Hunting/Shooting

10/2/2024 |  Scent Thief Retains New Sales Rep Group (SGB UPDATE) Scent Thief, the manufacturer of scent control technology for the hunting industry, retained The Outdoor Business Solutions Group (OBSG) as its sales representative agency.
This partnership intends to strengthen Scent Thief’s retail presence across key markets.

8/19/2024 |  Outtech Adds Antler King to Outdoor Brand Portfolio (SGB UPDATE) Outtech has added Antler King, the manufacturer of wildlife nutrition products, to its outdoor brand portfolio. The Ohio-based company produces nutritional products for whitetail deer, including food plot blends, cover screen options, feed blocks, attractants, and supplemental feed to promote healthy development and growth.

8/9/2024 |  Report: Hunting License Sales Remain Steady in 2022/23 (SGB UPDATE)

The Council to Advance Hunting and Shooting Sports (Council), in collaboration with Southwick Associates, released its annual report on hunting license sales. The data shows a steady trend for the 2022/23 license year, with over 80 percent of participating states experiencing a change of 5 percent or less in hunting license sales from the previous year.

7/3/2024 |  NSSF: June Adjusted NICS Background Checks Decline 4.7 Percent (SGB UPDATE) The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) reported that the June 2024 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure declined 4.7 percent year-over-year to 1,059,037 compared to the June 2023 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,110,696.

6/27/2024 |  EXEC: Wall Street Debates Shareholder Approval for Vista Outdoor’s CSG Deal (SGB UPDATE) Wall Street analysts appear split on whether Vista Outdoor’s sale of its Kinetic ammunition business to Czechoslovak Group a.s. (CSG) will go through after receiving a long-awaited regulatory approval or whether a higher bid from MNC Capital for the entire business and a potential DOJ investigation could derail the deal.