The Outdoor News

Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, is National Hunting and Fishing Day, a time to celebrate two of America’s most enduring pastimes. Unfortunately, those pursuits are imperiled by the diminishing access for sportsmen to millions of acres of land and waters.

43rd President George W. Bush Attends Tracker Marine Conference at Big Cedar Lodge on Table Rock Lake September 15, 2014. Attendees celebrate 36th anniversary of Tracker fishing boat popularity and success

It features some of the most impressive collection of sporting arms artifacts, including presidential shotguns, flintlock fowlers of English kings and guns owned by one of the greatest female shooters of all time — and it's located in the heart of the Midwest.

Thanks to a blue-winged teal population boom over the last several years, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources approved last month an "experimental" early teal hunting season to run Sept. 1-7 — the first of such in nearly 50 years.

If you were writing a novel, you’d be hard pressed to create a more Renaissancey type character than the very real Sgt. Theresa Vail. A member of the SHE Outdoor pro staff and host of a new outdoor TV show, Vail possesses skill sets that seem almost superhero like:

President George H. W. Bush is honored for his extraordinary record of supporting conservation and fishing in America and beyond.