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World Record Non-Typical Whitetail Featured in “North American Whitetail” Magazine

by Michelle Scheuermann

There is a pending world record hunter-taken non-typical white-tailed deer. The IL behemoth buck will be featured on the cover of the Spring 2019 issue of North American Whitetail magazine.

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A Quest with Traditional Bows And Cedar Arrows

by Ammoland

As all serious bowhunters know, determination, persistence, and patience are the ultimate keys to success in the achievement of any hunting goal.

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Boone and Crockett Club Releases Records of North American Big Game

by Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

"Records of North American Big Game" is the nation's most complete big game records book, cataloging the greatest big game specimens taken in North America.

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Social Security Administration paid at least $37M to dead vets

by Brian Seay

The SSA works with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to determine when vets have died, but an agency audit found that some cases are falling through the cracks.

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Canadian Sniper in Iraq Makes Longest Confirmed Kill Shot in Military History

by AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

A member of Canada’s elite Joint Task Force 2 special forces unit targeted and killed an Islamic State fighter at a distance of almost three and a half kilometres.

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1.6 million disqualifying records added to NICS in 2016

by Christen Smith

More than 1.6 million disqualifying records were added into the federal background check system index in 2016, according to a report released last month.

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ACLU sues for records on deadly Yemen raid

by Brian Seay

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Monday seeking the immediate release of records related to a deadly raid in Yemen earlier this year.

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Chicago police commander promoted despite 90 complaints

by Brian Seay

A police commander in Chicago, who was promoted to that post just last summer, has dozens of misconduct complaints against him - and most of them alleged excessive force or improper searches.

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Judge: False Claims trial of Blackwater successor to go ahead as scheduled

by Brian Seay

A federal judge denied a private security firm’s request last week to delay a trial which claims the company overbilled the government and falsified firearms qualifications for U.S. State Department guards in Afghanistan.

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Largest Elk in 48 Years, Largest Ever With a Bow

by Ammoland

Boone & Crockett Club announced that an elk from Montana taken on public land during the archery season in 2016 is a potential new archery World's Record...

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Olympian Kim Rhode talks recent victory, future plans (VIDEO)

by Kristin Alberts

Guns.com caught up with Kim Rhode, one of the winningest U.S. Olympians and best proponents of the shooting sports.

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Delaware’s 2016 Wild Turkey Season Produced New State Record Harvest of 706 Birds

by DeltaOperatorMan

Delaware’s month-long spring turkey season, which ended May 7, yielded 706 birds – a new state record, surpassing the previous record of 687 in 2014, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced.

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