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National Hunting and Fishing Day Welcomes Sportsman Channel

National Hunting and Fishing Day

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --(Ammoland.com)- National Hunting and Fishing Day is proud to announce renewed sponsorship for 2010 by the only television channel with 24/7 programming for hunters, shooters and anglers – Sportsman Channel.

NHF Day is set for Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010.

Congress formalized the annual commemoration in 1972 as a public reminder that conservation depends on funding and leadership from Americans who participate in traditional outdoor sports. Through licenses and special taxes, hunters, shooters and anglers provide most of the program funding for state conservation agencies today. In turn, results benefit all citizens who appreciate healthy fish, wildlife and habitat.

Sportsman Channel

As part of its sponsorship, Sportsman Channel will help build pride and appreciation for traditional outdoor sports by airing PSAs and encouraging participation nationwide via its social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Camospace.

“What we enjoy most about National Hunting and Fishing Day is encouraging our viewers to get outside—and to take someone new to the outdoors with them,” said Todd Hansen, senior vice president of Sportsman Channel.

“There are so many opportunities with this event and our entire staff looks forward to supporting it every year.”

Sponsorships support Wonders of Wildlife museum, the official home of NHF Day in Springfield, Mo. The facility is developing NHF Day event planning tools, educational handouts, promotional items, PSAs, communications initiatives and more.

Denise Wagner of Wonders of Wildlife said, “We’re pleased that so many of our sponsors support our efforts year after year, and none have been more dedicated than Sportsman Channel. This network understands that its audience is rightly proud of its outdoor heritage—and that the NHF Day story deserves to be told year-round. We’re better able to do that because of Sportsman Channel.”

The entire USA Shooting Team is serving as honorary chair for NHF Day 2010. With 103 Olympic medals for rifle, pistol and shotgun marksmanship, the U.S. excels in few sports more than shooting. Only track and field, swimming, diving, wrestling and boxing have been more prolific medal producers for Americans. In fact, shooting ranks ahead of gymnastics, figure skating, volleyball and more than 30 other Olympic sports. Most members of the current USA Shooting Team are active hunters and anglers, blending a passion for the outdoors with winning on the world stage.

The growing list of sponsors for NHF Day 2010 includes Wonders of Wildlife, NSSF, Bass Pro Shops, Smith & Wesson, Sportsman Channel, Realtree, Cabela’s, GunBroker.com, Yamaha, Pope and Young Club and Izaak Walton League of America.

For more information about NHF Day, visit www.nhfday.org.

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NSSF, Wonders of Wildlife Celebrate 5 Years of NHF Day

National Shooting Sports Foundation

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --(AmmoLand.com)- This year marks the fifth anniversary of a special partnership to energize National Hunting and Fishing Day as much more than a day of prominence on the calendars of sportsmen and women nationwide.

The idea is building year-round public recognition and pride in the conservation benefits provided by hunters and anglers.

By all accounts, the new NHF Day alliance worked—and the energy is still growing.

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), which founded the annual celebration 39 years ago, in 2005 forged the partnership with Wonders of Wildlife museum, a state-of-the-art educational facility that now serves as the official home of NHF Day.

Today, NSSF continues its leading role in NHF Day atop an impressive list of sponsors.

“We welcome NSSF back aboard as our first sponsor for 2010,” said Denise Wagner, who coordinates NHF Day outreach programs for Wonders of Wildlife. “We’ll be using their sponsorship to fund a variety of new efforts and campaigns to help the American public appreciate the conservation funding, economic impact and other benefits of hunting and fishing.”

Steve Sanetti, NSSF president, said, “Our five-year-old partnership with Wonders of Wildlife has breathed new life into National Hunting and Fishing Day, which in many ways is more important now than when it was started in 1972 as we encourage those who are diverted by indoor, sedentary activities to get out into nature and enjoy the many pleasures of hunting, fishing and shooting.”

This year’s NHF Day celebration is set for Saturday, Sept. 25.

The entire USA Shooting Team is serving as honorary chair for 2010, joining a long list of sports personalities who have served over the years. Baseball stars have included Ron Guidry, Tom Seaver, George Brett and Wade Boggs. Football pros Bert Jones, Terry Bradshaw, John Riggins and Jay Novacek, along with golfers Tom Weiskopf, Johnny Miller, Arnold Palmer and Tom Lehman have also served. Basketball legend John Havlicek, NASCAR’s Ward Burton and tennis champion Roscoe Tanner round out the sports heroes who have helped spread the word about hunting, angling and conservation.

Since being formalized by Congress in 1972, NHF Day has been officially proclaimed by every U.S. President.

The growing list of sponsors for NHF Day 2010 includes Wonders of Wildlife, NSSF, Bass Pro Shops, Smith & Wesson, Sportsman Channel, Realtree, Cabela’s, GunBroker.com, Yamaha, and Pope and Young Club.

For more information about NHF Day, visit www.nhfday.org.

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