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Lonoke, AR – Today, Bush-Cheney ‘04 Chairman Governor Mike Huckabee and Bush-Cheney ‘04 “Sportsmen for Bush” Chair Forrest Wood, joined Bush-Cheney ‘04 Arkansas “Sportsmen for Bush” Co-Chairs Sheffield Nelson and Mike Freeze to announce the Arkansas “Sportsmen for Bush” Leadership Team in Lonoke, Arkansas. "President Bush is committed to upholding sportsmen's rights. He believes the hunters and fishermen of this country represent the values that have helped define America. Unlike his opponents, President Bush understands sportsmen and their needs. Southerners especially know that deeply held beliefs are more important than an accent used to dress up a presidential ticket. We...

John Kerry participates in hunting photo-ops and claims he supports our hunting heritage. But his voting record in support of radical anti-hunting animal rights groups tells a different story. FACT – In 2003, based on the votes and co-sponsorship of legislation, Senator Kerry voted the preferred position of the Fund for Animals 100% of the time. (Source: http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rat...Wildlife+Issues) •The Fund for Animals is a radical anti-hunting group. According to their Fact Sheet “What's Wrong With Hunting” they say that, “Hunters, however, disrupt this natural system, removing the strongest and healthiest animals from the population and leaving animals who would normally...

Virginia Sportsmen for Bush is up and running and signing up volunteers for the Sportsmen Coalition. The web site describes John Kerry's anti-gun record and gives readers the opportunity to download flyers that can be distributed at gun shows, gun shops and gun clubs. You can visit the site at www.vasportsmen.org.

"This is really some country," says my friend Arnie Erickson. He, his young son and I make our way down a steep slope toward Otter Lake, through a grove of centuries-old spruce, some of them with trunks 4 and 5 feet thick. We're scouting for spring steelhead fishing and next fall's deer in a rugged corner of Alaska's Tongass, our country's largest national forest, which encompasses nearly 17 million acres. The pristine landscape seems serene and timeless. But as things stand now, this place is doomed. Late last month, the Bush administration announced it would exempt the Tongass National Forest...