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First Light: The North American Model Of Wildlife Conservation

Mention wildlife conservation to folks on the street and they may think of endangered species like the giant panda or black rhino. But fish and wildlife in your local community also require and benefit from conservation. State and federal governments as well as nonprofit organizations all help to conserve fish and wildlife in the United States by following a set of principles called the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation.

First Light: Crop-Eating Cranes Killed as Nuisance

Hundreds of Eastern sandhill cranes are killed every year in regulated hunting seasons. But ironically, strict migratory-bird laws dictate that cranes killed under depredation permits cannot become table fare.

First Light: Deer Rank No. 1 with Hunters

Whitetail deer are the most commonly hunted animal in the country. But just how big of a hunting staple the species has become may surprise you.

Eagle Takes Down Drone

Nature: 1; Nurture: 0.

First Light: NRA Introduces Online Hunter Education Course

Here's why NRA's free online hunter education course, NRAHE.org, is the new standard by which all other hunter safety courses will be judged.

First Light: Pennsylvania’s New Archery Record Buck

Ron Shaulis of West Newton, Pa., took the new Pennsylvania state typical archery record buck on Oct. 24, 2017, with a compound bow on public land in Westmoreland County.

Leupold Announces New VX-5HD Line

Leupold & Stevens, Inc., has introduced its new line of VX-5HD optics, which the company says is designed for the sufficient hunter that's looking to take themselves to the next level.

Going for Gould's

So this is Mexico? Not exactly what Executive Editor Adam Heggenstaller had in mind when he envisioned Sonora—it's much better. Water is plentiful, along with huge white-barked sycamores and oaks in the creek bottoms where the Gould's gobblers roost.

Barnes Sisters Hit the Turkey Woods

U.S. Olympic biathletes and shooting sports stars Lanny and Tracy Barnes check in during turkey season. We'll let Lanny tell the story.

Know-How: Five Elk-Calling Don’ts

Sometimes calling elk is about knowing what not to do.

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