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Federal Premium Ammunition & Pheasants Forever Celebrate Historic Partnership for the 25 Millionth Time

Federal Premium is dedicated to supporting groups like Pheasants Forever that do so much for conservation. Federal Premium has now made over 25 million specially marked PF shotgun shells. Each ammunition round sold has given money directly to The Habitat Organization. PF has used this money to help pheasant hunters, bird populations, habitat and wildlife.

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ANOKA, Minn. --(Ammoland.com)- Federal Premium Ammunition recently produced the 25 millionth shotgun shell that gives money directly to Pheasants Forever.

PF CEO and President Howard Vincent recognized this milestone at the 2011 SHOT Show by presenting a commemorative plaque to Federal Premium President Ron Johnson. This staggering number of Premium loads has given money directly to PF since the on-box royalty program began in 1998.

Increasing Contributions
Pheasants Forever formed its first chapter in 1983 and Federal Premium has been involved with the organization from the beginning. Over the years PF and Federal Premium have expanded their partnership and contributions to wildlife.

This year Federal introduces an entirely new line that will give money to PF through the on-box royalty program. Prairie Storm FS Steel will hit store shelves in both 12 and 20-gauge options this summer. Every box sold will give money to PF. In the first 10 years of the royalty program Federal made 15 million specially marked pheasant loads. In less than three years since that last milestone, Federal has produced 10 million more.

Proud of the Partnership

“At Federal Premium, conservation is very important to us as a company, and as hunters,” said Ammunition Brand Director Rick Stoeckel. “And our partnership with Pheasants Forever has been great. We’re happy we’ve been able to work with and support such a tremendous organization that does so much and gives back in so many ways. The combined success we’ve shared has been a great story so far, and it will only get better.”

“When we say hunters are the nation’s leading conservationists, Federal Premium Ammunition takes that to heart,” said Howard Vincent, Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever’s National President and CEO, “The number one way we preserve our pheasant hunting tradition in this country is by preserving pheasant habitat, and Federal Premium knows that.”

To learn more about Wing-Shok or Prairie Storm loads that give money directly to PF, or to see the entire Federal lineup, go to www.federalpremium.com.

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2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery Applications Now Available Online

Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

AUGUSTA, Maine –-(Ammoland.com)- It’s time to enter the 2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery!

Applications for this year’s lottery now are available online through the department’s website, www.mefishwildlife.com.

Completing the application online is a convenience that thousands of hunters are using because the form’s easy to fill out and they receive instant confirmation that they’ve been entered into the lottery.

The deadline for online applications is 11:59 p.m. on May 13, 2011.

Maine Moose Hunting

MDIF&W no longer prints or mails paper applications for the moose lottery. If an interested hunter is unable to apply using the online licensing system, the Department suggests:

• Picking up a February issue of The Maine Sportsman or Northwoods Sporting Journal. The paper application is printed on Page 2 in The Maine Sportsman and on the back cover of Northwoods Sporting Journal.
• Printing out a paper application from MDIF&W’s website at www.mefishwildlife.com, fill it out, and mail it with your payment to the Department;
• Coming to MDIF&W’s main office to fill out a paper application. The address is 284 State Street in Augusta;
• Sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to MDIF&W at the address below. Department personnel will mail a paper application that can be filled out and mailed with your payment to MDIF&W. The address is:

Moose Permit Application Request

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
41 SHS, 284 State St
Augusta, ME 04333-0041

Paper applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered to MDIF&W in Augusta by 5 p.m. on April 1, 2011. The April 1 deadline for paper applications provides adequate time for department employees to process the paperwork before the lottery.

This year, 3,205 permits will be allocated in the state’s 28 Wildlife Management Districts (WMDs). This is an increase of 65 permits from 2010, primarily in WMDs 22 and 25.

Season dates are:

• September 26-October 1: WMDs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 19
• October 10-15: WMDs 1-14, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28
• Nov. 7-12: WMDs 2, 3, 6, 11
• Oct. 31-Nov. 26: WMDs 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 26

A “Maine Residents Only Day” is set for October 29, in WMDs 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 26. Maine hunters need a lottery-drawn permit to hunt these districts on that day.

The 2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery will be held in mid-June at Cabela’s in Scarborough. The date and time will be announced closer to the event.

For complete 2011 Moose Permit Lottery rules, please visit www.mefishwildlife.com. Please call (207) 287-8000 if you have any questions.

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