“Category: Join the Hunt”

Americans’ attitudes about hunting exist across a continuum of acceptability from animal rights to animal welfare to “dominionism.” Understanding this continuum is crucial to communicating our mindset as hunters and why hunting fits the American landscape now and into the future.

The 2022 National R3 Symposium wrapped up last week in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The 220 participants representing over 100 different organizations with an interest in hunting and shooting sports were the first to lay eyes on data released from the Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports (Council), documenting a slight decrease in hunting license sales in 2021.

New to turkey hunting? Here’s a detailed guide to three basic calls all turkey hunters should master.

Colorado’s Eichler family embodies the three R’s—recruit, retain, reactivate—so crucial as America continues to lose hunters.

Despite what the anti-hunting crowd would like non-hunters to believe, the ethos of hunting is rooted in something far deeper than trophies.

The number of hunters involved in our sport is in sharp decline. So where do we look to grow our ranks? The easiest people to recruit are those found within our own social circles.

For new hunters, mentors who have “been there, done that” are invaluable resources. Fortunately, numerous opportunities for beginning hunters to receive expert tutelage exist across the nation as well as online.

One of the most daunting barriers new hunters face is gaining access. Here are a few things hunters, new and old, should keep in mind when trying to lock down a place to hunt.

These essential items will start hunters off right, and still leave 'em some money for gas.