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Outdoor Channel Reveals Winners of 10th Annual Golden Moose Awards
America’s Leader in Outdoor TV Recognizes the Best in Outdoor Talent, Programming & Production of 2009

The Bone Collectors/Ted Nugent pic: Left to right: Travis “T-Bone” Turner, Nick Mundt, Steve Finch, Ted Nugent, Marc Womack

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Las Vegas - -(AmmoLand.com)- WHAT: Outdoor Channel America’s leader in outdoor TV, today announced the much anticipated winners of the 10th Annual Golden Moose Awards at a ceremony held last night during the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s (NSSF) annual Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show and Conference (SHOT Show) in Las Vegas.

An outdoor industry favorite, the Golden Moose Awards honors the talent, production teams, graphics and design teams and hosts behind Outdoor Channel’s best-in-class programming. Outdoor Channel handed out 20 honors at this year’s ceremony, including several “Fan Favorites” determined by over 15,000 viewers voting online at www.OutdoorChannel.com during a four-week period.

WHERE: Approximately 2,000 outdoor industry leaders, TV personalities, media personnel and lucky fans attended the awards ceremony at the famed Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas.

WHO: The celebration was hosted by Michael Waddell of Outdoor Channel’s “Bone Collector” and “Realtree Road Trips,” and featured a spirited rock music performance by Ted Nugent from the network’s “Spirit of the Wild” program.

The Golden Moose Awards was sponsored by Budweiser, the great American lager. Together with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Budweiser selects nominees for the Budweiser 2010 Conservationist of the Year award presented at the event. This year’s “Bud Conservationist” recipient was the late Jim Range, one of the country’s most influential conservationists and founder of the Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. His brother, John Range, accepted the award on his behalf.

The Duck Commander pic: Back Row - left to right: Alan Robertson, Alex Joseph, Steve Kramer, Phil Robertson, Stephen McKelvain, John Godwin Front Row - left to right: Willie Robertson, Jase Robertson, Jep Robertson

And the Golden Moose goes to…

Best Overall Production | Winner: Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures
Nominees: Benelli Presents Duck Commander, Hunt Masters, Bone Collector, Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures, The Crush with Lee & Tiffany, The Best of the West, Bow Madness , Leupold’s Big Game Profiles, On Your Own Adventures , Whitetail Freaks

Best Big Game | Winner: Bone Collector
Nominees: Hunt Masters, Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures, The Crush with Lee & Tiffany , On Your Own Adventures, Realtree Roadtrips, Limbsaver’s Addicted to the Outdoors, In Pursuit with Greg Miller, Ultimate Hunting, Bone Collector, Biologic & Drury’s Wildlife Obsession

Best Fishing | Winner: Bill Dance Saltwater
Nominees: Penn’s Big Water Adventures, Classic Patterns, The Crush with Lee & Tiffany, The Jackie Bushman Show, Bill Dance Saltwater

Best Bird Hunting | Winner: Benelli Presents Duck Commander
Nominees: Benelli Presents Duck Commander, Outdoors 10 Best, Pheasants Forever, Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild, Benelli’s American Bird Hunter

Best Turkey | Winner: Realtree Road Trips
Nominees: Bone Collector, On Your Own Adventures, Realtree Road Trips, Muzzy’s Bad to the Bone, The Choice

Best Conservation | Winner: Beyond the Hunt
Nominees: Pheasants Forever, Beyond the Hunt, Knight & Hale’s Ultimate Hunting, Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures, Leupold Big Game Profiles

Best Educational / Instructional | Winner: Bass Pro Shops Next Generation
Nominees: Bass Pro Shops Next Generation, The Best of the West, Gold Fever, On Your Own Adventures, In Pursuit with Greg Miller

Best Videography | Winner: Benelli Presents Duck Commander
Nominees: Benelli Presents Duck Commander, Bone Collector, Limbsaver’s Addicted to the Outdoors, The Crush with Lee & Tiffany, The Stihl Dogs N Logs World Championship, Hunt Masters, Destination Polaris, Tracks Across Africa

Best Sound Design | Winner: Hunt Masters
Nominees: The Best of the West, Whitetail Freaks, Hunt Masters, Benelli’s American Safari, The Crush with Lee & Tiffany

Best Graphics | Winner: (Tied for 1st) Hunt Masters & Bass Pro Shops Next Generation
Nominees: Bone Collector, Hunt Masters, She’s Beyond the Lodge, Bass Pro Shops Next Generation, Full Frame

Best Commercial | Winner: Benelli – “Vinci”
Nominees: Benelli – “Vinci,” The Best of the West – “Gunwerks LR-1000,” Duck Commander – “Carry-Lite Decoys,” Knight & Hale – “Pack Rack Tease,” Remington

Best Blooper / Outtake | Winner: Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures
Nominees: Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures, Inside Outdoors TV, Limbsaver’s Addicted to the Outdoors, The Jackie Bushman Show, Realtree Roadtrips

• Fan Favorite Best Overall | Winner: Benelli Presents Duck Commander
• Fan Favorite Best New Series | Winner: (Tied for 1st) Benelli Presents Duck Commander & Bone Collector
• Fan Favorite Best Hunting | Winner: Benelli Presents Duck Commander
• Fan Favorite Best Fishing | Winner: Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World Fishing
• Fan Favorite Best Host | Winner: Lee and Tiffany Lakosky for The Crush
• Golden Moose Honorary Award – Outdoor Adventure | Winner: Savage Wild
• Golden Moose Honorary Award – Off Road | Winner: Destination Polaris
• Golden Moose Honorary Award – Shooting Sports | Winner: Impossible Shots

The Lee & Tiffany pic: Left to right: Tiffany Lakosky, Lee Lakosky

About Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc.
Outdoor Channel Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: OUTD) owns and operates Outdoor Channel, America’s leader in outdoor TV, and Winnercomm Inc., an Emmy Award winning production and interactive company. Outdoor Channel offers programming that captures the excitement of hunting, fishing, shooting, off-road motorsports, adventure and the Western lifestyle and can be viewed on multiple platforms including high definition, video-on-demand, as well as on a dynamic broadband website. Winnercomm Inc. is one of America’s largest and highest quality producers of live sporting events and sports series for cable and broadcast television. Winnercomm also owns and operates the patented Skycam and CableCam aerial camera systems which provide dramatic overhead camera angles for major sports events, including college and NFL football. For more information please visit www.outdoorchannel.com.

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Win a Hunt with the Duck Commander

Win a Hunt with the Duck Commander

Benelli Duck Commander TV

ACCOKEEK, MD - -(AmmoLand.com)- Phil Robertson and his Duckmen are back in the blind, and this time they’re looking for more than ducks. Benelli USA is proud to offer a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for those who might dream of hunting one day with the legendary Duck Commander.

To enter, contestants should submit a video showcasing their personality and illustrating their deep desire to hunt with the Duck Commander. Phil and his Duckmen will view all submitted videos and choose the resourceful individual they feel is most deserving of the hunt.

One lucky winner, who along with a guest of their choosing, will enjoy an all-expense-paid Louisiana “Duck Commander” duck hunt—and get to appear on Benelli’s hit TV show, Benelli Presents Duck Commander. Furthermore, the winner will receive a Benelli Super Black Eagle II shotgun, and additional prizes from Realtree®, Federal Premium® Ammunition, Kick’s Choke Tubes, Burris® Optics, Realtree Foods, and Gator-Tail Outboards.

“I’ve hunted with the Duck Commander, and I guarantee you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll beg for more,” said Stephen McKelvain, VP Marketing & Communications, “In the world of duck hunting, there’s nothing like it.”

All entries must be postmarked no later than January 2, 2010, so don’t just sit there—enter to win a hunt with the Duck Commander! For more information on the contest, rules and prizes log on to: www.benelliusa.com/video_contest/

About:
Join us on the Outdoor Channel for the seventh season of top-rated Benelli’s American Safari. Host Tom Knapp and his guests hunt birds and big game all over the world using a selection of Benelli firearms. Also appearing on the Outdoor Channel is Benelli’s newest TV show Benelli Presents Duck Commander, showcasing the “first family” of duck hunting and featuring the original “Duck Commander,” Phil Robertson. Benelli On Assignment returns to the Versus network for the third year with host, Joe Coogan traveling the globe with recognized writers and photographers, hunting large and small game, and putting the Benelli guns to the test for articles and photography appearing in top national publications. Benelli TV has the hunting shows to watch, featuring high adventure, exhilarating hunts and your favorite guns from the complete Benelli USA family of fine firearms.

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