I am here to give the sad news to all Fisherman and Hunters that one of the most informative outdoors magazines, FISHING AND HUNTING NEWS, founded in 1954 is now closed. The last publication was the August 7th edition.

Outdoor Empire Publishing BASED IN BOTHELL, has decided due to the Outdoor Industry consolidation and the GLOOMY ECONOMIC outlook that they are closing the doors to the Magazine and will be attempting to sell what they can from it.

SAD...SAD....SAD, one publication that you could count on, goes down the drain.

I've known about this for some time since we are in the same business. We purchased some of the Outdoor Empire equipment when they tore the plant down. I agree it is very sad.

Faz

Nick, BassWest was a good magazine and it disappeared for a while and is back now I believe, at least on line and I believe in print.  They use to attend the Puyallup show and offer good items to sign up for 5 years or so.  Probably would be a good idea for them to offer something up here in the Northwest again.

Sorry about your writing gig, but I'm sure you'll find somewhere else to write a tale or two.

Chuck P