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Management, Research
November 19, 2024
A robust number of birders exist in the United States. An addendum to the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (Survey) reveals that a great number of people take part in birding, be it at home or beyond their residence.
Education, Management, R3, Research, Trapping
November 12, 2024
Trapping is highly regulated by the state fish and wildlife agencies; biologists set harvest rates, trapping seasons, bag limits, and restrict trap types. Pittman-Robertson dollars, the federal excise taxes paid by firearms, ammunition, and archery manufacturers on select goods, fund furbearer management.
R3
September 26, 2024
Released last year, the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation indicates that hunting and fishing remain highly important outdoor pursuits in the United States. However, there are a number of indications that participation in fishing and hunting has been declining over the years. To address this decline Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation, also known as R3, efforts have been implemented across the nation to increase hunting and fishing access and participation.
Angling, Archery, Firearms & Ammunition, R3
September 20, 2024
September 28 marks the 52nd National Hunting and Fishing Day, an annual event first proclaimed by President Nixon in 1972. Hunting and fishing and target shooting were then, and remain, lifestyle choices enjoyed by millions of Americans from all walks of life on every rung of the economic ladder.
Angling, Management, Marine Manufacturing
August 22, 2024
Clean Vessel Act improves the quality of life for all.
Firearms & Ammunition, R3
August 15, 2024
College is often a time of self-discovery, and many students seek out new experiences through campus clubs, studying abroad, and trying new activities.
Archery, Education, Firearms & Ammunition, R3
August 2, 2024
For decades, American firearm, ammunition, and archery equipment manufacturers have shared a partnership with state and federal fish and wildlife agencies to support conservation as well as access to outdoor pursuits including shooting sports.
Education, Firearms & Ammunition, R3
July 31, 2024
This summer America’s best marksmen and markswomen are setting their sights on gold. The U.S. shooting team consists of shotgun, rifle, and pistol Olympians who have spent years training to reach this elite level of competition.
Archery, R3
July 29, 2024
“It started with a coupon,” Darrell Pace told me via a telephone interview from his home in Hamilton, Ohio. “It was a buy an hour, get one-hour free teaser to shoot a bow. I had BB guns and liked to target-shoot, so I thought I would try it out.”
Archery, R3
July 24, 2024
To select the U.S. archers for the 2024 Olympic Games, athletes are chosen based on their performance at specific Olympic Trial Qualification events. These trials, known as stages, take place around the country with six Olympic stages and three Paralympic stages. Stages for both Olympic and Paralympic qualification take place at the Arizona Cup hosted at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, Arizona.
Angling
June 12, 2024
Form follows function for a fusiform shoal bass, and its common and scientific name are most fitting. This little-known member of the black bass family, kin to the familiar largemouth bass and smallmouth bass, is found only in Georgia, Florida, and a small segment of Alabama in the Apalachicola River basin. Scientists know it as Micropterus cataractae and that says it all. It’s a bass most at home in the eddies around frothy falling rocky rapids, or shoals.
Angling, Marine Manufacturing, R3
May 30, 2024
National Fishing and Boating Week is a time to remember the sources of conservation funding.