A report released Wednesday by the National Shooting Sports Foundation highlights the economic impact of the firearms and ammunition industry in the United States, showing an increase from $19.1 billion in 2008 to $37.7 billion in 2013.
The report also details the number of full-time equivalent jobs, which rose from...
Olin Corporation, through its Winchester Division, is recalling a lot of its 5.56mm M855 62 Grain PENE centerfire rifle ammunition, symbol No. ZGQ3308 and lot No. WCC10M106-004
Winchester determined the lot of 5.56mm M855 ammunition may contain incorrect propellant. Incorrect propellant in this ammunition may cause firearm damage, rendering the...
Oregon-owned company Bold Ideas, which owns Colt Competition, has confirmed that the rifle manufacturer is opening a plant in Breckenridge, according to this report from the Abilene Reporter-News.
Colt, which is based in Connecticut, manufactures three kinds of semi-automatic rifles, including the AR-15. The move comes as the state passed...
Thirty counties in North and Central Texas on Sunday were added to regulations requiring that boats operating on public water be drained after use in the state’s continuing effort to combat the spread of invasive zebra mussels
Under the regulations, persons leaving or approaching public water in the affected counties...
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council announced this year's adjusted red snapper season for Texas, Louisiana and other coastal states, and it appears anglers there will see their snapper season cut drastically in federal waters. The adjustment, announced by Roy Crabtree, regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries, is widely...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
Your Lie Just Croaked
Two Tarrant County game wardens were checking a field on opening day when they found two men sitting around a stock tank with shotguns and a moving dove decoy set out. The father-son duo was contacted by the...
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are investigating after a whooping crane was found shot to death in Red River Parish, northeast of Toledo Bend Reservoir and the Texas border.
The whooping crane was found and recovered from the bank...
Two Texas national wildlife refuges will open for migratory bird hunting under rules enacted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, which already is open to big game hunting and sport fishing, will add migratory bird hunting, while Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge will expand hunting...
From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports
Over the Limit: A Lubbock District captain and a Garza/Lynn County game warden were about to call off their patrol efforts for the day because of heavy rains, when they saw the headlights of an all-terrain vehicle going in to a...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials have set dates for the 14th annual Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program, which this year will Feb. 21 to March 2.
The program, in place since 2002, has helped to remove more than 33,000 derelict crab traps hauled from Texas bays. During the...