Whitetail Properties TV Captures Sportsman Choice Award

Whitetail Properties

Pike County, IL. --(Ammoland.com)- Whitetail Properties nationally broadcast Whitetail Properties TV took home a 2011 Sportsman Choice Award for Best Animal-Whitetail Deer last week during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) show.

The award was presented Wednesday, Jan. 18 in front of the industry’s leading producers, personalities and sponsors during the Sportsman Channel’s annual awards ceremony at Pure Nightclub in Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas.

Sportsman Channel narrowed the field to five finalists in each of the seven award categories, and the voice of 140,000 American sportsmen selected the winners by logging on to cast their votes.

Hosted by Dan Perez and produced by November Studios, Whitetail Properties TV is unique in outdoor programming, utilizing the essence of land ownership. Each episode features the sport of hunting monster whitetails, a most popular hunt breakdown segment and property showcase to entertain and educate the fans.

“We are genuinely humbled by the fans’ support of our work and strive to continue to deliver exciting and entertaining programs. This award is a testament to the talent and dedication of our team,” Paul Sawyer, executive producer, says.

Whitetail Properties TV is moving into its sixth season and airs at 8 p.m. E/P every Tuesday during The Realtree Hunting Camp block. Sponsors who make this show possible include Bear Archery, Trophy Ridge, Rocket Broadheads, Scent-Lok, Plano, Hunters Safety System, Realtree, Tink’s, Reconyx, Whitetail Institute, Lone Wolf, CanCooker, Boss Buck, Banks Blinds, Big & J, LaCrosse and Yo ‘Buddy.

About: Whitetail Properties
Located in Pike County, Ill., Whitetail Properties is an industry leader recreational real estate company. Whitetail Properties recruits and works with a select team of specialists of the most skilled, honest, and hard-working recreational and agricultural land experts in the country. Whitetail Properties utilizes the popular award winning show, Whitetail Properties TV, appearing on the Sportsman’s Channel to showcase the benefits of owning recreational real estate. www.whitetailproperties.com

November Studios
Located in Pike County, Ill., November Studios is a specialty boutique style shop producing high-resolution photography/video for product features and high-end motion graphics for commercials and films. www.novemberstudios.com

Zeiss Sports Optics

CHESTER, Va. --(Ammoland.com)- Carl Zeiss Sports Optics has signed on the as a sponsor of Sportsman Channel’s 2011 Sportsman Choice Awards, the network’s viewer-decided awards program.

All shows and show hosts airing on the network in 2011 were eligible with the final vote going to channel viewers.

The awards will be presented during SHOT Show week in Las Vegas for the following Best Show categories: Best Hunt Show, Best Shoot Show, Best Fish Show, Best Combination (hunting and fishing) Show, Full Draw Award (bowhunting), Best New Series and Best Show Host(s). The evening also features Best Clip awards for select categories.

“Sportsman Channel is honored to have Zeiss be a part of our Sportsman Choice Awards,” said Gavin Harvey, Sportsman Channel CEO. “They’ve been a great partner and supporter of the network. We look forward to the evening’s events and celebrating with our fans and business partners.”

The Zeiss sponsored show “A Hunter’s Life with Larry Weishuhn” has been nominated for two Sportsman Choice Awards – Best New Series and Best Clip for Animal of the Year.

“Sportsman Channel offers some of the finest outdoor shows on television today, and we are proud to support this popular, viewer-driven awards program,” said Michael A. Jensen, President of Carl Zeiss Sports Optics.

“Zeiss has strong ties with the Sportsman Channel and its viewers, and we will continue to strengthen this exciting partnership in 2012.”

About Sportsman Channel:
Launched in 2003, Sportsman Channel, and Sportsman HD, is the only television and digital media company fully devoted to the more than 82 million sportsmen in the United States, delivering entertaining and educational programming focused exclusively on hunting, shooting and fishing activities. Sportsman Channel reaches 27 million U.S. television households and is available in HD, visit http://sportsmanhd.com for more information.

For more information about ZEISS optics, visit: www.zeiss.com/sports or call 1-800-441-3005.

Leupold Optics

BEAVERTON, Ore. --(Ammoland.com)- Leupold, America’s Optics Authority, announces that current partner and endorsee Brian “Pig Man” Quaca along with his outdoor television series, “Pig Man: The Series,”has been chosen as a top-five nominee in three separate categories of the 2011 Sportsman Choice Awards presented by the Sportsman Channel.

Leupold title sponsors “Pig Man: The Series,” which is nominated in the categories of Best Show Host, Best Hunting Show and Best Show Intro.

Pig Man TV

As Season 2 of Leupold’s “Pig Man: The Series” draws to a close, Pig Man and Leupold have much to celebrate over the first 24 months of their partnership together. During Season 1, Pig Man was named Sportsman Channel Host of the Year and the show received a Bronze Telly Award for outstanding outdoor television production. Earlier this year, it was announced that “Pig Man: The Series” would be awarded a Silver Telly in its sophomore season. A Silver Telly is the most highly sought after award in all of outdoor television. Matched with Leupold &Stevens, Inc., the newly anointed NAGSW Optics Manufacturer of the Year as his title sponsor, Pig Man continues to set the standard for outdoor entertainment.

“That’s the beautiful thing about this industry,” Quaca said. “I hunt because I love the sport, and I hunt on TV because my fans and viewers enjoy the entertainment—but you cannot do what I do under the level of scrutiny TV creates without an elite company such as Leupold providing me with the best optics on the planet and ultimately the opportunity to be successful in the public eye.”

Voting for the 2011 Sportsman Choice Awards is under way via Facebook and scheduled to end Sunday, December 11, 2011 at midnight. Leupold encourages voters to log onto www.facebook.com/sportsmanchannel and support Pig Man in his continued efforts to create quality outdoor programming.

Leupold & Stevens, Inc., the preeminent American-owned and -operated optics company, employs hundreds of people in its state-of-the-art facility near Beaverton, Ore., where rugged, dependable, high-performance Golden Ring optics, Mark 4 riflescopes and Redfield Revolution riflescopes are designed, machined and assembled. Leupold is a fifth-generation, family owned company whose products are sold worldwide to hunters, competitive shooters, American military warfighters, law enforcement personnel and wildlife observers. The product line includes rifle, handgun and spotting scopes; binoculars; rangefinders; trail cameras; mounting systems; and optical tools and accessories.

Leupold & Stevens, Inc. is a Charter Supporter of the Hunting and Shooting Sports Heritage Foundation.

Leupold & Stevens, Inc., P.O. Box 688, Beaverton, OR 97075-0688, U.S.A.
Phone: (800) LEUPOLD or (503) 526-1400
Fax: (503) 352-7621 • www.leupold.com

Sportsman Channel’s 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards

Sportsman Channel

New Berlin, Wis. --(Ammoland.com)- Following the tabulation of more than 20,000 votes – doubling last year’s total - Sportsman Channel, the leader in outdoor TV for the American Sportsman, announced today the finalists for the 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards.

By casting their votes during each quarter in 2010, Sportsman Channel viewers have narrowed the field to the finalists listed below in the following categories: Best Hunt Show, Best Shoot Show, Best Fish Show, Best Combination (hunting and fishing) Show, Best New Series and Best Show Host(s).

Additionally, viewers can vote on finalists for the Best Clip categories, including Best Small Game Clip, Best Big Game Clip, Best Shoot Clip and Best Fish Clip. New for this year’s awards, Sportsman Channel executives have added a Best Show Open award.

All finalists and clips can be viewed at www.votesportsman.com

“Another banner year for Sportsman Channel and our programs with more than 20,000 votes logged in this year,” said Gavin Harvey, Sportsman CEO. “Viewers have given us an overwhelming response to the awards program and we appreciate their dedication to our programming. This massive viewer interaction underscores our passionate fan base for Sportsman’s unmatched programming across the hunt, fish and shoot categories.”

Today marks the beginning of a fresh new round of voting, so everyone is encouraged to log on to www.votesportsman.com to cast their ballot, regardless of whether they voted in the first round or not. Winners in all categories will be based exclusively on the opinions and the votes of viewers. Voting ends December 18 with finalists announced thereafter. The winners in all Sportsman Choice Award categories will be crowned during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas on January 19, 2011.

The finalists for the 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards are as follows. (Listed in Alphabetical Order)

• Best Hunt Show: Africa with Craig Boddington and Ivan Carter, Arrow Affliction, Back Country Quest Buckventures Outdoors, Drake’s Migration Nation, Excalibur’s Huntin’ the Backwoods, The Fowl life with Chad Belding, Gore-Tex Big Game Adventures, Heartland Bowhunter, Maximum Archery World Tour, North American Whitetail, Pigman, The Series, Predator Pursuit, Predator Quest, Shoot Straight with Chad Schearer, The Zone, Whitetail Properties
• Best Shoot Show: Davidson’s Gallery of Guns, Guns and Ammo TV, Handguns, Personal Defense TV Tactical Arms, Tactical Impact
• Best Fish Show: Addictive Fishing, Alaska’s Fishing Paradise, Flats Class, Florida Sportsman, Fly Rod Chronicles, Hooked on the Fly, In-Fisherman Critical Concepts, In-Fisherman TV, Lip’em and Rip’em, Trout Unlimited On the Rise
• Best Combo Show: Down the Road with Rick Rhoads, G3 Sportsman, HuntFishCook, Midwest Outdoors, Mike Avery’s Outdoor Magazine, Respect Outdoors, Sportsmen of North America, Woods N’ Water
• Best Show Host(s): Andy Ross- Maximum Archery World Tour Bob Foulkrod – Gore Tex Big Game Adventures Brian “PigMan” Quaca- Pigman, The Series Capt. Blair Wiggins – Addictive Fishing Casey & Chris Keefer – Back Country Quest Chad Belding – The Fowl Life with Chad Belding Colorado Buck – Where in the World is Colorado Buck Craig Boddington and Ivan Carter – Africa with Craig Boddington and Ivan Carter Curtis Fleming – Fly Rod Chronicles Dan Wallace – Excalibur’s Huntin’ The Backwoods Doug Stange – In-Fisherman TV Fred Eichler -Predator Nation Haley and G.O. Heath – Family Traditions with Haley Heath J. Paul Jackson – Drakes Migration Nation Jeff Danker – Buckventures Outdoors Kyle and Jennay Wieter – Adrenaline Junkies Les Johnson – Predator Quest Michael Hunsucker & Jeff Simpson – Heartland Bowhunter Team Predator Pursuit – Predator Pursuit The Addicts of Bowhunting Addiction TV – BowHunting Addiction TV
• Best Show Open: Adrenaline Junkies, Back Country Quest, Personal Defense TV, Solo Hunters, Where in the World is Colorado Buck

The Best Clip finalists were required to be one continuous sequence from a single episode that aired in 2010. The nominees for Best Clips are:

• Best Small Game Clip: Heartland Bowhunter, Outdoor Junkies, RNT-V, The Zone
• Best Big Game Clip: Buckventures, Christensen Outdoors, Life at Table Mountain, North American Whitetail
• Best Shoot Clip: BowHunting Addiction, Family Traditions with Haley Heath, Predator Nation, Sportsmen of North America
• Best Fish Clip: Adventures South of the Border, G3 Sportsman, In Fisherman Critical Concepts, Respect Outdoors

The Best New Series category eligibility is based upon shows that were newly created and aired in 2010 on Sportsman Channel.

Adventures South of the Border, Alaska’s Fishing Paradise, BACK Outdoors, Battle of the Bow, Big Boys Adventures, BowHunting Addiction TV, Brush Country Monsters, Davidson’s Gallery of Guns, Down The Road with Rick Rhoads, DownEast Outdoors, Drake’s Migration Nation, Gameface TV, Hidden Creek Adventures, Hooked on Adventure, Hooked on the Fly, Hunting for the Dream, Just Pass’n Thru, Life at Table Mountain, Midwest Whitetail with Bill Winke, Modern Rifle Adventures, No Limits Outdoors, Pigman, The Series, Predator Pursuit, Rack Man, Respect Outdoors, SOLO Hunters, Tagged Out TV, The Industry, The Real Deal, The Zone, Wide Open Outdoors

About Sportsman Channel:
Launched in 2003, Sportsman Channel is the only television and digital media company fully devoted to the more than 82 million sportsmen in the United States, delivering entertaining and educational programming focused exclusively on hunting, shooting and fishing activities. Sportsman Channel is now available in HD, check with your local cable or satellite provider. Acquired by InterMedia Outdoors Holdings in 2006, Sportsman Channel reaches nearly 27 million U.S. television households and is a part of the nation’s largest multimedia company targeted exclusively to serving the information and entertainment needs of outdoors enthusiasts. Visit www.thesportsmanchannel.com, follow on Twitter, @SPORTSMANchnl (www.twitter.com/ SPORTSMANchnl), or become a Fan on Facebook, www.facebook.com/sportsmanchannel.

2010 Sportsman Choice Awards

Sportsman Channel

-(AmmoLand.com)- Starting today, Sportsman Channel viewers can lead the effort to identify the shows and hosts who will take home top honors in the 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards, Sportsman Channel’s viewer-generated awards program.

Coming off a successful 2009 Awards event, where viewers cast more than 25,000 votes over an eight-week period, the network is expanding voting opportunities to encompass all four quarters of the year. All shows and show hosts airing on the network in 2010 are eligible and voting takes place on www.votesportsman.com.

The categories are:

• Best Hunt Show
• Best Shoot Show
• Best Fish Show
• Best Combination (hunting and fishing) Show
• Best Show Host(s)

Currently, viewers can vote for those shows and hosts that appear on Sportsman Channel during the first quarter of 2010, from January through March. Further nomination periods will occur quarterly, for a total of four nominating periods, with finalists announced close to the end of the year.

“We had such a successful voting round in 2009 that we wanted to encompass the entire year and keep the current shows fresh in people’s minds,” said Willy Burkhardt, president of Sportsman Channel. “This process allows viewers to vote on all of our shows that are airing currently.”

Sportsman Channel is giving away hundreds of first, second and third place prizes, which equates to a prize a day during the year. As an added bonus, all voters will be entered to win a $500 prize pack, which includes a $250 Cabela’s gift card and merchandise from Sportsman Channel.

With all of the exciting new and long-established shows on the network this year, the 2010 Sportsman Choice Awards promise to be the biggest and best year ever. Please visit www.thesportsmanchannel.com to see the complete list of winners and nominees for the 2009 Sportsman Choice Awards were recently announced at the Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas, NV.

SPORTSMAN CHANNEL: Launched in 2003, Sportsman Channel is the only television and digital media company fully devoted to the more than 82 million sportsmen in the United States, delivering entertaining and educational programming focused exclusively on hunting, shooting and fishing activities. Acquired by InterMedia Outdoors Holdings in 2006, Sportsman Channel reaches more than 20 million U.S. television households and is a part of the nation’s largest multimedia company targeted exclusively to serving the information and entertainment needs of outdoors enthusiasts. Visit www.thesportsmanchannel.com, follow on Twitter, @SPORTSMANchnl (www.twitter.com/SPORTSMANchnl), or become a Fan on Facebook, www.facebook.com/sportsmanchannel.

Sportsman Channel

Sportsman Channel

New Berlin, WI –-(AmmoLand.com)- Following the tabulation of more than 10,000 votes—a record participation level—Sportsman Channel announced today the finalists for each category of the 2009 Sportsman Choice Awards.

By casting your votes over the last month, Sportsman Channel viewers have narrowed the field to just five finalists in the following categories: Best Hunt Show, Best Shoot Show, Best Fish Show, Best Combination (hunting and fishing) Show and Best Show Host(s).

Today marks the beginning of a fresh new round of voting. You are encouraged to log on to www.votesportsman.com to cast your ballot, regardless of whether you voted in the first round or not. Winners in all categories will be based exclusively on the opinions and the votes of VIEWERS! Voting ends December 14 with finalists announced thereafter.

The finalists for the 2009 Sportsman Choice Awards are as follows.

• Best Hunt Show: Arrow Affliction, Heartland Bowhunter, Predator Quest, Shoot Straight with Chad Schearer, Wired Outdoors
• Best Shoot Show: American Rifleman TV Classics, Guns & Ammo TV, Personal Defense TV, Tactical Arms, Tactical Impact
• Best Fish Show: Addictive Fishing, Fly Fisherman, Fly Rod Chronicles with Curtis Fleming, Ice Men, In-Fisherman TV
• Best Combo Show: Alan Warren Outdoors, Backstage & Backroads with Daniel Lee Martin, G3 Sportsman, HuntFishCook, Midwest Outdoors
• Best Show Host(s): Alan Warren with Alan Warren Outdoors, Chris Brackett with Arrow Affliction, Fred Eichler with Predator Nation, Keith Warren with Best of Keith Warren’s Hunting Adventures, Les Johnson with Predator Quest

In addition to these five categories, Sportsman Channel has added four new award categories designed to celebrate the exciting video imagery shown on the channel every day:

• Best Hunt Clip
• Best Shoot Clip
• Best Fish Clip
• Best New Series

The nominated clips were required to be one continuous sequence from a single episode that aired in 2009.

The nominees for Best Clips are:

• Best Hunt Clip: Family Traditions with Haley Heath, Hunting with the Pros, Own The Zone TV, RNT-TV, Whitetail Properties
• Best Shoot Clip: Africa with Craig Boddington & Ivan Carter, Handguns, Personal Defense, Tactical Arms, Tactical Impact
• Best Fish Clip: Breaking the Surface, Fishing 411 with Mark Romanack, Fly Rod Chronicles with Curtis Fleming, Hardcore Pursuits, In-Fisherman Ice Fishing Guide

The Best New Series category eligibility will be based upon shows that have never aired on Sportsman Channel prior to 2009.

The winners in all Sportsman Choice Award categories will be crowned in January during the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas.