-15 dove season will be open to all-day hunting, statewide.

Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today offered his praise to the 24 sportsmen's clubs throughout Pennsylvania who signed up to host junior pheasant hunts. The clubs will share in about 1,800 pheasants the agency is providing for junior pheasant hunts, which all will be held on Saturday, Oct. 9.

The National Wild Turkey Federation is proud to announce the formation of its first ever upland gamebird chapter.

Ducks Unlimited and partners recently completed wetlands restoration work in east-central North Carolina funded in part by a North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant.

California Waterfowl is again offering all licensed California hunters the opportunity to hunt exclusive and private clubs during the upcoming 2010-11 hunting seasons.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that information about the upcoming waterfowl hunting season, including season dates and updated regulations, is now available on the DEC website at http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/

The National Skeet Shooting Association (NSSA) is searching for a new Skeet Director, a key position in the association and the primary contact with NSSA's 20,000 members and 600 clubs and member organizations. The position is located in San Antonio, Texas, at the National Shooting Complex, the association's headquarters.

It is with great sadness that I report on the sudden and unexpected death of David Marx, my dear friend and business partner. After a long and distinguished career, David retired from the Gun Trade in January 2010. He jointly owned and was the major shareholder of John Rigby & Co. from 1968 to 1984, when I bought into the company and we became partners.

Pheasants Forever's Farm Bill Biologist program, which provides conservation service to landowners through one-one-one consulting, launched in South Dakota in 2003. In just seven years, the program has worked to improve soil, water and wildlife habitat quality on more than 500,000 South Dakota acres.