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ATA
 
The 2023 ATA Trade Show in Indianapolis, Jan. 11-13, is the buying opportunity of the year and the industry’s first chance to see new products launched for 2023. The ATA’s New Product Showcase will display newly released products submitted by exhibiting ATA-member manufacturers. In 2022, 74% of manufacturers launched a new product at the ATA Show. The Showcase, located on the Show floor, makes it easy for buyers and media to see the industry’s new, innovative products in one place.
CONSERVATION
 
A significant section of an important northwestern Colorado elk and mule deer migration corridor will remain undisturbed thanks to a collaborative conservation effort by landowners and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
EVENTS
 
The National Bowhunter Education Foundation (NBEF) supports the National Archery In The Schools Program (NASP®) in many ways including attending and sponsoring lunch at the NASP® State Coordinator Conference July 18-21, New Orleans, LA.

Target Sports USA is celebrating PRIME DAY on September 19, 2022. The event is to show appreciation to the community of Prime members by hosting an exclusive online event that starts with daily specials, then ends with a day of ammo deals.

Tickets are now on sale for the 10th Annual Under the Oaks Gala, a night of celebration in support of Trinity Oaks programs for underprivileged kids, terminally ill children and combat veterans in our community. This year’s Gala will take place on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 5:00 p.m. at La Villita Assembly Hall on San Antonio’s scenic River Walk.
INDUSTRY
 
National Bowhunter Education Foundation (NBEF) celebrates Bowhunter Magazine’s 50th anniversary and its ongoing mission to inspire and promote bowhunting. The two organizations share a passion for bowhunting and, interestingly, the seeds for both organizations were planted around the same time.

Whitetails Unlimited President Jeff Schinkten has announced that Big Frig, makers of quality coolers, tumblers, and accessories, is continuing their WTU national sponsorship. "No matter the outdoor occasion, you need a quality cooler," said Schinkten.

National Bowhunter Education Foundation reminds new and experienced bowhunters that bowhunter education classes are available in-person and online. Students receive information that helps them be more successful and safer in the field while adhering to ethical standards. Online bowhunter education offers at-home convenience for those interested in working at their own pace while in person classes offer the expertise of seasoned bowhunters. In-person attendees receive classroom instruction for 8-10 hours and take part in interactive outdoor activities lead by volunteer in-person instructors who have received NBEF-certified training. Specialized crossbow education courses are also available. Upon successful completion of all courses, regardless of delivery style, participants receive a certificate.

APEX Outdoor Rewards is pleased to announce their continued partnership with Whitetail Frenzy, slated for the fall of 2022 and spring of 2023. As part of the partnership, Whitetail Frenzy will help spread the word regarding the APEX Outdoor Rewards program and its vast benefits to their dedicated audience.

Victory Archery™ is excited to announce it has renewed its partnership with Red Arrow TV through another season of adrenaline-pumping bowhunts.

ThermaSeat is pleased to announce the company has renewed its partnership with Working Class Bowhunter.

Field & Stream’s, Jace Bauserman, recently put broadheads to the test in a side-by-side match-up to rate a broadhead’s ability to take on elk. Relative newcomer, SEVR, rated as top overall choice for taking down some of North American’s toughest big game animals.

Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are proud to announce SoundGear™ has renewed their national sponsorship as the organization’s official hearing protection partner through 2025. The relationship provides SoundGear with a wide array of opportunities to educate the organization’s supporters about the company’s innovative hearing protection products, while making a financial commitment to wildlife habitat conservation.
JOBS
 
The National Wildlife Federation is hiring for their sportswomen’s initiative, Artemis. The Artemis initiative helps to identify, inspire, and train women hunters and anglers to advocate and lead more effectively for wildlife conservation. If you are a person who is passionate about hunting, fishing and conservation and have experience in fundraising and organizing advocacy campaigns, consider applying for the Artemis program manager position.

Are you looking for a career focused on conservation, elk, hunting and the outdoors? The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation seeks both a hunting & outdoor lifestyle content manager and a Bugle content specialist to join its publications team. The two in-house positions will produce quality content for Bugle magazine and RMEF’s digital platforms.
MEDIA
 
For most, Africa stirs up images of elephants, giraffes, lions and herds of wildebeests and impala. While that was once the case for Mozambique’s magnificent natural area known as Coutada 11 by the 1990’s, that once beautiful Zambeze Delta region was devoid of wildlife. After many visits to Coutada 11 and countless interviews, Mike Arnold recounts the incredible journey of how Mark Haldane and a select group of individuals restored wildlife and wildlife habitat in his new book, Bringing Back the Lions.

Outdoor Channel knows it starts in the field, but it always ends on the table with the most mouthwatering night on TV. The “Taste of the Wild” block of programming continues Monday nights starting at 7:00 p.m. ET.

The best time of year to be a TV fan (and outdoor enthusiast) lands in the middle of September on Outdoor Channel as Fall Premiere Week, (Week of September 19) kicks off fresh content from nine of the network’s most popular programs.

Outdoor Sportsman Group’s MyOutdoorTV (MOTV) continues to add to its growing list of features with the addition of HuntStream – the 24/7, ad-free streaming channel that features the world’s best hunting shows. HuntStream was the fifth most watched show on MOTV in August.*

Social media influencer, author, public speaker, gardener, photographer, mother of seven and lawyer Stacy Lyn Harris is adding a new title to her resume – host of Outdoor Channel’s The Sporting Chef.

Located in Taylors, SC, Christian Outdoors Podcast is rated a Top 1% Podcast and one of the fastest growing podcasts in its space is pleased to announce a new partnership agreement with God’s Country Camouflage.
ORGANIZATIONS
 
APEX Outdoor Rewards is preparing for the upcoming fall hunting season and another Whitetail Challenge. APEX is pleased to announce that five more states have opened to hunters looking to enter in 2022. West Viginia, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are now available to hunters interested in putting their skills to the test in this fall’s Whitetail Challenge.

Lancaster Archery Foundation’s grant coordinator is urging all those interested in growing the sport of archery to consider donating to the foundation in September to take advantage of a unique opportunity.

Pope and Young is proud to partner with seasonreport.com to provide personalized hunting Almanacs and raise funds for bowhunting conservation. Season Report is an online platform allowing hunters to create a personalized almanac, recording where you hunt, down to the county.

Pope and Young is proud to announce that 3Rivers Archery has renewed their commitment to preserving, promoting, and protecting the sport of bowhunting by continuing their partnership with Pope and Young as a Gold level Corporate Partner.

Scholastic 3D Archery is pleased to announce Amanda Adcock has been named as the Arkansas State Coordinator. Amanda will oversee the development of the state, divide the state into regions and recruit and hire Regional Coordinators to oversee and manage these individual regions.

To support chapter development and volunteer engagement, the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) recently hired three new regional directors. Josh Westley will serve as the regional director for Washington and western Oregon, Seth Reed will cover Idaho and eastern Oregon, and Sara Wagner will be responsible for North Dakota and Minnesota. MDF’s regional directors play a key role in working with members and chapters at the state level, as well as supporting fundraising efforts for mission accomplishment. The three new staff members started working for the organization in August and early September.
RETAIL
 
Antler’s King Great 8 fall annual food plot blend is formulated with eight delectable plant varieties that mature at different times for a continuous food source throughout the season.

Big game hunting seasons are opening everywhere and one thing every hunter needs along with a firearm or bow, and the accompanying ammunition or arrows, is a knife. When the critter is down, the work begins. The correct knife makes everything easier. Follow these tips from the professionals at Buck Knives.
YOUTH
 
At Pope and Young, we value the youth, and see them as the future of bowhunting. In order to preserve, promote, and protect our bowhunting passion, it has to be passed onto the next generation of hunters. So, we want to send a Pope and Young youth member on a free hunt, tags and license included, a California Black Tail hunt with our good friends from Arrow Five Outfitters.
 

FEATURE

Today’s feature originally ran in The Outdoor Wire on Monday, September 19. I hope you tuned in for “Taste of the Wild” on Outdoor Channel last night as it also features shows from my other friends on the networks. Nick Hoffman of “Nick’s Wild Ride” premiered his SEVENTH season last night! (Go Nick!) and my friend Scott Leysath is taking a step back from being in front of the camera (for now) and instead asked Stacy Lyn Harris to be the host of “The Sporting Chef,” now entering its 21st season. Let me know if you caught any of the shows on “Taste of the Wild” as I’m curious what you did (or didn’t) like. – Michelle Scheuermann, editor, Archery Wire.

The week of September 19th is “Premiere Week” on Outdoor Sportsman Group Networks – Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel and World Fishing Network. Among the highlighted shows that debuted last night in Outdoor Channel’s “Taste of the Wild” block of programming is “Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen” (9 p.m. EST) featuring James Beard Award and Emmy Award®-winning chef Andrew Zimmern. Recently, we were able to catch up with him in spite of his busy schedule to talk about the new show and his lifelong passion for the outdoor lifestyle.

  1. Andrew, you’ve had critical and Emmy Award-winning success with your previous shows on different networks, what attracted you to Outdoor Channel? Several things… I have never done a typical stand and stir show, but I always wanted to cook regularly on TV. When the opportunity came to merge my love of the outdoors with teaching and bringing disparate groups together, to be a new face in an established genre and introduce my fans to cooking wild food over open fire and, most importantly, to have the creative control to do recipes that you could also make with supermarket ingredients if you didn’t have access to wild foods, well it was too good to pass up. Additionally, I believe that cooking wild and foraged foods allows me to talk about our natural resources and sustainability in a way that is genuine and from the heart.
     
  2. People may not realize that you participate in the outdoor lifestyle and it’s a big part of who you are living in Minnesota. How did you get into hunting and fishing? I started fishing, crabbing, and foraging with my dad in the 60s when I was a kid. In college, I started hunting and that was 40 years ago. I moved to Minnesota 30 years ago and living here allowed me to do all of these activities regularly. On Bizarre Foods, I had the chance to hunt for dozens of species on six continents from wild buffalo to wildebeest, crocodile to kangaroos, wild hogs to antelope, kudu, beaver, and everything in between. I always wanted to cook the foods we harvested and on Bizarre Foods, other people were showing me, so I was an eager student and feel I have a lot to pass on to many home cooks.
     
  3. What do you see as the difference between “Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen” and some of the other shows you’ve done previously? This is exclusively a cooking show.
     
  4. What can we expect to see in the new show that viewers and fans may not have seen before in your shows? I am cooking! Full meals, mostly over open fire and with the principals of cooking that I have learned from a lifetime and a half in kitchens all over the world.
     
  5. What is your favorite wild game food to cook and eat? What’s your favorite t-shirt, or your favorite song? I can’t possibly answer that. But I love to show others the myriad of techniques and flavors to combine to get the most out of their kitchens.
     
  6. Share with us something that would surprise your viewers and fans about your passion for the outdoors. A few things… I have hunted and fished and lived that lifestyle for my entire life, so I know that my best day in the field I never put the gun to my shoulder. It’s about being in nature and spending real time with friends, and strangers who become friends. I collect vintage shotguns and once held 25th place in B&C for the wild buffalo I shot in New Mexico 12 years ago, and I’m a pretty good shot.
     
  7. Where and when can we see “Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen”?

Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on Outdoor Channel in the network’s programming block “Taste of the Wild.”

 
 
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