It has been a longer wait than expected, but the new issue of Hunting Illustrated is finally here. We apologize for the delay on getting this issue out. For those of you who have wondered where their issue is, it is coming. But I feel the wait will be worth it. This new issue has some incredible stories and articles that you will not find anywhere else.
So what was the reason for the delay? It is actually good news. We have been picked up by the largest newsstand distributor in the country. Therefore, due to contractual fine print, we had to wait a certain time period before we could release this next issue with our new distributor. Hunting Illustrated has quickly become a great force in the hunting industry, especially out here in the West. It has and is getting noticed and we are excited about the new opportunities we will have and the increased circulation and distribution we will be able to do with our new partner.
So what is in this new issue? The cover is packed full of some of the biggest and most amazing animals taken last year. How about a 251 gross non-typical mule deer, a new #3 all-time archery typical bull elk scoring 402 5/8 net, and a monster 430 elk from California!
This is just a small part of what makes Hunting Illustrated so great. We also have a story on the sheds from the world record Franklin bull, a beautiful bighorn sheep from Montana, 37-inch wide archery buck from Utah, and much more.
Of course you can’t forget Ted Nugent in the Nuge Factor and our exclusive cover story - Why Do You Hunt? If you are still missing out…better get hooked up or call 800-447-6897.
October 14th, 2005
I received this email from one of our loyal Hunting Illustrated readers over in Germany. I thought I would share his story. It sounds like he has a very cool rifle.
Dear Sirs,
I´m a german hunter an I like to read about hunting in USA. That´s the reason why I have a subscription your Hunting Illustrated magazine since two years now.
I´ve read from your photo contest and I want to take part of it. But there is one problem for me. It´s not possible for me to get your camo colothes in Germany. I´ve got from you the camo cap and you can see at the picture, your camo cap works also in Germany. I´ve shot this stag on 08-08-05. In our area, we have a lot of wild boars and at that morning I was sitting in a valley with wheatfields and waited of them. At 5:30 am I saw a wild boar, when it comed out of the wheat, but it passed only a small way and then it was not possible to see it again. I´ve heared it grunt and eating wheat, but I couldn´t shoot. At 6:30 am I wanted to go home, because I was hungry and wanted to have breakfast.
Before I left my tree, I tooked my binocular and viewed the valley again. Suddenly I saw a stag in a distance of 250 m. He came in my direction. I changed my binocular with my telescope and I obsverwed him. After a reduction from the distance to 150 m, I changed again. My telescope with my gun, and I shot the stag. I have a old handmade austrian gun, made in Ferlach. Ferlach is a small town and is very famous for a lot of gunmakers. My gun is older than 50 years and she works perfect. It´s a gun with two barrels. I can shot a bullet in calibre 7mm x 65mm (165 gr) and a second one 5,6mm x 50mm (63 gr), and I using a Swarovski 3 - 12 x 56 riflescope with redpoint. (I need the redpoint for wild boar hunting in the night). This stag was four years old and his weight was 150 kg.
In the second picture you see my two suns which helped me, to bring him out. It was a great moment.
Dear Sirs, I hope, my English is not to bad, and you can use the story for one of the next edition. It´ll be nice, if I have a chance at your photo contest and to win a free subscription or one of the other things.
If you have more interest on hunting informations and hunting storys from Germany, let me know it.
With best regards,
Joachim Graeff
October 14th, 2005
