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Firearm Industry Taxes Total $17 Billion Toward Wildlife Conservation Since 1937

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) announced in May that firearm and ammunition manufacturers have handed over more than $17 billion in excise taxes to the Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund since its 1937 inception.

Suppressors Legalized for Hunting in North Carolina

North Carolina is now the 40th state to legalize hunting with suppressors.

COVID-19 Spurs Conservation Funding With Gun, Ammo Sales

Federal excise taxes collected during record spring sales months benefit hunting, shooting and wildlife management.

2025 NRA Golden Bullseye Pioneer Award

The Smith & Wesson we know today, perhaps the entire firearms industry, would not be the same today were it not for Robert L. “Bob” Scott.

Departing USFWS Director Dan Ashe Issues Lead Ammo Ban

Just one day before President Trump's inauguration, departing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe—and the administration that appointed him—took one last shot at American hunters by issuing Director's Order No. 219, which directs the USFWS to expand the use of nontoxic ammunition and fishing tackle on USFWS lands, water and facilities—and for certain types of hunting and fishing regulated by the Service outside those areas—to the fullest extent by January 2022.

Rambo Rifles for Weekend Hunters

Business Week examines a new buying trend for the deer woods, and struggles with what to call this hot commodity

The Ideal Waterfowl Gun

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has released audio tips for selecting a waterfowling shotgun (listen to partone and part two).

Bird Group Sues Feds Over Wind Turbine Deaths

The American Bird Conservancy has filed a lawsuit that it hopes will help protect Bald and Golden Eagles from Wind Turbines.

JB Hodgdon Retires from his Namesake Company

Hodgdon Powder Company, The Gunpowder People, expressed their thanks and deep appreciation to co-founder JB Hodgdon upon his retirement last month from full-time service at Hodgdon. Mr. Hodgdon assumed the position of Chairman Emeritus on the Hodgdon Powder Company board effective January 1, 2025.

First Light: Hunter ‘Churn’

More is learned about what keeps hunters in the field every year thanks in part to license-sales data.

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