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Indiana Department of Natural Resources
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For immediate release: Feb. 22, 2010

DNR biologist presented with national lifetime award

Indiana Department of Natural Resources biologist Steve Backs, who has been intimately involved with the restoration of the state’s wild turkey population, was recently presented with a lifetime achievement award by the National Wild Turkey Federation at its national convention.

Backs, a member of the DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife, was one of two men receiving the Federation’s Wayne Bailey Lifetime Achievement Award.

“Indiana hunters largely owe the opportunity to enjoy their sport within state lines to Steve and his lifetime body of work,” said Robert E. Carter Jr. DNR director. “This recognition on a national level affirms what DNR staff members have known for a long time.”

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Metheny Hires OutdoorBlogger.com

by Mike on February 21, 2010

I’d like to welcome Lisa Metheny to OutdoorBlogger.com.  Lisa is an award-winning outdoor writer, photographer, seminar speaker and outdoor skills instructor.  Based in Terre Haute, Indiana, Metheny owns and operates Outdoor Inspirations Media Services and has built quite a name for herself in the outdoor community.  In addition to being published in numerous magazines and trade journals, she is an active member of the Professional Outdoor Media Association, Southeastern Outdoor Press Association, Hoosier Outdoor Writers, National Rifle Association, National Wild Turkey Federation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and the Quality Deer Management Association.  Lisa also serves as a Pro Staff member of Hoyt USA, Nikon USA, SHE Safari, and Medalist Silver Max.

Visit Lisa’s New Blog | Lisa is available for assignments.  Contact her now!

I met Lisa online some time ago as a fellow outdoor blogger and struck up email conversations regarding the outdoors, writing, and blogging among other things.  From these initial conversations grew an idea that I could provide fellow outdoor bloggers a high-quality alternative that provided not only blog hosting, but also the use of a world-class WordPress framework and software services that takes blogging and its effectiveness to an entirely new level.  As of this writing, details are still being worked out but if your an outdoor blogger and are interested in what OutdoorBlogger.com can offer you, contact us for development details.

Thanks for allowing OutdoorBlogger.com to serve you Lisa!

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CamoFire.com: Pulling The Trigger On Prices

November 16, 2009

Addicted to hunting gear at rock bottom prices?  Love finding gear that you wouldn’t ordinarily be able to afford at your local Cabellas?  Hikers have long had a deal of the day website called SteepandCheap.com and now hunters and outdoorsman have their own in CamoFire.com.  In business just shy of a year, this deal of [...]

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Resize Photos In A Snap

October 21, 2009

I bet you’ve seen it.  Visit a website or blog and click on a picture to enlarge it and its not only bigger, it is HUGE.  So big in fact that the horizontal scroll bars appear at the bottom of your browser.  Equally as bad are the web applications that allow you to upload your [...]

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Back In The Groove

October 9, 2009

Jen and I were single professionals that met in our early 30’s.  She actually interviewed me for a position that I had applied for at a local medical center.  At the time I told myself that if I didn’t get the job, I would ask her out.  Either way, it was a win-win, at least [...]

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Winchester Gun Cleaning Kits

October 5, 2009

I was making my way to the automotive section of our local Walmart when some mysterious power told me to turn right, left, and right again. I found myself in the midst of the sporting goods section, specifically the back wall where they keep all those cool little gun accessories you never think you [...]

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USA Outback teams with SOS TV

October 2, 2009

Denny Snyder, executive producer of USA Outback Outdoor Television, recently announced that the award winning popular outdoor television program ‘USA Outback’ has joined forces with Sportsmen’s Outdoor Strategies TV to promote the SOS Innovative Products line starting this fall in 2009. SOS TV is a 4 time Viewer’s Choice award winning TV show [...]

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Clay Pigeons from a Corn Binder

September 7, 2009

Last Friday was atypical. I got an invitation from my brothers- and father-in-law to come out to the property and take my chances against clay pigeons thrown from the back of an old International Harvester pick-up. It’s been a while. More than a little while actually, from the days my dad and [...]

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Become A Blogger: Installing WordPress With Fantastico

August 23, 2009

After settling on using InMotionHosting.com for my web host for my new self-hosted WordPress blog, I have to install WordPress using the Fantastico application included in the cPanel administration interface. Don’t worry, it sounds a lot tougher than it actually is. Referring back to my earlier posts, I want to emphasize that this [...]

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Become A Blogger: Hosting WordPress

August 20, 2009

Welcome to Step 4 of how to become an outdoor blogger!
Now that I’ve acquired the domain name that I want, including it’s .net and .org relatives, it’s time to decide on a web hosting company that will host my blog. As I’ve said in the past, I use InMotionHosting.com of which I am also [...]

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