“Tag: First Light”

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners voted to change the opening day of firearm deer season from the Monday after Thanksgiving to the Saturday after Thanksgiving, breaking a Pennsylvania tradition that has stood for more than half a century.

While hunting participation at the nationwide level is down, license sales in Western and Southeastern states are booming.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signs SB176, allocating $1 million in funding for the state’s Second Century Habitat Initiative to preserving pheasant hunting and habitat.

‘Permanent protection’ under the Endangered Species Act does not help wildlife, risks public support of the program.

Indiana conservation officers report that a Dubois County man has plead guilty to illegally taking a potential record-breaking whitetail buck.

Are deer just another game species, or would their disappearance destroy hunting as we know it? Two studies reveal how much emphasis hunters place on deer, and what would happen if deer hunting ceased to exist.

As social media outlets pander to the demands of the ill-informed anti-hunting/gun crowd, hunters are finding the current platforms less than inviting. Here’s how we’re overcoming the social media bias.

A 23-point buck that could be a new Florida state record was poached last October. The buck was initially measured by a Boone and Crockett Club official and grossed a green-score of 207 inches, putting it in the class of the current state record.

Sturm, Ruger & Co. mourns the death of William B. Ruger Jr.—the former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Ruger, the company’s second CEO and son of the company’s founder—who passed away in September.