Learned shooting from his father and the United States Naval Academy

Daniel Subia's road to the NRA started at his father's side in the open deserts of Arizona. With his trusty slingshot in hand, a four-year old Subia stood and waited. Not making a move, not making a sound, he waited for the quarry to appear. It was everything he hoped for.

"I was filled with so much excitement and anticipation, I could barely sleep that night," said Subia. "It was better then waiting for Santa Claus."

It's that sense of excitement that he's bring now to the NRA. As the new National Coach Trainer, he hopes the to spread that same passion throughout the nation's shooting coaches.

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From the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - VDGIF HuntFishVA App Surpasses 25,000 Downloads

Richmond, Virginia — The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) announced today that it has exceeded 25,000 downloads of its free HuntFishVA mobile application for the iPhone®;, iPod Touch®;, and Android™ platforms. The HuntFishVA app was designed with hunters and anglers in mind, allowing users to search for a wide variety of hunting and fishing related information in Virginia on their smart phones. Having the new app allows sportsmen to:

• Purchase a Virginia hunting or fishing license
• Get the latest VDGIF news
• Look up hunting regulations, seasons, and bag limits while in the field
• View freshwater fishing regulations and state record fish info
• Identify the fish just caught
• Get the sunrise and sunset times for your location
• Record trophy harvests
• Find nearby boat ramps, Wildlife Management Areas, and lakes

"The development of the HuntFishVA application offers the Department the ability to utilize mobile communications technology to keep hunters, anglers and wildlife enthusiasts informed so they can enjoy the best that Virginia's great outdoors has to offer," said Bob Duncan, VDGIF Director.

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NRA conference to make your range the best it can be heads to the Mile High City this weekend

Fairfax, Virginia - How good is your local shooting range? Could it use any improvements? In five days the NRA can give range owners the information they need transform their facilities into the best and safest option for shooters in the area at the NRA Range Development & Operations Conference.

This five-day industry seminar walks range owners and operators, of both existing and proposed range facilities, through identifying all of the potential problems associated ranges. From the novices to the decades-old ranges, everybody has something to learn. Environmental concerns, safety issues, properly development, you name it and we can handle it.

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From the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries - Spring Gobbler Hunting Season Begins April 13

Richmond, VA - The Spring Gobbler Season in Virginia begins April 13 and ends May 18, 2013. A special Youth Turkey Hunt Day will take place April 6, 2013,for hunters aged 15 and under. Expectations for a favorable spring season are high as the recent fall turkey harvest was the highest reported over the past five years.

According to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) Upland Game Bird Project Leader Gary Norman, "Turkeys enjoyed a good fall season and most areas had good mast crops. Coupled with a generally mild winter, gobblers should go into the spring in good physical condition. Growth of turkey populations have generally been stable with varying densities. Areas with the highest populations are in the Northern Neck and South Piedmont. To improve your chances of success, spend a lot of time in the woods scouting right before the season opens. Gobblers can move considerable distances in March and early April. So do your homework close to the season opener."

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Shotgun from 1866 rotates cartridges like a six-shooter

Fairfax, Virginia - With shotguns scattered all over the news, Senior Curator Philip Schreier couldn't help but pull out a few favorites for this month's collection on Curator's Corner. Favorites here at the National Firearms Museum that most people have probably never seen.

"When we look at firearms technology and advancements, what people purchased or bought very early on, firearms were a necessity," Schreier explained. "They were a necessary piece of inventory if you chose to live out on the plains.

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NRA Museum opens on Easter for the first time in more than a decade

Fairfax, Virginia - It's Easter Sunday. The family is all dressed up, fresh from a morning service. Or maybe the kids are all covered in mud and goo from an early Easter Egg hunt. Now what do you do? Why not take a tour of the National Firearms Museum?

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Introduce, reacquaint or familiarize yourself with the shooting sports this spring with the NRA

Fairfax, Virginia - Spring has sprung. People all across the country are emerging from their homes to enjoy the fun and warmth of the great outdoors.

One sure way to enjoy the great outdoors (if we don't say so ourselves) is to take part in an Brownells/NRA Day. Put on by members of your community, NRA Days welcomes anybody of any age to revel in some outdoor fun and the shooting sports.

Not every NRA Day is the same. Each one is based on a theme that dictates what activities are held and the firearms present. A NRA Day one weekend could be completely different from one a week later in the same state. Regardless of the theme, though, you'll definitely have a great time getting some hands-on opportunities with firearms and meeting other shooting sports enthusiasts. Seasoned pros, newbies, it doesn't matter. Everyone has fun in the safe, controlled, beautiful environment.

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Heavy barreled, pistol grips and custom carving for Whelen's Winchester

Fairfax, Virginia - There aren't many guns that surprise Philip Schreier. As Senior Curator for the National Firearms Museum, chances are that he's seen it all. But sometimes, every now and then, one will will catch him off guard. Even one that he's known for more than twenty years.

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Curator's Corner segment of NRANews highlights Single Action Army from Peckinpah classic

Fairfax, Virginia - Nobody made Westerns like Sam Peckinpah. And none of his movies were more controversial then his 1969 epic The Wild Bunch. The tale of aging outlaws trying for one last score, the group is led by Pike Bishop. Played by William Holden, Bishop spends the film fighting for his life with a Colt Single Action Army in hand.

That is the revolver you will see this afternoon on the Sportsman Channel's NRANews.

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