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Virtually every industry has its tales of woe about sales drops during the worst of the recession. There were exceptions, however; we discovered the recession didn't slow down sales of these seven items. Girl Scout Cookies It's Girl Scout cookie time again, your chance to order those Tagalongs,...

Liberal New York Senator Chuck Schumer has taken up hunting and recently introduced a bill favorable to the sport. But with the Brooklyn Democrat's reelection on the horizon, the National Rifle Association isn't buying it, calling him a "Johnny-come-lately."

Shooting grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park is no longer allowed. Period. A U.S. District Court ruling has required the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service to put the iconic animal back on the Endangered Species Act protected list. The decision earlier this week is a huge victory for...

The typical way to figure out if an animal that bit you has rabies is to kill it, cut off its head and express ship it-- unfrozen--to your state health department for a test that will take 10 to 14 days. The state probably won't charge you, but you'll pay shipping costs, spend weeks worrying...

Joke or genius? I can't decide which pertains to Season Shot, which purports to have created a shotgun shell that kills game with pellets of seasoning rather than lead or other kinds of shot. To anyone who's ever broken a $500 crown on shot missed when the game was dressed, such a product makes...

Nature is relentlessly fecund, demonstrated by the dramatic increase in the nation's White-tailed deer to an estimated 20 million today. At the same time, the sport of hunting is in a slow, steady decline, insufficient to cull the herd. Each year, 1.5 million deer-vehicle collisions cause over a...

When John McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, wildlife lovers cringed for two reasons. The first is that she seems like just the kind of smart, young leader who has battled corruption and government waste that could get not so environmentally friendly Republicans elected. The second is that...