(Columbus) – The 2012 Outdoor Adventure Dream Giveaway sweepstakes is a nationwide drawing sponsored by the WorldCause Foundation. By making a tax-deductible donation and entering to win one of three incredible prize packages, entrants can financially help the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance protect their rights to hunt, fish and trap. This Giveaway ends May 31, 2012. Act now!

Grand Prize winner receives a truck, boat and an off-road vehicle!
The winner of the 2012 Outdoor Adventure Dream Giveaway grand-prize package will enjoy endless fun in the great outdoors. Some of the best outdoor vehicles on the market today are featured in this grand prize package, including: a 2011 Ram 2500 Outdoorsman Mega-Cab 4×4 diesel truck with a pop-up, roof-top camper; a 21-foot Ranger Reata boat with a 225-horsepower Evinrude outboard motor sitting atop a custom trailer; and a Can-Am Commander 1000XT side-by-side, 4×4 off-road vehicle. Also included in this prize package is a id=”mce_marker”0,000 prepaid gas card and $30,000 cash to help pay the prize taxes!

2nd Prize winner enjoys a five-day elk hunt with firearm plus spending cash!
The second-place Dream Getaway prize package includes: a five-day elk hunt in northern Utah’s pristine Wasatch Mountains for the winner—and a guest observer. The winner and a guest will be joined by Bill Miller, former Executive Director of the North American Hunting Club and expert big-game hunter. Miller has hunted and/or shot competitively in more than 40 states and 8 Canadian Provinces, plus South America, Europe and Africa. The winner of this second place prize will also receive a Ruger® M77® Hawkeye® African .375-Ruger caliber rifle with a satin blued finish complete with a riflescope courtesy of Leupold. The winner will also receive id=”mce_marker”,000 cash! Accommodations for this Dream Getaway include: transportation to and from Utah, roundtrip airport transportation, top-shelf lodging, necessary licenses, and food.

3rd Prize winner enjoys a 4-day fishing trip in Costa Rica plus spending cash!
The winner of the third-place Dream Getaway prize package will be traveling with a friend to Crocodile Bay Resort for a four-day fishing adventure. The Crocodile Bay Resort, located on 44 acres of tropical gardens in Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica, has 40 air-conditioned rooms overlooking the surrounding gardens, a swimming pool with a swim-up bar, an elevated hot tub, and a 5,000-square-foot luxury spa. The winner and a guest will board a 33-foot Strike Yacht Tower Boat and motor out into the Gulf where they will enjoy some of the best inshore and offshore fishing available anywhere. Those anglers will be joined by celebrity-guide Steve Pennaz, former head of the half million-member North American Fishing Club and host of the North American Fisherman on NBC Sports Network. Accommodations for this Getaway include: transportation to and from Costa Rica, roundtrip airport transportation, necessary licenses, and food. This prize also includes some top quality fishing gear plus id=”mce_marker”,000 CASH!

Entries to the drawing and official rules can be obtained by calling 855-459-6400 toll-free or by visiting www.outdoorgiveaway.com. By using the Promo Code UA1412, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance receives a portion of the proceeds of your donation.

Nugent has always been a man of passion and compassion. His interviews generally are passionate and he bothers little with political correctness. None of us will know exactly everything that transpired during this interview as we are all left as subjects of the editing knife of CBS and their manipulation of the minds to force our thinking process.

I am, however, wondering if Ted Nugent is, in fact, being targeted and if so, precisely by whom? The first clue that should jump out at us is the he is supporting Mitt Romney. However, there are many, many other clues, most of which readers aren’t at all interested in exploring.

Please share you thoughts in the comment section below.

Anti-hunting and Environmental Lobby Distort the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act to Raise Money

(Columbus) – Following in the footsteps of the nation’s most powerful anti-hunting organization, a quartet of environmental groups wasted no time firing off fundraising appeals to fight HR 4089. The bill, also called the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012, is the most significant pro-sportsmen legislation in 15 years. The funding requests are full of lies, mischaracterizations and distortions.

Joining the Humane Society of the United States in this cynical attempt to cash in are the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, The Wilderness Society and the National Parks Conservation Association. Their fundraising appeals can be viewed by clicking on each group’s name.

Opponents falsely claim that the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act will:

Allow motorized access, roads, logging and oil / gas development in wilderness areas;

Prohibit the use of the National Environmental Policy Act in making hunting and fishing management decisions on public lands;

Mandate that hunting be allowed in National Parks. This could include hunting at historic battlefield, cemeteries or other sensitive cultural sites;

Remove protection from the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act for polar bears;

Allow unregulated hunting on federal public land;

Remove the authority of the U.S. EPA to regulate lead in ammunition and fishing tackle.

Bill Horn, federal affairs director for the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA), is one of the key contributors to the language in H.R. 4089. A former Assistant Secretary of Interior, Bill explains what is fiction and what is fact about the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012.

Click here for the truth.

(Columbus) – To help and educate all hunters, anglers, trappers, recreational shooters, and persons with an interest in the great outdoors and conservation, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance has launched “The Sportsmen’s Daily”—a new website covering all things outdoors. The new site focuses on issues and news around the nation and is updated frequently.

The site focuses on legislative issues insight and reports which sportsmen and women nationwide expect from the USSA. The site also includes information on USSA collaborative projects and programs (such as Trailblazer and Families Afield), and features cutting-edge news in the shooting sports and angling industries.

Visitors can also search the website for blogs that provide perspectives on Protecting What’s Right, and insider views on where legislation is—or could be headed—in the nation’s and states’ capitals. From time to time the website features special deals on gear and keen insight from the pro staff and manufacturers who comprise the important USSA Outdoor Business Council.

But it also includes many useful features to help you enter the field. An interactive map will take visitors to active and current weather reports, game laws, and regional information. Short videos will entertain and educate visitors on a wide variety of outdoors topics. The new website also provides a quick link to sign up for the USSA’s popular Sentry program and makes getting involved with USSA watchdog efforts easier.

“The Sportsmen’s Daily” offers a searchable database where you can determine what has been happening in your state. The popular “Eye-on-the Antis” articles continue to expose the methods and tactics of radical anti-hunting and anti-trapping groups.

The best news is that The Sportsmen’s Daily can be delivered to your computer each morning much like the newspapers of yesteryear landed on your door step. Use your mouse to make this your home page and to help you make accurate decisions on what action to take—or what to pursue that day.

Take a tour at www.ussportsmen.org.

(Columbus, Ohio)- Today, the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Director of Federal Affairs, Bill Horn, appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal discussing Sportsmen’s Rights, and H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012.

Click here to watch the program. Check local television listings for C-SPAN rebroadcasts of this program.

Click here for information on H.R. 4089.

Bill Horn is one of America’s top legal minds in the area of wildlife and natural resources law. He has been with USSA for 23 years. During his tenure with USSA, sportsmen have prevailed on key battles to protect the rights of Americans to hunt, fish and trap. Notable among these is the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1997 which makes hunting and fishing priority uses of the 100 million-acre public land system.

Early in his career he worked as a Congressional staffer on the old House Interior Committee. Bill was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks by President Reagan. In that job, he oversaw the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service and directed important programs regarding migratory bird hunting, the Endangered Species Act, and fisheries restoration programs. He also chaired the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and the National Wildlife Refuge Centennial Commission.

When not manning the political and legal front lines on behalf of hunters and anglers, he is a hardcore grouse and woodcock hunter, waterfowler, and saltwater fly fisher. His passion for these pursuits has spurred ventures into outdoor writing and his articles have appeared in The Pointing Dog Journal, American Angler, and Florida Sportsman magazines. Bill’s first book – Seasons on the Flats: An Angler’s Year in the Florida Keys – will be released this summer.

The Upper Andro Anglers Alliance in co-operation with Trout Unlimited will host a free family fishing festival on Saturday, June 2. The festival will be held at Angevine Park on the North Road in Bethel, from 9 am to 2 pm, rain or shine. Free casting workshops and fly-tying instruction will be available throughout the day.

Local Maine guides and members of the Mollyockett Chapter of Trout Unlimited will teach the workshops. Instruction will include both spin casting and fly casting for older youth and parents. Maine’s Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs Program will supply complimentary rods and reels for use at the festival.

Families can practice newly learned casting skills in the one acre pond and are welcome to take home their catch. The pond will be stocked with trout courtesy of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Each young angler will receive a mini-tackle box complete with bobber, sinkers and hook courtesy of the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance.

Kids can learn how to tie flies with materials provided by local outfitters and fly shops. Children will be able to take home their hand-tied flies.

Families participating in the event will be eligible for door prizes from local outfitters and businesses as well as L.L. Bean and Kittery Trading Post. The Bethel Fire Dept. will host a barbecue of hotdogs and hamburgers, chips, and drinks and families are welcome to bring a pack lunch.

The weekend of June 2 & 3 is a free fishing weekend in Maine. Resident and Non-resident freshwater fishing licenses are waived each day.

The Family Fishing Festival is one many nationwide events that provide families with an opportunity to have fun on the water. The events are promoted by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation (www.rbff.org). For those families wishing to stay overnight and fish or canoe the Androscoggin River on Sunday, special family packages are available for the weekend at local lodging establishments.

For information on the Family Fishing Festival, contact the Upper Andro Anglers Alliance at 207-824-3694, fish at upperandro dot com or www.upperandro.com.

(Columbus) –The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance played a key role in the passage of H.R. 4089 through the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill, also called the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012, is the most significant piece of legislation in 15 years.

Tomorrow April 20th, watch U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Director of Federal Affairs Bill Horn on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal discussing Sportsmen’s Rights, and H.R. 4089. The program is live. Bill will be appearing from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Click here for information on H.R. 4089, the Sportsmen’s Heritage Act of 2012.

Bill Horn is one of America’s top legal minds in the area of wildlife and natural resources law. He has been with USSA for 23 years. During his tenure with USSA, sportsmen have prevailed on key battles to protect the rights of Americans to hunt, fish and trap. Notable among these is the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1997 which makes hunting and fishing priority uses of the 100 million-acre public land system.

Early in his career he worked as a Congressional staffer on the old House Interior Committee. Bill was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks by President Reagan. In that job, he oversaw the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service and directed important programs regarding migratory bird hunting, the Endangered Species Act, and fisheries restoration programs. He also chaired the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and the National Wildlife Refuge Centennial Commission.

When not manning the political and legal front lines on behalf of hunters and anglers, he is a hardcore grouse and woodcock hunter, waterfowler, and saltwater fly fisher. His passion for these pursuits has spurred ventures into outdoor writing and his articles have appeared in The Pointing Dog Journal, American Angler, and Florida Sportsman magazines. Bill’s first book – Seasons on the Flats: An Angler’s Year in the Florida Keys – will be released this summer.

MISSOULA, Mont. As the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation presses toward its 30th birthday and 7 millionth acre of habitat conserved for elk and other wildlife, one outdoor retail partner has been there from the start: Cabela’s.

“RMEF was founded and published its first member magazine in 1984. If you’re one of the lucky ones who own that collector’s edition of ‘Bugle,’ look inside and you’ll see advertising from Cabela’s,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO. “Cabela’s has been right behind us each step of the way, from our very humble beginnings to our recent 6 million-acre milestone in habitat conservation.”

He added, “That’s a 28-year span of loyalty and effectiveness that few partnerships can match. We’re so grateful to Cabela’s for its generous commitment to conservation.”

The company recently confirmed existing and new sponsorships for RMEF initiatives in 2012. First, Cabela’s is sponsoring RMEF’s 2012 Conservation Edition Print “Morning Shot” by Craig Tennant for 500-plus RMEF chapters. The company has underwritten over 5,000 prints for RMEF events since 2002 and proceeds have raised enough funds to conserve more than 3,725 acres for elk, other wildlife, hunters and outdoor enthusiasts across the country. Cabela’s also is donating gift cards and merchandise to be used as premiums in RMEF membership drives, contributing items for auctions and other fundraisers, and sponsoring the RMEF national convention, called Elk Camp, for the 12th consecutive year. Finally, Cabela’s also is a supporting sponsor of RMEF’s Elk Country Legacy mission and membership initiative.

“We are proud of our long-standing partnership with RMEF,” said Chris Sprangers, brand partnership manager for Cabela’s. “We support RMEF because of its leadership in conserving habitat for elk and other wildlife, and for future generations of hunters and outdoor enthusiasts. RMEF’s successes create long-lasting benefits for our customers.”

Visit Cabela’s at www.cabelas.com for a store locator, online shopping and additional information.